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£4,799 body-only at Wex in the UK, £529 for the EF-EOS R 0.71x adaptor - https://www.wexphotovideo.com/offers/canon-c70/
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DFD generally works better at higher frame rates (so 50p is better than 25p), also sometimes choosing a slightly faster shutter speed can help since there is less motion blur e.g. try 50p with a 1/120 shutter instead of 1/100.
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The 'S' series version of the 'Lumix AF Guidebook' might be worth a read - https://www.panasonic.com/global/consumer/lumix/technologies/af.html
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You might find the GH5/GH5s/G9 'Lumix AF Guidebook' useful, download it from - https://www.panasonic.com/global/consumer/lumix/technologies/af.html
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I've never used a GH5 so I can't compare them as a user of both (I own a G9).
The G9 is supposed to have better C-AF, has better IBIS/EIS, and it's cheaper.
It does not support the XLR audio adaptor, does not have any 'All-I' codec modes (there is nothing above 150 Mbps), maximum record time is 30 minutes (10 minutes for 4k50p/4k60p) and doesn't have waveform monitors/vectorscopes/shutter angle control (and some other 'professional' video-specific features that are on the GH5).
It gained a range of long-GOP 10 bit, HEVC and high-bitrate 1080p codec modes in the recent firmware updates.
If you need to check for a specific feature etc., it's probably best to download the User Guide and have a read.
Effectively, it has a more stills/less video orientated feature set, but with the same basic video capture quality as the GH5 i.e. excellent 1080p and no-crop 4k up to 60p.
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31 minutes ago, MrSMW said:
I don't know why they don't just have a simple 'crop' mode you can assign to a function button?!
If you have 'Extended Tele Conversion' enabled all the time, then changing the 'Picture Size' should do that (and 'Picture Size' can be mapped to a function button, as far as I can tell from the user guide). I don't own an S5, I'm just a long-term Panasonic m43 user.
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1 hour ago, MrSMW said:
I have discovered...or at least cannot find, a way to switch from FF to crop mode for stills with a FF lens which is something other cameras can do. Is it even possible with FF Panasonic?
It looks like it's the same as on the m43 cameras - for stills, set the 'Picture Size' to be less than full resolution i.e. M or S, then enable 'Extended Tele Conversion' (which crops into the sensor to give you a 1:1 pixel mapped image of that resolution). So picture size 'M' gives a 1.4x zoom/crop, 'S' is a 2.0x zoom/crop (with FF lenses) when 'Extended Tele Conversion' is enabled.
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5 hours ago, IronFilm said:
Not even the slow progress of time is making them depreciate down. As we're seeing some prices pop back up again?
I've noticed that too - I bought my G9 about 18 months ago in the UK (new but cheaper than used at the time, due to very generous cashback offer and v.good price from dealer), and used prices have been steady or slowly edging up since then. I suspect due to new camera sales being well down (so fewer trade-ins/private 'upgrade' selling) there is just less used product around to buy which is pushing prices up. It's noticeable that some of the big dealers in the UK have been actively advertising to buy used equipment during the summer, including some selective cash buying offers where normally they would only take trade-ins.
I suspect that used prices on the G9 will only drop substantially when it gets replaced by a new model, but I don't see any sign of that happening any time soon (and it's already a very feature-packed, high performance 'hybrid' m43 camera anyway).
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They have 4K video there which is 1.6gb & 22 minutes long. That's a lot better than I thought it would be! Is that normal?
That's very low bitrate for 4k (only about 10 Mbit/s) - 4k25p files from the camera are about 100 Mbit/s for the EM10 and G80, so 22 minutes would be about 16 GB.
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15 minutes ago, Defleur said:
So when you go into 4k film mode on the Panasonic the screen will automatically adjust & only show you what you will record?
Correct.
If you are in 'creative video' mode (the 'movie camera' icon on the mode dial) the LCD/EVF screen will show you the correct 'field of view' (FOV) for the movie setting in use (1080p or 4k) all the time.
If it's in any other mode it will normally show the 'photo' FOV, then change to the correct 'video' FOV when you hit the video record button.
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I agree with Kye that top-quality 1080p (e.g. GH5/G9 level) isn't very far below 4k quality, particularly if your final output is heading for YouTube etc., and it is a lot faster to work with 1080p when editing. But the quality difference is more noticeable with a lot of cameras due to lower-quality down-sampling/scaling from the full sensor area to 1080p. The GH5 & G9 have the processing capability to do it properly.
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On 8/20/2020 at 12:56 PM, Defleur said:
Is it possible to use a Micro SD card with an adapter in your camera for 4K recording?
Yes, absolutely - I've been using them for a while, at up to 4k60p (150Mbps) in a Panasonic G9 (and other Panasonic and Olympus cameras). I normally use SanDisk 'Extreme Plus' V30-rated micro-SD cards, but you can sometimes get the faster 'Extreme Pro' version for not much more money.
I shoot a mixture of 1080p and 4k. Using 4k allows for re-framing in post while retaining enough quality for good 1080p output.
I'd also seriously consider a used Panasonic G80/G85 if you are thinking about a used EM-10 III - below the 'GH' level cameras, it's probably one of the best all-round cameras Panasonic have produced. Only real downsides are the crop in 4k and noisy audio from the internal microphones (but it has a mic socket so that's easily solved).
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...also the G9 is not compatible with the DMW-XLR1 XLR adaptor unit.
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3 hours ago, IronFilm said:
From reading reviews, it seems like the G9 is better than the GH5 in these areas:
Better battery life, better autofocus, and better IBIS.
Is that true?The G9 would also be better in some stills areas, such as 20fps burst rate vs 12fps.
But I don't think the gap is much between them for stills? Especially as the GH5 has got firmware update for stills features such as High Resolution Mode.
Of course the GH5 has the 4K DCI that the G9 lacks, and the G9 lacks the anamorphic shooting options. (and no waveforms either or V-Log without the paid update for the G9)
What else is the G9 missing?The G9 has no 'All-I' compression modes (in fact nothing above 150 Mbps) but it did gain various 10-bit and 4:2:2 modes in the 2.0 firmware update.
It might be that the GH5 IBIS sensor movement isn't accurate/repeatable enough to do a good 'high res photo' mode - or it's just market segmentation.
If you look closely at the recent firmware updates for the GH5, GH5s and G9, a few changes have been only for the GH5s and G9 (the two more recent cameras) so I assume they have different (probably faster/more powerful) processing electronics than the GH5.
As I don't own a GH5 I can't compare it against the G9, but I don't think you would be disappointed with the G9 - it's in a different league to the G85, GX85 and earlier cameras....
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15 hours ago, leslie said:
Am i going to lose much if i go to the older m10 ii or E-M1 II ?
The EM-1 II has a 20MP sensor, no-crop (full sensor width) 4k video, plus phase-detect autofocus, weather sealing, mic and headphone jacks, bigger battery, better IBIS etc. etc. (it's a professional-level stills camera with very decent video and excellent build quality, basically).
But it's bigger, heavier and somewhat more expensive than the E-M10 III (in the UK at the moment a used EM-1 II is about twice the price of a new E-M10 III)
I seriously thought about buying a new E-M10 III a few months ago, but decided to spend the extra money and get a used EM-1 II instead as I wanted the extra features/weather sealing/build quality.
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3 hours ago, leslie said:
Just wondering what the bit depth is on the video is it 8. 10, .or 12 bit ?
It's 8-bit
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1 hour ago, ntblowz said:
Hopefully the license issue is not a cluster f**k like h.265
What's the problem with H.265/HEVC licensing - it's handled by MPEG-LA in the same way as MPEG-2 & H.264 as far as I know (and it's quite cheap - free up to 100,000 units per year, $0.20 per unit over that - see https://www.mpegla.com/wp-content/uploads/HEVCweb.pdf )
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2 hours ago, kye said:
Thinking about this further, it will likely first appear in streaming services, where (for browser viewing at least) they can implement it in the client and the server almost immediately and get the benefits straight away. I would imagine that bandwidth would be one of the largest costs of running a streaming service?
Minimising the cost of media storage and distribution (bandwidth cost) is what has always driven the development of data compression. It is the reason that broadcast TV originally used interlaced image scanning (it halves the transmission bandwidth compared to using 'progressive' frames at the same picture update rate).
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4 hours ago, dreamplayhouse said:
I know XT4 fits the bill but that's out of my budget.
What is your budget?
You seem to be looking for the perfect camera but that doesn't exist, so you have to compromise to get as many of the features you would like and put up with things you don't like (especially if the budget is fairly limited and you want it small and light).
I'd prefer the G9 to be smaller and lighter, but I put up with that to get the features I want (like excellent IBIS and 4k50p) because they are important to me. If I want to take out a smaller, lighter camera I'll take my GX80 instead and put up with 4k25p, worse autofocus, worse IBIS and shorter battery life in exchange.
It's choices and compromises...like life generally...
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LX100 isn't a M4/3 camera - it has a 16MP M4/3 sensor, but it doesn't use the whole area (it uses slightly different parts of it depending on the aspect ratio you select). That's why it's a maximum of 12.7MP stills. The lens needs to cover a smaller sensor area, so can be more compact. I think it relies very heavily on electronic correction of the lens distortions, as a trade-off for the small size - even so there is some barrel distortion visible at the wide end, and it's prone to flare sometimes.
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3 hours ago, JChristophe said:
- Lumix Lx100 (1st version) : Very small camera, almost pocketable. The lens looks wonderful. Possible to mount ND filters. Great 4k with just a slight crop. Good photo. The perfect camera for what I need, but one big down : no IBIS.
- Lumix GX80/85 : Everything great, excellent IBIS. One big downside for me : The 2 kit lenses are beautiful zoom pancakes but are not fast at all. I'd like a fast zoom lens but those are too expensive and way too big for my use.
I own both of those.
LX100 is a great stills camera, and the on-board audio is much better than the GX80. Stabliisation is 'OK' but nowhere near as good as the GX80. Lens is great, although avoid zooming it during video shooting - it tends to look a bit jerky and 'flickery'. No tilting or touch screen, no in-camera charging.
The GX80 is a better video camera - better stabilisation, better 1080p, easier to use as a hybrid i.e. switch instantly between stills and video. Tilting touch screen. Has in-camera charging. Poor sounding on-board audio (and there is no mic socket).
Viewfinders are about the same on both. Batteries are the same type on both, and battery life (shooting video) isn't brilliant on either, but decent third-party batteries are cheap (as are USB chargers for them) so just carry a few spare batteries with you.
I'd go for the GX80 with the 12-32mm pancake, and add the cheap/light/small 25mm F1.7 prime for low light etc. If you want a 'travel zoom' then get the 14-140mm F3.5-5.6 - it makes a nice 'super-zoom' combo while still being pretty small overall. All of those lenses are cheap used, and the two zooms support dual-IS.
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20 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:
Yes and it is cameras like the G100 which will topple Panasonic if they carry on investing hard cash into those terrible decisions that came up with it.
I am genuinely concerned for the company.
The full frame Panasonic cameras have not exactly been flying off shelves lately, either.
I feel that one of the most creative camera engineering teams in the business is being badly let down by marketing forces and poor product planning / conception.
Watching that dreadful Panasonic rep in the C5D video was unbearable. The idiots she takes us for. Atrocious. Saying they couldn't put a larger sensor on a connected device. They have already done it!! CM1!
There is zero reason in 2020 with the technology we have that a micro four thirds camera cannot connect directly to social network sites via 4G.
They are even cannibalising their GH5 sales with some shitty cheap camera, because the GH5 was a popular vlogging camera in its own right.
I hope Panasonic have an internal enquiry into this debacle after the G100 sales flop and ALL those responsible take full responsibility. Fire them if required.
And get the damned AF fixed on the S1 / S1H successors too.
I agree completely - it's hard to believe the G100 has been 'designed' by the same product planning team that bought us a succession of ever improving G, GH and GX series cameras - have all the good people departed, or are they being over-ruled by higher-up management?
It just looks like a hurriedly-put-together response to the ZV-1 (Panasonic having got wind of what Sony was planning).
Canon Cinema EOS C70 - Ah that explains it then!
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Exactly, and it's also priced be potentially attractive as an alternative to the A7S III and SH1.
It's pretty obvious with the releases of the R5 and R6 and now this that Canon are going all out to defend their low/mid pro-level market against further inroads from Sony. It's going to be an interesting battle to watch...