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No but they do sell rail-free follow focus units that would probably work nicely with handheld in a pinch. @PannySVHS Also, I think Duclos will mod any lens if you approach them. Of course it would probably be cheaper just to buy an actual cinema lens.

I had the GX85 for about 6 months last year and I was blown away by the IBIS. The ability to use old c-mount lenses and vintage primes on a modern 4K camera handheld was very cool and in a lot of ways spoiled the way I shot. But I did notice some of the issues you mentioned and it was never perfect, but still better than lugging around a tripod. Then when I decided to move onto a more cinematic look with the 5D3 and ML Raw, I assumed I would just use my ai-s lenses, but I decided to try a native Canon zoom... the 24-70mm f/4 and I was stunned to learn that the OIS on the Canon lens is as good, if not better, as the IBIS on the GX85. With that being said, I wouldn't necessarily recommend that you go out and buy a 5D3 and shoot ML Raw but since gimbal work is important to you, and since AF is important for gimbal work, I think you may only have two options if you want to stay with 4K... The a6500 with it's touchscreen PDAF and IBIS. Or the 5D4 with its touchscreen DPAF and a Canon OIS lens.

I love the 5D2 and ML Raw... some people like that look more than the 5D3. Honestly, what more do you NEED than that?

Isn't that what they say, the best camera is the one you have with you, or the one you already own. What do you shoot with now? Actually, I'm unsure if I ever asked you, what kind of work do you do... corporate, music videos, documentaries, narratives?

@Emanuel you are the man of many links. Just buy a GH5 already, will ya? ?

Thanks for the reply. A couple questions, is the ProRes a clean HDMI recording of the ML Raw video? Do you use it for Proxy editing? Do you have any videos of the ProRes recordings on Vimeo or YouTube?

Okay, I can buy that. But where are you going to get 4K 60p Raw with Touch DPAF for $6000?

With the 5D3, can you record internal Raw and output to an HDMI recorder like the Video Assist, for ProRes proxies, at the same time?

I don't know if this has been posted yet, but...

Nice work. I love that BM look. Was that ProRes or Raw? Also, I assume you meant push the ISO 4 stops to 12,800?

It's 4K Raw...?

What exactly does a horribly "non efficient codec" entail? I mean video gets recorded, right? And it's a 4:22 codec that's easily editable on most computers, and usually the motion cadence looks great. Okay so a 1.7 crop isn't exactly S35 but it's closer than 2x or 2.4x or 2.88x. And with the crop, a bunch of aps-c lens options open up. I don't care about the this camera is better than that camera game. Each camera is unique to itself and none of them are perfect, but I do think the 5D4 gets a little more hatred than deserved.

With that rationale, why would anyone ever buy an EF BMCC? Or use native Micro 4/3 lenses on a BMPCC or a BMMCC? Yes less of a crop would be ideal, but it isn't the end of the world.

I don't understand all of the hatred for the 5D Mark IV and its mjpeg codec? It's a 4:22, all-i video codec that is easily editable on most computers, but it has big file sizes. ProRes has big file sizes. Raw has big file sizes. The GH5, after the update, will have big file sizes. Where else are you getting a FF stills camera with a S35mm, Cinema 4K, 4:22, Log image, with arguably the best color science around, and definitively the best AF, for $3000? With all that being said, I hope some of these D850 specs start to trickle down into the lesser models. A 4K D5700 with focus peaking, even if only in 1080p, sounds like a great camera to me. 1080p for the daily grind and some 4K, even cropped, for some novelty shots every now and again.

I find it highly suspect. A lot of the aforementioned, middle codec specs are specific to the codec in the XC10/15, so I agree that it may be 8 bit but I would expect that it will be 4:22 recorded to CFast cards. Or Canon fears the backlash of the expensive media, so they dumbed it down to record to SD cards. Until the firmware path is updated on their website, it's all just conjecture.

Just read at Canon Rumors that it will have an aps-c sensor and DPAF... watch Canon put 4K video in it too... Seriously, though... depending on the specs, this may be the glove box camera I've been looking for. We shall see. http://www.canonrumors.com/canon-powershot-g1-x-mark-ii-specifications-cr1/

I completely understand this because I think President Trump is an African American Woman because I choose to use a different definition of the words African and Woman. What in the hell are you talking about, Ed? You don't get to choose the definition of words to suit your narrative. I know it's a political tactic to do so, but this isn't a political forum. You know... I also was trying to stay out of this conversation but after reading this nugget, I had to have my one and only reply... Words have meaning and power. People can choose to use words incorrectly, but that would make that person ignorant and subsequently make their opinion moot. Or it's deliberate for a very specific political motive. Neither reason is acceptable. A major issue in our society is the misuse of words and the miscommunication of intent. If you're unsure of the proper definition of a word, look it up. Your argument may become clearer and your points not so divisive. Or maybe you know exactly what these words mean and this aww shucks routine is the character you play? Trump is a lot of things, but a white nationalist is not one of them. It's a moronic argument used as a scare tactic to like minded people that don't think for themselves. There are plenty of valid arguments to be made for President Trump or against President Trump, but that ad hoc attack just keeps the narrative and debate in the whacko realms of the Far Left and Far Right and I would rather hear discussions and points made by the rational center, where most humans reside.

Since you've been a major proponent of ML Raw, how would you compare the two? Sorry to the OP for the OT.

I believe Pentax was the first DSLR to have focus peaking. But I get your point.

Did you enable the ETTR hint with the Raw Histogram? I found that helped a lot to see when I was over and which channels were clipping.

With a fast 1.4 lens, wide open, I've gotten clean footage up to 1600 ISO but I've never pushed it any further... but that was in decent light for exterior night shots Do you expose to the right?

Also here are a few more screengrabs from my film.

What's the highest and cleanest ISO for the 5D3?

"Art are politics" Oh art they?

Idk, I think he sometimes drops bombs and then watches from the sidelines as arguments and discussions ensue.