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I wasn't actually talking about you or even this specific incident but your reply coincidentally proved my point.

Okay, gotcha. The Panasonics are great. If you want 4K or need it, the GX85, or G80 will be great. The GM5 is supposed to be great, Jase got some awesome footage with his GM1, but for the price of a GM5, I would consider a GH3, they can be found pretty cheap nowadays and they have a couple extra features the GM cameras don't have. Just some thoughts. Do what suits you best. As far as the M is concerned, to use EF lenses, you will need the Canon EF to EF-M adapter... I think it costs a hundred bucks. Honestly, if you just want it for messing around and family videos, I would look for the M10 or M3... I bought a new body from Japan for less than $200. It has a flip screen and focus peaking and is just a fun camera. The AF is probably better than the original M as well. But with the original M you can load Magic Lantern on it and get a bunch of extra hacked features that are pretty fun too.

Haha, now I'm really confused. So one of the Panasonic cameras is going to be your primary camera for narrative or paid work and then the M1 would be for kids/family type stuff?

Sorry... In addition to?

Yeah, I had the Pocket and the 12-35mm f2.8 Panny. It was a cool combo being able to go handheld, but for the money, I decided to return it. I wanted a rig less handheld camera and it fit the criteria, but my copy of the Pocket got so hot it was almost too hot to the touch. If I was a better colorist, or if the pocket was 500 bucks still, I may have kept it but for the money, I decided to go another route. Haha, I actually have the GX85 as well and that is a cool cam, but I am selling that too. I'm all over the place with cameras...

I know you've mentioned a few other cameras as well lately. Would the M take the place of that camera, or would it be in addition to? Btw, I love old, Minolta primes. They meld nicely with the M series of cameras. I have a small collection. Stupidly, I sold my 35mm 1.8, which is probably my favorite lens of all time. If you don't already have it, you should be on the lookout for one.

Is that used or new? Also what do you want to shoot with it? What lenses do you have? What's your budget?

Great video, I know that was one of the reasons I ended up buying one. Ultimately, I didn't like the form factor, but I know there was a lengthy discussion and praise of that video in the early days of the BMMCC's release. With that being said, I would definitely contact them if I were you. I read it to mean that they are not saying it won't work, just that they are not going out of their way to continue to specifically make it work. Maybe your argument could convince them. Btw, slightly off topic, but I hate that there is this defensive, almost attack behavior with BM loyalists when someone questions anything about the company or their products.

Did you make that early boxing video with the BMMCC?

Yes, I believe the M series is now a part of their compact division. This video was taken with a G7X MKii. This camera doesn't even have DPAF and it does a pretty good job with the touchscreen focus... Btw, this is not my video... Honestly, I don't think it looks too bad. And the M5 should look even better.

Nope. That was the deal breaker for me. I love the M line. I have the M1 and the M10... And the M10 is great. It has the best focus peaking I have ever used. I don't shoot stills and I don't own any M or EF lenses, so the DPAF is irrelevant for me. But with that being said, if you have a story to tell, it will work great. They are well designed cameras, with that great Canon color and the DPAF is awesome. The IS should work great as it does with the XC10.

Sorry to quote myself but I just wanted to add that with your collection of EF lenses, then the 80D may be the logical choice. Good stills. DPAF. And decent 96mbps 1080p video. Also, maybe look at the 70D, you still get the DPAF, plus ML is making some strides with the 70D and with their most recent 10/12 bit Raw discovery... It could be an amazing video camera as well. And finally, the M5 is always a choice. I know the couple videos released were less than impressive, but most of those Canon released/sponsored videos usually are. I believe they instruct the photographer to shoot everything in auto mode in the most generic easy to use method. I am going to hold off my judgement until it's released and gets into some capable hands.

I've been curious about this lens for a while, I have the 2.8 19&30mm lenses and I like them, but they're a little slow for a prime. Glad to hear the contemporary is a good lens. How's the focus ring... Crap I suppose? Another lens I am really interested in. I want to see how my old Cosmicar lenses do with the GH3 and how much I get along with her before I commit, but this Rokinon Cine looks like a no brainer to me. Here's a video I found on Vimeo with it on a GH4. Obviously, this guy did an amazing color job, but the lens looks pretty damn good to me. Haha, and this seems to be his director's cut...

Have you processed any of it... Would love to see it. And were you getting full 1080p for 11/12 seconds?

Also @John Brawley recently posted a beautiful video with the... I believe it was the... em5mkii. So maybe the Olympus is a good option too. But I think he used an external recorder with it... Which is always an option as well. But it has that amazing Olympus IBIS and a Flat profile that seems pretty good. With wi-fi? Because with MLRawViewer, the process is pretty painless for dailies. Open the files, view and correct WB, you can even add a couple LUTS, but I think they are limited and then export to prores, mov, or dng..

I have been interested in 1080p solely for a while now. To me it seems any 1080p Raw is great. 5dmkiii ML Raw will probably have the most dynamic range and best color. But so far the Nikon 1080p has been my favorite. The Flat Profile is just awesome. So if you want full frame, the D750. If you want aps-c (S35) then I would say the D5500 for a great simple camera. The issue with it is there are no exposure aids with manual lenses. The D7200 will give you zebras and meter with ai-s lenses but the 60p crops an extra 1.3x over the normal 1.5x crop of aps-c. The 24p is normal aps-c though. The 5500 only crops the aps-c crop in 24p and 60p. And then there's the flagship aps-c... The D500 that has 4K with a big crop but the 1080p modes all look good and they have IBIS... I think it's digital IS though. Also if you want great 1080p with C-Log and DPAF, there's always the C100ii. If you don't need the DPAF or 60p, get the regular C100. Edit: I originally wrote the D7200 will give you peaking... I meant to write zebras.

I think the M5 is based off the Poweshot cameras, so I don't think ML could work with it.

Great tips, thanks. With the GX85 I had started underexposing by about a half a stop and liked the results better than ettr, so good to know. How is the in camera audio... Is it usable with the rode video mic pro? Does it need the +20db?

@TheRenaissanceMan do you use Natural? Should I expect the profiles to be similar to the G7 (minus the cine) and the gx85? How do you like the 72mbps all-i?

Without a doubt, if you are looking for a good stills cam... Possibly the best for the money... Go with the D750. It can practically see in the dark and the Nikon Flat profile, for video, is just a pure pleasure to use.

Cool. I have Amazon prime, I'll be on the lookout for it. I thought I had commented about this. Yeah, it's pretty awesome. It looks like it would be on Cinemax late at night. That's a compliment by the way. I love the "Photographed in Color"

There's plenty of stuff online about it, I was just wondering your thoughts/settings on the 1080p on your G6.

I wish I could like this 3 times. Everything is just spot on man. A pretty lady, cool bikes, goofy acting, great camera work, and a wicked, slick grade. You need to teach me how to grade, because those distressed colors look sweet. What settings were you using? I went and bought another camera the other day... A GH3... So I need some pointers with Panasonic 1080p.

Btw, is there a camera settings consensus with the GH3? I've been watching a lot of Driftwood's videos since he thoroughly tested all of the profiles and I have a few ideas, but there is just so much info out there that it's time consuming wading through it all. I've been finding with most camera brands that a variant of Prolost Neutral settings seems to work fairly well.

Oh yeah, I remember that and yeah I think I like it better than the 4K. Don't get me wrong 4K is great, but I think there is some weight in that Panny 1080p image that doesn't translate with the 4K... Even when downscaled. I assume the GM series shoots the avchd 1080p... Which is the same 1080p that's in the GX85? When I get the GH3, I will do a comparison between the GX85 1080 and the GH3 mov 1080p. I suppose the higher bitrate will be nicer than the avchd, but I'm not really sure... I never shot 1080p on a Panasonic before.