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Well, then get a Vivtar 17mm 3.5 or Tokina II 17mm 3.5, which is the same optical formula, but not the Tokina I. You get get a cheap Tokina 25-50 F4, which is lovely even wide open, just do your WB tests. Mine has a specific tint which deserves to be altered, especially for GH1 8bit beauty. Combine it with a cheap focal reducer and you have a nice, cheap n cheerful set for your GH1. For a prime, to fit the Tokina, 24mm Tokina as a vague guess! But guessing is not good enough. So why not go for a Minolta 24mm 2.8 or an Yashica M? Fifty, pick your heaven. They are all good n plenty and nifty. Konica 50mm 1.7.

Plus classleading lowlight quality without codec mush unlike the A7S3 plus 10bit in 422 full width of its FF sized sensor in all frame rates. Very fast sensor readout. @webrunner5

I imagine it's supposed to be used in S35 mode, just like the Bmpcc booster is suited for its S16 sensor size with the Speedbooster sporting a 0.58 factor. It didn't work well on M43 sensors. Now 0.71 is the rather common thing. So maybe it works for FF but i assume the FD Speedboosrer is constructed for S35 to be boosted to FF image circle of the lens. That would make sense, as that would be the most used application rather than using a very few of expensive L lenses to be pushed bexond FF. Some Konicas cover the Fuji Gfx 44x33mm sensor with charming characteristics in the corners. Andrew wrote an article about that. FF boosted by 0.71 would be around 50.7mm wide (1 / 0.71 x 36mm). Interested to see. The 0.71 boosters for Emount were solely done for S35. Havent seen successful uses on FF sensor size other than in S35 crop mode. The Mamiya 645 booster, also with a 0.71 factor is for FF sensor size to be boosted to a larger 1.4x factor of the image circle. The Pentax MF variante does that as well. Both are from Kippon and very pricy.

@webrunner5 Also by the results from your link, you would still have the R7 right up there with the Sony A6500 which sports one of the best APSC sensor for dynamic range. Add 10bit 422 and a higher 32MPixel count and it´s a pretty good sensor by this data. Fun fact, results from the website you posted, GH5MK2 betters both sensors from ISO 125 on. How it really turns out to be in pratical use, that we will see. Also rolling shutter and other great aspects of the cultivated image.:) I remember the Red Dragon test on DXOmark. Was really hard to believe the results. No one would ever believe these test results in the world of cinematography afaik.

Thanks a lot! @hyalinejim That sounds pretty good. 10bit 4K60p with dynamic boost downsampled from the 5.7K sensor is a quiet a task. Was it 422?

Yeah Don, DXOmark tests for photography. So did the site you posted, which states "photographic dynamic range verus iso setting". So both dxomark and diyphotography/photonstophotos show tests for photography. The one you posted just shows much lower values than DXOmark, lower by 3 stops!:) @webrunner5

By their messurements Nikon D850 has 11.75 Stops and Lumix S1 has 11.5. They definately have a different measuring and results than Dxomark, though they mention their software being in use. The APSC champion Sony A6500 has 10.5 stops of maximium dynamic range by their chart. So R7 would share that crown being up there with the very best APSC in dynamic range. Additionally the R7 is offering more pixels for photography plus much better readout than the Sony, going by the videos on youtube. By comparison, Dxomark score on the Dxomark website is for the Panasonic S1 14.5 stops. For the Sony A6500 it's 13.7 stops. They haven't tested the R7 yet. 13.7 stops by Dxomark would be classleading.

DIYish for us noobs.:) I bet the Sigma looks realky cool with that setup. Or as Don aka webrunner would say, hotter than applepie. 😊

Sweet! Thanks for posting!

The "through the fence" shot at 38seconds I found spectacular. Colour, spatial feel, perfect! @kye

Hey, that would be fantastic. I´d suggest Dynamic boost in 4K60p, 10bit 422, Long GOP. That should be the most challenging and with the most interesting feature of Dynamic boost included. Thanks a lot! @hyalinejim That´s a strategy I highly recommend. I hopefully will get to use all my equipment more and also sell what I don´t use. You also got the mighty and beautiful GX85, the dear friend of your GF3.:) @kye

I really like what's coming out of this camera. The video above is beutifully shot imho and with a fantastic image, as I gave my reasoning about before. Best test video I have seen in a long time. If disagreement is a reason to see you post again, I must say I am very happy about that.😊 @kaylee

Lookin gorgeous. Would love to see some skintones, but only if it does not take to much effort of course. Hopefully I will get to test mine soon.

I imagine, Panasonic could cash in with a GXTen, just delivering what the GH5 does but in its beautiful form factor and with its built quality. Except, the back dial lost its function after two years of usuage and I read I am not the only one with the back dial issue. Imagine a GX Ten with great PDAF and 10bit GH5 quality and a swivel screen. It would sell like hot cakes I imagine.

I´m on the fence of selling my S1 and getting a GH6. But I cannot afford to risk possible streaking on a paid gig. So still on the fence and maybe even more rightfully so, if battery life seems so underwhelming. I wouldnt want to expect @kye to take the risk and let us know, if his then GH6 would have at least the battery life of his GX85 in DGO and 60p mode. That would be the absolute minimum I would like to accept from a camera like the GH6.

That they left out Prores for UHD and anamorphic modes plus Prores LT in general is really akward. Internal NDs would have helped this camera on the number 1 spot for mirrorless video. The latter cannot be changed. A GH6Cinema could change that. But by then a S2H will rock the market. If Sony is clever they give the A7s3 a mode without noise reduction. Until that does not happen, i would consider the Gh6 more compelling due to its "organic" low light image, which the Gh5 does not provide btw.

How about the Meike Cine primes for MFT? They come as 12, 16, 25, 35, 50 and 85, with a Tstop of 2.2.

I rewatched the video on the phone and my desktop. I still must say, it looks fantastic to me. Exellent colour response and separation. Best I have seen from any camera under natural light on youtube other than Red or BM. I don´t look for Arri videos. 😉

Yeah, the GX85 is a lovely little cam. If it only had the awesome 10bit 150mbit codec and no mush but noise in low light. I love to hold and to film with it. Even more than that I love taking pictures with it.

I think, the cheapest Canon nifty fifty 1.8 you can find on Ebay would be a great lens to enjoy. Classic plastic fantastic! But you already know this. Still, never hurts to get some approval from your forum nerd friends. 🙂 @mercer The 35mm F2 with image stabilization is a lens you already own, right? I am a great sucker for 40mm focal length. Had a 42mm on some of my back then cheap rangefinders like Oly 35RC or 40mm Ricoh 500G. Loved the 20mm pancake on my Lumix GF1, which was equivalent to 40mm on 135 film. Maybe get the Canon version of a Tokina 28-70 2.8 ATX, but not the Pro Angie like version but this one. Ken Rockwell gives it a nice and indepth review: https://www.kenrockwell.com/tokina/28-70mm-f28.htm

That's good. Would be dull if there was only one taste. @MrSMW I liked the lush colors while still providing subtle hues and the choice of grading in harsh light to go a bit over board with the highlights. Everything has a plasticity and physicality to it. But that is just what makes it sing to me. I love the look, the color palette and how colors still stay intact within this demanding grade. It reminds me of one of my favorite GH1 videos:

Sorry, dear Don, but it's so expensive, that i must laugh seeing the price point. 😊

The Evf is pretty sweet too. S1H still out of reach for me moneywise. Had almost gotten one with Smallrig cage and handle, three og batteries, Sigma adapter, all for 2200 eur. But then i figured my S1 should be plenty. Still using it without a cage and with one battery only, because i feel too stingy to invest in the camera.

Have been thinking to do the same. But then, battery life, image quality, 10bit, Ibis, full image circle on my beautiful Canon FDs still make me keep it. But boy, I dislike the menues (Gh5 menues were perfect for me) and i dont enjoy the cumbersome swivel screen. What are you getting instead? @Tim Sewell

Could be a fun lens for low profile filming. Manual focussing via cam, interested to see how that feels like. The cinematographer above put that lens to great use.