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Allthough it was not great. Looks like on the video side they are still some years behind mirrorless/dslr's and cinema camera's.

I think chivo earned a pretty penny for this one.

There is massive value in these smartphone camera's though, it fits your pocket. Its truly a pocket camera, battery life is amazing, low weight, sharing your photo's is fast and easy and you have it always on you. For taking pictures of the kids during the day nothing is easier, or when doing a hike or climbing a mountain, you do not want to carry any more weight then you should. People are cutting their toothbrush in 2 to save weight, think about how many toothbrushes you are carrying along when you are hiking with a dslr/mirrorless, battery and a lens. Allthough I do not see them replacing any pro shoots, imagine walking into a set, everybody is looking at you. And you flop out an iphone instead of an actual camera. Besides quality there is always the perceived value of customers when you set up an alexa/RED any big camera.

Yeah I have seen some comparisons between the 5d III ML RAW 16 bit and 10bit back in the day. And the difference was indeed not that big. But is it possible that the quality might be better as the source is 16bit, not sure if the R5 is capable of 16bit?

canon 5D III ML RAW is 16bit, canon R5 is 12 bit RAW. I am surprised nobody did a comparison between these 2 yet. The colours of the 5D III might still have the edge over the R5. (Allthough resolution, dynamic range and framerates are better now)

Has anybody have a link to a7s iii 16bit raw footage, what external recorders support this right now? I kinda dismissed the a7s iii, but now i have seen how much better the komodo (16bit) looks over the pocket 6k (12 bit). Im kinda curious about the a7s iii's potential.

They should, the A7III is a dinosaur. With all these camera options the A7III is lacking behind. And for write off's its kinda important to release the camera before the end of the year.

Rumour of release date?

No Belgium. Yeah thats my fear, that they only have 100 lenses, and then stock is depleted. In that case I am done with panasonic.

Yes over here we need to fill out a form with serialnumber, invoice & purchase date. I thought it was the same everywhere 🙂

Surely they can confirm that it is approved and then send the lens 30 days later and ask for new proof or something. I only bought the camera now because they offer the free lens because its a good deal. If I dont get the lens I do want to return it, cause then I can wait for the a7iv which prolly will outperform the s5.

Has anybody received approval of their free lens yet?

In europe is the sigma-21 cheaper then the fotodiox adapter, would you still go for the fotodiox diopter?

Mid november, djeez thats a long time. When do you know they approved the lens giveaway? Cause if im not getting the lens, im gonna cancel my order and wait some more time. Maybe till a a74 is due.

I ordered the S5, but looks like I will not be getting it in september. But this prolly means I will not be getting a free lens then or am I still entitled.

I remember everybody was complaining about cfast prices but these sd prices are far worse.

Just ordered one.

Well I have no intention in buying L lenses, I will just use an EF - L adapter. But yeah I wished the R5 or the R6 was the chosen camera, but the main problems with the R5 is high cost, overheating so trust issues but also the files arent edit friendly. (A7S III price is also too high, at least in Europe)

Exactly. This is how I feel also. A lot of camera's to choose from this year though. I think I am getting an S5 at this point. Which can handle hybrid shoots, or family shoots or travel shoots(especially done with carrying a lot of camera's during travel, going back to 1 camera, 1 lens I think for travel).

Do you think it would be possible it will have a hotshoe for flash photography, or even know if this thing can take pictures? (looking for a hybrid setup, will buy a s5 this weekend I think) and save some money to buy some additional lights.

How long does the battery last on the S5? Im quite jealous of the battery of the A7III,I went to a 8 hour shoot once with a guy, and he didnt even had to change his battery (not continously shooting offcourse).

A bit strange that the S1H has more DR then the S5, not sure if the test was faulty (maybe different lens). Or did panasonic pull out a small cripple hammer.

What EF adapter will you get? I just saw a video claiming the AF for the mhotography side from the s5 is good, only AF in video sucks. Which isnt that big of a deal for me, the only reason AF is needed is because my wife can only use Af, and next time we go out for a trip I want my face not to be blurry (hmm or maybe its not accidental)

Yeah def want to see how good it stacks up with the s1h.

Ah thats interesting.