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I can see Nolans point of view, I personally had to disconnect the internet in my work office because its too distracting, even told my boss to get me one of those dumb phones since we were required to take phone calls.
Only three times a day did I connect to the internet, when I came to work, after lunch and 30 mins before the workday was over, and all of that, was to check and reply to emails as those are primary source of tasks including updating the progress on various jobs online. 
I really hate working on computers in general for the simple fact its easier to draw concepts on paper than it is to make one in a computer says it all.
It even went to the point where if I had no idea what to design or create, I had to walk out the office, go sit somewhere, and I probably sit there for 2 -3 hours just drawing madly in my notes until the boss had enough of that and I quit 6 months later for burn-out. 
The world is so connected today its honestly mind blowing when people complain they are "lonely" in life, well I wonder why? Most people sit in their little echo-chambers feeding narcissism and other toxic attitudes, the days of social gatherings ended and I am so thankful to have actually lived in an era before social media just so that I personally know what it is like having to meet friends and go out do something, we used to go photography trips together a lot, but no one wants to do it, why? Oh they got smartphones now, it take pictures, they are bored of it.
Thats another problem, ease of access, makes things boring, there no struggle, there no challenge to anything thats easy, why work hard when you can work easy? Right? What took a team of 3 people to make a magazine design, is now pushed onto suckers like me who have deadlines in 1 week. 
The thing how Nolan was missing out is true to many extent, people making groups in social media and chatting away, but in my 14 years of experience, I never seen these groups ever do anything productive, its always toxicity brewing eventually. But if you were to meet out for a drink, thats rarely the case mostly because everyones too drunk to care. 
 
I miss the analogue world, and while I do appreciate the modern wonders, too many side effects.

I can see Nolans point of view, I personally had to disconnect the internet in my work office because its too distracting, even told my boss to get me one of those dumb phones since we were required to take phone calls.
Only three times a day did I connect to the internet, when I came to work, after lunch and 30 mins before the workday was over, and all of that, was to check and reply to emails as those are primary source of tasks including updating the progress on various jobs online. 
I really hate working on computers in general for the simple fact its easier to draw concepts on paper than it is to make one in a computer says it all.
It even went to the point where if I had no idea what to design or create, I had to walk out the office, go sit somewhere, and I probably sit there for 2 -3 hours just drawing madly in my notes until the boss had enough of that and I quit 6 months later for burn-out. 
The world is so connected today its honestly mind blowing when people complain they are "lonely" in life, well I wonder why? Most people sit in their little echo-chambers feeding narcissism and other toxic attitudes, the days of social gatherings ended and I am so thankful to have actually lived in an era before social media just so that I personally know what it is like having to meet friends and go out do something, we used to go photography trips together a lot, but no one wants to do it, why? Oh they got smartphones now, it take pictures, they are bored of it.
Thats another problem, ease of access, makes things boring, there no struggle, there no challenge to anything thats easy, why work hard when you can work easy? Right? What took a team of 3 people to make a magazine design, is now pushed onto suckers like me who have deadlines in 1 week. 
The thing how Nolan was missing out is true to many extent, people making groups in social media and chatting away, but in my 14 years of experience, I never seen these groups ever do anything productive, its always toxicity brewing eventually. But if you were to meet out for a drink, thats rarely the case mostly because everyones too drunk to care. 
 
I miss the analogue world, and while I do appreciate the modern wonders, too many side effects.

1000mm in case those damn flying saucers appears, never seem to have enough reach when I spot one with my tape recorder.

1000mm in case those damn flying saucers appears, never seem to have enough reach when I spot one with my tape recorder.

While there is hundreds of sample video from YouTube and Vimeo people using S1, S1H and S5 with HDR exports. 
It appears all of them are either 10bit 422 or 12/14bit 444 RAW video, and I watched a handful to see if the OP's colour issues were present in them despite the compression rate I could not see any such artefacting which I assume happens in lower light areas. 
I would suggest the OP actually tests the 10bit 422 mode to see if he experiences the same issues, I am not sure he is all that justified in complaining when he only tests the HDR grade he is trying to accomplish in a 10bit 420 mode, I saw the images and he is clearly colour banding, essentially just hitting a limitation of his codec not having the colour information. 
No amount of magic can solve this.
Also the OP did not mention which HDR specifications he is trying to grade towards, it would be helpful which HDR spec he is gunning, if its Dolby or some of the other dozens of HDR specs out there, it also be interesting to know what nits those colour banding happens at in those particular areas, to me it seems apparent issue in the shadow areas so a higher ISO could be destroying colour information. 

Wow, never seen such toxicity on this forum before, I think the OP is having some massive delusions trying to cram magic into a limited codec format that just wont happen and claiming everyone pointing it out are wrong LOL
HDR only looks good when your monitor/TV can achieve HDR-800+ otherwise its pointless, OLED really struggle to hit those 1000 nits requirements for perfect HDR.
 
I also suggest watching some video from this guy who is a professional TV and monitor calibrator who actually has a clue what he is on about when it comes to HDR viewer experience.
https://youtu.be/XPzM3NDGuSc
https://youtu.be/D83SXcguwBU
 
 
 

The best “walking” ibis tests using native lenses

1) OM systems (OM1 & em1 series)
2) LUMIX G M43 line (GH6)
3) LUMIX S5ii/X (NEW)
4) LUMIX S1 series
5) Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji are good also but with eis crops, catalyst browse, boost i.s etc
 
 

IBIS + OIS are always better than some digital motion sensor which always ruins the image in one way or another with artefacting, there just no way around this, maybe in the year 2050 we will have AI capable of reconstructing an image perfectly.
There some wobble on the S5 with a wide angle lens, but if you have a wide angle lens with OIS/OSS should the wobble issues not be removed? Considering Panasonic uses the same method as Sony for IBIS + OIS, the sensor only does X - Y axis with roll and lens does pitch and yaw.

 
Canon IBIS is pretty mediocre, I would say Sony newer cameras does a better job with IBIS + digital IS in video mode than Canon does, Canon have the same issues as Olympus and Fuji in that they are solely made for photography use, they all seem to suffer when you start panning or doing walks they go all over the place, whereas Panasonic and later Sony cameras seem to really refined their IBIS for video, Sony A7IV does not suffer from these panning issues.
 
Honestly, Canon is just making excuses with R5C, it should have IBIS LOL, you could always just make it lock itself in place like some cameras do when you do not use it however there is an argument for not using IBIS, it makes the camera 100g lighter, it makes the camera a lot more sturdy, IBIS systems break REALLY easily on impact, but if Canon worried about breaking and the sensor floating around when the IBIS is not in use, I do not understand why they could not just invent in a locking system that locks it in centre.

You are not getting the RS3 mini? My gimbal FeiyuTech AK2000s is like 1,2kg already + Samsung NX1 with its 16-50mm F2-2.8 makes that gimbal extremely unyielding, it brings back memories of my military days holding a 3kg rifle all day really did a number on you. 
Zhiyun Crane M3 seems almost half the size of my AK2000s and much lighter.
Overall in event shoots I found gimbals to be cumbersome and more often than not actually limited shots I could get specially among crowds of people, eventually I just detached the gimbal and shot handheld with the S5, worked way better that way, got better shots, got moments I would have lost otherwise, kept having to power down the gimbal when not in use and then power it on again which took 2 - 3 seconds. 
Never again, oh and people do not seem to care much when you are holding the dinky little S5 and a Sigma prime, but a gimbal? Oh man LOL
 
Yes I will dream, LX15 actually shoots pretty good video with the V-log hack and its a really easy camera to work with, fits on some smartphone gimbals too because of its low weight. 

I thank God Panny kept the sensor, amazing organic look from it you cannot take for granted these days.
I hope S1II will have the stacked version of that sensor which is found in the Sony A9m2, giving us 4k120p FF.
I own the MC-21 adapter for a long time now but cannot wait to test my Canon glass with the adapter on the S5II and CAF.
If it can even get 80% close to native performance, that is a true keeper for sure.
Its also perfect for gimbal setup, no need to use complex wireless focus pullers anymore and lots of extra battery to power it all.
I dream that Panny also updates the LX15 with their newer 1 inch sensor which was their test bed for the phase detect system.
And their entire MFT line up.

I just tape gaffer tape on it, that way the camera doesnt look like a million bucks when travelling + I can pull it off whenever I decide to sell the camera again.

There's a sequence here with the Sigma 18-35 1.8 and MC21 adapter
 

my vid is up! outside of the review aspect, i would love your feedback on my edit/ tone of this video. 
 

Looks like a really excellent camera.
A nice new feature is ability to burn in up to 10 user LUTs in both JPEG stills and video.

You might enjoy his comedy but it's a cop out to excuse his garbage reviews as comedy. 
Walking around the suburbs with a camera at arms length, squinting at a 3" screen doesn't qualify as real world usage or review worthy. 
lol actually that just tells you everything you need to know 

It's a comedy channel where the host does wildlife photography which almost entirely consists of the squirrels in his neighborhood and where he renamed "bokeh" to "toneh" to make fun of Mr. Northrup going too far with shallow DOF.  If you're upset that he goes light on the technical details and doesn't produce Roger Deakins-level cinematography, I think you've missed the point.

(And I definitely enjoyed Kasey's video as a standout in a sea of people reading spec sheets and basically shooting the exact same video as every other channel who got invited to Japan)

Me after watching all the S5ii coverage... 
"Panny boy... you did it!"

 

Lol! I'll watch this first - Gerald can wait 😂

I think it is very much competitive with the cameras above. PDAF, fantstic IBIS and lots of pro-video tools. Really glad they have finally made such a camera. I agree with Gerald that in terms of value for money S52 is the next A7III. I hope Panasonic sells a shit tone of them and more lens mafucatures will enter L-mount alliance.

I really don't get the reason why people who have FF cameras are so disturbed by the mere existence of M43. Can't we let M43 be M43 and FF be FF- it's all good. If you like the image format and size, great! Why does one have to be inferior? They both do things that the other cannot do. I think there's the inconvenience. It would seem that people want simplified answers- bigger sensor, more megapixels, high bit rate, etc. I'm not saying those thing don't matter, but there are other things too. Cameras have ergonomics, exposure tools, ports, EVF's, image fidelity, etc. None of that is "Full-Frame" or "xx megapixels" or "intra-frame compression". So many cameras produce great images these days, even good enough for Hollywood. After, it becomes the best tool for the job and needs.

Ok. Can you cover 16mm-ish to 600mm (FF equiv.) in under 1kg with ANY single FF mount kit? How about 2kg? 3kg? That's what I'm saying. There are lenses in M43 with simply with no equivalency in FF in terms of weight. When you do find a lens, you won't find the other lens you need in the same mount.

Sounds like a dick measuring contest. Have you actually read any of the arguments I was making in this thread? My comments on telephoto advantages of M43? My list of compared lenses? I gues you did not or it slipped your attention somehow. I think I am gonna end this discussion right here. 

Good. Back to "Panasonic and what they have up their sleeve." ... not M43 vs. FF. Thank you!

Amazing work, maybe a bit less jitter next time and actors should be more theatrical in their performance and scream their lines as was the norm in the 1930s, their microphones were shoddy which is why people spoke so loud in old movies LOL
Loved the old timey dolly movements though and those classic zoom in.

While there is hundreds of sample video from YouTube and Vimeo people using S1, S1H and S5 with HDR exports. 
It appears all of them are either 10bit 422 or 12/14bit 444 RAW video, and I watched a handful to see if the OP's colour issues were present in them despite the compression rate I could not see any such artefacting which I assume happens in lower light areas. 
I would suggest the OP actually tests the 10bit 422 mode to see if he experiences the same issues, I am not sure he is all that justified in complaining when he only tests the HDR grade he is trying to accomplish in a 10bit 420 mode, I saw the images and he is clearly colour banding, essentially just hitting a limitation of his codec not having the colour information. 
No amount of magic can solve this.
Also the OP did not mention which HDR specifications he is trying to grade towards, it would be helpful which HDR spec he is gunning, if its Dolby or some of the other dozens of HDR specs out there, it also be interesting to know what nits those colour banding happens at in those particular areas, to me it seems apparent issue in the shadow areas so a higher ISO could be destroying colour information.