I'm a total amateur when it comes to video, at least comparatively speaking. That said... learning my way around the craft while shooting with A7Rii/A7Sii over the past two years has been fun but also often super annoying for all the reasons known to you guys (battery, ergonomics, controls, codec, etc.). Any combination of those issues were adding up to frustrations that were taking a toll on the creative process. I figured I'd try a more video oriented body so I rented FS5. After messing around for a week with it I bought one. Recent price drop to $4,750 helped.
The only thing I miss from the A7xx bodies is... IBIS. That's it. Everything else is on another level and it's just so much more fun to shoot with. Everything just fits and works nicely together, I can just forget about fiddling with the camera and focus on the subject I'm shooting. And it's small... sure not as small as A7xx, but unless you build it up (just like you can frankenstine any A7xx) it's a very compact package. So, while I appreciate the A7Sii for its see-in-pitch-black capabilities and will continue to use it at night, I've retired A7Rii to it's stills-only duty and FS5 as the primary shooter. To each their own
AlexTardif got a reaction from webrunner5 in Pro camcorders? They're pointless creatively.