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    Kisaha reacted to FannieJane in New information regarding H.265 on the Panasonic GH5   
    Premiere Pro can handle H.265, but whether it can perfect handle H.265 depends on your hardware decoding ability of your computer.
    Here’s a quick rundown of well-known hardware that includes dedicated HEVC decoding blocks, which definitely support efficient HEVC playback:
    Intel 6th-generation ‘Skylake’ Core processors or newer
    AMD 6th-generation ‘Carizzo’ APUs or newer
    AMD ‘Fiji’ GPUs (Radeon R9 Fury/Fury X/Nano) or newer
    Nvidia GM206 GPUs (GeForce GTX 960/950) or newer
    Other Nvidia GeForce GTX 900 series GPUs have partial HEVC hardware decoding support
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 805/615/410/208 SoCs or newer. Support ranges from 720p decoding on low-end parts to 4K playback on high-end parts.
    Nvidia Tegra X1 SoCs or newer
    Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 5430 SoCs or newer
    Apple A8 SoCs or newer
    Some MediaTek SoCs from mid-2014 onwards
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    Kisaha reacted to hijodeibn in Canon 5D mkIV Crop Factor Reduction   
    Rinad Amir, you are just a troll, most probably a teen troll who has still not learn how to be polite with others, but let`s focus in the positive, you are still young and probably you will learn during your life time what your parents couldn`t teach you in your early years, really, stop been so pedantic and learn how to behabe from more experience members in this forum…..
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    Kisaha got a reaction from jonpais in Tripod + fluid head   
    For such a low budget I can only think of the S6 Benro, and only on ebay (there are some new from time to time with very competitive prices).
    Unfortunately (or not), tripod systems are something that you have to pay, and pay a lot.
    I did a little research on the market, and I can't find a good one with less than 1000euros. Only Sachtler Ace L, but even the C100markII and 70-200 EF lens are already too much,  and when I look for something better, they exceed 2000euros, easily.
    Such a Benro is a good backup/reserve/B cam tripod to have, and if you grow substantially, you can get something much more expensive later.
    Note: I wouldn't advice anything less from Benro (S2, S4). S6 is the minimum and S7/S8 are even better, but much more expensive (and less bargains on ebay).
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    Kisaha reacted to JKTReed in Exposure drifting in manual NX1   
    I've sent Samsung support in the UK (and Norway for that matter) an e-mail describing the issue. I'll post their reply here when I get it
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    Kisaha reacted to mojo43 in 7 Tips for Zhiyun Crane   
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    Kisaha got a reaction from webrunner5 in GH5 Noise Reduction @high ISOs simply sucks...   
    @webrunner5
    I am not that weird, as sale figures indicate! 
    I am not big on m4/3 either, I still use GH4 but I never owned one, and I use full frame cameras for video, but again, I never owned one; 
    there are perfectly good cameras for specific jobs that I enjoy more.
    My sweet spot is S35 and APS-C cameras that are close to S35, and Sony APS-C offerings in both bodies and lenses are not pro material, so a GH5 with a speedbooster is closer to my style than the a7s, plus I know that Panasonic will deliver something that will work as it is advertised, and it is advertised as a video work horse, definitely not a low light freak.
    Whatever works really, I understand one man band people like the A7s so much, but video productions are team work, and I am trying to change this "lone-wolf" mentality, even in my lowest budget jobss I try to employ 1-2 more persons (DP and/or after effects specialist), even if that means that I am earning silly money in the end. 
     
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    Kisaha got a reaction from hansel in More love for the Sony A6500?   
    Seriously, I do not understand where this aggression is coming from, maybe you have some complexes with Greece, or Stalinists (you know nothing about Greek politics, this government passed extreme neo-liberal laws that the socialists/conservatives/multi party governments couldn't before).
    1) I was asked about the Greek weddings, and replied, the story was ending there, until you came to save the integrity of the forum (or Sony, didn't understand)
    2) didn't attack anyone, and I asked from Paul to excuse me, if the first sentence I ever wrote was offensive to him
    3) just suggested my experiences of the a6500 being not appropriate for A camera as a wedding day, and the person we exchanged posts agreed that his friends using this cam as B/C or gimbal cam, and that is exactly what I said
    4) my issues with this camera (and the a6300), are stated by the op on the CON segment of his original post, and I just add some facts.
    5) in my UK University we were using our sources to our academic writings and Wikipedia wasn't the most preferable source, so I am trying to avoid it, while the only thing you do is some exercises in your creative writing course and try to use impressive words to cover the lack of facts and knowledge.
    I don't know you, do not remember any of your posts, do not care, you are not going to play any role in my life.
    Community: Sorry for the last couple of posts, the mod can delete them, if delete this person's attack too.
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    Kisaha got a reaction from noplz in Samsung NX Speed Booster   
    @lucabutera I commented on the enthusiastic review by Ilksim, and I am waiting for your next great NX-related invention/creation.
    I am sure that you will make something that will make more people (me included) to buy from you.
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    Kisaha reacted to BenEricson in Canon XC10 4K camcorder   
    Used the XC10 on a corporate film shoot the Netherlands. The opening shot is XC10 shot handheld from the back of a van. The rest of the shots in the piece are Canon C300ii. It matches pretty much perfectly in that scenario. 
     
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    Kisaha got a reaction from Juxx989 in Samsung NX1 - Post Your Latest Video   
    @MonGe El GenioMusical there is a huge continuity mistake around 3:50, she takes off her bra, but then in the next shot inside the cabin the bra is still on.  
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    Kisaha got a reaction from tellure in More love for the Sony A6500?   
    These cameras are disappointing, I can't believe that the guy Paul Cryer would buy one for weddings! That is a no go in any way.
    I do not know where you live, but it the Greek summer, there is no way you can use these cameras for anything more, than a 3rd or 4th camera during the night party, and even then (because here you have to record some parts of the party continuously) you certainly need a workhorse camera for the party (C100s or NX/GH4 are our most common tools, depending the budget). We use the a6300/a6500 at night, were the high ISO performance is really something, but the 18-105 is 4f, and you loose what you gain, e.g versus my 2-2.8f 16-50S lens, while the 18mm aren't that wide, and you need wide more than tele in these situations. This lens, is nothing special, but his in built stabilizer is really good, and for the money I consider it as the best Sony bargain lens.
    Let's see some facts, in one wedding that we had NX1/GH4 and the newly bought a6300, we used the a6300 only for a smaller portion of time, and still you used 4 batteries (while 2 in the other 2 cameras) and we had to charge at all times, because you never knew when the batteries would be depleted. The dim of the screen is crazy, the camera is almost unusable, seriously, imagine your screen to dim in the Greek summer! This is not a camera for a southerner, or northerner (depending where you stand on the globe!). Also, we could never trust a camera that overheats in these conditions, while my NX cameras, and my friends GH4 can record for hours straight (tested while recording live performances, and some unbelievably hot summer noons).
    The ergonomics and menu system are probably worst in business, while the a6500 is a bit better (I haven't used it extensively, it seemed a bit better than the a6300), the small and relatively light body can be a burden with a bigger lens (it is a nightmare using it with an EF adapted lens, believe me!), I would say that the 18-105 is the maximum for the a6500, for the a6300 even this seems unbalanced. I rather have a smaller and lighter camera like my NX500 for when I want light, and my NX1 for when I want something more professional with better ergonomics and grip, I am 100% that the next professional Sony mirrorless cameras will be more dSLR-like than before. Some things just work, and are tested for decades.
    Lack of touch controls (the a6500 gimmicks are no good for video users) is something out of the previous decade, and we are almost over in this one...
    One of the most important factors for me, that no one talks about, is the fact that the 1080p of these cameras (a6300/a6500) is unbelievably bad "1080 video is surprisingly poor by current standards, even taking a step backward from the original a6000, and falling far behind what the company's own RX100 cameras are capable of."
    and the crop isn't helping either, "the 120p and 100p modes of Full HD video are shot using a smaller, 1.14x crop in from here and 30p 4K imposes a still tighter, 1.23x crop."
    The rolling shutter is to seen to believe how bad it is, certainly worst than my NX1, and the NX1s 1080p is near the top 3 of cameras with the lowest rolling shutter, and I am shooting 1080p like 95% of the time anyway.
    "a7s II FF 1080p --- 30.3 ms (29.5-31.2)
    a7s II FF 4K ------ 30.4 ms (30.2-30.6)
    a7s FF 1080p ------ 30.5 ms (30.1-32.0-30.5-30.3-29.2-30.9)
    XT2 4k ------------ 30.7 ms (30.5-30.7-31.2-31.2-30.8-29.9)
    NX1 4K ------------ 30.9 ms (30.6-31.6-31.4-30.7-30.2)
    NX1 UHD ----------- 32.6 ms (32.9-32.0-32.9-32.5)
    a7R II 4K S35 ----- 33.3 ms (35.6-32.2-32.8-35.3-32.6-31.1)
    RX100 IV 4K ------- 36.6 ms (36.4-36.7) (without stabilization it's slightly faster: 35.7)
    a6300 4K 24fps ---- 39.0 ms (39.2-38.9)"
    and these are the cameras with the lowest RS
    "BM 4.6K (2K crop)--- 6.3 ms (official)
    1DX II 1080p 60&120- 6.7 ms (6.6-6.7)
    NX1 1080p ---------- 7.9 ms (7.7-8.0-8.1-7.8)
    NX500 2.5k --------- 8.6 ms (8.2-8.8-8.9)"
    some of my thoughts.
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    Kisaha got a reaction from iamoui in More love for the Sony A6500?   
    Seriously, I do not understand where this aggression is coming from, maybe you have some complexes with Greece, or Stalinists (you know nothing about Greek politics, this government passed extreme neo-liberal laws that the socialists/conservatives/multi party governments couldn't before).
    1) I was asked about the Greek weddings, and replied, the story was ending there, until you came to save the integrity of the forum (or Sony, didn't understand)
    2) didn't attack anyone, and I asked from Paul to excuse me, if the first sentence I ever wrote was offensive to him
    3) just suggested my experiences of the a6500 being not appropriate for A camera as a wedding day, and the person we exchanged posts agreed that his friends using this cam as B/C or gimbal cam, and that is exactly what I said
    4) my issues with this camera (and the a6300), are stated by the op on the CON segment of his original post, and I just add some facts.
    5) in my UK University we were using our sources to our academic writings and Wikipedia wasn't the most preferable source, so I am trying to avoid it, while the only thing you do is some exercises in your creative writing course and try to use impressive words to cover the lack of facts and knowledge.
    I don't know you, do not remember any of your posts, do not care, you are not going to play any role in my life.
    Community: Sorry for the last couple of posts, the mod can delete them, if delete this person's attack too.
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    Kisaha got a reaction from iamoui in More love for the Sony A6500?   
    @josdr nice words, doesn't change my reality though.
    I do not expect someone with no clue about the world, have anything interesting to say about cameras, while I expressed vastly my experiences to the community you chose to just personally attack someone you don't know.
    Learn some facts before you open your gutter.
    Unemployment rate in Greece is 23.10% 15th worst in the world (Lesotho, Palestine, Angola are just under Greece, to get the point) and second in youth unemployment just under South Africa with 45.20%
    http://www.tradingeconomics.com/greece/unemployment-rate 
    A lot of hundred of thousands of young scientists have migrate abroad (most of my friends are all over the world, the numbers vary from 300.000-500.000, which is a huge number for such a small country), that is called "Brain Drain", read about the situation, if you care at all
    http://www.ijbhtnet.com/journals/Vol_4_No_2_March_2014/14.pdf
    Black money in Greece is equal to 9-10% of the GDP of the country, and because of the high taxation is growing every month, more companies prefer to go bankrupt (244712 business and 824670 work places lost during 2008-2015 on a 10-11 million country) and work illegally than pay Scandinavian taxes with no real benefits (the health system is going bankrupt, hospitals have no basic medicine and Greek doctors migrate for work, 4000 doctors ONLY in Germany), while some Greeks have 800billions on un taxed money is Switzerland, I assure you, I have none, of those.
    http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2016/04/25/greeces-private-sector-244712-businesses-closed-and-842670-work-places-lost-during-2008-2015/
    http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/03/15/die-welt-the-greek-govt-ignored-800-bln-in-black-money-transferred-to-swiss-banks/
    in general, the situation is called by some politicians and scientists as "financial genocide". Just do your research.
    edit (just to be barely on topic): and yeah, I used the cameras and I didn't like them, why to say otherwise? I am not getting paid by Sony, and if I would, I would still speak my mind.
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    Kisaha reacted to OliKMIA in Canon 5D mkIV Crop Factor Reduction   
    If this is true, he 5Dmk4 sales must be really bad or Canon starts to realize how outdated their new "flagship" is to propose these emergency fixes.  Either way this is pathetic and Canon deserves it. A pig with lipstick is still a pig, the 5D4 doesn't have the appropriate hardware to compete with the Panasonic and Sony. I'm certainly not going to cancel my GH5 and I'm looking forward for the Sony A7S3. Too late Canon.
     
     
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    Kisaha reacted to Parker in Variable ND filters for video?   
    I've mentioned this before in other similar threads, but a few years back I did pretty exhaustive vari-ND research and eventually settled on the SLR Magic one others have mentioned. It's fantastic. No discernible cast of any kind, no X-patterns, no vignetting on wide angles, hard stops on either end so it doesn't just keep spinning all the way around, it's really just about perfect. The other one I had been looking at at the time was a genustech, but we have one at work now and it's kind of a pain to use and I like the SLR Magic much better (I have the original version, before they added the additional twisting polarizer thing on the front). But I just combined it with Xume magnetic filter holders so I can stick it on any lens I own in half a second, works fantastically. 
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    Kisaha got a reaction from Inazuma in More love for the Sony A6500?   
    C100mkII to a6500 is a leap of faith! The best workhorse camera around the world vs a spec-King, a realistically amazing video camera vs an on paper amazing camera!  
    GH5 is a more reliable and well thought camera. To be fair, the a6xx series was never marketed as a professional camera series (the whole Sony APS-C line wasn't). The trend here is Sony as well, but most of the professionals (especially the older ones) are still Canon/Nikon fanatics.
    I used to live in UK and the weddings there were nothing at all like Southern Europe, or other parts of the world, maybe you will be alright, I have a couple of friends in England working weddings and they do have A7sII/a6300(a6500) combo.
    I just mentioned some facts that the cameras weren't good for me. People's needs and experiences vary, and thankfully we got a lot of good (and cheap) cameras these days.
    Again, sorry if I sounded offensive! For pro video work, I would wait for the rumored C100markIII and FS5ii, I am even considering the new Ursa mini pro, which can take you from a run and gun gig, to a low budget feature film.
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    Kisaha got a reaction from Paul Cryer in More love for the Sony A6500?   
    C100mkII to a6500 is a leap of faith! The best workhorse camera around the world vs a spec-King, a realistically amazing video camera vs an on paper amazing camera!  
    GH5 is a more reliable and well thought camera. To be fair, the a6xx series was never marketed as a professional camera series (the whole Sony APS-C line wasn't). The trend here is Sony as well, but most of the professionals (especially the older ones) are still Canon/Nikon fanatics.
    I used to live in UK and the weddings there were nothing at all like Southern Europe, or other parts of the world, maybe you will be alright, I have a couple of friends in England working weddings and they do have A7sII/a6300(a6500) combo.
    I just mentioned some facts that the cameras weren't good for me. People's needs and experiences vary, and thankfully we got a lot of good (and cheap) cameras these days.
    Again, sorry if I sounded offensive! For pro video work, I would wait for the rumored C100markIII and FS5ii, I am even considering the new Ursa mini pro, which can take you from a run and gun gig, to a low budget feature film.
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    Kisaha reacted to hansel in Variable ND filters for video?   
    I shoot the Heliopan Vario ND for 4 years and it was working very well.
    The only other tip I have is get the biggest filter you can e.g. 77mm. You can always step up to the filter but step down you can't!
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    Kisaha reacted to Fritz Pierre in Panasonic: We will accelerate the LUMIX project under new structure   
    What does this even mean?
     
    In it's current form the GH5 is already eating up 1.5 gig per min...that's before the FW upgrade...how many will be able to to afford a computer and data storage to accommodate raw?...it would be a disastrous business decision for Panny on a camera that's $2000...I for one am glad they are making smart choices....look at the GH5 they gave us...I remember many months ago all the various items people listed as their "wish list"...then Panasonic comes along and completely blows past it...of course for RAW they offer the Varicam 35 & LT....and they have to protect that line too...perfectly reasonable to me it seems....
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    Kisaha reacted to Paul Cryer in More love for the Sony A6500?   
    @Kisaha good to read the comments though. I was the same as you initially when people were telling me they were switching to this, especially with the overheating reports. I'll check out 1080P as well. A lot of wedding filmmakers over here in the UK have gone Sony, virtually all the big well known guys who do it have, possibly because a leading wedding filmmaker who is also a Sony brand ambassador and runs courses everyone goes on, so they all then go and switch to Sony after doing his course! I'm actually presently on a C100 MK2 but there are reasons I'm moving away. Panasonic GH5 is certainly a consideration though I did use to have a GH4 and didn't like using adapters (two times in a ceremony is stopped with 'lens not attached') and I had a few other issues with it too.
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    Kisaha got a reaction from Emanuel in More love for the Sony A6500?   
    @fuzzynormal of course! we all express opinions here, and personal views!
    I try to use - and test- equipment in working conditions, because that is the ultimate (and only) test for me, and my results are definite, as there are no middle solutions.
    Just weddings here are very demanding, and this camera isn't destined to used like a work-horse, more like a work-bunny! As I said, if you are working long hours on a hot environment then it isn't the camera for you, then, it depends of the use.
    Weddings in Northern Europe and North America probably are less demanding.
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    Kisaha got a reaction from tonysss in More love for the Sony A6500?   
    These cameras are disappointing, I can't believe that the guy Paul Cryer would buy one for weddings! That is a no go in any way.
    I do not know where you live, but it the Greek summer, there is no way you can use these cameras for anything more, than a 3rd or 4th camera during the night party, and even then (because here you have to record some parts of the party continuously) you certainly need a workhorse camera for the party (C100s or NX/GH4 are our most common tools, depending the budget). We use the a6300/a6500 at night, were the high ISO performance is really something, but the 18-105 is 4f, and you loose what you gain, e.g versus my 2-2.8f 16-50S lens, while the 18mm aren't that wide, and you need wide more than tele in these situations. This lens, is nothing special, but his in built stabilizer is really good, and for the money I consider it as the best Sony bargain lens.
    Let's see some facts, in one wedding that we had NX1/GH4 and the newly bought a6300, we used the a6300 only for a smaller portion of time, and still you used 4 batteries (while 2 in the other 2 cameras) and we had to charge at all times, because you never knew when the batteries would be depleted. The dim of the screen is crazy, the camera is almost unusable, seriously, imagine your screen to dim in the Greek summer! This is not a camera for a southerner, or northerner (depending where you stand on the globe!). Also, we could never trust a camera that overheats in these conditions, while my NX cameras, and my friends GH4 can record for hours straight (tested while recording live performances, and some unbelievably hot summer noons).
    The ergonomics and menu system are probably worst in business, while the a6500 is a bit better (I haven't used it extensively, it seemed a bit better than the a6300), the small and relatively light body can be a burden with a bigger lens (it is a nightmare using it with an EF adapted lens, believe me!), I would say that the 18-105 is the maximum for the a6500, for the a6300 even this seems unbalanced. I rather have a smaller and lighter camera like my NX500 for when I want light, and my NX1 for when I want something more professional with better ergonomics and grip, I am 100% that the next professional Sony mirrorless cameras will be more dSLR-like than before. Some things just work, and are tested for decades.
    Lack of touch controls (the a6500 gimmicks are no good for video users) is something out of the previous decade, and we are almost over in this one...
    One of the most important factors for me, that no one talks about, is the fact that the 1080p of these cameras (a6300/a6500) is unbelievably bad "1080 video is surprisingly poor by current standards, even taking a step backward from the original a6000, and falling far behind what the company's own RX100 cameras are capable of."
    and the crop isn't helping either, "the 120p and 100p modes of Full HD video are shot using a smaller, 1.14x crop in from here and 30p 4K imposes a still tighter, 1.23x crop."
    The rolling shutter is to seen to believe how bad it is, certainly worst than my NX1, and the NX1s 1080p is near the top 3 of cameras with the lowest rolling shutter, and I am shooting 1080p like 95% of the time anyway.
    "a7s II FF 1080p --- 30.3 ms (29.5-31.2)
    a7s II FF 4K ------ 30.4 ms (30.2-30.6)
    a7s FF 1080p ------ 30.5 ms (30.1-32.0-30.5-30.3-29.2-30.9)
    XT2 4k ------------ 30.7 ms (30.5-30.7-31.2-31.2-30.8-29.9)
    NX1 4K ------------ 30.9 ms (30.6-31.6-31.4-30.7-30.2)
    NX1 UHD ----------- 32.6 ms (32.9-32.0-32.9-32.5)
    a7R II 4K S35 ----- 33.3 ms (35.6-32.2-32.8-35.3-32.6-31.1)
    RX100 IV 4K ------- 36.6 ms (36.4-36.7) (without stabilization it's slightly faster: 35.7)
    a6300 4K 24fps ---- 39.0 ms (39.2-38.9)"
    and these are the cameras with the lowest RS
    "BM 4.6K (2K crop)--- 6.3 ms (official)
    1DX II 1080p 60&120- 6.7 ms (6.6-6.7)
    NX1 1080p ---------- 7.9 ms (7.7-8.0-8.1-7.8)
    NX500 2.5k --------- 8.6 ms (8.2-8.8-8.9)"
    some of my thoughts.
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    Kisaha got a reaction from noplz in Anyone not that excited about the GH5?   
    Even for the people not buying this camera (like me), I can't see how NOT to be excited.
    It is the first time a manufacturer gives so much, for so little money, on a perfect operational and reliable camera body, covering most of the competition, and then add some.
    It is an exciting release, but people tend to forget, that GH4 was exciting back in the day too, I am a bit old, and my memory works linear, so I clearly remember that - again- Panasonic pushed the limits a little bit further with the GH4, as exactly does with the GH5 now.
    Well done Pana, but not for me, yet..
    we will see how it goes the next few months, what others have to say (both real world reviews and other manufacturers), the firmware updates, and maybe, down in the road, most of us we will HAVE to own one!
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    Kisaha got a reaction from Ken Ross in Anyone not that excited about the GH5?   
    Even for the people not buying this camera (like me), I can't see how NOT to be excited.
    It is the first time a manufacturer gives so much, for so little money, on a perfect operational and reliable camera body, covering most of the competition, and then add some.
    It is an exciting release, but people tend to forget, that GH4 was exciting back in the day too, I am a bit old, and my memory works linear, so I clearly remember that - again- Panasonic pushed the limits a little bit further with the GH4, as exactly does with the GH5 now.
    Well done Pana, but not for me, yet..
    we will see how it goes the next few months, what others have to say (both real world reviews and other manufacturers), the firmware updates, and maybe, down in the road, most of us we will HAVE to own one!
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    Kisaha reacted to joema in Variable ND filters for video?   
    We've used Tiffen, Genustech, SLR Magic, NiSi and Heliopan. I didn't like the Tiffen because it made an "X" pattern at high attenuation. I use a 95mm NiSi on my Sony 28-135 f/4 cinema lens, and really like it because it fits under the lens hood, has hard stops and no artifacts: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/NiSi-95-mm-Slim-Fader-Variable-ND-Filter-ND4-to-ND500-Adjustable-Neutral-Density-for-Hasselblad/901623_32311172283.html
    However I also have other smaller NiSi filters I don't like as well because the frame is thicker. Overall the optical quality of the Genustech and SLR Magic seem OK, but most filters will impose some color cast that you must correct in post. I just got the Heliopan and haven't thoroughly tested it, but it fits under the lens hood of my Canon 70-200 2.8 IS II, which is a big plus.
    There are lots of variable ND filter "shootouts" on Youtube and other places. I suggest you watch those and buy from a retailer that has a good return policy.
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