Dave Maze

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My first look is live! HOLY CRAP THIS CAMERA ROCKS!!

Side bar, why is there different threads above the general thread? Like black magic cameras and stuff for sale etc. more people view these general posts

AHHH Yes. This is so great. I bought two BMPCC's back in 2013 and they were my workhorses before I sold them all and went to the 1DC. I literally cracked one in half while on a shoot in Nicaragua! They are so great and I miss that camera. One of my favorites. I sure hope they add the new ProRes raw. Would be incredible. Flippy selfie screen??...probably not... good AF? No way. But amazing IQ and video features like peaking, waveforms, and ProRes...OH YA!

Oh goodie goodie! This is exciting! Been wanting a BMPCC 4k for SOOOOOO long.

Correct this is more of a photo review. We did a video specific review that’s coming soon. We did a video specific review coming soon but we didn’t go into detail about the silent controls too much unfortunately

Well if anyone still wants a 1DC in 2018, maybe you should bid on my 1DC that I am selling to fund some new gear for my YouTube channel.... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-EOS-1D-C-18-1MP-Digital-SLR-Camera-Black-Body-Only/112902067120 Im really sad about this but I am not made of money and any cameras that aren't being used....need to go. I can always re purchase one in the future if my heart remains broken.

My last gh5s video is live. A "comprehensive review"

What's up boys. New video live! This one I go over some of my favorite things about the GH5S as a video shooter. Big fan of this cam!!!

One of the first GH5S reviews is up! This one is for vloggers, but there’s some good stuff in there! I really love this setup! GH5S and Olympus 12-100!

no restrictions. records forever working on a full review on this setup. will be released next Tuesday

@Don Kotlos lol THX! sweet drone for sure!

Unfortunately with the reviews there usually isn’t any crossover like that. We rent or buy the cameras then sell them as soon as the next one comes out to pay for it

I rented the Olympus 12-100 and it’s a fabulous kit now. The slightly larger sensor makes 12mm a usable “selfie mode” and 100mm gives you a 180mm equivalent! Autofocus works great with the hack and the IS is really nice too. Optics are sharp and bokeh when you get it looks great. What other system allows for such a useable lens at this size with this power in video with 4K 10bit and epic slow motion. ISO performance makes f4 totally fine. Wonderful one camera one lens setup.

Of course mojo is subjective. But to me the 1DC, Fuji JPEGs, and the digital Bolex are my favs.

@mkabi totally! Give me some opportunities to do proper tests. The first image I shared from that acoustic shoot wasn’t lit at all and was using a crappy lens. I’m doing some side by sides. 10bit is most definitely better than 8bit. I’m curious to see the differences in color science

I’m doing A, B tests with 1DC and GH5S tomorrow and will post my results ASAP!

honestly....not to my eye. they need some tweaking to match each other.

@mercer Im doing some side by side comparisons directly with the 1DC soon so Ill make sure to @ you on it when they are uploaded. Believe me, its taken me forever to justify getting rid of my 1DC. Its been my favorite camera. But I'm making 4 youtube videos a week and I need an easier to work with 4k codec.

Again, I come back to my needs. They have totally changed since when I bought my 1DC. At the time I needed a workhorse 4k camera that could handle the elements well. I literally bought the camera using the budget for rental gear for a two month shoot I did in Mexico. The client wanted 4k and stills. I was in the middle of the forest and running around handheld. The GH5 wasn't out yet and my only option at the time was a used 1DC or a7Sii cause I wanted a camera that performed well in low light and was weather proof. Here are some frame grabs from my 1DC 4k when I was in Mexico, all shot Clog and graded in color finale: If I want good stills and want to keep my GH5S rigged for video in a cage with my monitor ETC, I will more than likely but a Fuji X100 like all the other cinematographers out there who use the X100 for BTS stills and family pictures. At first I was saving my pennies for a RED. Then I had high hopes for fuji...but was disappointed with it. Now Im on the Panny bandwagon. Wasn't impressed with GH5 at all image quality wise really....huge fan of GH5S. GH5 makes people look like they had a bad spay tan.

Thanks! Those stills look great for several reasons outside of the camera. We were shooting on Leica R glass, with Tiffen Black Pro Mist filters, we hazed the house and I hired a real DP to shoot it! Lighting, lensing, and filters work wonders. @DBounce Totally agree! If I were blending stills more then 1DX/ 1DC would TOTALLY make more sense. I LOVE taking stills with my 1DC....I just rarely if ever do. Im not a photographer by any means. the only things I take pictures of is my baby and my family. 10MP raw images are totally fine for my google photos backup of my family. @mercer hollywood films WILL MOST CERTAINLY be shot on GH5S. In fact, part of the reason it exists is literally by request from Top Gear DP needing a GH5 without IBIS. 1DC has been out longer obviously so its had time to be in the field.

I am a 1DC owner and have shot with the 1DX II in the past. The 1DC has mojo the 1DX II doesn't have for sure. More filmic color science. However, 1DC isnt a logical and wise choice. There are serious red pixel issues with it and its seriously a pain in the butt to use. No AF, so I always have either my Zacuto gratical or my SmallHD Focus attached to it for focus peaking and waveform. I have been using a loaner GH5S for my reviews and am seriously considering retiring the 1DC for the GH5S. My needs have changed. I used to be a freelance director/ DP and now Im a YouTuber. Having an unusable 4k until converting to ProRes is a pain. No iPhone app or any type of AF for video is a pain. And the thing is a beast to hold and carry around. I so wish Canon would do canon log on the 1DX II and give us a better codec. Thats all thats holding it back. The GH5S should have been called something different. Its not a GH5, its just in a GH5 body. It should have been called EVA-1 mini. It was completely designed by the same team that designed the varicam and EVA-1. Not the photo department. The color science and features the GH5S has makes it a much more practical camera for my use.. I will use a speed booster and the same canon mounted Contax glass I am currently using on my 1DC with the exact same crop factor and cinema 4k....IN 10BIT but with focus peaking, wave forms on screen and an app that can work with shooting myself and locking focus using the app. I am really impressed with it all around and I am not a fan of IBIS. I have a MoVI M5 that produces the most cinematic motion available and IBIS makes the MoVI footage act wonky. I also love the look of a camera on a shoulder rig. IBIS makes shoulder rig stuff look too fluid and not natural. This is why Panasonic made this camera. For actual working professionals who recognize that IBIS is truly not desired all that much...IBIS is a great TOOL to have on the tool belt for sure though... attached are some frames from a music video I shot on 1dc.

I’ve been doing tests and am shooting like 5 different reviews on this camera for Kinotika and my personal channel and to me, honestly, the GH5S is game changer. I’m noticing significant improvement in skin tones and color science here along with better autofocus with the “hack” than the GH5. I’ve been comparing the two cameras using the same settings and the GH5S does seem to be faster. Also, I love the newer sensor size. Just that little extra amount of sensor size allows for the Olympus 12-100 zoom to be the best lens of all time! Constant f4 was always a problem with this lens, but now with the low light performance it’s a non issue. That 12mm becomes a 21mm equivalent which makes it the perfect “vlog” focal length and with the ability to zoom to 100mm... you have a 21mm-175mm which is unheard of. You get fabulous IS with the lens so you’re not missing out by not having ibis and call me crazy, but I’m not a fan of ibis. It’s always ruined the shots for me. 80% of the time on the GH5 it’s great, but sometimes you just see that wobble and it ruins the shot in my opinion. Lens IS never does that for me. So: GH5S + Olympus 12-100 = best walk around kit. There’s so many things with the panny cameras that just make my life better and more pain free too. Like the hdmi implementation. Having all your settings, audio levels, etc carry over hdmi is so incredible. I even love the stills off the GH5s. Really clean and 10mp is fine for me. Less megapixels than my iPhone but the photos are fine for my use (family portraits) I’m buying the GH5S with the 12-100 with a speed booster for my contax Zeiss glass and actually going to sell my 1DC for this. I’m so happy with the 10bit files and vlog. This camera makes me happy. The GH5 never did.

This was such a simple shoot, but the story really just fell into place and came together. This is a little piece on my Great Uncle that I shot several years ago on my 7D and a 24mm L Prime lens. This video changed my career...

Best part of this announcement is the discovery of 2 things: 1: a new sensor design from canon (probably the new aps-c standard for the next few years). 2: Digic 8 processor. Clearly this new processor can handle 4K paired with the new sensor. So a Canon 7D or 90D soon with better video implementation coming soon? Also, imagine a 1DX mkiii with dual Digic 8 processors.