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  1. 20 hours ago, JazzBox said:

    The very same mine late-2013 iMac, on which I easily edit ProRes from BMPCC, BMMCC, GH4 to Video Assist, 4K from GH4 and G7...

    We just have to hope that those files were converted in some strange format.... I'm going to buy the GH5 (I sold the GH4 for buying it) but I absolutely need to check the files from time to time while shooting during music videos etc... so I always use my little MackBook Air for preview during shooting... 

    Please let me know if ProRes straight from the SD card is going to play easily on a normal Mac :)

    My 2010 MBP (12gb ram, i5) can not play the 4K 10bit file. It had problems with the GH4 4K files as well. The file opens in VLC, the first frame freezes and that's it.

    Same on my PC (32gb ram, 1080 geforce, i7). 

    Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017 can handle it, but not very well. Still having problems with continous playback on 1/4 quality.

    @aldolega took a good point. These files are not prores, they are coded to .h264, you get the prores from an external recorder.

  2. 9 minutes ago, 4KFILM.com said:

    If you have access to a GH4, I would love to see several shots of a subject matter in front of a window, in order to gauge the dynamic range improvements of the GH5.  Ideally at an optimal lower ISO, and maybe a few higher ISO shots.    Thanks!

    I'll have acces to a GH4 in the middle of the next week, will do the video for you than :)

  3. 16 minutes ago, JazzBox said:

    That would be great! Did you have problems playing the ProRes files to preview them without transcoding? I tried with Mac's "Preview" and VLC and I was not able to play them smoothly, while I played normally ProRes 10 bit from BM pocket, micro and Video Assist. That would be my only concern. Other then that I want to buy it since I sold the GH4 in order to buy the GH5 and I'm using the G7 which I love :) 

    Is it really prores? I'm really not sure. I just got my camera, I am going through the settings, and will start to shoot tomorrow. I only tried to play back Luke's footage from the pre release model, my 2010 MBP died immediately :D 

  4. 44 minutes ago, jonpais said:

    i believe Touch Pull Focus is for locked down shots. Or am I mistaken?

    It is very useful for dolly or jib shots (If you can synchronise the speed of camera movement with the speed of focus). I shot a Music video last summer, and this shot was a pain in the ass, with this feature it would take me max 2 shots.

  5. So, looks like Pana really can't handle the release date. It was march 20th for europe, but I have been told from the CS of CVP that still no information about the stocking of gh5. Amazon says "dispatching from 1 to 2 months", lol :D #theNewBlackmagic :D

  6. 2 hours ago, Arikhan said:

    @funkyou86

    Nice explanation...But facts and knowledge don't count any more. Feeding the naive people's phantasy with claims like "the GH5 is the ARRI for enthusiasts" is much better and you get more likes. Irrational fanboyism seems to be the new religion...

    The famous German philosopher Hannah Arendt said once:

    Panas marketing and social media guys did with the GH5 hype an excellent job and acquired hundreds of sales representatives - aka "independent enthusiasts / reviewers" - (mostly) for free. This reminds me of the paid Canon video posting in DPReview some weeks ago, a guy who claimed to sell his RED for a Canon 80D...Of course... :-))))

    Conclusion: Feed people's phantasy and they will give you their money and their soul! (+1 for Panas marketing devision - Guys you did an excellent job!)

    I am really not a big fan of Pannys marketing department. The "reviewers" were useless, exept @Neumann Films, Luke did a great job. The hype was too big, check the topics and articles before the official announcement. The expectation were high, everybody wanted everything, for nothing.

  7. 29 minutes ago, Cinegain said:

    I think it's why Simon Cade (DSLR Guide) sticks to a 1080p Canon. He can focus more on the content once he shifts his focus away from the camera itself towards what's happening in front of the camera, actor performance, lighting, sound, etc.

    I appreciate that approach and statement that gives off that content is king. But... good content, with superb execution, I mean, like, technically, might even be better content than the content shot on a potato. Plus... tech advancement gives you more creative oppertunities. Slowmo, 4K, HDR, gimbals, aerial shots etc might be regarded as gimmicks, but it's just the progression of traditional filmmaking. Everything is a tool you can possibly put to good use. But as it is with any tool, it requires knowledge/instruction, experience and effort to apply. If you're a one man band, it might take a lot of your capacity away that could otherwise be spent on less technical camera related aspects.

    The last video i saw from Simon was the T3i "comparison" to Alexa, and I promised again that won't click to yt's recommended videos. He's a wannabe Coelho, making general statements while constantly being afraid of GAS. Sorry for the offtopic.

  8. 1 hour ago, Arikhan said:

    @funkyou86

    You don't have to compare the GH5 or other Lumix devices with a 15K camera to talk about color science. You only have to compare the Pannys (NOT camcorder or pro devices) simply with am Nikon D750, which is cheaper than a GH5. No chance for the Panny to reach the pleasant Nikon colors OOC (with correction / grading in post, of course).
    And don't say, it's in the eyes of beholder...I made some A/B tests with real people (not with woolly-minded gear heads living in a parallel universe) and a vast majority prefer the Nikon color rendition (OOC) over the Panny one. ;-)

    In my eyes Pana still got better in the last two years in handling color science OOC. Just take a look at some pieces of face studies of @jonpais with his GX85...When comparing it with OOC Pana footage from two years ago, you will realise a substancial difference...

    I was reflecting to hyalinejim's comparison. Not sure if you understood my (previous) posts, I was not defending panny colors, I said that you'll open the lumetri panel anyway, so there are plenty of ways of fixing the panny colors.

    This whole conversation about colors and specs does not lead anywhere and I am getting sick of it. Light a scene and setting the camera properly improves the final image (and colors). Why not choose a camera based on the needs? If you need a REC709 look, buy a broadcast cameras. If you want a camera with various specs you have to live with compromises, like fixing a colour channel in post.

  9. 5 hours ago, hyalinejim said:

    Yes, do you? But if I didn't, does that mean I shouldn't complain about Panasonic colour rendition? Take a look at the Kai W boating in Cambridge video. The GH5 footage looks like shit, in terms of colour, and the C300II footage looks lovely.

    Do you think you could match the GH5 footage from that shoot with the C300 footage, @funkyou86, if you're so fucking amazing?

    Comparing the 2K camera to to 15K camera, just wow, have you taken your pills mate? :D 

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