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rumor mill has it Nikon is licensing Sigma to produce/adapt native Z-mount lenses.. a la Sony/Zeiss.

I'd love for Canikon to come out with a great FF mirrorless system with excellent video specs but have strong doubts on how/if that will happen. Canon keep trying to protect the C line so i don't see them putting out a large sensor 4k mirrorless with PDAF, log, assist features & a manageable codec just yet.. And Nikon just have so much catching up to do in the video department (no log, no peaking, weak AF, low bitrate codecs etc..)

well there you have it: different cameras for different types of shooters. lotta people can only afford and want a single body for both photo & video. a lot of people also like FF aesthetic & super shallow DOF (casey neistat even switched back from 4K GH5S to 1080p on Canon simply for the FF look -not sure that was the best choice but it does say something-). there are also advantages of being able to use native glass for your APS-C & FF needs without having to rely on speed boosters. DPAF/PDAF comes in very handy for a variety of situations from run & gun, gimbal use or if your stuck with internal 3" displays, especially with resolution/detail becoming so high. it just makes your life easier. sony have addressed a lot of their ergonomics, battery life etc.. issues with the A9/A7R3. AF is getting real solid. on the photo side A7R3 is basically camera of the year. the only thing that was still their biggest issue was the color science & weak AWB. so the fact this is now fixed and on par with Canon is quite big news imo. If the A7S3 has 10-bit, then it might just be game over for the competition. In the meantime i'm definitely going to rent an A7R3 and test all this out for myself..

Concerning the EVA1 comparisons, have a look at the following video at around the 20mn mark, there is talk/footage comparing GH5 to EVA1 IQ specifically regarding DR, color, detail, motion & sharpening.. the difference is pretty drastic imo (EVA1 owners shouldn't have to worry about their investment!)

wow.. Panasonic on some Black Mirrors dystopian society master plan

Further proof Sony weather sealing has flaws.. even on it's latest "further improved sealing" model

Bloom breaks it down nicely in his review and confirms what other reports have been saying: EVA1 is a solid effort from Panny capable of gorgeous imagery and some cool features but that is let down by some odd choices (EF mount), questionable build quality issues & severely lacking in departments like AF & LCD/EVF. It's kind of a mystery to me how these companies can get things so right yet drop the ball so hard in other fields. I guess he's right that we'll never get that perfect camera that combines everything (at least not under $10K). Personally, I'd still probably put the C200 in front of the bunch just because of RAW & DPAF. FS7 is a workhorse but having used one recently for an entire project I did find it slow & clunky to operate. Feels dated. FS5 + Inferno is probably the best deal right now at current prices, but you have to wonder if Sony isn't about to pull out a MkII.. That being said, EVA1 IQ really has a bit of that varicam mojo, if you can get past it's shortcomings i'm sure the files are a pleasure to work with. Honestly it's a tough call right now in that mid-range video cam market!

I don't mind switching from still to video mode (all the way to the left on the thumb lever) but switching from video to stills is a little more fiddly. What I really do wish was that still/video settings were independent from each other. hate having to set shutter speed each time i'm changing modes. I hope XH1 addresses that, and of course, a record button would be nice too.

Have you forgotten about the upcoming Fuji H1? As a reminder, it will feature internal F-Log, IBIS, Touchscreen, better hand grip/ergonomics..etc for around $2,000.00.

No crop in 4K really? so you're getting APS-C/S35 4K?? If so that's amazing and makes it almost better than XT2! IQ is looking pretty sweet too..

.. more like wishful thinking! Bolex uses a good old CCD sensor, great look but poor ISO performance. we're talking worst than current GH5. that's not going to happen. Raw is also unlikely imo. even the +$40,000 Varicam 35 doesn't have that built-in. I even doubt dual ISO. again that would be stealing a lot of thunder from EVA1/Varicams. but it may trickle down eventually. Everything so far indicates GH5S is going to be an incremental update (after all it isn't GH6) . Besides Panasonic risk too great backlash from GH5 owners if they give too much only 9 months after GH5 release.

Agreed... 18 months seems absolutely reasonable as far as refresh calendar.. I think Sony has learned from the A6300/A6500 debacle not to refresh so quickly.. unlike Panasonic who jumped the gun imo with the GH5S announcement happening only 9 months after GH5 release. The real showstopper for A7R3 is, of course, the pending release of the A7S3.

@noone Come on dude, the article clearly exposes blatant sealing weaknesses of the A7S2.. and yes some camera models (especially Nikon & Pentax) are much superior to average in weather sealing: Go try that on a Sony cam!

It was one splash, camera was not submerged: This camera here was never fully submerged in water; the sensor chamber and viewfinder were clean. The reality is, the entire top assembly was clean except for the edges where water leaked in from the strap lugs or ports. But the bottom and port side was pretty saturated. So the likely scenario was taking pictures near the surf and water splashed up from below and probably behind. Looking at the salt stains on the chassis supports that idea; the bottom and edges are saturated. The edge stains go higher than the lens mount, there would have been marks in the sensor chamber if the camera had sat in water that deep. Furthermore, the teardown clearly exposed weak if not totally absent sealings in vital areas: This camera had easy water access from the battery door, the entire bottom, and around the camera strap lugs that we showed you. It also has two rotating dials that you can pour water through, but this splash didn’t hit those. The viewfinder and hot shoe are a bit leaky, too. To be honest, I wouldn't trust most mirrorless cameras around water but from experience and the above sony's seem particularly weak as far as weather sealing..

..you forgot Fuji XT2: 132.5mm (W) x 91.8mm (H) x 49.2mm (D) weight: 507g (including battery and memory card) & A6500: 120.0 mm x 66.9 mm x 53.3 mm weight: 453 g As for the 7D3, well it is kind of Canon's last chance at videographers for 2018.. they could turn a few heads around (myself included) if they gave us a DPAF equipped body with a non-crop (APS-C/Super35) full-readout 4K mode, C-Log and gave us another option than MJPEG or at least 4K HDMI out.. but that would mean Canon listening to consumers.. and what are the chances of that happening?

...Contrast only AF ?

yikes... not at all surprised having killed myself an alpha series camera after simply handling it for a brief moment with my own damp (sea water) palms.. good to know sony still hasn't bumped up their weather sealing. meanwhile i used to shoot for hours under pouring rain during my Nikon years..

LOL.. this thread sure got derailed.. see this is what happens when you claim personal opinions as facts! Hopefully, we can all agree now gear choices are subjective.. and there is no perfect camera for everyone. Getting back on topic: the new Eterna simulation coming to H1/XT2 should be of particular interest to filmmakers as it's based on motion picture film stock:

This is not about IQ & I'm not "hung up" on sensor size, it's a question of aesthetic preference, and I'm currently infatuated in the Super35 zone. I prefer it over FF and obviously M4/3. . FWIW i love Digital Bolex and was sad to see them go and have shot many commercial projects with Blackmagic gear and continue to do so.. So yes, depending on the project I absolutely would and do use other cameras "over my XT2".. never claimed it was the end all be all of cameras.. unlike your statements with the GH5! Sadly this is starting to sound like fanboy defense talk...

Yes.. and David Lynch shot a 3 hour full feature on a 1/3" sensor consumer DV cam.. please let's not go there and compare ourselves to legends.. my point is simply to each their own.. and no camera kills another in the right hands..

Again, your opinion. Personally, i don't really care what "most" people think. Everybody calls themselves a "filmmaker" today so that doesn't really say much of anything. The reality is that YouTubers have different needs than other categories in the business. Like i have zero need for a flip screen. For me personally, the GH series holds no interest to me as long as they remain M4/3. The FoV doesn't work with my aesthetic and i don't like dealing with speed boosters / adapted lenses. EVA1 is the first Panasonic video camera that holds my interest in a while (Varicam LT being outside my price range).

Yes, you (conveniently) forgot all the downsides of the GH5! Terrible auto-focus, poor low-light, small M4/3 sensor, build quality.. all of which XT2 is superior. Then you have subjective things like the color science, pic profiles (film simulations), ergonomics, design & lens selection which in my opinion Fuji are also superior at. Other things like handgrip or battery life are easily addressed with the XT2's booster grip. Also, the latest XT2 firmware adds highlight exposure aid and rumors are Flog could arrive internally. The upcoming H1 will address IBIS, touch screen etc.. Finally, there isn't one all absolute type of shooters. Horses for courses, and not everyone needs 10-bit or anamorphic. So in view of all this, it does seem your claim is more opinion than facts..!

XT2 already does full sensor readout with no line skipping or binning and oversamples from 6K. As Andrew said, only on those (dpreview) charts might you find "issues".. in the real world that doesn't apply as you can see for yourself in the numerous XT2 vids out there.. Also, again as others have pointed out, there are advantages to X-trans design in video such as the mainly luma noise at higher iso which gives a much more filmic noise than Bayer sensors where random/fixed noise patterns or banding may be encountered..

Please don't put the XE3 (or XT20) in the same basket as the XT2 or upcoming H1.. That camera does pixel binning with it's 4K image whereas the XT2 oversamples so you don't get any aliasing and have a much cleaner/detailed image. Here is an XT2 video promo.. all footage ungraded and mainly shot handheld.. as you can see zero problems with hair or other fine texture: