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What lenses do you guys recommend for the gh6? What are your favorites for the micro 4/3 system. Looking at getting one for a b or c camera for video at events. Thanks!

Also why can't they have it record in prores on the cfexpress and then some other format on the sd card like h.265. The R5 does something like there were it can write raw to the cfexpress and lower quality h.265 to the sd card...

8 hours ago, kaylee said:

this is still a discussion on the hybrid camera with the 8 second delay right

I agree this is a big deal for shooters that constantly switch between both stills and video while working. I almost wish they could add the video modes on the photo side and just allow a button to go into video mode instantly while inside the photo operating system... basically how it works in the R5. I would even be willing to take less video recording options if it was too hard to code just so that I can switch instantly back and forth when needed. AND you would get the same kind of autofocus in video that you get with the R5. If you want the more "cinematic" autofocus then switch to the other video operating system. 

Merry Christmas! And seriously you are the only reviewer I trust! And the only truly independent reviewer I know!! The articles you write are so fun to read! I look forward to reading them whenever you write a new one. Thanks again for all you bring to this community you built!!! 

Thanks for the info, jpfilmz! Yeah, I would love to see how you power this. It says in the documentation that someone posted on social media that you need an 8v power pack to run at full speed. Not even sure which power banks can provide that. Thanks!

Great shots, Andrew!

Thanks all for your feedback. You all give some really great info!

10 minutes ago, TomTheDP said:

I’ve never heard of an issue with file corruption on the P6k. I know a lot of people who use them. The only camera I’ve ever had that issue on was my Panasonic S1 and I’m pretty sure it was due to a bad card. 

Thanks. What cards or media do your friends record to. What brand and size of Cfast? Thanks for the comment!

I know this is not a Black Magic Forum. I’m thinking of getting a black magic 6K or 6k pro as C and D camera for my shoots. I’ve read a couple of places people having their footage corrupted and not recoverable. Is that a common occurrence? I have 2 5D Mark iii and I’ve recorded raw video in 1920 and 3.k crop for many years and never had a bad frame. My FS700 recording to Odyssey 7Q for the past seven years and never had a bad frame. For the Canon C100 I have the same experience - perfect and reliable 100%. Have I just been lucky with my use case or are black magic cameras not very reliable? I really want 6k, but I need reliable. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

On 1/23/2021 at 3:34 PM, Video Hummus said:

The 4KLQ mode is fine to use in a pinch if you can't film in 4KHQ mode. The OLPF (or whatever canon is doing) helps with the line-skipping and pixel binning and a small amount of sharpening in post cleans up the rest. So in good lighting, 4KLQ looks pretty good. Way better than EOS R ever did that much is for sure. If it's going on Youtube and you're not zooming in 200% percent on your image YouTube will make it look like trash regardless.

I also find the 4KHQ mode upto 128000 ISO is quite amazing for 45MP sensor.

I'm also wondering if the RED Komodo is using the same sensor but with a global shutter. If you do the math for the crop the megapixels come out exactly.

Thanks for the info! Interesting what you say about the Komodo sensor. It does use the rf mount after all. 

Awesome! So happy to see this. Especially comparing with the different r5 modes of 4K with and without 4K fine. Thanks Andrew!!!!

Are there any examples of Raw video out of the a7s3 yet? Is the quality in raw any more detailed compared to internal? Thanks! 

Has anyone done or seen a test that compares the 4k of the Canon 1DC vs the 4k of the R5 in standard/4k Fine/8k modes? I would love to see how they compares in color as well. Thinking of getting a 1DC as a third camera because I have a bunch of huge Compact Flash cards. Thanks!

14 hours ago, IronFilm said:

That comment aged badly!

 

I should think negatively more in the future so cool things like this happen in the future! So happy! I only wish I would have said it wouldn't have raw and no evf and no ibis at the same time so all those things would be included too!

Whi

3 hours ago, ntblowz said:

With fan on you can record continously in 8k without overheating warning

In this environment with a fan on it recording internally to a CFexpress card did it overheat and stop recording? Thanks for sharing info about this! Also, can you record to this external drive and have the backup 4k HQ record to the internal sd card without overheating with this fan?

5 hours ago, Video Hummus said:

Which bodes well. If Canon releases a EF-RF speed booster you could get FF FOV with EF glass and native autofocus performance.

I don't think there is any chance they will release a speed booster because they want to sell RF Lenses. I hope I am wrong! Speedbooster would be sweet on this camera... if its made by Canon. The canon adapter on the r5 is perfect and I don't have any issues with it ever on the R5. 

Anyone buy one who is going to test it out on the R5? I would love to hear their thoughts! Thanks!

1 hour ago, visionrouge said:

Great finding, I was looking for such without success few weeks back. I guess t's about market demand versus offer!

I did similar test on my DJI Inspire 2 and I did not lost any data writing raw 5K.
I'ts also a money saver as you only buying the drive and not the card.

This is one way to solve 2 issues at once.

USD 150 if you found them online in China. https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.28.29076df3HVdowO&id=626009844453

The price will be falling down as soon as competition kicks in.
 

Good to know. Thanks! Which nvme do you recommend? On the r5 how would you close the card door? Do you just have to leave it open and press in some trigger somewhere to make it think it’s closed? Recording 8k raw with a backup to the Sd card would be a good option for this method to give it some reliability. Thanks!

Any chance this cfexpress to nvme ssd could work? https://www.ebay.com/itm/184438464836

Andrew, Thanks so much for testing the camera in this way for us! I really appreciate it!

1 hour ago, Andrew Reid said:

Some observations from my test today...

I am making a video of the workaround, erm, working.

Sometimes you need two tries at the battery pull. First clock change and battery pull wouldn't reset.

At one point CFExpress overheated and started throttling so after a few seconds of 8K, camera showed "Slow write speed" error. Had to take card out and let it cool for 1-2 mins.

Be careful with those roasting hot CFexpress cards.

SDXC strongly recommended for longer recordings.

I think it may be wise to switch out the cf express card with a cool one when doing this hack. If you can’t wait 2 mins. Haha. Which cfexpress card were you using @Andrew Reid? I wonder if some brands of cards throttle better than others when overheating. Haha. 

1 hour ago, Coffe said:

Works too. I didn't do 100 clips, just 12.

Thanks! I guess the burning question to answer now is what temperature is safe for the camera to operate at for a long time? 70 c? I guess it depends on the cpu, but all cpus are safe to operate at different temperatures I think, right? We may never know. 

1 hour ago, visionrouge said:

When the power is restored, there is the calculation to see if you have been waiting enough. But based on the old "overheat start time", not the one shifted by the time modification. BOOOOM.

Great post @visionrouge! Based on what I have been reading, does this only work when recording one big long clip and then stop recording and then do the trick to get the time back? What If I record 100 short clips of 8k raw and then it overheats and I do the trick? Would I still get the full 15+ minute back on the clock or would it go to the previous saved “overheat start time” like you mentioned which when recording short clips might only be a minute? Thanks!

Why no ibis?

52 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:

It's worth another look.

Quite a few variables and ways to do it.

I haven't had the time try everything to be honest.

The guy on YouTube has tried pulling the battery during a recording, and got 5 mins remaining.

I also got 5 minutes remaining, but stopped the recording first.

I thought at this point, if the timer is in RAM then it should go up to 20 mins in 8K not 5.

Then I went out and had an ice cream with the girlfriend.

So tomorrow maybe I should put more effort in!?

Yes, please! We all love you, Andrew! You are the best! 

2 hours ago, ajay said:

 

There are two contradictory reports on this. Can we get clarification?

Andrew tried this and it didn't work but Marcus's video states it does work.

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Maybe when Andrew did the test he didn't pull the battery while it was recording? Does it have to be recording when you pull the battery possibly?