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The sensor is 3.4k. Not much of a stretch "pun intended" to go to 3.8k, but I stand corrected.

Go to site and open up "Best Overall Image Quality" section . http://www.arri.com/camera/alexa/cameras/camera_details/alexa-xt/

Well I guess we will know in 6 days.

Decades, how about a few years. I just don't see Nikon, Pentax making it past 3 or 4 years being in the market at all. Nikon is just going to come out next year with the same old updated D750, D810 specs wise that Sony and Canon had 2 years ago. They will be better than the older stuff but not super better. They are not going to be a market leader in Video. And that is where it is at right now, Video. Are they going to have class leading WiFi, GPS I doubt it. So what are they bringing to the table to swing new people to buy their stuff, let alone keep what they got. Nikon company is mostly a camera business, not too much else to make money on. Yeah Steppers and Binoculars, spotting scopes, etc. Someone like Sony may buy them out but.. Pentax is still in the last decade. Other than the K1 they have nothing new. And as good a camera the K1 is price wise they have no used lenses that work with it well, and the new ones cost more than the body each that anyone wants. So it is no runaway success. Does anyone even think of Pentax and Video as going together?? Not many people I would expect do. I see Canon, Sony, Fuji and the Oly, Panny duo in that order as the only real survivors in the long run as traditional camera company's that will make it. Sigma probably will not be there either. Lens wise probably, camera I doubt. Smartphones have just killed camera company's and it will be worse as time goes on. Other than on this website, or DPR, few other sites, or big time Movie makers most other people could care less about Photo Cameras and great Video Cameras. Cellphones is all they ever need. That does not leave a awful lot of people left to buy high end stuff. High end stuff being over say $750.00.

Because you might have decent audio, you might have ND's, you might have decent autofocus. Sounds like about 80% of what you need to get a decent video. YMMV.

Pretty good link to here on the subject. Hope it helps.

Yeah I really doubt the GH5 will have 10bit 60fps 4k either, will probably be 8bit for that. Might be able to external though?? It sounds like it is going to be hard to beat for the money, but I am just not into non camcorder bodies much these days. For stealth they are great, but to use them like they need to be they look like some Frankenstein contraption. The Canon C100, C300 is probably as good as it gets on the way video cameras ought to be designed for run and gun and semi pro stuff. Probably be my next purchase with a small external recorder doing 10bit ProRes for my main camera. My Panny G7 is good enough for having in the glove box sort of stuff for spur of the moment or casual things. For as few of bodies Panasonic sells with the GH4 compared to the others they sell, I have no clue why they are sticking again to the same body shape. Just admit it is a Video camera and make it look like a Video camera! Hardly anyone buys a GH4 to take photos 90% of the time and videos 10% of the time. For 500 bucks more everyone would still buy one if it was way better shape and operation wise to use.

Could not have said it better. The old "don't bite the hand that feeds you" stuff.

Video is the one and only thing that is going to save the photo camera makers butts in the long run. It is just about to explode and you had better be able to do it pretty damn well. Hear that NIKON! There is about to be a war going on, and that is the mirroless, dslr makers pushing the hell out of the Pro video makers to to reach a price people with pay. Canon, Sony Red, Arri are not going to sell 30 grand cameras that have a bit better codec wise that a 4 grand mirrorless camera can do 90% as good. The hell with form factor, I want a Great output for a cheap price! There is only so much money to be made, and only the smarter company's will take the cake. Hell a iPhone is no slouch now, what the hell will it be 3 generations from now!

Biggest thing I could hope for from Panny on the GH5 is if they move to the newer H.265 format. That would really free up space for a looser, better Codec.

Well if it is like the EM1 mkII low light and DR will not be much better. And that is where it fell on it's ass before. Those are really 2 things I want the most to BE better. I like the idea of the 6k photo, and better AF and IBIS nice also. But Low light and DR is what makes a Video camera work for you including a better Codec, which it looks like we may get an improved Codec. That is good.

Just remember if you want a dual boot machine, ergo PC and OSX it HAS to have a intel CPU in it. Not a AMD. They won't work. And he is right, Clevo laptops are built like a tank and will get the job done. Should be around say $1,800.00.

Those are the best videos you can shoot, ones that have lasting memories. Well done!

It is OK for say a Smartphone due to the size of it, but I would not recommend it for anything above that. Mike quality is pretty much related to price. Ergo, no free ride.

Pretty crazy how all Blackmagic cameras have the film look every filmmaker is striving to get, but the money is where you can cut your face with the detail that say a Arri can produce. For commercials I can see their point. Movies on the big screen you do need it to pop. 4k or more is the thing, and I can see why when a client looks at it. Hard to go back for them and pay big money for what seems less.

Wow I think you did a great job. 3 different situations and they all look pretty natural. That is a hard thing to pull of and you did of them well. Grats. They are a great camera for sure.

I would agree when comparing 1080p, hech one of my all time favorite video cameras, the Sony F3, only has a sensor that is 3.4mp (effective) but now we have cameras that do 4k, 5k, up to 8k. That is as high of resolution or more than digital cameras can resolve on average. We are probably going to see even top end PL prime lenses may not be "good enough" for 8k stuff. Most were made for 35 film or maybe even Pana 70mm film, but 8k is way beyond that. I am not sure what specs modern video lens now are aimed at specs wise?? I guess the 2 FE Sony cine lens can work on a Sony A7rII in 4k ok. But 8k, wow not sure. Beyond my knowledge on optics, or ability to buy one that good LoL.

I don't think that is right! Chromatic aberration is Purple fringing, nothing to do with focus. And it is no worse than 90% of the zooms out there for it. Now you might not get leaves in focus because of the narrow DoF, but you have to re learn how to shoot with a lens with that fast of a Aperture. Try using it with a speed booster even harder to do. That lens is one of the best lens you can buy for any money. Center point only really. You must have the worst copy ever make, and I doubt that is true with it. You are the only one I have heard say bad things about it. Is it perfect no, is any lens tons better no. But I don't do much photo work, and I doubt many do on here either with that lens. If that was the case not one frame in Video would be in focus. No nasty thread on here about that problem with that lens that I know of. Now the 50-100 1.8 is not as good of a lens a the 18-35mm. No way you going to make a lens with that big of zoom work at F1.8. You stated it wrong in you reply. It is NOT 150mm.

Panasonic G7 with a cheap zoom. 30 minute recording, but it keeps on going with a new file.

Found another Red camera chart comparison that might interest a few people. http://www.alex-stone.com/2016/10/14/which-red-camera/

You know and I know ALL the top players could do 90% of this right now if they were not trying to protect their top end cameras. I have no clue why they think selling 5,000 top end items is equal to selling 500,000 products that are hard to tell apart from them that cost say $1,500.00. You know it can be done right now. Most of it is just that they are holding back on the top Codecs for the lower end stuff. Maybe, hopefully the Panasonic GH5 will be the one that does it.

I would bet the farm that Blackmagic will be the one that will bring 8k out that people could actually afford to buy. You still have to remember how young of a company BM is, and now they have a lot of their camera products that are great right now and have been. And they can not be beat on their electronic products for the money. If you can't still make a great movie on a BMPCC you need to give it up LoL. Probably one of the best video cameras ever made for a cine look, and it is cheap as hell.

Well I will let Andrew defend Andrew. I come on DPR everyday. Have for years. But the big thing I am into now and made a living at it for a few years, is Video stuff since great stuff is available to the masses now. I like Barney, seems ok, but I don't care how much you brag about DPR they suck ass skills wise, experience wise, on the Video aspect of it. And Video features on cameras are exploding right now. It might be the only thing that saves a few company's ass from going bankrupt if they integrate it well in their products. And here you have a website, granted a popular one, by no means up to speed on video history, specs skills, etc. At least when Andrew jumped in there he knew his ass from a hole in the ground about what he was talking about...Video, yeah the thing that will save DPR's ass in the long run like it or not. So now that he is "Banned" you guys look like a bunch of clueless want to be's on there. There has to be a person in one of the forums that knows more about video than the people you have reviewing the cameras, which I will give them credit they are good at that aspect. Don't come on here and act like you know shit. I am sure you do not with your grade school tirade. This is not kinder garden on here, there is some scary good talent on here. Not people that are a little skilled at it. A lot are Pros. Hire someone on there who knows shit, not just talks shit. Video is not learned in 2 weeks, 2 years, it takes time and a lot of skill to do it well, and it takes tons of all of it to be able to review shit without looking like a idiot doing it.

Yikes internet "Road Rage" about to happen!