Robin Billingham

I have a mix of audio background. I toured with a couple of metal bands (playing guitar) for a few years. I had my own small recording studio in the Uk and then ran this one for a few years ..
https://www.lodgerecording.co.uk
I have also toured doing live sound on and off.
Most of my income is currently from song royalties. My own, my old bands, tracks i wrote or contributed too and i have a growing collection of library music with a couple of publishers. 
Other than that i still do some producing and mixing freelance.
I have never worked on sound for film like you, with film im happier on the camera and or lighting mostly, but also started making shorts and slowly working on a feature idea
Checked out your site.. Great stuff, got some nice gear too !

I have a mix of audio background. I toured with a couple of metal bands (playing guitar) for a few years. I had my own small recording studio in the Uk and then ran this one for a few years ..
https://www.lodgerecording.co.uk
I have also toured doing live sound on and off.
Most of my income is currently from song royalties. My own, my old bands, tracks i wrote or contributed too and i have a growing collection of library music with a couple of publishers. 
Other than that i still do some producing and mixing freelance.
I have never worked on sound for film like you, with film im happier on the camera and or lighting mostly, but also started making shorts and slowly working on a feature idea
Checked out your site.. Great stuff, got some nice gear too !

Spoiled by the accesses to such lovely and cheap lenses and spoiled by the joy it brings me.
I recognise i will be a minority but iv never used either a native lens or an auto focus one for either stills or video from when the gh1 first came along.
I should add my main income is audio work, although i have made a few music videos and a few other bits for money i wouldnt class myself a 'pro' by a long shot
 
 

Been spoiled for years using vintage lenses and adapters/speedboosters. I wouldnt want it any other way. Great lenses and cheap, canon fd, nikon ai etc.
But then i dont own an ef lens or a dslr so easy for me to say.

'canon full frame mirrorless just around the corner'?
Yes, yes it is
https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/first-leaked-images-of-the-new-canon-full-frame-mirrorless-c700-cinema-camera/

As a creator I never see the need to analyze or quantify what I like and dont like.
Imo Mojo isn't just some fluff word. Its a feature. I know when I see it and I definitely know when I dont. But just like everything within art its subjective. There is no point in trying to transfer it to someone elses eyes. They have to figure it out for them selves. Some like high resolution others hate it. Nothing wrong or right about it.
I often get the feeling that it scares certain people. Some people are afraid to stick their neck out and say, "I like this and thats ok". They rather have a group behind them validating their opinion (thats how the fanboy wars begin). Or they take comfort in numbers (enter the spec warriors).
I could show examples and go into detail why I think one image has more mojo than another. But I rather not. Because a great artists once said, "The problem with people that don't understand art is that they are trying to understand it". 
I try  to live by that rule.
(Ps. Im not talking about anyone particular. Just in general.)

I quite like the slight cyan shift in the blue skies, almost like a touch of that orangy blue look you see a lot of but in a good way.
I think the Eterna profile with the extra dynamic range mode could be a great route to a pretty cinematic image for those with limited colour skill or less time (both me). I think having a great deal of the look baked in helps with the 8 bit too, i think its quite a unique feature for this camera.
Hope im not droning on too much. Just buzzing about having placed my pre order (never done that before)

I quite like the slight cyan shift in the blue skies, almost like a touch of that orangy blue look you see a lot of but in a good way.
I think the Eterna profile with the extra dynamic range mode could be a great route to a pretty cinematic image for those with limited colour skill or less time (both me). I think having a great deal of the look baked in helps with the 8 bit too, i think its quite a unique feature for this camera.
Hope im not droning on too much. Just buzzing about having placed my pre order (never done that before)

I quite like the slight cyan shift in the blue skies, almost like a touch of that orangy blue look you see a lot of but in a good way.
I think the Eterna profile with the extra dynamic range mode could be a great route to a pretty cinematic image for those with limited colour skill or less time (both me). I think having a great deal of the look baked in helps with the 8 bit too, i think its quite a unique feature for this camera.
Hope im not droning on too much. Just buzzing about having placed my pre order (never done that before)

its ok I will have 25% thicker magnesium-alloy skin soon

its ok I will have 25% thicker magnesium-alloy skin soon

its ok I will have 25% thicker magnesium-alloy skin soon

Just been catching up on the video clips and reviews for this camera. I think i will give it a go, i have a gh5 and my use is 60% video 40% stills. I had been thinking about picking up a seperate stills cam but this has the potential to be a better hybrid than the gh5 for me and my priorities. Im loving the general colour/tone/vibe of a lot of the footage which means more than 10 bit to me ( altho i wish it was 10 bit ).
I will pick it up before selling my gh5 just incase im wrong or change my mind. Quite excited though

Just to comment on the ibis incase the OP is considering the a7ii. In walking shots i found it made no difference, its not very strong at all.. However while standing still but handheld it takes away the micro jitters and small fast shakes so it has a benifit there.

Im not a video pro but i made this for my band using a a7ii (same video spec really). Some bad moire but otherwise fine.
All the colour shots were available light. Using canon fd 24mm f2 and 50mm f1.8 only. Hand held.

Im not a video pro but i made this for my band using a a7ii (same video spec really). Some bad moire but otherwise fine.
All the colour shots were available light. Using canon fd 24mm f2 and 50mm f1.8 only. Hand held.

Thanks for the nice comments folk
Yes I was using the ibis so I could shoot handheld and not draw attention in public places. 
Personally i try not to to be tech obsessed about filming, ill use whatever is to hand, even a phone if i have to. The a7ii was my stills camera at the time so i used it.
I have a gh5 now but miss the full frame (mostly for stills but also video), mainly because i loved shooting wide with the fd 24mm for still and video, i used it lots and loved it. But for some reason using the equivalent 12mm slr magic on the gh5 just isnt the same, infact i almost never use it now.
Don't worry about not having a big cam budget, ill tell you something ... The otherday i was playing some random vids of my son to his grandad, who actually commented that some of the clips look like movies, and did i shoot them on one of my movie cameras (he knows i shoot shorts).. So I asked him which clips he liked best. It was all bmpcc and gh2 and some a7ii. Gh5 was his least favorite. This interested me so I tested my wife on gh2 vs gh5 by filming my kid around the house.... She picked gh2 almost everytime.
It was a nice reminder for me that the overall image aesthetic is way more important than the spec to people and I will choose cameras with that in mind in the future.
While i was wincing at the low dynamic range i was missing the fact that it was still a prettier image in the most part.
So sorry for the long post, but spend little money and feel good. Get the A7 for lovely full frameness or bmpcc or gh1/2 or fuji xt20 for sweet colours and just film pretty pictures

Im not a video pro but i made this for my band using a a7ii (same video spec really). Some bad moire but otherwise fine.
All the colour shots were available light. Using canon fd 24mm f2 and 50mm f1.8 only. Hand held.

Im not a video pro but i made this for my band using a a7ii (same video spec really). Some bad moire but otherwise fine.
All the colour shots were available light. Using canon fd 24mm f2 and 50mm f1.8 only. Hand held.

@PannySVHS thanks for the kind words. Editing down to 1 minute was hard, it was best at 1:15. I was happy with the gh5 performance between 1600-3200 fir this but i dont think i would go above 1600 at any point on a more serious shoot.

I just made this, no planning, last minute decision to enter cinema5d 1 min short comp. Used gh5 iso 1600-3200 throughout. (Had no lighting to hand).Kind of gets away with it as the shots are quite quick. Gh5s would have have been great in one sense with the low light but it was shot all hand held and ibis was a great help.... 
I think for now ill still with the gh5 as i cant afford to own both 
https://youtu.be/lI3rfpQvqtA

I just made this, no planning, last minute decision to enter cinema5d 1 min short comp. Used gh5 iso 1600-3200 throughout. (Had no lighting to hand).Kind of gets away with it as the shots are quite quick. Gh5s would have have been great in one sense with the low light but it was shot all hand held and ibis was a great help.... 
I think for now ill still with the gh5 as i cant afford to own both 
https://youtu.be/lI3rfpQvqtA

I picked up a em1 ii at a similar price thinking i would play with it for a few weeks then sell it out for a gh5. 
I have not compared directly to a gh5 (Andrews comparison mentioned above would be most welcome).
In all honesty i have been so impressed by both video and still quality that im reluctant to let it go without a good go on a gh5 first. The colours are leagues ahead of the gh4 and even the gx80 i would say. The flat profile (along with a gentle tiffen ultra con or black pro mist) contains reasonable dynamic range and seems to hold up well to pulling around.
Im going to film a short in a couple of weeks with the em1 ii and have not felt the need to try another cam for the job.
Maybe i need to meet up with a gh5 owner or rent one to be sure.. But i think ill be hanging on to the olympus for a while yet

I picked up a em1 ii at a similar price thinking i would play with it for a few weeks then sell it out for a gh5. 
I have not compared directly to a gh5 (Andrews comparison mentioned above would be most welcome).
In all honesty i have been so impressed by both video and still quality that im reluctant to let it go without a good go on a gh5 first. The colours are leagues ahead of the gh4 and even the gx80 i would say. The flat profile (along with a gentle tiffen ultra con or black pro mist) contains reasonable dynamic range and seems to hold up well to pulling around.
Im going to film a short in a couple of weeks with the em1 ii and have not felt the need to try another cam for the job.
Maybe i need to meet up with a gh5 owner or rent one to be sure.. But i think ill be hanging on to the olympus for a while yet

I picked up a em1 ii at a similar price thinking i would play with it for a few weeks then sell it out for a gh5. 
I have not compared directly to a gh5 (Andrews comparison mentioned above would be most welcome).
In all honesty i have been so impressed by both video and still quality that im reluctant to let it go without a good go on a gh5 first. The colours are leagues ahead of the gh4 and even the gx80 i would say. The flat profile (along with a gentle tiffen ultra con or black pro mist) contains reasonable dynamic range and seems to hold up well to pulling around.
Im going to film a short in a couple of weeks with the em1 ii and have not felt the need to try another cam for the job.
Maybe i need to meet up with a gh5 owner or rent one to be sure.. But i think ill be hanging on to the olympus for a while yet