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Yep, its a dilemma. I suppose it comes down to how good is "good enough" for what you personally will be doing with it but I have to say I've been surprised by the AF improvements they have made to the X-H1 with later firmware. This test for example is quite useful, for face detect at least, showing it with a number of different Fuji lenses and I was surprised how well it was doing with some of the older lenses. I suppose the answer to get the best of both worlds is to wait for the X-H2 but who knows when that will arrive

If you like the look from the Fuji but need IBIS then a used X-H1 might be worth a look as it is a bit of steal these days, particularly as the 2.0 firmware seems to have improved the IBIS performance.

Just finishing up writing the user guide and then we are ready to go. Control layout explanation here

Its not exactly an A7sii but for the application that the OP describes (ie a lit stage) the ISO performance shouldn't present a problem. The most compelling reason, in my view, to recommend something like the FZ2500 is the requirement for 15 of them to cover the event. With a fixed lens with the sort of range it offers you have interchangeability of cameras but as it has a LANC port you can cheaply add a zoom demand controller for each operator and with the wifi control it would also be possible to create a central CCU arrangement to sync settings without too much trouble. By which I mean of course that I could make and sell them a custom one for a gazillion euros I can see the rationale of wanting to use MFT cameras to get a bit more performance but I can't think of any that match the utility of the FZ2500 in terms of creating a low budget multicam setup.

The FZ2500 is a lot of bang for the buck. Internal ND, 10 bit 4:2:2 HDMI output if you are going out to a switcher, 200Mbit/s All Intra internal 1080p recording if you're not, comprehensive remote monitoring and control functionality through wifi if you need it, unlimited recording time with SDXC cards (though it does file breaks after 3 hours ), 5 axis OIS etc etc I don't run mine for as extended periods but as far as I'm aware overheating isn't an issue for people that do. A quick reference in the cameralabs test for battery life and heat on a single battery for similar record times that you are looking for https://www.cameralabs.com/panasonic-lumix-fz2000-fz2500-review/

I can't be the only British user to have read the title and thought there was an exciting new addition to the pantheon of chocolate greats I have to say that, as with the Galaxy Caramel, the Galaxy Fold does indeed look very sweet indeed. I actually "oooohhed" when I first saw the unfolding trick. For my use, I'd like to see a tablet that folded out into a laptop rather than a phone which folded out into a tablet.

I think he may have got that wrong. It is global shutter but their site says cmos rather than CCD. http://www.fran8k.com/specs/

Yes. The Rock64, for example, is an SBC that has a USB3 port on it and has the same form factor as a Raspberry Pi so it can use all the same shields (in this case one of the cheap 3.5" touch screens) and can run Open Media Vault for file handling. Combined with the cfast/sata dual reader/writer that I mentioned above you can make a backup device with decent copy speed and an easy interface that will fit in your pocket for less than £100.

If you are looking for a 2.0 reader then I use one of these Roketek ones. The additonal trick it has is that it is also has a sata port that works simultaneously so you can connect bare SSDs to it to do backups. They are about £15 on Amazon.

The issue is the form factor as much as the price in the example that I gave of the Pocket 4K. You could enhance that product and arguably actually make it even smaller or at the very least a different shape to make it less problematic for a gimbal. The move for someone into a much larger form factor like an FS7/UMP entails everything else getting bigger in terms of tripod, power etc so it then becomes a different overall proposition. This also follows on with the lenses as well of course by retaining the MFT mount so it can use small native lenses but also of course adapt pretty much everything else on to it. I suppose the real test of this is if BM announced a more Z Cam E2 style version of the Pocket4K at NAB with the additions I'm looking at for £3-3.5K would it get a few orders? I think it might do. You never know, maybe they will !

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Yes it does but be aware that when you are using app control of a Fuji camera then the camera itself is limited to only being able to record at 720p resolution.

I'm hoping that a small company pops-up that takes the internals of stock cameras and re-houses them with custom integrated add ons to make 'new' products. There is definitely the scope for someone to take the guts of Pocket 4K for example and create something in a different but still compact form factor that sits in that £3-3.5K area that addresses what people are asking for with regard to internal electronic ND, better audio interface, power, an EVF etc The volume may not be there for manufacturers to make something like that but there may well be enough demand for a small company to make a living from it.

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If you have to do something custom and are concerned about doing the soldering (especially when trying to work out the connections) then these solderless terminal connectors are useful You would then buy a 4 pole to 4 pole 2.5mm cable, cut the cable in half, strip the wires and put them into the terminals to make the connections. https://www.amazon.co.uk/kwmobile-2-5mm-Balun-Converter-Adapter-Black/dp/B07NDGYSGB/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1550527647&sr=8-3&keywords=2.5mm+balun+converter As you get two terminal adapters in the pack and you've cut your 4 pole cable in half you will then be able to make up 2 of the correct cables. Once you've established what the connections are then you can have someone make up something more permanent. Or just gaffa tape the hell out of the lashed up ones

In my defence, it is late and I am old

Ooops!!! Well spotted ! Yes, cancel that order @thephoenix

Yes, if you get really, really lucky that might actually work as is. If it doesn't then you've got a handy cable to connect a Rode video mic to an iPad !

In a funny way, as we are coming up to the first anniversary of its announcement, it would be more understandable if they hadn't shipped any yet or had only just started shipping. I agree that it seems unusual that they actually started to get them out of the door not far off on schedule but are still not readily available almost six months later. I'm hoping this is just a perception thing and that they've actually shipped a gazillion as I've got an app to sell for it next week

Yeah, I think they could do something that plugs into the side in one go along the lines of this one for the OG Pocket to take the HDMI,USBC and Shutter release down in a straight line into an under camera grip (as opposed to breakouts like this) which has all of the clever stuff in.

Looking at the page for the run/stop cables for the Nucleus Nano ( https://tilta.com/shop/nucleus-nano-run-stop-cables/ ) the controller end (on the right in this picture) is a 4 pole jack With the Fuji release cable, it is a 3 pole You might get lucky by using a 2.5mm 3 pole to 3 pole cable from the camera and putting a 4 pole adapter on the end into the controller. Otherwise it will be a case of rolling your own by measuring what is coming off each pole when you do the run/stop from the controller and re-wiring the 3 pole connector going into the camera to match what the Fuji is expecting. The pinout for the Fuji is the same as for Canon, which you will find here http://www.doc-diy.net/photo/remote_pinout/index.php An alternative would be to buy the Panasonic version and make an adapter and, again, the pinout for the Panasonic is at the same link.

Philip Reeve is a good resource https://phillipreeve.net/blog/ It is more geared towards individual tests but there are quite a lot of comparison ones too such as this 35mm one https://phillipreeve.net/blog/35mm-comparison-voigtlander-zeiss-leica/ In a more aesthetic direction, Shutterdial might be an interesting resource for you to browse based on what sort of attributes you need though. Its not a completely EXIF based search engine for Flickr but it works quite well in terms of suggestive searching along with additional selection of focal length, aperture and shutter speed. Here, for example, I've searched for indoor Takumar shots taken at f2 http://www.shutterdial.com/#/search?s=takumar indoor&a=5 So you can browse the images then click on them to go through to it on Flickr to see the full EXIF.

A quick rough output of the app doing zoom/focus control of the cheap and less than stellar and not in any way par focal Panasonic 14-42mm lens on a Pocket 4K. Video shows servo zoom, snap focus between two memory points and transition between two memory points.

It is definitely useful to approach it that way if the goal is to provide it as a test for people looking to evaluate those particular lenses. You could split hairs and say that even in RAW the camera will still be in play in terms of influence but every single lens test/example on this thread is subject to that (and worse because a majority are not shot in RAW) so you'll still be ahead of the game there! More broadly though, I had interpreted, incorrectly I think, that what you were wanting to do was more in pursuit of how those lenses worked for your own personal taste/needs hence why I thought it would be appropriate to run a stepped variable parameter test under the colour profile(s) you would be using on your GH5 to give it a more representative context. Unless you've found a way to shoot RAW video on it That approach would also have had value if you were trying to create a cohesive matching set from a disparate bunch of lenses so, for example, you might find that you prefer overall performance of the Minolta 135mm over the Takumar 135mm but that it lacks a touch of contrast that would closer align it to the other Takumar focal lenses but with +1 contrast in the profile it can bring it into line etc etc You may well find some magic combinations that way. Or at least rule out the shit ones !

Thanks. The short answer is 'with a hell of a lot of graft' BM produce a camera control spec document so you have the foundation to work from with a couple of example protocol packets but its a long slog creating all of the tables and sitting a control mechanism on top of them that makes sense as a user interface and then dealing with changes made by the user on the camera itself and and and and... That's why I'm going to be charging £4943 per copy for it