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Those shots are completely untouched (even without JVC's LOG LUT) so it's not ultra flat.

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I took the Nikon 105 as well. And as a 250mm with the prime zoom function.

A couple of JLOG straight out the camera for you from this evening with the, erm, quirky SLR Magic lens. The problem with that lens is that it gives you the coverage across the frame but the edges are so soft it looks like an effect. With the LS300 you can vary the scale mapping and it will correct it but I don't think its doing too much special within the area that it is sharp to be honest. JLOG to REC709 LUTS are here http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/software_dow.jsp?model_id=MDL102318&feature_id=17

Shameless plug but that is one of the benefits of my controller in that it makes the operation of different Panasonic cameras identical and you could operate two of them at once in the scenario you are looking at. This is from my original post to demonstrate the hack. It shows the output of my G7 and GX80 using Cinelike D pointed at the same charts in contrasty lighting. If there is a difference then it isn't glaringly obvious.

Its definitely a real thing if it the GH5 has come into the EU legitimately. Digital cameras (EU Code 8525803000) have 0% tariff but anything that can record video for 30 minutes (EU Code 8525809190) has a 3.3% tariff. If it can record for more than 30 minutes and has a video input capability (EU Code 8525809900) then it has a 7% tariff. Both of those figures are far reduced from what they used to be and it was the latter one that caused a stink with the DV cameras as the firewire input had to be disabled for EU models to avoid the extra duty which was 14% at the time. Both of those tariffs will be reduced to 2.5% and 3.5% respectively in July of this year. So if its here and it can record 30 mins or more then the duty has been paid and Panasonic have either absorbed it into the price or passed it on. Its probably a bit of both as they will get some cost savings from not having to create and support different firmwares. Of course for those of us in the UK all of this will be a thing of the past from next year and we can merrily capture our demise on film in unrestricted chunks while waving our blue passports and tending to the enormous hole in our foot where we've shot ourselves.

When you are using the remote app can you switch from stills to video mode without having to turn the dial? So if its on the video dial when you go into the app can you take a still from the app and vice versa?

Yes, but is it 'better' than the A7iii though as that is the only true measure of 'better' isn't it? Lets cross over to the chairman for the official announcement.

Cheers I currently have a handful of them while I'm finishing them off. The wireless interface module for the recorders is just on a bit of breadboard at the mo ! I've started the Sony implementation and looking at their API, I might be able to help you with some of those A7iii woes actually..... Yes, a guest blog page would be splendid when I've done my demo video.

What exactly is it doing with the exposure stuff? Is it a different metering mode altogether or is it altering the ISO/Shutter/Aperture or adding some preset Exposure Compensation? More to the point, if its the ISO/Shutter/Aperture or an Exposure Compensation does it actually indicate its done it? Very strange.

I went to that website. Now I'm going to be fat and want to buy a new matte box Grrrr....

I guess they must have paid the additional tariff in the EU at least? There is a way around the 30 minute limit on the other A7/A7R/A7S cameras with the OpenMemories tweak but unfortunately the A7Riii and A7iii don't have the PlayMemories app stuff in it so thats not possible on those and I'm guessing on future Sony cameras either.

Yep, I think the other camera has re-defined the price of everything and the perspective of being able to buy 2 of them and still have some decent change versus the LS300 (as 'cheap' as it is in its own market) is a stark one. Aside from the obvious stuff like battery life, ND, Dual XLRs etc, the tricks it has with the VSM and the network stuff like streaming and FTP are perfect for what I use it for so that is enough differentiator for me to keep hold of it. Particularly for the used price that I picked it up for. That stuff can be replicated with the other camera by grafting (with epoxy obviously ) other stuff on to it obviously but maybe not as elegantly as it is with an all in solution. The other big differentiator of course is that its actually a fully working product and can produce images today rather than at some unknown point in the future

If we see these films popping up from other dealers in other countries then it would definitely point to an awareness raising angle. Currently its pointing to JVC UK having a warehouse full of them that they are offering to these 2 big dealers on sale or return I was surprised there wasn't anything at NAB so maybe there will be at IBC. Even if they launch something new, I still think there is going to be an LS300 bundle upcoming with the Ninja V for at or more likely quite a bit under £3K. That addresses its biggest failing which is the atrocious monitoring, gives 4K60p and who knows maybe they can get ProResRAW going on it as well. Fuji get a lot of praise for adding chunks of new functionality with their firmware upgrades but JVC have been similarly generous with the LS300 over its lifespan so you never know.

Closest I've got is this, the original SLR Magic 35mm f1.7 I've just put it on the camera and, yes, it looks suitably silly Will that suffice ?

I've taken full advantage of its very flexible mount and had all sorts of lenses on it! Angenieux B4 ENG Lens with 2x doubler (which the onboard prime zoom can double again), RED PRO PL zoom and primes, Nikons, Canons, Contax Zeiss, M42 Zeiss and Meyer Optik, Leica R and the most recent one is the Mamiya 645 Medium Format 35mm. Oh and native m43 as well obviously! The only bugbear is having to dismantle the feet off the Canon and Nikon speed boosters as they won't mount as the ND wheel protrudes ahead of the mount. I'll do you a few frames of JLOG tomorrow if I get a chance so you can have a look. There is a freely available LUT from JVC that you can download as a starting point. There is also a Leeming LUT for it but obviously thats a paid option. Pick a lens if you want to kill 2 birds with one stone.

I'm not sure anyone envisaged that it would get 4K60p when it was released so you never know. As I say, its just very unusual that all of a sudden out of nowhere these 2 dealers are taking it seriously enough to start making videos about it. Actually, its not just unusual, its downright weird.

Quite weird why thats now another big UK dealer like ProAv making a new promo films for it. I definitely think something is afoot with bundling the LS300 with the Atomos V for a bargain price.

Yes, slave modules are able to be incorporated.

Thats exactly what I'm talking about. The smartphone will become the monitor (via wifi) to the camera and my controller will pass its controls to the smartphone which will relay them via the wifi link to the camera. So it will be kind of like the Panasonic app but with hardware controls. Yes, it will boot to the last one used or you can hold down a key at boot to select a different control type. Well, lets not count our chickens just yet There is a control there but the extent of its effect remains to be seen when I get the camera. There are a couple of hoops to jump through yet but if it works as well on the Sony and BM cameras as it does on the Panasonics then it might be a decent little tool. Yes, with a bit of 3D printing that would actually be relatively easy to put together. Yes, its already built in to be able to use it. I'm just mapping some logical pattern to the controls. Probably navigate with the D pad and value up and down with the A and B controls. Yes, the controller has that integrated now. You can switch through profiles and edit each parameter off a dedicated key. The goal is to do the same for Sony and BM but I'll have to look into each of their APIs to see how granular the controls are.

Theoretically, any of them which can be controlled over wifi. The only Sony camera I've got is the RX100M5 so I'm using that as the testbed so I'll be back to stalking camera shops to test other models! It should be able to control the same functions as the Lumix version but there is an issue surrounding focus control. Its not listed in their API but...well...you know....hacks and stuff Maybe. I've got a use for the MicroStudio (which is controlled in the same way) so if I get one then I'll obviously look to creating controls for it. I do have a mechanism for an option this where I make a monitor app that runs on Android that the controller talks to and passes the commands on to the camera. Well if you want to incorporate retro gaming technology into camera control then, of course, that is catered for as well ;)

It has an internal micro SD card slot actually which will be used for boot mode selection (i.e. Lumix,Sony or Blackmagic) and it would be easy to write a settings log to that for each recording instance. The Blackmagic protocol has a 2 value control for screen brightness (I'm going to take a wild guess that these are ON and OFF !) so, yeah, thats not an issue. Yes, it will be done in batches. It fits in a standard cellphone to thread mount adapter like this one (which is being used to attach it to the gimbal in the first post) and after that you can mount it to whatever you want. These are between £3 and £5 on eBay so there's no point me re-inventing the wheel and doing something myself. As its a modular product, there is actually a wrist watch variation I've done of it with just the screen. No, really. Yes, it will be reaching a wider audience once a more thorough presentation is ready.

I think its perfectly legitimate to do that as well but for some reason its really, really wound some of those people up ! I was being a bit loose with that word as in the UK racism law the definition of race also incorporates national origin. The correct term I should have used of course is dickheadism

Nice one. I'll try and deliver it before your Hydrogen arrives. <Relaxes and takes 2 years off>

I think so http://www.cinemartin.com