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The whiteboard and diagrams put me off watching it but I think I've got the gist of what's going on. The GX80/85 doesn't have the shutter angle control but that might not be a dead end. The two ways to possibly do it would be the usual trick to fake the message coming from Panasonic's app and hope the GX accepts it but this would rely on it being available in the app in the first place so if someone with a GH5 could confirm that then that would be a start. The other option potentially would be to send it shutter speeds that were 'in the cracks' and see what happens. The shutter speed commands are formulated in a particular way with the shutter speed as you would recognise it (50,125,250) etc combined with another number that is sequential but reduces by 8 (or something, I havent got my laptop to hand) between each step. Maybe, there is some mileage in seeing if changing the second number to something less than a difference of 8 is a way to set it between the cracks. So, in summary, the answer is a hesitant maybe but I haven't got a GH5 and I can't look at the other method until I'm back off this trip next week.

Indeed

If you look at the X-T2 and X-T20 as the barometer for it then its just slightly less of everything in each department. https://mirrorlesscomparison.com/preview/fuji-xt2-and-xt20/ Less robust, less custom functions, less magnification in the viewfinder, less FPS, less boost functionality as it doesn't have the grip, no F-LOG, less record time and so on. But if you can live with that, you're getting the same image for a hefty saving. The compromises they've made on the junior model are smart ones and don't make it any less usable (i.e. they haven't buried everything in menus) and its small form factor is actually a plus for me for some stuff. So, for me, if they could just continue that process of giving you most of the good stuff into the H range then I think if they made an X-H20 that had IBIS, the new film emulation and F-LOG external then that would be a good compromise. If they made you buy a grip (which they don't make for the X-T20) as a dongle of sorts to unlock F-LOG internal and higher frame rates then it would offer the option to add a bit more if you needed it without cannibalising sales of the bigger one unduly. They need to get people in the game really and like the GH5 has a lot of ex G7/GX80 owners who traded up then Fuji need to build that pathway as well as its still not a goto brand for video shooters and whilst its very competitively priced its a big commitment if you're already invested in another system. For anyone who is looking to get into the system, the X-T20 at some of the used prices I've seen them going for is a bargain.

I'll take app and zebras for $200 Jon

The battery grip gives you the headphone jack and extends the record time to 30 minutes like the X-T2 though. It boosts the AF performance and reduces blanking time as well and having the extra 2 batteries are a bit of a must if you're using it heavily. I was a bit skeptical at first about it for my X-T2s (read 'annoyed at having to pay more money') but its been a boon and the extra advantage is being able to take it off when I don't need the extra horsepower and making the camera smaller. Another bonus is it has the 9v input for external powering. I'd consider it a must have if you were buying the X-H1 to be honest.

I meant to ask you this before but on a related note have you ever tried the Techart Leica M to Sony E AF adapter by any chance? True and I'd completely missed that it was shot using the Eterna preset. Not sure about if it was recorded using the 200mbps codec or externally though. Anyway, the IBIS thing is covered well enough for me in that other video that I've just noticed further up in the thread. I really need to pay more attention before posting !

Don't get me wrong, I'm not decrying them showing it off to its very best advantage but, come on, the actual camera itself is almost incidental within the context of the overall production setup they've got going on there. Not only might it as well have been the X-T2 and been indivisible (as it informs us of zero about the two main differentiators) but it might as well have been something from their competitors as well. Maybe there is another film floating around from them that shows it in a more relatable context ?

FUJI : "People loved the image of the X-T2 but didn't like it having no IBIS and having to record LOG to a separate recorder. They will be very excited at how we've addressed both of those issues when we launch the new camera" Also FUJI :

Pop one of these into your camera bag next time you go out on the ale Works on pets, senior citizens and mirrorless cameras. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075V3QYRF/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1

I had to stop watching as I was getting too distracted by his outfit. Found myself singing "Tell me more, tell me more, does it work on Sigmas"

There's no question that the technology is enabling a lot of people to make some very pretty looking stuff now. But if you dig into a bit, its debatable whether that actually translates into them being able to produce cohesive work for clients on time and on budget and dealing with all that that entails. You see stuff on Vimeo and YouTube that is pretty amazing but you often note of course that its a passion project about something or someone or somewhere that they have a particular feeling for. How they would fare when they're asked to bring that sort of vision and feeling to a corporate film about solvents is another matter. More people will be be fancying their chances as Its unquestionably easier to make images that look professional but I think its still quite a leap to get to the stage of being able to be produce that sort of level consistently where you can be considered to actually be a professional. Its definitely a case of many are called but few are chosen.

Yeah, it was for a very simple live application and for Panasonic FZ2000s so I wasn't fussed about it recording and just wanted something small and cheap so this looked ideal until I actually saw it mounted to a camera. Attaching that to something like the FZ2000 would look a bit, well, you know

Speaking of Marantz getting their clunk on, I was actually quite interested in their PMD-602a to add XLR inputs to a couple of cameras. It certainly looked a bit nicer on paper than the Saramonic equivalent and at £100 its actually 30% cheaper. And then I saw a demo video of it actually mounted underneath a camera. And not some small mirrorless job either.... I think their marketing department is going to need to adapt on of the honest advertising campaigns that they had in Dudley Moore's film "Crazy People"

Though, ironically, MEGADRIVE sounds exactly like something RED would call a £100 per gig SSD product And DREAMCAST is a fairly accurate description of some of their expected release date announcements.

"With the technology, it is possible to capture images at 8K resolution, even in high contrast scenes, such as a field under strong sunlight and shaded spectator seats under a stadium roof." The example Panasonic gave in that line is very likely a hint that it'll be the 24th. of July 2020 as if this render is accurate then they'll need it for the back straight

Well if he's getting into the making shit up business then he's picked the right company to do a joint venture with I think his goal of partnering up with RED and making a very, very affordable imaging system is easily within reach for him. What he'll still have to deal with though is it ending up being stupidly expensive again when RED insist on putting it inside a case forged from some rock that Elon Musk brings back from Mars complete with titanium fins and platinum exhaust pipes. They'll no doubt do two versions with different resolutions called SHOCK and AWE. You have to think that if its going to be truly affordable in the sense that we want it to be then its a collaboration that might not ultimately end up being in a RED branded product.

Looks like I've come back to the forum at the right time. Is this offer still on as I quite fancy a GH5s. Do I just mail in the receipt or what?

This specific one is for the C300ii but I believe the steps are the same.

Cheers.

Panasonic's nomenclature has bit them on the arse with this I think. All of the previews I'm seeing of it are referencing the GX8 rather than the GX80/85. Its a better GX80/85 for sure but if I'd been holding off buying one of those waiting for this then I'm not sure I wouldn't be at the shop looking for end of line stock and put the £250 saving towards lenses.

I'd have been really excited by this announcement last year but my X-T2 experiment has by and large wound down now in terms of it being a viable complete replacement system for my stills work so I'm probably about to walk out of the same door as a lot of people will be walking in with regard to Fuji. And I think this will get a lot more people through their door to be honest. Curious to know whether they'll do an X-H10 version a few months down the track in the X-T1/X-T2 to X-T10/X-T20 tradition. That one would probably get me back in.

Its the distillation of my hardware Panasonic controller experiments from last year. Self contained, internal battery, pocketable, magnetic base for mounting. It acts as the central interface to the camera so can be used standalone to change settings or as the middleman to pass on commands from more ergonomic controllers for focus and aperture control etc. And it actually sort of kind of works as well.

No Cinelike D on it. I'll have to pop into a shop with this and see whether it can be persuaded then eh?

The really sinister bit, of course, is that even if you wrote the story then to get it out there you've got to play along with the very same game. At the end of the day, its fast becoming true that the only difference between the two organisations pictured here is that the Stasi didn't have break out areas and football tables to make it all look fluffy and innocent.