BTM_Pix

This is a common thought about me but more in terms of me being the cause rather than the solution.

Looks like its the rise of the Micro
Im super happy with mine. Have settled in on the Tamron 17-50/2.8 VC as my standard lens (on the speed booster).
I stuck on a $10 Fotga variable ND because I couldn't find a step ring for my normal ND. I know from an A/B I made that it is a quite soft filter. But all it seem to do on the Micro is remove moire and make skin look more flattering. So its still on and Ive stopped looking for the step ring

My Panasonic 12-35 is going on sale today. Don't see myself using it. Got it as a small option but in reality it isn't all that small. 
Instead my old kit zoom from the GM1 will act as my small zoom. 
A bonus with the 17-50 is that it works perfectly on my EOS-R if I ever need too shoot 4K or for some other reason want to shoot video with a zoom in s35 mode.
I had it with me on a 5 hour run-n-gun but ended up using my old trust worthy 28mm f1.8. Which of course also is quite nice on the Micro.
Looking forward to see you guys build your rigs. Mine is pretty much complete accept a controller thats been stuck in customs for over a week... pissed is an understatement..

I'm expecting it to fare better on the P4K with its greater sensitivity as it was getting fairly marginal on the OG Pocket that I was using it on at times in lower light.

Yes because I'm getting a bit bored of juggling all of my other unfinished symphonies.
This is a pretty comprehensive camera app that does the capture end of it but you still need to do the merge in an external app but thats no bad thing in terms of the extra finessing standalone HDR merge apps provide.
https://www.camerafv5.com/tutorials/hdr_tutorial.php

Thanks.
No IR cut filter, unless there was one built in to the cheapo vari ND that I had on there !
I'm actually actively keeping an eye out for a cheap Micro now. The Pocket needs an EVF/Loupe anyway so I don't see the Micro needing one as an issue and the extra things it offers over the Pocket are worth it. The expansion port for external switch control is appealing in terms of building a custom handle. I've already made some development steps in preparation for that so it might be something that might be of interest to you when I find a camera. The expansion port also has a composite video output which gives some possibilities for cheap wired and wireless monitoring.
With regard to the Pocket4K comparison, the OG has less of everything and obviously isn't going to win a game of Top Trumps against it.
But...well we know thats not the whole story.
In some respects, I don't actually care how it stacks up as long as it is good enough for the situation I need it for.
On this trip, I had the OG Pocket in a small side panel of my bag with a couple of spare batteries and the 12-60mm lens. The whole thing weighed hardly anything, wasn't bulky and was discreet enough to take shots without alarming anyone.
That just wouldn't have been the same at all with the Pocket 4K so in that situation for me it won hands down because it produced a standard and style of output that was acceptable in a more practical package.
I would undoubtedly have been able to potentially do more with the Pocket 4K and done it in lower light but that potential is worthless if it not practical to actually shoot with it.
If I only had one or other of them then I wouldn't be crying into my beer about what comes out of them even if one of them is "only" 1080p.
I think someone on here was supposed to be doing an A/B comparison ?

Thanks.
No IR cut filter, unless there was one built in to the cheapo vari ND that I had on there !
I'm actually actively keeping an eye out for a cheap Micro now. The Pocket needs an EVF/Loupe anyway so I don't see the Micro needing one as an issue and the extra things it offers over the Pocket are worth it. The expansion port for external switch control is appealing in terms of building a custom handle. I've already made some development steps in preparation for that so it might be something that might be of interest to you when I find a camera. The expansion port also has a composite video output which gives some possibilities for cheap wired and wireless monitoring.
With regard to the Pocket4K comparison, the OG has less of everything and obviously isn't going to win a game of Top Trumps against it.
But...well we know thats not the whole story.
In some respects, I don't actually care how it stacks up as long as it is good enough for the situation I need it for.
On this trip, I had the OG Pocket in a small side panel of my bag with a couple of spare batteries and the 12-60mm lens. The whole thing weighed hardly anything, wasn't bulky and was discreet enough to take shots without alarming anyone.
That just wouldn't have been the same at all with the Pocket 4K so in that situation for me it won hands down because it produced a standard and style of output that was acceptable in a more practical package.
I would undoubtedly have been able to potentially do more with the Pocket 4K and done it in lower light but that potential is worthless if it not practical to actually shoot with it.
If I only had one or other of them then I wouldn't be crying into my beer about what comes out of them even if one of them is "only" 1080p.
I think someone on here was supposed to be doing an A/B comparison ?

And this is one of those three.
I have quite a few cameras with MFT mount but I've never really bought anything from the mid let alone high end range of native lenses.
Partly because I have lenses that I'd sooner use through adapters but also because I just baulk at the price of them really.
As a consequence my collection mainly consists of cheap secondhand editions of the lower end stuff but while I was away I spotted a cheap used edition of a mid end one, the  Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4, and bought it as I was looking for a fastish (by MFT standards) standard zoom with stabilisation.
As this one has a bit of extra reach on the long end, albeit at the loss of some speed, I thought it made even more sense and I have to say its not bad at all, although it probably distorts more than I would like at the wide end.
For use as an all round travel zoom, particularly with a non stabilised camera like the OG Pocket Cinema Camera that I was using it with here, I think its a keeper.

And this is one of those three.
I have quite a few cameras with MFT mount but I've never really bought anything from the mid let alone high end range of native lenses.
Partly because I have lenses that I'd sooner use through adapters but also because I just baulk at the price of them really.
As a consequence my collection mainly consists of cheap secondhand editions of the lower end stuff but while I was away I spotted a cheap used edition of a mid end one, the  Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4, and bought it as I was looking for a fastish (by MFT standards) standard zoom with stabilisation.
As this one has a bit of extra reach on the long end, albeit at the loss of some speed, I thought it made even more sense and I have to say its not bad at all, although it probably distorts more than I would like at the wide end.
For use as an all round travel zoom, particularly with a non stabilised camera like the OG Pocket Cinema Camera that I was using it with here, I think its a keeper.

After going out and climbing the tree in question, I can confirm that it is just less than stellar rendering/focusing the red 'teeth' of the plants against the blue sky.
When I say "climbing the tree in question" I mean taking a shot of it with a real lens
 

In defence of the L mount*, the two most often used mounts for cinema cameras are PL and EF.
There is an adapter for the former and a smart adapter for the latter so the risk such as it is resides in the body.
In this respect it is no different to what people have been doing for years with an FS-5 or an FS-7 etc where you would be putting an adapter on it anyway.
If people don't want to use an adapter then Sigma's L mount lenses will be here before this camera so the situation in terms of fast native lenses at reasonable prices will be completely different then.
I think that considering the track record of the three current members of the L Alliance then the L mount will be around for a good while yet.
Its easy to forget that it has already been around for five years as it is.
* I'll exclude Leica in that defence for being absolute grade A arseholes for not making their cameras compatible with the Sigma MC-21

And this is one of those three.
I have quite a few cameras with MFT mount but I've never really bought anything from the mid let alone high end range of native lenses.
Partly because I have lenses that I'd sooner use through adapters but also because I just baulk at the price of them really.
As a consequence my collection mainly consists of cheap secondhand editions of the lower end stuff but while I was away I spotted a cheap used edition of a mid end one, the  Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4, and bought it as I was looking for a fastish (by MFT standards) standard zoom with stabilisation.
As this one has a bit of extra reach on the long end, albeit at the loss of some speed, I thought it made even more sense and I have to say its not bad at all, although it probably distorts more than I would like at the wide end.
For use as an all round travel zoom, particularly with a non stabilised camera like the OG Pocket Cinema Camera that I was using it with here, I think its a keeper.

And this is one of those three.
I have quite a few cameras with MFT mount but I've never really bought anything from the mid let alone high end range of native lenses.
Partly because I have lenses that I'd sooner use through adapters but also because I just baulk at the price of them really.
As a consequence my collection mainly consists of cheap secondhand editions of the lower end stuff but while I was away I spotted a cheap used edition of a mid end one, the  Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4, and bought it as I was looking for a fastish (by MFT standards) standard zoom with stabilisation.
As this one has a bit of extra reach on the long end, albeit at the loss of some speed, I thought it made even more sense and I have to say its not bad at all, although it probably distorts more than I would like at the wide end.
For use as an all round travel zoom, particularly with a non stabilised camera like the OG Pocket Cinema Camera that I was using it with here, I think its a keeper.

And this is one of those three.
I have quite a few cameras with MFT mount but I've never really bought anything from the mid let alone high end range of native lenses.
Partly because I have lenses that I'd sooner use through adapters but also because I just baulk at the price of them really.
As a consequence my collection mainly consists of cheap secondhand editions of the lower end stuff but while I was away I spotted a cheap used edition of a mid end one, the  Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4, and bought it as I was looking for a fastish (by MFT standards) standard zoom with stabilisation.
As this one has a bit of extra reach on the long end, albeit at the loss of some speed, I thought it made even more sense and I have to say its not bad at all, although it probably distorts more than I would like at the wide end.
For use as an all round travel zoom, particularly with a non stabilised camera like the OG Pocket Cinema Camera that I was using it with here, I think its a keeper.

And this is one of those three.
I have quite a few cameras with MFT mount but I've never really bought anything from the mid let alone high end range of native lenses.
Partly because I have lenses that I'd sooner use through adapters but also because I just baulk at the price of them really.
As a consequence my collection mainly consists of cheap secondhand editions of the lower end stuff but while I was away I spotted a cheap used edition of a mid end one, the  Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4, and bought it as I was looking for a fastish (by MFT standards) standard zoom with stabilisation.
As this one has a bit of extra reach on the long end, albeit at the loss of some speed, I thought it made even more sense and I have to say its not bad at all, although it probably distorts more than I would like at the wide end.
For use as an all round travel zoom, particularly with a non stabilised camera like the OG Pocket Cinema Camera that I was using it with here, I think its a keeper.

After going out and climbing the tree in question, I can confirm that it is just less than stellar rendering/focusing the red 'teeth' of the plants against the blue sky.
When I say "climbing the tree in question" I mean taking a shot of it with a real lens
 

I just dropped the saturation and I was on that beach with Chief Brody  

 
I'm trying to keep mine down below 3 figures !
I behaved myself in Japan and only bought 3 so thats a start.

For a bit of context on that Angenieux and GX80 combo, I've just put it back on and shot a quick test of it at different stages of its range.
  

I just dropped the saturation and I was on that beach with Chief Brody  

 
I'm trying to keep mine down below 3 figures !
I behaved myself in Japan and only bought 3 so thats a start.

Yeah, the 300-800mm is not the sort of lens that I would have fancied smuggling in if I didn't have the accreditation.
Even with accreditation, it still raised a few eyebrows at the security check at the press entrance !

I just dropped the saturation and I was on that beach with Chief Brody  

 
I'm trying to keep mine down below 3 figures !
I behaved myself in Japan and only bought 3 so thats a start.

I meant MFT adapter as in Micro Four Thirds. Not MTF as in Money To Fritter
Like I'd spend any real money on a proper adapter when there are perfectly good wobbly ones available off eBay.

Whoa Whoa Whoa,
Let's not do anything crazy like count the number of lenses we own. No one wants to go through that ??
Everybody Be cool.

I just dropped the saturation and I was on that beach with Chief Brody  

 
I'm trying to keep mine down below 3 figures !
I behaved myself in Japan and only bought 3 so thats a start.

I just dropped the saturation and I was on that beach with Chief Brody  

 
I'm trying to keep mine down below 3 figures !
I behaved myself in Japan and only bought 3 so thats a start.

@BTM_Pix do you have that many? Damn, now I feel good about myself because I have half that... but most are a bunch of generic old lenses that I need to get rid of.
It’s funny now that I see your version, I can see that mine is way over saturated. I struggle finding the right mix between contrast and saturation.
Haha, I really am reconsidering these ZF lenses. I have the 24mm 2.8, 28mm f/2 (which I haven’t even tested because I’m afraid I’ll like it too much) and the 50mm 1.4. The 50mm 1.4 is a strange lens... I want to not like it, but I can’t help to...