BTM_Pix

Enjoy. I'll give you a free copy of EOSHD Pro Color to go with it, just DM me when it arrives!

Find the one that responds to protocols over HTTP and get that one
I know what you mean though - I have the same dilemmas, in the end Mk IV has stood the test of time and I didn't feel upgraditus coming on... The A6300 and A6500 on the other hand, I regret buying.

I've been asked by Private Message regarding using the higher ISO's in recording.
Ordinarily, the extended ISOs are for stills only but there is a way round it for G7 owners at least.
On the GX80 it is always clamped at 6400 irrespective, so when you go into video mode it will always revert to this setting if you have an ISO set above that.
On the G7 however, if I instigate the recording with my controller then I can then change it beyond 6400 and it will accept it.
I have a trick with the hardware controller so that when you put it in record it re-sends the currently set ISO so if you have it on 12800 on the controller it will record a tiny fragment at 6400 but then switch to the 12800
If you want to try this manually you can by just putting your G7 in record at 6400 and sending the higher ISO command form a browser.
My feeling is that this will probably work for other cameras too (except the GX80 where it definitely doesn't) so if you can test it and let people know that would be great.
 
 
With regard to asking questions by Private Message - and please do not take this the wrong way as I'm really pleased this has sparked so much interest - but can I just ask that people put them in here instead, as to me this should very much be a community project so everyone will benefit from the shared information and there is a much broader range of model variants represented here that people can share the testing on as well.
Ta

I've been asked by Private Message regarding using the higher ISO's in recording.
Ordinarily, the extended ISOs are for stills only but there is a way round it for G7 owners at least.
On the GX80 it is always clamped at 6400 irrespective, so when you go into video mode it will always revert to this setting if you have an ISO set above that.
On the G7 however, if I instigate the recording with my controller then I can then change it beyond 6400 and it will accept it.
I have a trick with the hardware controller so that when you put it in record it re-sends the currently set ISO so if you have it on 12800 on the controller it will record a tiny fragment at 6400 but then switch to the 12800
If you want to try this manually you can by just putting your G7 in record at 6400 and sending the higher ISO command form a browser.
My feeling is that this will probably work for other cameras too (except the GX80 where it definitely doesn't) so if you can test it and let people know that would be great.
 
 
With regard to asking questions by Private Message - and please do not take this the wrong way as I'm really pleased this has sparked so much interest - but can I just ask that people put them in here instead, as to me this should very much be a community project so everyone will benefit from the shared information and there is a much broader range of model variants represented here that people can share the testing on as well.
Ta

You can do it (slowly) off Panasonic's app if it can hold the connection long enough.
Otherwise, Apple's "how much????" SD card reader is the way to go.
If you are looking at doing stuff mobile then I'd recommend taking a look at something like this RavPower device though.
Its a multi function unit that can act as a card reader, USB host, wireless router and battery bank.
With a device like this you can connect an iPad, iPhone, MacBook etc simultaneously and share, copy and backup files from SD cards and USB hard drives between them.
Even just for travelling for sticking a ton of films on a cheap sd card so you can watch films on your iOS device without having to clog up the phone's own limited and expensive memory with them makes it a great buy. And if you're travelling with a partner or kids or whatever you can all watch different ones simultaneously on your different devices.
And also for travelling, if you find yourself in a hotel that only has an ethernet connection (getting rarer but still happens) then you can use this to create your own wifi hotspot.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/RAVPower-Wireless-Portable-Companion-Streamer/dp/B00TI3WQJS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1497870978&sr=8-3&keywords=kingston+mobilelite

I've been asked by Private Message regarding using the higher ISO's in recording.
Ordinarily, the extended ISOs are for stills only but there is a way round it for G7 owners at least.
On the GX80 it is always clamped at 6400 irrespective, so when you go into video mode it will always revert to this setting if you have an ISO set above that.
On the G7 however, if I instigate the recording with my controller then I can then change it beyond 6400 and it will accept it.
I have a trick with the hardware controller so that when you put it in record it re-sends the currently set ISO so if you have it on 12800 on the controller it will record a tiny fragment at 6400 but then switch to the 12800
If you want to try this manually you can by just putting your G7 in record at 6400 and sending the higher ISO command form a browser.
My feeling is that this will probably work for other cameras too (except the GX80 where it definitely doesn't) so if you can test it and let people know that would be great.
 
 
With regard to asking questions by Private Message - and please do not take this the wrong way as I'm really pleased this has sparked so much interest - but can I just ask that people put them in here instead, as to me this should very much be a community project so everyone will benefit from the shared information and there is a much broader range of model variants represented here that people can share the testing on as well.
Ta

If you get one of these you can then use Sony NP batteries for both.
It has a tripod thread, a bracket and a velcro strap so it has a few different mounting options.
Cheapest way to do both I think 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01EFSUK98?psc=1

Its versatile enough to be used to power a B4 zoom if, like I was here, you are ever curious enough to put one on an MFT mount camera
 

Thanks BTM_Pix for this discovery and release! Here's a quick test that I did. Nothing fancy. I also didn't have my laptop at the time but I wanted to see how I can grade it. Transferred the 1080 files to my iPhone 6 and edited and graded to taste there using VideoLut App. For shooting and quick grading on the go (for social media posts, etc.)This setup will prove to be very valuable!
 
 

I won't know for sure until I've seen the files but for what its worth this is my current stretch rating for this
Still better chance than the bit rate stuff though

It will just be settings rather than a hack (unless you have the GX80 where it will use the current one to get Cinelike on to it)
Needs a lot more testing yet (some of which will have to be automated so there's more code to be written today to do that) so its a bit away from being revealed just yet.
 

I won't know for sure until I've seen the files but for what its worth this is my current stretch rating for this
Still better chance than the bit rate stuff though

It will just be settings rather than a hack (unless you have the GX80 where it will use the current one to get Cinelike on to it)
Needs a lot more testing yet (some of which will have to be automated so there's more code to be written today to do that) so its a bit away from being revealed just yet.
 

I won't know for sure until I've seen the files but for what its worth this is my current stretch rating for this
Still better chance than the bit rate stuff though

It will just be settings rather than a hack (unless you have the GX80 where it will use the current one to get Cinelike on to it)
Needs a lot more testing yet (some of which will have to be automated so there's more code to be written today to do that) so its a bit away from being revealed just yet.
 

Btw speaking of fashion @BTM_Pix I was working in NYC while the NY Fashion Show was running and I was talking to a photographer at my hotel who was there covering the show.
So of course I asked him "Canon or Nikon?" Being a video hobbyist and unfamiliar with the professional photography world, I was initially surprised by his reply... "Who cares about the camera, they're all good enough and cheap enough, it's the lens investments that dictate your body choice."
Yeah Pixel Vision would definitely capture the last leg in beautiful analog cassette tape. 

There are a couple of Fisher Price ones on there for 99 cents that would be more suitable than the RED was.

So I've been playing with my new prodding device and....
Its interesting.
What I did was record a clip of a colour chart from lets call it a well known brand of camera that is named after a primary colour and then put the same lens that was on that camera on to a GX85 and shot it again.
Both clips were recorded onto a Ninja Inferno.
What I was doing though was monitoring the recorded clip of the posh camera on the Ninja Inferno with the scope overlay on and then switching to the input to look at the GX85 and using the prodder to manipulate the parameters live and try and replicate the signature of the recording of the posh camera. I then tweaked a few things in FCPX to match a  bit closer with the purpose of then taking those changes back to put them in the profile of the GX85 to match it better straight out of the camera.
One of these images is the film log setting from the posh camera and the other one is the GX85.
There are definitely challenges regarding noise with doing this on the cheaper camera so its obvious which is which but I've got some ideas about that.
Tweaking the values and getting instant feedback was very productive and I think this may be the start of an interesting journey.

@BTM_Pix awesome work! Exciting times. By your work and all the forum members' recommendation, my new(to me)  GX85 is coming to me next week! And happy father's day to all in the states!

It is indeed.
Its a bit unfair on the GX85 to be honest because, as I suspected might happen with this prodder, there are some presumptions we make over its settings that might not be doing it any favours if all we're doing is correcting them with the exact inverse settings in post. And from the tweaks I was making in FCPX, I think thats exactly the case here as I was putting things in that I'd taken out in the profile so I think it can be done better.
Which obviously I'll be trying to do.
Iphone to Alexa is easy. Just wait about five years !
Obviously once you have it with roughly the same signature as the RED Film it will follow this through when you add FilmConvert etc and pick the RED Film preset. 
 
EDIT - 
 

Yes, I do have said camera (a RED Epic MX to be precise) so it was a completely flat test of the Film profile.
Long story about why I've got one of these but as soon as it became apparent it was useless for stills extraction they were pushing it for I did a sub-lease deal for it with a mate of mine and I've only just recently been reunited with it. I shot one event with it (mind you it was the Tour de France so it counts as 27 events I suppose) but after three or four stages it ended up being used the most expensive wide angle remote stills camera in the world as it was just way too cumbersome to use. OK for fashion I suppose but useless for sports.
 

So I've been playing with my new prodding device and....
Its interesting.
What I did was record a clip of a colour chart from lets call it a well known brand of camera that is named after a primary colour and then put the same lens that was on that camera on to a GX85 and shot it again.
Both clips were recorded onto a Ninja Inferno.
What I was doing though was monitoring the recorded clip of the posh camera on the Ninja Inferno with the scope overlay on and then switching to the input to look at the GX85 and using the prodder to manipulate the parameters live and try and replicate the signature of the recording of the posh camera. I then tweaked a few things in FCPX to match a  bit closer with the purpose of then taking those changes back to put them in the profile of the GX85 to match it better straight out of the camera.
One of these images is the film log setting from the posh camera and the other one is the GX85.
There are definitely challenges regarding noise with doing this on the cheaper camera so its obvious which is which but I've got some ideas about that.
Tweaking the values and getting instant feedback was very productive and I think this may be the start of an interesting journey.

It is indeed.
Its a bit unfair on the GX85 to be honest because, as I suspected might happen with this prodder, there are some presumptions we make over its settings that might not be doing it any favours if all we're doing is correcting them with the exact inverse settings in post. And from the tweaks I was making in FCPX, I think thats exactly the case here as I was putting things in that I'd taken out in the profile so I think it can be done better.
Which obviously I'll be trying to do.
Iphone to Alexa is easy. Just wait about five years !
Obviously once you have it with roughly the same signature as the RED Film it will follow this through when you add FilmConvert etc and pick the RED Film preset. 
 
EDIT - 
 

@BTM_Pix that is a pretty cool test. So just to be clear, you found footage online from posh camera, or you have said posh camera?
If it's the former, couldn't possible parameters in the record/upload/process/delivery chain cloud your test? If it's the latter, why are you mucking about with a GX85?
I assume the bottom grab is from the GX85? Even still it's pretty darn close. Can you turn my iPhone into an Alexa Mini?

So I've been playing with my new prodding device and....
Its interesting.
What I did was record a clip of a colour chart from lets call it a well known brand of camera that is named after a primary colour and then put the same lens that was on that camera on to a GX85 and shot it again.
Both clips were recorded onto a Ninja Inferno.
What I was doing though was monitoring the recorded clip of the posh camera on the Ninja Inferno with the scope overlay on and then switching to the input to look at the GX85 and using the prodder to manipulate the parameters live and try and replicate the signature of the recording of the posh camera. I then tweaked a few things in FCPX to match a  bit closer with the purpose of then taking those changes back to put them in the profile of the GX85 to match it better straight out of the camera.
One of these images is the film log setting from the posh camera and the other one is the GX85.
There are definitely challenges regarding noise with doing this on the cheaper camera so its obvious which is which but I've got some ideas about that.
Tweaking the values and getting instant feedback was very productive and I think this may be the start of an interesting journey.

So I've been playing with my new prodding device and....
Its interesting.
What I did was record a clip of a colour chart from lets call it a well known brand of camera that is named after a primary colour and then put the same lens that was on that camera on to a GX85 and shot it again.
Both clips were recorded onto a Ninja Inferno.
What I was doing though was monitoring the recorded clip of the posh camera on the Ninja Inferno with the scope overlay on and then switching to the input to look at the GX85 and using the prodder to manipulate the parameters live and try and replicate the signature of the recording of the posh camera. I then tweaked a few things in FCPX to match a  bit closer with the purpose of then taking those changes back to put them in the profile of the GX85 to match it better straight out of the camera.
One of these images is the film log setting from the posh camera and the other one is the GX85.
There are definitely challenges regarding noise with doing this on the cheaper camera so its obvious which is which but I've got some ideas about that.
Tweaking the values and getting instant feedback was very productive and I think this may be the start of an interesting journey.

Cheers. 
If you see someone wandering around Saturn or MediMarkt next week with wires coming out of his sleeve seemingly idly demoing Panasonic and Sony cameras make sure you come and say hi

Cheers. 
If you see someone wandering around Saturn or MediMarkt next week with wires coming out of his sleeve seemingly idly demoing Panasonic and Sony cameras make sure you come and say hi

It lives !