dantheman

I can understand Brian's frustration, some autofocussing systems have become so good that in particular situations, like when shooting with a very shallow dof on a steadicam or just a shot of a person walking towards the camera, will be much easier to achieve with a a6300 or any Canon camera with dual pixel autofocus. There is a reason why professional and expensive camera like a c300 have a good autofocus, it's not a amateur function anymore if it is well implemented.

Resolve relies heavily on the GPU, it needs a GPU with at least 2Gb of memory for HD or 4GB for 4K footage, if your laptop doesn't meet those minimum requirements then your editing experience will not be as pleasant

So 4K 8bit 4:2:0 cannot be downsampled to 2K 10 bit 1080p 4:4:4? Maybe I am misunderstanding that older article but that is what David from cineform is trying to let us believe. Maybe on paper it sums up to this but in reality it's another story?

Are you sure about that? a LUT doesn't fix a wrong whitebalance as far as I know.

I don't see any clipping either or green tint, the 3rd picture has less chroma and lifted blacks.

On cvp.com the g7, gh4r and gx8 seem to be getting the same cashback, this is the list of camera's that cvp has listed as eligible for a 200 pound winter cashback. Not sure though if it's only applicable for UK residents. http://cvp.com/index.php?t=category/panadcb2016

and it even gets worse when you use stabilized lenses as those will draw power from the battery as well but a advantage a g80 has is that you can add a battery grip to extend battery life, I gladly will trade in battery life for stabilization in the sensor though.

It would be great to see some more before/after images that show what changes the LUT makes. Edit: never mind, I totally missed the video

So we can't trust DPReview anymore to give honest feedback on camera's, so what, now that we know we don't have to visit their site anymore. In fact, who can you actually trust on the internet, I recall reading an article on this site about the Canon xc10, a camera I was planning to buy, and Andrew trashing it but then later on when he actually had the camera completely changed his mind, it went from "the camera has a IQ that's a bit better then a gopro to it reminds me of a Super 16 version of the C300 Mark II", Eventhough this is not the same as what DPReview has done it has the same effect on me as a reader, to me writing a heavily opinionated article will misinform your readers in exactly the same way as writing a article that is sponsored by the manufacturer. I personally like to read Gordon Laings articles on cameralabs as he conducts his tests for every camera in the exact same way and he just leaves it up to his readers to form an opinion and I like to watch the Camera Store TV guys videos just because they are entertaining as well, Philip Bloom falls in that same category. I actually value the actual users opinions most as they will report problems with a camera after months of use, they will give you information most reviewers won't be able to because they use the camera just once for the review before returning it to whoever lend it to them. And even then you need to be careful as sometimes reported problems are user error. If you want to buy a camera it's best to wait a few months after it has been released, read up as much as possible you can about it so you can separate fact from fiction and make a more informed decision.

That looks great, can I ask what type of speedbooster you use in combination with this lens and the gx85? Is your Sigma Nikon or Canon mount?

I have the g80 on order so can't say for sure but when it first came out the IBIS had some "sticky" issues while panning, if you google it there are uservideos showing the problem but it appears Panasonic has already responded by bringing out a firmware update to address the issue.

Eventhough the gx80 is a great camera, especially if you take the price into consideration but if you had to make a choice then the G80 is a better camera allround and worth the extra investment, the internal audio on the gx80 is really bad, you can't plug in a microphone, the viewfinder is too small, the lcd screen doesn't flip open and it doesn't have cine-d or v profile. These are all shortcomings the G80 does not have, for me the G80 is camera of the year.

I don't know how the 12-40 reacts but my 40-150 also has hard stops in manual mode but it's still fly by wire and I find nailing focus manually not easy, the feedback the focus ring gives is nowhere near as accurate as focusing with a mechanical focus system like you have with a samyang lens. Something to consider if you plan to focus a lot manually. Eventhough the Olympus lens has a better build quality the 12-35 from Panasonic is also splash proof, you can't go wrong with either of these lenses but I don't find one superior over the other, both have their pros and cons, you only need to decide which advantages matter most to you

The zoom ring on the Olympus lens turns the opposite way compared to the panasonic lens so that might be annoying if you are not used to that, also the panasonic 12-35mm does not produce micro jitters like the 35-100mm does. Another advantage with the panasonic 12-35mm is the OIS so that does give some extra stabilization when combined with the sensor stabilization and if you plan on using this lens on a GH4 or G7 you at least have a lens with IS where the Olympus lens does not give you that option. The focus clutch on the olympus, eventhough very handy, is like the panasonic still fly by wire, not sure for the g80 but switching between auto and manual focus on a GH4 is very easy and fast as well, I have the olympus 40-150mm f2.8 and everytime I pull that focus clutch to have manual focus the image shifts out of focus, doesn't happen on my gh4 when switching between auto to manual. The panasonic is also smaller and lighter. If I had to choose I"d take the panasonic over the olympus. For photos the olympus is the superior lens but if your main focus is video you would have to pixelpeep to see the difference in IQ.