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@steadygannet63 yea, when I close my eyes I actually see the timeline and the blocks moving. I’m being serious. I would have lots of YouTube videos published if I wasn’t so numb from editing.

Thank you very much! That video was actually meant to be longer. It’s literally cut in half. I just got tired of the editing. My day job I’m filming and editing for a popular news outlet in the states and I just couldn’t do anymore to my video. The other half I show examples of bigger and unwieldy manual MFT lenses in my collection. The VO is there and the clips I want to use, so I may just finish it over the weekend.

@maxJ4380 it should take about 5 min. If you’re able the best way to update is through the Quik App.

@kye I’m really shooting it regular, I guess? I’m not doing anything fancy other than trying to remember which way on my focus pull is far or near. Which gets annoying because of the lens changes. Lately I’ve been shooting it court side at NBA games, just using my iPhone 17 Pro Max as a monitor and the Media Mod without any other attachments for the audio. The lenses are carried in a small camera bag separated with thick paper towels to limit the clanking and potential scratching and I have a manual blower to remove any debris. I shoot in GPLog most of the time and I prefer to shoot in a 4:3 aspect ratio. Even though the Mission Monitor app allows the user to apply LUTs for monitoring, I usually like to view it flat (for me it makes it easier to see the focus peaking) or with the standard profile color LUT. My intent is to film and publish a super high quality film, run & gun style with this camera. Only using the bare minimum of equipment from lighting to sound. I know it can be done, especially with the examples you shared and what those directors used. I have a story. I just need the actors who are willing to participate in this project for food and travel expenses. I will split royalties once it’s up and available.

@John Matthews thanks for watching the video! Regarding the lenses, those are pretty much some of the most affordable lenses you can get for the ILS without sacrificing too much image quality. The 10mm fisheye is surprisingly good, especially considering it’s fixed at f/5.6. My biggest issue with it is the lack of a traditional filter thread for ND filters. I usually work around that by avoiding scenes with too many bright highlights, but I’m trying to figure out an affordable way to rig a variable ND using some sort of clamp system. I really want to use that lens more because I love the image it produces. The 50mm image is very good, but my least favorite out of all the lenses because it’s heavy (even though it fits the weight compatibility) and it isn’t sharp at all wide opened. Which is usually the case, but this is blurry soft. At f4 it’s lovely, but I really wanted to use it for those creamy portrait shots where I can see the emotional state of a person. As for labs, i’m familiar and have it installed, but I’m not a big fan of the whole QR code approach. I feel like a lot of those functions should already be accessible once the Labs is installed, instead of having to chase down QR codes. That said, it’sa great addition to the community! Now the new firmware features for photography look really impressive. I’ve watched a few videos on them, and I think photographers will get a lot out of it. I’m definitely not a photographer, so I’m personally waiting for more cinema related features. Also not sure if you didn’t realize when watching the video, I tend to put more details in the descriptions. I’d rather keep my videos relatively short and use a lot of footage. I’m much more comfortable writing about this stuff than talking about it on camera.

@kye As promised, here’s the video I mentioned over in the Narrative Films Shot in Uncontrolled Cities thread. I put together what I call my Mission Kit for the ILS, consisting of the Brightin Star 10mm fisheye, 7Artisans 10mm, TTArtisan 17mm, and the 7Artisans 25mm, 35mm and 50mm. The idea was to keep everything small, lightweight and affordable while still getting a very good image. The video is just a collection of footage shot with the different lenses, with each lens identified on screen. It’s not technical at all and it’s very casual. I’m just showing what these little lenses can do with the ILS.

@kye I actually put together a little lens kit for the ILS. My Mission Kit consists of the Brightin Star 10mm fisheye, 7Artisans 10mm, TTArtisan 17mm, and the 7Artisans 25mm, 35mm and 50mm. Trying to keep everything small, lightweight and affordable without sacrificing too much in image quality. I don’t wanna hijack this thread, so I’ll post a video I made briefly going over the lenses in the dedicated ILS thread.

@mercerits trendy to be a lemming 🙄. And that’s what a lot of personalities on YouTube are doing and once someone enters with non NPC thoughts and actions, you’re berated. That’s what stopped me from posting things on YouTube and social media in general, but I’m getting older and I have worthwhile years in the industry. I sure as heck can voice my thoughts and opinions and shouldn’t give a rats a$$ about what people say.

This is exactly why smartphones and smaller cameras like the GoPro Mission 1 Pro ILS are so appealing to me. You can move quickly, stay discreet, and still capture great images. I put together a great nimble kit for this project and I’m actually planning something similar with the ILS in NYC, grabbing shots in some premium locations to give the production a much bigger feel without a big crew or footprint. And I’m definitely grabbing some long and discreet shots.

Being in the states, I’ve become reluctant owning any DJI products.

I agree to a degree. I definitely think it can get over bearing and could possibly slow down your workflow. That’s why I shoot mostly burning a custom look in camera, but there are times when you really want to push the boundaries of an image. Whatever it is, I just make sure I’m capturing great images.

It’s a real fun camera to use. It actually brought my muscle memory back to the days of manual focusing. I remember when people used to talk condescendingly to people who relied on autofocus. Now it’s flipped. So funny. The negative comments I read about using this camera is mind boggling. If the camera isn’t for you, just go about your business. Why try to bash the person wanting to experience something different?

While it’s a great aspect of the ILS, I don’t really care much about the ability to mimic film or what have you. I just think the camera has great potential and is really in a class of its own, especially when you can get footage that looks like this out of it. Add in the various frame rates and what you can do with different lenses, and I think it’s a great camera for beginners and pros alike.

Reading up on these technologies, LOFIC is evolutionary, but OPF is revolutionary.

From everything I’ve found, Panasonic definitely sold a large portion of its semiconductor business to Nuvoton in 2019 (completed in 2020). But I haven’t found any evidence that the Organic CMOS/OPF technology itself was sold or abandoned.In fact, Panasonic has continued publishing updates on the technology. Here’s a 2023 announcement improving the OPF sensor’s color reproduction. So while none of us know if it’ll ever end up in a Lumix camera, I don’t think it’s accurate to say it’s in “cold storage” @sanveer or that Panasonic sold it off. If anyone has a source that says otherwise, I’d genuinely like to read it.