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I'm fairly sure the video transmission will work on the P4K, my understanding is it's essentially taking the HDMI feed into an encoder and sending the video signal via wifi from there, so you could even plug a Playstation in and view that. EDIT: THIS IS FALSE. Also, I think while in that video I shared earlier the guy has added a counter weight, you could also mount the camera upside-down, and that would but the weight more in the centre of the gimbal. The lens is by far the heaviest part of my setup, and flipping the camera will definitely bring it closer to the pivot points. I've decided to pay off my preorder and I should receive the Weebill next week. I'll then do some tests and see how it all works out.

$69* $99 is for the full cage, so the savings are even better!

I like the size/shape of the Weebill. That as well as the Wifi monitoring and mechanical focus wheel really make it stand out. I just got an email that my preorder is ready to ship when I finish the payment, so trying to work out if it's worth trying. Maybe the guy in the video above has a heavy foot while walking, some of the shots look nice, and others are awful.

I’m not sure yet, it should arrive today and I got it for €99 incl post. When it arrives I’ll do a runtime test. Since you can still use the internal battery though, I expect it to allow me to film continuously for quite a while before I’m out of power.

Having seen this, it seems the Weebill just can't manage with the P4K, even with a counterweight (or the guy's using it wrong?) How are people liking it on the Crane 2? I know someone mentioned they'd been using one (can't remember who) - I've heard mounting the camera upsidedown makes it work out the box.

I've used the Viltrox EF-M2 exclusively and it works great. You will loose an AF abilities the lens has, but I understand that's also the case with Metabones too. I assume you're not buying this for AF anyway, but worth mentioning just incase.

Rather than doing it all manually, why not set up a huge batch convert to encode to a different codec that is accepted and maintains the file extension. Set those to go to a whole new drive. While that’s happening continue to edit in cc2014 and when it’s done open your project in cc2018, plug in the drive with the new encodes, unplug the drive with the OG files and relink the whole project. It might take longer, but at least you can keep working in the meantime and it’s much less manual tasks, and you can leave it over night. Also, don’t update mid project, it never, ever saves time.

I'm yet to be unhappy with my results, even on the very first time I pressed record I was happy. It simply gets better as I learn how to use it. As with anything, use it within it's capabilities. The only thing shit about this camera is how hot it is. (IMHO - and yes I'm aware of the comments about how hot the camera can get.)

I’ve been using the Meike 28 f2.8 and it’s great. Such a small lens and cost about £80 I think. It’s a nice focal length, clickless aperture and quite bright, although not as fast as the ones listed at the top here. You can get some lovely portrait style shots with it.

This seems like a more powerful version of the USB charger idea. It has a mains outlet on it, so can use the cameras charger cable and still have a real battery in the camera for backup when this runs out. Price seems pretty good right now too. https://www.kamera-express.nl/product/12218258

Brilliant. Ordered mine. Says 3-4 weeks for delivery though. I guess they're made to order haha. @BTM_Pix - Did you find a set yet?

Where did you order from? I can't find anywhere that's even on the same continent!

What I don't understand is how they made that without AF and a flappy screen.

Great news! I used his LUT for the LS300 a lot for quick turnaround grades. I have no idea how the science of colour reproduction works, but I image a LUT on a RAW file will come out a little differently than the same shot in ProRes. I wonder then, if he'll make one that works for RAW, ProRes and Braw - or if he'll release 3 different ones...

Agreed. This camera though is cheaper than many smartphones.

What is that? Maybe I missed the point, but all of the liveview stuff you actually see on the phone is from Panasonic cameras. The P4K only has Bluetooth, no wifi, so wireless liveview is impossible without some kind of HDMI transmitter. I kind of guess that was the point of the video, but by him showing only Panasonic's app and LCD screen - and not mentioning Panasonic - makes it feel like he's suggesting he's created a BMD app to allow liveview... which he can't do for the P4K.

Phantom Power update - The issue is gone. Magic... Blackmagic?

Those things always make me think of bumper cars ?

Don't forget the batteries in the video assist die pretty quick too, so you'll need more than 2 of those for sure. I've already remedied this phantom power issue by picking up a great deal NTG4+ which is self powered. You can also get those little inline phantom power providers, but I have no experience with those.

I remember when the first mobile phone capable of video chat came out, int he UK it was the Three Phone, or something like that. You could only video chat with someone who also had the same phone, and not many people did. Now though, video chat comes as standard everywhere and isn't even worth mentioning.

Just tried it out. The noise is quieter, but the mains introduces another issue. It now goes 'Puh----------Puh---------Puh--------Puh-------Puh------Puh-----Puh----Puh----Puh---Puh--Puh-PuhPuhPuhPuhPuhPuhPuPuPuPPPPPP no idea if that will ever stop, I got stressed out and felt like it was counting down to something haha! Again, this does not happen with mics that don't need Phantom Power. I found a great deal on a NTG4+ with windshield and Rycote mount online, so that's arriving tomorrow. At least this way I can continue to use it while waiting for whatever fix may or may not arrive.

That's like buying a laptop, but the keyboard doesn't work and instead of trying to fix it with the manufacturer, you just carry around an external keyboard with you. Yes it'll work, but it it's far from ideal when you bought it as an all in one solution. If I'm recording externally, I could just as well use an GX80.

Not yet, but I'll test it out - that could be an interesting work around. I'm going to contact my camera store and BMD today, and see if they can help me out somehow.

Has anyone tested the XLR + Phantom Power? I've been using it a lot and keep getting a lot of BrRrrrrRrRRRRRRBBRrBBRRRhhsshhh all over all of my audio. It's actually really anoying and hard to filter out. I've tried 4 different cables, 6 differnt mics and 2 BMD XLR adapters. The garbled noise is on all of them to varying degrees. Strangely, I have found 1 mic, a lav, that doesn't have the sound but does need 48v power. I can't get to the bottom of it! EDIT: Using the same mics and cable into my Zoom does not result in the funky noise - so it must be something on the camera's end of the chain. Fingers crossed it's the type of thing that can be fixed in a software update (doubt it) EDIT 02: When I use a lav that doesn't need phantom power, the signal is clean and there's no issue... so I just need to use mics that can power themselves... NTG4+ I guess?