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I think you might be low-balling your estimate...  

Exactamundo!
Their help desk has not been overly helpful so far.
I described the issue in trying to update the adapter using both my Mac and PC and 2 different cables and 2 different ports and the only response I received was, quote: 
“Sorry but our Software update is not compatible with Mac OS will only run on Windows OS”.
OK, very factual and narrows down my choice of devices from 2 to 1 but otherwise provides zero useful information 😏
I have put in a request for something slightly more helpful.
At least they didn’t take long to respond unlike DXO who can take months. So long you bought other software and forgot they existed.
My first rule of business is don’t be shit.
My second rule of business is don’t be a shit.

Even better, use a shoulder harness from someone like Holdfast also and you can use that kind of set up virtually hands free as the harness provides stability each side and the bulk of the weight goes down the monopod into the belt/your chiseled 6 pack.

OK, quite a few dabs…
I made the over-enthusiastic approach of fixing the adapter wobble before investigating the slow start up issue.
It’s actually more like 10-12 seconds which is far too long for my needs and I can’t find any solution to it or the continual request each time if I am happy with the IBIS setting.
I could switch the IBIS off and assign it to a function button but then that is another step to contend with.
It’s game over before I ever got going with it.
Shame because the combo of baked in Phantom LUT, 6k 30p 3:2 and how that lens renders wide open at f3.5 is…was, pretty much bang on.
The potential or actual aesthetic output however cannot compromise my real world wedding day workflow and sadly it does.
It’s a bit weird though that I can’t find any reference to the slow start up time in any written or watched L Mount camera topic.
I am sure there is a way to kill that IBIS question on start up though as I am 99% sure I found away when I used a Meike cine lens for a couple of jobs.
But for now and this wedding, until I can…or even if I can, answer these 2 issues, it’s back my previous method of working.
Maybe I should investigate the DZO 35-80mm T2.9 because although it’s a bit of a lump…and not cheap, it is available in L Mount…I think, so I would not have the issues I am currently having.
Only one other thing I can think of is updating The Fotodiox adapter to see if that makes any difference but something, somewhere is causing this ridiculously long start up time.
But I’m out of time for this next job 😏

Well, the last piece of the puzzle turned up today and so I gave it a whirl.
The CY-EF adapter is waaaaay too loose so I gave it a few dabs of the old superglue and sorted that.
No resale of that lens now unless someone wants it in EF mount 🤪
I had already tested the image quality and the IBIS at both 40 and 80 mil and it works fine.
IQ very nice on the single outdoor test I gave it coupled with baked in Phantom LUT.
It gets a pass for at least this weekends 1.5 day wedding as my main filming camera. The other S5ii as above will be doing longer static and AF duty. The S1H exclusively stills.
Should be good…or maybe I will come back cursing the thing Monday…
2 ‘issues’, one of which I believe I can sort:
1: Takes an age to start up now as in black screen for like 5-10 seconds. Anyone know if there is a way round this?
2: It then asks if you want the set focal length. I managed to delete that question previously, though that may have been with the S1H, but it anyone knows the answer to that one…

Yeah, you can easily tell when Canon does everyone and their dogs bark about it, but when Sony does it you see plenty of people try to work around the shortcoming or said who does 30min+ boring videos 🤭 

Find someone that loves you the way Sony loves releasing cameras that overheat.
I'm sure there will be people that defend it (there always are) but it's unacceptable that it still happens, regardless of the price. 

Thanks! This was a Kodak 500T lut a DP friend of mine made using Dehancer. 

Wow - that looks really good!  I shoot with my phone regularly so I see a reasonable amount of iPhone footage and I agree that the iPhone doesn't look that good.
To my eyes it's clearly RAW.  Despite the low bitrates that YT uses to compress things, if you give it something shot on RAW then the quality of the YT stream goes up significantly - things like the falling snow and fine detail gives this away.
Here's an example of a very high-quality RAW capture, but this is from 2015 and only uploaded in 1080p:
It has the same look to me.
Definitely agree with this.
I would go further and suggest that the lesser phones (any phone shooting a compressed codec) are modern Super 8 emulations.  I say this because:
they get used for home videos like 8mm used to be and are the perfect tool for shooting for fun and not thinking about the quality of the work by the time you process the footage so the compression isn't visible they're not as sharp as RAW 4K they're likely using SS to expose there's enough hand-held motion shown in the frames that it's a different look to a S16 film camera I have to resist the temptation to turn random iPhone shots in my projects into 8mm film emulation 🙂 
 

It's WAY more than what I need! I would have probably purchased a G9 hadn't it been for the ridiculously low price, new, with 3 year warranty for a flagship product. I have absolutely no need for it other than creativity.
I'm going to watch the Lumix live stream tomorrow as I think they'll say something. Still, the bigger feature for me is the high frame rates on an external SSD.

Hello end times... 

As "full frame" is what is being discussed, I'm naturally referring to what's commonly normal standard focal lengths for photographer. 
Of course for sets of cinema lenses then what is normal is completely different. 
  
750gm?? Are you crazy???
My OCD will accept 700gm or 800gm as being acceptable, but 750gm is a totally unacceptable weight for a camera. 

Not a user, but having RAW 5.7K60 and C4K120 and 4.4K anamorphic seems a lot like it's now in cinema camera territory.  Things like the ability of RED cameras to have RAW at high frame rates was one of the things that I thought separated them from the usual prosumer cameras that mere mortals like I could afford.
Maybe I'm just behind the times, but if you were shooting something serious like high-end music videos / high-end docs / low-budget features and had the ability for 5.7K up to 60p (for those emotional/surreal moments) and also C4K 120p for any special effects shots (like if shooting an emotional sports doco) then it makes it a serious camera for those tasks.

Also, paranoia seems to be setting in.....
https://petapixel.com/2023/07/11/real-photo-disqualified-from-photography-contest-for-being-ai/

The judges looked at the metadata (it was taken with an iPhone) but couldn't work out if it was real or not, so disqualified the image because they weren't sure.

This one is incredible.
I'm not sure how available it is for users though - I saw this video posted by the developer who is sharing their work on the liftgammagain forums just this morning.

Well the lens has arrived already, but no test this week or shoot this weekend as the CY to EF adapter has been delayed until Saturday 😏
I have the Fotodiox built in VND EF-L already but this little project will have to wait until next week now…
The lens looks good for an old-timer. Excellent condition, relatively small and chunky and about the same size as the Sigma 28-70 which is good as that is what it’s going to be mainly paired with:
S1H + Sigma 28-70 f2.8 stills, option Lumix 70-200 f4
S5ii + CZ 40+80 f3.5 video 6k 30p MF
S5ii + Sigma 18-50 (27-75) f2.8 video 4k 60p AF, option Sigma 16-28 (24-42) 
If all goes to plan…

Fantastic video! The quality of RAW on a light, slim phone, plus grading software, compared to the gigantic VHS camera my dad had in the 80s is absolutely unbelievable.
I love using motioncam on my Pixel 6a for a 15fps 8mm feel. It's really fun and freeing in the sense that I don't stress about getting a perfect image with it like I do my mirrorless cameras. I just get the exposure as close as I can and let 'er rip. It's easier to focus on framing when you aren't worried about exposure or focus.
Though I do wish the focusing had a better, less chaotic, feel with the slider. I like the feeling on the focus ring in my hand. The only other thing I find frustrating with Android phones in comparison to an iphone is the lack of good accessories due to the inexistence of standardization between manufacturers. I would love to be able to get a nice variND for my phone that doesn't seem janky or third party. I'm not a fan of fluctuating shutter speed for exposure.

@Brian Williams welcome to motioncam man, I find it very nice and I am skint like you. I cannot invest money into expensive cameras since I am not in this video business, so I am enjoying it as it is. Developers are working on this app to improve it and solve some of the bugs and is getting better and better, keep sharing your videos!

I mean, ok. I said it could shoot C4K, which it can, I just chose a different aspect ratio for this particular video.
It can shoot raw up to 60fps, I choose 24fps, I don't consider either a low frame rate.
The face is blown out I guess at some point, I need to go back to find it, but likely user error, I overexposed.
I also owned the EOS M to use the magic lantern hack, and that DID suck, bc you didn't get a realtime preview, or if you did it was insanely cropped, and the Dr sucked. This looks much better than that, we can agree to disagree, and it has optical stabilization, focus peaking, realtime preview, 4K, 60p.
I'm not claiming this is somehow better than a modern mirrorless, but very few modern mirrorless shoot raw, hell most are just now getting to 10bit. This looks better than the videos I get when using the stock video app. And I'm fucking poor and can't afford a modern mirrorless, so yeah, I have this (relatively cheap) phone that all of a sudden can shoot raw, I'm going to enjoy it.

Anyway...
Nice work, Brian. The sound of a lawn mower going over branches brings back many memories of my childhood.
I liked the quality and can really see the raw look, especially in your dog's hair.
Since I've exclusively shot raw video for years, I'm curious to hear how the post process is? I could see this being a great B-cam when I need to go incognito. Did you use the gyro function?

I'm confused as well... as someone who posts test shots, I understand what it's like to put yourself out there on a public forum. So I applaud anyone on this forum that is willing to share.
Since you post a lot of shots from your camera(s) of the week, I'd think you may have the same reservations and extend the same courtesy.
Truth is, I loved everything about Brian's post and despise almost everything about your reply...
It's a shame that with all of your money, you can't seem to afford common courtesy and manners.

film color > digital color

Just to share a little personal story - the S5 II really restored my fun in shooting little personal video's. I shoot almost daily for work and I always swore by large cinema camera's. I'm one of those crazy people that thinks an Ursa mini is the perfect body shape. (part of this is copied from a Reddit comment I made earlier but I thought it would be interesting to share here).
For the longest time I was really torn up between having a kit that is able to capture what I consider to be professional quality and something that I actually would WANT to bring with me on a walk or a day out. I carried a little Pocket 4k (GREAT camera) with me, but by the time you rig that out to shoot comfortably with a monitor/filter holder/NDs/mic, you’re still carrying something that takes up most of your bag and it just sucked the fun out of it for me. On a job, no problem, for home video’s it just wasn’t worth it for me. I was really looking for something I could just pull out of a bag pack and shoot.
So then I bought a Canon R6, and honestly that camera’s video quality was such a massive step back from even the Pocket 4k that it just wasn’t worth it for me (esp. dynamic range but also the out of camera colors). Also just awful awful video assist tools on that camera.
The S5 II kinda hits all the marks for me: very small, good enough dynamic range, good colors, good monitoring tools and good AF (better than the R6 in my opinion) on my EF lenses. That last thing (combined with it being newer, so longer firmware support) pushed me over the edge when compared to the S1H by the way. I don’t mind pulling manual focus at all, but if I’m shooting on a 3 inch screen, the AF is really nice to have. Never felt like I could really trust it with the R6 but the S5 II has really really good autofocus.

Here's somethign small I shot with it:
 

I knew it.
I went to Perth WA for an entire week once and it was just too quiet.
You could pull up for instance and park right outside a restaurant on a Friday evening without a problem.
There was a big movie being filmed around the same time elsewhere and they needed a lot of extras, so it makes sense now why the artificial city of Perth was so quiet.
My brother lives there now. Says he does but now I realise that is a lie. My own family lie to me. What is this world coming to?
Must dash, I have Aslan and Mr Tumnus coming round for breakfast shortly.
Conspiracy theorists 🤣

Australia doesn't exist. 
That's why it confused @MrSMWthat someone could be posting from that timezone.