kye

Here's the review:
The shot at 6:57 of him in slow-mo with the light of a single match is just incredible!!
Footage reminds me of the Canon 5DIII ML RAW 14 bit from @kidzrevil in places.  Just lovely.
Are people anticipating the Pocket 2 to have IQ like the T4K?
and to all the people who think you don't need good IQ for home videos - see the lovely shot at 8:12

Quite some hope actually. 
You know, the FS5 is not in the same market as the A7. It has millions things (pro camera features) that the A7 does not have and it has very advanced external recording capabilities. Therefore it is totally possible that Sony will release a A7S with 4K60P even if FS5 does not have it because it has many other things that the former does not have. It would not be the first time something like this happens. 
And look at the A9. 4500$ and a few months after you get a A7III which has better IQ (dynamic range) and 95% of A9 functions for 2500$ less. What was the hope of that? 
Well the A9 has 1-2 pro features (burst shooting..) on top of A7III. 
So here you go my friend. Quite some hope. 

Hunches are fine when declared as so.  The problem is when people state their hunches as fact.. 
If we deleted all the posts that were speculation, opinion, rampant imagination, and fighting over Canon 1080p and colour science, etc there would only be a small amount of content remaining here!!

Hunches are fine when declared as so.  The problem is when people state their hunches as fact.. 
If we deleted all the posts that were speculation, opinion, rampant imagination, and fighting over Canon 1080p and colour science, etc there would only be a small amount of content remaining here!!

How do these adapters work with multiple AF points and things like eye-detect AF.  Do they allow all the smart focusing modes, or just a limited AF mode like a simple centred AF point or equivalent?
People pay a lot for 4K, and considering that a shot out of focus is basically a 240p or worse video file, I'd say that you're not understanding what is at stake.
Most of the vloggers I watch have mentioned that they bought their main cameras with their own money.  Maybe they get a second much cheaper one 'on loan' but that's the minority.  I think assuming that people are 'on the take' is easy to assume, but may not be true.
Your point is well made and I totally agree, however there are quite a number of elitist ivory-tower snobs on here who insist that unless you're shooting in controlled lighting conditions on a set with a crew of dedicated people that you're basically not a real film-maker and you don't even deserve the soft 1080 that Canon gives you.  They don't say it explicitly, but it's behind many of the posts here.
Its been strongly implied that if I want better quality home or holiday videos then I need to: buy a cinema camera, hire a sound tech with a boom mic, learn to manually focus (including sporting events), control my DR via lighting and modifiers, use a tripod, and do multiple takes..  instead of asking for a DSLR sized camera with good IQ, reliable AF, audio recording and processing advances from this century, IBIS / OIS, and being able to enjoy myself while recording a clip.

Thanks.
I asked because I randomly watched a YT review of one just the other day and the guy was using a super vintage lens with swirly bokeh for a portrait stills session and the AF-S was quite impressive.  It wasn't lightening fast, but it was still perhaps half-a-second and it was obviously phase detect because it just went from where it was to the focus point and pretty much stopped dead, no hunting or anything.  Considering the lens was completely manual it was really quite surprising.

Hunches are fine when declared as so.  The problem is when people state their hunches as fact.. 
If we deleted all the posts that were speculation, opinion, rampant imagination, and fighting over Canon 1080p and colour science, etc there would only be a small amount of content remaining here!!

Wow.  So, not a competitor to YT then....   well, unless there's data suggesting that people are now moving to vertical mobile use?
I don't say that to be funny - I remember watching an early talk about how mobile was taking over PCs and the guy put up a huge number on the screen (it was over a thousand) and said that  the number was how many people had used eBay on their mobile phone to buy a Ferrari.  As I am a bit of a laggard with tech I was shocked, but now I've caught up so it doesn't seem so silly.  Maybe it's one of those things that the kids are doing and we don't know about yet?
In a way vertical video makes sense because people are taller than they are wide, and most short-lifespan social media video contains only one person.

Have fun and enjoy.
Gary Friedman might have some free videos up on youtube about the a6300 / a6500. He often explains the "hidden" features of cameras.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gary+friedman+a6300
Maartech has good videos on "video settings" so you might want to check those out as well.
Learn how to set up the Fn menu and the M1 and M2 settings. Without those, you will go crazy.
For 4K video, you need a 64GB card.Don't get a 32GB card (or smaller). It won't work. Forgot to mention that. One of the quirks. Welcome to Sony land...
I use a Sony SDXC U3 10 95MB/s card (that's what it says on it... heck if I know what it means).
If you are ok with manual focus and want to pick up a cheapo minolta lens, look for an LA-EA1 (about $50 used), and then you could put a Minolta AF lens on it and it will read the EXIF data for IBIS on it. Don't confuse Minolta AF lenses with minolta MC or MD lenses, which are older manual focus lenses (nice, but they required different adapters).
The placement of the video record button will drive you crazy. There are little clear rubber buttons that you can buy that will stick on to any of your camera buttons. I don't have a link to them. I keep meaning to buy them and put them on the Fn button and the record button.
If you are going to be using your Nikon manual lenses, then you want to set 1 of your custom buttons to punching it to confirm focus.
As good as the focus peaking is on the a6300 / a6500, I find that punching in is still more accurate for critical focus.
The 35mm f/1.8 OSS is supposed to be a good lens. You will probably get a lot of mileage out of it.
You might be able to rig up a very lightweight dummy battery to use handheld / on a monopod. It should allow you to shoot longer and (theoretically) help reduce the likelihood of overheating since many people claim that the heat from the internal battery accelerates overheating. Pulling the LCD screen away from the body reportedly helps with overheating. I saw one person who had a rig with a small fan on it. He says it works well.
a6500 doesn't have a headphone jack...
Here is something to just tease you a bit:
A lot of people like the AndyCine monitors. I would avoid the IKAN monitor. It is supposed to be nice but it isn't all that much bigger than the LCD on the a6500.
Hope this helps. Despite the quirks, and the naysayers, lots of people use the a6300 / a6500 for videos and they create some really nice stuff.  Check out Brandon Li's stuff. Or just search youtube for "a6500 cinematic" and you will come up with lots of nice stuff.

Final update here: I've purchased a used "Excellent Condition" Sony A6500 from Adorama. Saved a couple hundred bucks from new price. Funnily enough, I bought my current camera, a d5300 refurb from Adorama. With a 30 day return policy I'm going to give it a go. Settling on the 35mm 1.8 OSS Sony and a Lens Adapter for my two Nikon Primes. Should be a fun next couple of weeks!

Awesome - my concern was if they knew what they were getting but if they're into it then that will be really cool.  I like it when people do something a little different
The combination of that song (the amount of style and how rhythmic it is) and your editing and shooting style will be something to see - your reel looked good and had a few cool moments where the visuals matched the music, but not so many that it distracted too much.
I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with ?

How do these adapters work with multiple AF points and things like eye-detect AF.  Do they allow all the smart focusing modes, or just a limited AF mode like a simple centred AF point or equivalent?
People pay a lot for 4K, and considering that a shot out of focus is basically a 240p or worse video file, I'd say that you're not understanding what is at stake.
Most of the vloggers I watch have mentioned that they bought their main cameras with their own money.  Maybe they get a second much cheaper one 'on loan' but that's the minority.  I think assuming that people are 'on the take' is easy to assume, but may not be true.
Your point is well made and I totally agree, however there are quite a number of elitist ivory-tower snobs on here who insist that unless you're shooting in controlled lighting conditions on a set with a crew of dedicated people that you're basically not a real film-maker and you don't even deserve the soft 1080 that Canon gives you.  They don't say it explicitly, but it's behind many of the posts here.
Its been strongly implied that if I want better quality home or holiday videos then I need to: buy a cinema camera, hire a sound tech with a boom mic, learn to manually focus (including sporting events), control my DR via lighting and modifiers, use a tripod, and do multiple takes..  instead of asking for a DSLR sized camera with good IQ, reliable AF, audio recording and processing advances from this century, IBIS / OIS, and being able to enjoy myself while recording a clip.

How do these adapters work with multiple AF points and things like eye-detect AF.  Do they allow all the smart focusing modes, or just a limited AF mode like a simple centred AF point or equivalent?
People pay a lot for 4K, and considering that a shot out of focus is basically a 240p or worse video file, I'd say that you're not understanding what is at stake.
Most of the vloggers I watch have mentioned that they bought their main cameras with their own money.  Maybe they get a second much cheaper one 'on loan' but that's the minority.  I think assuming that people are 'on the take' is easy to assume, but may not be true.
Your point is well made and I totally agree, however there are quite a number of elitist ivory-tower snobs on here who insist that unless you're shooting in controlled lighting conditions on a set with a crew of dedicated people that you're basically not a real film-maker and you don't even deserve the soft 1080 that Canon gives you.  They don't say it explicitly, but it's behind many of the posts here.
Its been strongly implied that if I want better quality home or holiday videos then I need to: buy a cinema camera, hire a sound tech with a boom mic, learn to manually focus (including sporting events), control my DR via lighting and modifiers, use a tripod, and do multiple takes..  instead of asking for a DSLR sized camera with good IQ, reliable AF, audio recording and processing advances from this century, IBIS / OIS, and being able to enjoy myself while recording a clip.

You thought wrong. Youtube tests show it is atrocious. 
Not so much. For me, the C200 weight and size make it a no go even at 1000$ for what I do. If BM 4K had C200 AF I would get it over any day.
Depends on your use. 
 
 
The results of the poll are interesting. Half of the people would. And when you consider that most of the people who said no is because they just use manual focus, this poll shows how much important AF is for people in video and that they are ready to pay for it. 
This is why so many vloggers pay 6K for the 1DXII, for Full Frame 4K60P with good AF. This is why people like Casey Neistat prefer shitty 1080p quality over amazing GH5 quality. Because AF in video becomes that much useful and important. 
How many manual focus stills camera sell this day VS AF stills camera? When you consider manual focusing in video is more difficult than in photo, it's not hard to see why manual focusing cameras are dead. Expect 90% of the people who said "no" to this poll to use AF in all their video in 2 years from now. 
 

Yep, as my MiniDisc collection will testify.

13 stops is a manufacturer rating.  Some cameras have more DR despite the same numbers because they may round 12.5 to 13, or some cameras more confidently capture that range better than others too.
Kinefinity claims 14 stops on their Terra 4K camera as well as on their Mavo 6K camera.  But does the Terra 4K have remotely the same dynamic range as the Mavo 6K?  No it does not.
Likewise they claimed 16 stops in the "golden 3K" mode on the Terra 6K, but did it really have a noticeable 2 stops more?  No it did not.
"Stops" of dynamic range are just claims that anyone can make and not have to back up with evidence.  Wouldn't it be easier if blackmagic just went and said it has 13 stops so it's about the same as the original pocket?  It could be 1/2 stop less, but just doesn't market well to sell a cinema camera with a DR downgrade.  Notice how RED nowhere in their marketing ever claimed that Helium had less dynamic range than Dragon even though that was definitely true?

Just a quick update on my experience with the sigma mc-11. Some of the lenses I only had a few minutes to try
Yongnuo 35mm f2: Doesn't autofocus at all. That 35mm f2 look is awesome though. 
Canon 50mm f1.8 stm: AF-S works well. Didn't have enough time to compare it against the Sony 50mm f1.8 Fe. The size of the adapter and lens is just slightly bigger than the Sony lens. 
Sigma 17-35mm f2.8-4: I've been using the Nikon mount version of this lens for a couple years on Nikon, panasonic, canon and now Sony cameras.  One of my faves. The canon mount version on the sigma mc-11 does seem to attempt to autofocus but there's a big problem - the aperture stays locked at the smallest opening. Not sure if it was a fault of the particular lens. 
Canon 24-85mm f3.5-4.5: af-s and c works well in stills. Continuous doesn't work in video. The focus ring is not smooth and has some play, making manual focus quite difficult. Other than that, it's a great lens with plenty of character (flaring, slight distortion, slight chromatic aberration). I'm not sure if I'm keeping it yet because of the manual focus problems. It would be perfect otherwise. 

Me too.  I did street photography for a while as training for holiday snaps (as both are improvisational) but it's a lot of work to put yourself out there, especially when people hassle you in the street.
"You can't take my photo - I know my rights!"
"Isn't that a security camera in that shop over there pointing at the street?"
"uh, I guess"
"It's taking photos constantly, all the shops have them.  If it was illegal then all those shop owners would go to jail"
"Uh, errr,...     you can't take my photo - I know my rights!"

I think this post is silly.
It's the equivalent of saying that if you want a smartphone that's silly because you could have all the functionality by just buying all of these things:

The reason that we wouldn't buy all those other things and prefer a smartphone is that all those other things are way too large to carry around and be practical, plus they're really expensive......   just like cinema cameras are way too large to carry around in many situations, and are really expensive.
I get that this might be good advice for you, maybe because your priorities are equally fulfilled by either option, but that's not true for many other people.
I voted Yes because if Canon made such a camera I would buy it.  However, if the Pocket 2 doesn't have good autofocus then that would be why I'm not buying it.
If it had good AF, that would be absolutely killer!

Just wanted to say that's a great looking still..  nicely done!
It would be great it has the option to crop in or not to.  I think that's one of the biggest advantages of having a hybrid camera for video.  I'm looking at new cameras and if I end up with the A7III then when combining the 24-105 F4 with the 1.5X crop mode and the 1.5X digital zoom makes that lens a 24-236mm, which is a fantastic walk-around lens.

Ah, hadn't gotten around to watching that yet.
Pardon me!

1- @kye Of course there will be an A7S III
2- I agree with @newfoundmass. I think the issue is technology at this point. Just lookt at the FS5 II and yet it has a smaller sensor. But I am sure it will at least have 4K60p otherwise there is not point as it would be an A7III in worst (less mpx). 
3- All things considered, it is safe to assume that the A7S III will be an A7 III with lower res sensor and 4K60P internal. The question remains on the bonuses: 10bit, mpx count, ...
4- @zerocool22 Why? There is no FF camera on the market with 4K60p and a good AF today except the 1DX which cost 2 arms, weight a truck and has poor codecs. The new Black Magic will give you the absolute best image under 4000$ for sure with 4K60p RAW. But at what cost? At the cost of small sensor size (acceptable) and no AF which for me is in the absolute must have feature list for any new video camera. After trying the A7R III on a gimbal I cannot imagine using anymore piece of shit AF like GH5 and so on as a main camera. 
Still I ordered the BM day one because as I said the image will be superb but for me it cannot be my main camera.
Depends on what you film of course! 

96khz sample rate recording

Netflix?? ???

Folded optics cellphone. Pretty much what the Light L16 is also.
https://***URL removed***/news/6628566824/oppo-announces-5x-optical-zoom-technology-for-smartphone-cameras
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-356042-1.html