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  1. 2 hours ago, kye said:

    Are you aware that shooting the 12-35 f2.8 at 25mm f2.8 isn't the same as shooting a 50mm f2.8 on FF?  25mm f2.8 on MFT is the same as 50mm f5.6 on FF.  To get the same DOF on MFT as you get from FF 50mm f1.2 would require something like 25mm f0.6, which I don't think even exists.  

    Of course it's not, i just said it's easy to find f2.8 lenses that matches the f4 of ff which is still 'okish' dof. What really makes the GH5 specifically useful to me are two lenses that after trying different things are now keepers:
    Olympus pro 17mm f1.2 and the 45mm f1.2 combined with Ibis and the full manual focus on the lenses make it a everyday tool on every production. I keep a 35mm 1.4 Glied to the eva1 and have a wide and portrait equivalent of 35mm f2.4 and a 90mm 2.4 in FF terms but with 1.2 light gathering. All together a very good package.

  2. On 1/15/2019 at 7:34 AM, TurboRat said:

    Yeah the Full Frame cameras are better in Low Light. What do you think are the advantages of GH5s aside from the flip screen and the small lenses?

    A7III has ibis though (not as good as GH5) so I think that's a better choice

    A7III Pros:

    - better autofocus
    - better low-light
    - better dynamic range
    - lighter body
    - larger full-frame sensor(for shallower DOF)


    GH5 Pros:

    - 10bit 4:2:2 codecs
    - ALL-I codecs
    - 4k DCI
    - anamorphic modes (open gate 5k)
    - anamorphic de-squeeze
    - load 4 custom luts for v-log l preview
    - better IBIS
    - lighter lenses
    - 4k 60fps
    - 1080 180fps
    - variable frame rates
    - waveform & vectorscope
    - smaller m4/3 sensor (deeper DOF for same aperture)
    - full-size HDMI port
    - syncro scan
    - less rolling shutter
    - fully articulating touchscreen

    17 hours ago, drm said:

    I think that the GH5 with a 12-60 lens would produce very poor results in that environment. I mean, it will be better than your cellphone, but probably not up to professional standards ;)

    - Lots of factors here and m43 can do a lot with DOF as well. m43 can use a focal reducer which makes it more like a APS-C sensor size in terms of DOF. You are now only one stop away from the same DOF as FF. Shoot f4 comfortably on FF? Well f2.8 is pretty easy to get on m43 even with zoom lenses and can easily match the DOF of FF. This is again such a non issue unless you insist on having razor thin DOF from FF by shooting 50mm f1.2. Optically not the best solution and almost impossible to focus with for serious production work where clients pay you. It honestly only takes a sliver of extra effort to achieve similar DOF on m43. Can't replicate every situation but the importance is much less significant than you think it is. Plus very few Hollywood movies actually use that shallow of DOF. They shoot s35mm (close to APS-C size) and not FF and they tend to stop down their lenses to f4 or f5.6. Extremely easy to match that on m43 and even easier once you add a Speedbooster which essentially makes the GH5 an exact match to s35mm size sensors. On the GH5s using a Speedbooster XL gets you around a 1.2x crop which is half way between APS-C and FF so not a huge difference in terms of DOF.

    On 1/15/2019 at 4:40 PM, Towd said:

    The GH5 and GH5s typically give less heat and more reliable operation than the Sonys.  There's also longer battery life, less rolling shutter, and more high speed frame rates combined with better data rates and codecs.

    The exelent IBIS, strong codec, robust build quality, great film maker ergonomics, 40k 60p and full size HDMI makes it feel like a more profesional camera then the whole a7 serie.
    I owned both but choose to keep the GH5 and sell the A7s. Also used the A7s MII allot.
    I sometimes miss the full frame aspect, but not to much. I don't miss any DR since I think the Slog3 and Slog2 is unusable in the A7 serie for the weak codec.
    So I actually feel the GH5 has more DR since the robust codec let's you play around with the levels better.

  3. 7 minutes ago, Kisaha said:

    I agree, but I see the movement on the Ronin is much nicer. I got the Ronin S during Xmas, received it yesterday and just charged the ?!! 

    post footage

  4. 30 minutes ago, Kisaha said:

    I posted on the other thread as well. What do you see?!

    If I don't hold one in my hand i can't tell, although im coming from a ronin m then the ronin s would be a more logical option but this guys comparison is really terrible. He should have tested with the same cameras. The a7iii has ibis and bmcc does not, also weight difference and two different operators. He also failed to mention that ronin s is compatible with the gh5 for the autofocus. Anyway i will research a bit more. 

  5. On 12/21/2018 at 7:55 PM, Shirozina said:

    Huge discount on the Ronin-S at the moment. Not sure how long it will last so don't hang about.......

    Discount is over but i think i'm gonna pay for full price, what does the competition offers? I'm using a gh5 with 18-35 sigma 

  6. 26 minutes ago, Oliver Daniel said:

    I got the SWIT 55C and it’s working great. Just don’t drop it. ? Will be looking for EVF combos later in the year. 

    I’ll share a bit more from the EVA soon, early days but looking good. 

    P.s extra observation, the EIS is sorta ok. Crops a little bit. If you’re used to IBIS, it’s garbage. Tested it on some general shots, wobble wobble wobble (hello warp stabiliser, we meet again!!) 

    Anyone know of an awesome monopod which isn’t a complete pain in the ass? 

     

    Nice, what lenses are you using? 

  7. I think it's right to say to make any of those entry level cinema cameras work to their full potential you need 10k euros. I'm considering EVA-1 but with the lack of EVF and the mirror LCD? it's going to be way more costly.

  8. Updated to 2019 cc just yesterday, and it's all good. Just don't use 2018 templated start all over again when importing.Also here is an unofficial guide that will help. Blaming the program because you lack knowledge of how the system works its without giving reason. Also you are cheering for resolve. Whats so good about it that it's worth changing?(i tried it) https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2261475

  9. 11 minutes ago, jonpais said:

    But in the video I posted, she is working alone, with nobody telling her what to do. No photographer telling her to use different lighting (she's shooting in available light). So I  don't see how your first argument holds any water.

    Can we agree to just deal with the video I posted?

    So we can't blame it on the photographer.  Because there isn't one present.

    Are you saying the videographer is intentionally shooting garbage video in order to please the clients? Because that is what you are implying - past clients have adored her crap video, so she's just doing it to make them happy?

    The footage looks nasty.

    Sorry to be so contentious, but your remarks that you messed up a shoot, that the client loved it and that this person might be doing the same for the same reason just doesn't make any sense at all.

    I'm sure the 5D Mark IV (not the 1DX Mark II) which she is shooting with has plenty of dynamic range for a wedding shoot - provided she poses her clients in good lighting, chooses her angles wisely or uses a reflector or diffuser.

    Why make excuses for bad practices?

    Jon, here in Greece the couples that are getting married really do not really care about image quility. They care more about the brand(if the photographers are famous). I have seen some terrible video in the wedding industry and people are loving it because they are just... bad. And also the wedding industry will always be male dominant. She just got famous of good marketing as you can see because her image is terrible. Marketing is key.

    I was going to film a wedding in a Church and I saw those two guys before me shooting there with 2 a7sii without lighting and I asked them. Where is are your lights? 'Muh a7sii shoots at 25000 iso'. I lost it there. And these guys are booked a full year.

  10. Need help deciding in which direction I should go and if it's necessary to go in that direction regarding lens selection for gh5.

    So I have tons of commercial work and weddings coming this April, May and June etc. and I'm thinking of investing into a metabones ultra + sigma 18-35 option. I currently own the 12-35 panny first gen and I'm thinking if it's worth making a switch. The main reason is low light situations and better DoF. 

    The other option would be to get a nikon metabones to mft because my father owns lots of nikkor lenses 24-70, 70-200 , wide angles , macros  etc but the Nikon To Mft doesn't get lots of love

    Lastly the third choice would be to invest in fast mft primes like the sigma 30 1.4 and the 16 1.4 which would be a good and not expensive alternative.

    What sound more rational option to invest in? 

  11. Just found this on Sony Rumors:

    According to previous rumors, Sony will have a product announcement on February 26th, 2018. According to our source, this new camera could be long awaited Sony Alpha a7III. Here is a roundup specs rumors of Sony a7III, see the detail below:

    New 24MP full frame sensor (There is a chance that the sensor will from recently released high-end Sony a9 (Amazon/B&H Photo/Adorama)

    6-7 fps

    3″ tilting LCD screen

    Touch screen

    Improved AF system (Also a chance AF system from recently announced a9)

    4K Video Recording

    SD card slot will support UHS-II, same as Sony a9

    Joystick as on Sony Alpha a9

    It will have body design of Sony Alpha 9

    It will have same Sony a9 battery

    Body price around $1,899 in US

  12. 2 hours ago, Kisaha said:

    Beautiful Cyprus! stayed there for a summer teaching Robotics and Cinema on a kid's summer camp at Fredericks! Just out of curiosity, is there any shot in your video on a tripod?

    Oh that's nice, in Nicosia? Actually no there was no use of tripod! 

    2 hours ago, Kisaha said:

    Beautiful Cyprus! stayed there for a summer teaching Robotics and Cinema on a kid's summer camp at Fredericks! Just out of curiosity, is there any shot in your video on a tripod?

     

    This was only tripod back then when I had only 1 gh4 and a tripod. Some people actually prefer this. Sometimes we push it too hard with technology and it backfires at us!

    And an 120cm konova slider.. don't forget that! ;p

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