newfoundmass

The Godox LS series are excellent value lights. I saw they just released a more professional, but still much more affordable, series of lights that I'm looking at. We're becoming quite spoiled when it comes to lighting!

You guys are being way too optimistic, ha ha.

You can achieve this with most lenses when stopping them down, even ones with more blades.

Yeah, stopping down is done both because the ring area is so bright compared to the rest of the venue and because for shots like that especially you want as much in focus as possible, since it shows how large the crowd is. That's the end result. Happens to me when doing wrestling events though it doesn't look nearly as cool because most events don't have that much lighting nor as many spectators, at least not the ones I film and produce!

Honestly if Fuji could get their stabilization to Panasonic level, fix the stepping exposure, and have unlimited recording they'd be a really compelling option for my work. I love the image so much from everything I'm seeing. I like their colors more than Canon.

I don't know that the OP is going to be dealing with all that stuff and given they'd be using it with a 9 year old camera I feel like it's safe to say they're doing pretty basic work. I even kinda felt like @no_connection might feel like getting a wireless solution is unnecessary, based on his phrasing, but that his client/boss wants one for whatever reason. Obviously if it's necessary to spend more, and you have the budget, go for something nicer!

I believe you, you're always making stuff!

Of course you have! 🤣

Honestly if they're going to be inside and won't be any further than say 100 feet from the camera something like the Sokani Tiny/FotoWelt Air will be fine. If syncing in post is too advanced for them then I honestly doubt they'll hear much of a difference between something like that and something 2 or 3 times the price, given they don't seemed too concerned with quality. But knowing more about what they want to do with them, etc. will help us give better advice. For $99US though that might be an option. It's also UHF. I've also personally had good luck with the Azden XD unit I got a couple years ago on sale from B&H. It's under $200 and I've never had a problem. I really do hate though the internal rechargeable batteries all these systems are going with. For these ultra compact set ups I get it, but still it'd be nice to be able to easily get some AAs heaven forbid I need more power. All of these internal solutions have a shelf life because of them.

What will they be used for? And how often? Iron Film will kill me but if it's for really basic use look into something like the Sokani Tiny/FotoWelt Air (they're the same.) It doesn't make a ton of sense to spend hundreds on a wireless system that will not be used very often / will only be used in a small area. If it's going to get heavy use then definitely look into the Sony system.

The first thing I did was buy a Vello grip for the GX85, it was a must for holding especially for my big hands.

I'd consider getting an even wider lens if you're able to. That 12mm is about 18mm full frame equivalent, right? I use a 7-14 on my GH5, mostly at 7mm (14mm FF equivalent) for the work I've done. Ultra wide is generally what they're looking for.

Handbrake/Vidcoder's decomb and Bob does a pretty solid job on most things. It's probably the easiest unless you're familiar with something like AviSynth.

Whether the R5 meets expectations or falls short, it's going to be an unbearable time as people gloat about how right they were. Same thing will happen with Sony Battle lines are already drawn for a camera that hasn't been released and a camera that is in development. Seriously people, get a grip.

Correct.

I work with a lot of SD footage still and I never "stretch" it. I do, when mixing it with HD footage, upscale and crop sometimes but only if there's not a lot going on in the clip and the framing looks OK, like a talking head. I usually pillar box it if there's action going on. Depends on the project. If you're just remastering stuff I'd do it in it's native aspect ratio. If you're putting it on YouTube I'd probably upscale it just so you get that bump in bit rate, but definitely keep the 4:3 aspect ratio.

I don't have experience with either, but have you considered looking into ways to power the Godox SL60w outdoors? I've been looking into it myself. Having a powerful external battery also will have other uses for me that make it appealing.

What I love, and wish more companies would do, is the SSD slots. Especially on these bigger cameras there's no reason not to skip the SD/CFast cards and go with SSD instead.

🤘🏻 You'll get much more life outta them! It does! For a really small, portable recorder it really is powerful. I kinda regretted not spending a little more on a Mixpre at first but I've come to really appreciate the size and ease of use. It's quite a versatile little recorder. I even let my friend use it to record stuff for their music album during quarantine and he was really impressed. He's used to using a recording studio, but those are expensive! He just set up sound blankets and loved the results so far.

Are you using rechargeables? In the menu you can choose which kind of batteries you're using. That helps a bunch!

Not at all. I've done it regularly to very good results. Bonus is I have the H6 recordings as back up to boot!

I think a lot of those folks long for the old Canon days. It has been my experience that those are among the most interested parties when it comes to Canon releases. They'll always have a soft spot in their hearts for Canon and I think a good number have been looking for a reason to go back.

They'll complain, but they'll still buy if they've stuck with Canon this long. From my experience the people leaving Canon have primarily been video shooters, or at least those that lean on the video side more than photography side. I don't see a lot of weddings photographers using Sony, for example. They're going after the market that is most vulnerable to leaving Canon / have left Canon but can be won back. Most of those folks didn't leave because of Canon's hefty price tags, they left because of how far behind they fell. And while I'm skeptical over whether it's a better camera, the R5 being roughly $500-1000 more than the S1H doesn't seem unreasonable if you're looking to spend that much anyway.

They did post a video today Looks like no continuous AF in video. At least not yet.

$4999, $4500 minimum. They know it'll do well with their current customer base while bringing back some of the customers they've lost. They have no reason to go lower.