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You are definitely right, the S1H does have the perfect LCD rear screen tilt options I thought it only tilted up but it flips out as well. That would work for what I need. As usual....Panasonic is ahead of the game in every area except two (lenses, and AF). The C70 is definitely an odd one; I have gotten used to the shape and look; but the lens situation is infinitely confusing for me....I will always be stuck with EF glass for the FF look and extra stop of light, or lose all of that while paying twice as much for all new lenses. I feel like the R7 could end up in the same category.....it being a crop sensor makes everything complicated; go with a speedbooster and stick with EF glass for who knows how long, or go with RF glass and take the crop penalty while trying to mitigate it by shooting with wider fast lenses. Shooting with RF-S variable aperture lenses is not a viable option in my book unless I am doing the tourist traveling thing.

Exactly my experience as well, even with the Ronin RS2 where the rear servo motor is not blocking the screen, I still need tilt flip screens for complex gimbal movements such as low shots where the rear arms and servo motors would block the rear of the camera and crane movements where the final camera angle is overhead. Also, I find holding the camera much more stable and you can get the camera closer to your body when holding handheld if the screen is off to the side instead of between you and the camera. Also, my V-Mount battery goes directly behind the camera body for all long form content, without a flip screen the battery would have to sit farther back throwing off the balance of the rig, and last but not least, sometimes you need to twist and turn the screen until you find an angle where the sun is not glaring off of it. But hey, to each their own. the good news is there's currently something for everyone. @MrSMW I will admit, there are times where I feel too many people are moving around too much or too close to the camera to feel comfortable with flipping it out, in those cases I just keep it flat against the rear of the camera. I would imagine at weddings with kids (and towards the end of the night drunks) it would be a little nerve wracking to have that screen flipped out. Below is an example of my long form setup; parts of the screen would be very difficult to access if it did not flip out to the side. I was having trouble with my adapter plate in the picture below but usually the camera is nearly flush against the V-Mount battery which is the proper balance for the rig. Outdoors the glare from the sun is usually a good reason to flip it out and twist it in different directions.

@MrSMW BTW, in case you haven't seen a runway show's photographers pit, here is a pretty good picture of one. Words can't really describe it until you have experienced it. Every sq inch counts and I'm already on everyone's bad list when I show up with both a video camera, video tripod, and a photography camera with a Canon EF 70-200 on it. So yes, for video, the tilt/flip screen is essential for me.

I am surprised you don't like tilt/flip screens, because they are so flimsy? I wasn't a fan either, especially for photography until I got the R5. I got in a few situations with my 5DIV where it was difficult to see the screen. When shooting real estate the camera needs to be placed in some really tight spaces sometimes and for those times I had to compromise the composition at times because I had no way to see the screen. I have also had to do very low product shots in the past and a flip screen would have been nice vs laying on the ground. I do agree, the tilt flip seems very flimsy when it is out and turned, but I shot for yrs with the GH5 and S5 and got used to it. The R5 will be my first workhorse photography body with a tilt/flip screen, so far it has not bothered me. Now for video I feel the tilt flip screen is essential. I shoot a lot of runway shows and the photographers pit is very crowded, so I'm usually inches away from my video camera while it is free running while I also shoot photos, in those cases I flip the screen to the side and can check the camera and stop and start recording without moving. There is no room for an external monitor because it would block someone's view. I don't think many vendors are going to meet your tilt only screen requirements. But I do think the R7 could meet the rest of them. Also, there's a rumor that an R7C could be released next year, personally I think the R7 as it is now is already good enough for the type of hybrid work that I do as long as it is paired with the C70. I would be surprised though if you switch systems anytime soon, you have a pretty substantial Panasonic investment right now even the lenses if I recall correctly. For me switching back was easy because I kept all of my EF glass, but if I had lenses for any other mount I probably would have stuck with that system. Even for me now, I'm playing the EF adapter and speedbooster game, native RF glass would be just as expensive as switching systems.

I think it does take years to get truly proficient at getting in and out of difficult situations and learning the drone's obstacle avoidance limitations such as power lines, what to do with signal loss, setting the proper RTH altitude. etc. But these days drones practically fly themselves. I've been flying them since the days when you had to build your own FPV system, and you had to strap a GoPro to the bottom and press record before it ever left the ground. You also had to fully control the landing and there was no obstacle avoidance. These days they practically fly themselves, the newest drones literally won't even let you land on your own and force automated landing for the last few feet of descent (landing is where a lot of drone pilots were losing control), and the cameras are incredible (4K/6K/8K, 20MP, Micro Four Thirds, Quad Bayer, etc). I think with the modern drones anyone can get good footage and learn to fly one; it is the fine nuances that come over time (night flying, handling strong winds, handling signal loss, landing in tight spots, etc.). But anyone could enjoy one in a wide open park, or field. IMO the patchwork of laws and regulations is far worse than flying the drone itself.

I have been flying commercially since 2014, here in the USA the countrywide laws are pretty reasonable, the drone has to be registered, below 55lbs, and if you are flying commercially you need to be Part 107 licensed. Also, the maximum altitude is 400' AGL unless you are within 400' of a structure taller than 400' at which point you can fly up to 400' above the highest point of the structure. There are some other restrictions such as flying over nonparticipants, restricted airspace, obtaining LAANC approval, etc. but much more reasonable IMO than many other countries I have seen. I have way more problems with the arbitrary local ordinances. Local governments make it very difficult to fly in parks, from city streets, etc. by restricting the ability of drones to take off or land on "their" property. Local governments cannot control the airways (this is the domain of the federal government which is regulated by the FAA), so instead they prevent you from taking off or landing. A fun loophole that doesn't work very often but is sometimes possible is when there is something you want to film but it is a restricted area but within flying distance from a non-restricted area. I once wanted to film a historic lighthouse on government property that banned drones so I simply crossed the street to a private parking lot and took off and landed in full view of the government employees and there was nothing they could do about it. Now if the drone had crashed or ran out of battery and landed on their side of the street I would have been in trouble. Recently the FAA even relaxed a lot of the night flying restrictions and so now I am able to fly commercially at night as well. What I don't understand is the people who blatantly flaunt the laws then post videos on YT showing every detail of how they are breaking the law, right down to distance, altitude, GPS location, etc. This guy is without a doubt the biggest shining example of such stupidity. He got the largest fine to date which was $185,000USD for over 123 drone law infractions AFTER the FAA sent him multiple warnings and even sent him to a class about drone safety. And this guy is just the tip of the iceburg, there are countless "range test" videos on YT where people show every detail as their drone flies over people, near buildings, way beyond VLOS, etc. I don't think there is a single person who owns a drone who hasn't broken one of the rules at some point but posting full details and video of it borders on lunacy in my book. As far as interesting stories, I used to shoot a lot of real estate photos and videos and I had a few situations where angry homeowners would approach me or threaten to call the cops because the drone was "hovering" over their property. I would tell them to go ahead feel free to call anyone they wanted because I am commercially licensed, insured, have the proper air clearance, and have no interest whatsoever in any property except the one that is about to be for sale. That approach has always diffused the situation (so far) and I even gave a few of them my business card and told them to call me when they need to sell their property. I was also filming an event once and had the local police come running over to me to tell me to bring my drone down immediately because I was flying directly over the concert attendees and way too close to people. I calmly opened my drone case and showed them that my drone wasn't even in the air and showed them my flight path which was to simply hover over the water and parking lot nowhere near people; they let me keep flying my drone. Another fun time was when I was filming a car race event at night and someone else was flying a drone there as well. My drone has the ability to turn off all of the lights which I did before taking off. The other drone pilot had a DJI drone which does not have this ability and his drone was hovering right over the cars and people with lights flashing all over the place. I hear the announcer state over the loudspeaker that whoever was flying the drone needs to land immediately and come see him. So he landed and got kicked out of the event while no one knew mine was silently hovering 100' higher up but was impossible to see at night. I have drone stories for days, but those are two of the most memorable for me.

That's why I don't understand the people that are disappointed in a camera not having ALL-I. ALL-I has higher data rates than Canon Raw Lite but without the RAW benefits so I have never used it; there is no image quality improvements and the one time I tested it, it still was harder to edit than RAW footage so I've always found ALL-I to be pointless. This is why I say I think Canon accidentally created the perfect hybrid camera. The R6C would only be 20MP so trying to crop in or change the orientation of the image would greatly degrade it. Also, the "C" versions have a fan which is annoying for photography, makes the camera too bulky, shortens the battery life, and affects the weather sealing. If the R7 doesn't overheat, and the line skipped 4K60FPS is "good enough" then the R7 is very interesting for hybrid work. I always think of what would be the perfect run and gun travel camera and until now that for me was the S5, but if I had a trip tomorrow and could only bring one camera and needed photos and video it would be the R7. The lowlight tests I've see for the R7 are plenty good enough for me, the only real question remaining is overheating. Even if it does overheat after say 40min or so of continuous recording, that would still work for me because for the long form work I would use the C70, for photography the R5, and for short clips or candid photos the R7. For events I would probably lock down the C70 for the main event and use the R7 for quick b-roll, detail shots, etc and candid crowd shots or when someone wanted a quick couples shot while I am filming video (that happens all the time). That's impressive results with the M1, I can't believe that NVIDIA's top GPU still cannot accelerate H.265 10bit 4:2:2 footage. I will not buy another GPU until one is released that can do this.

I forgot about that 4K60FPS and additional crop. You would almost need a fisheye to work with that crop. Maybe the line skipping looks so bad because its side by side with the cropped version. Maybe in the real world the line skipping is fine for weddings and social media content work.

Now that is impressive, I had a sneaking suspicion that the R7 would be good in lowlight, it looks about on par with the C70 in low light. The Pro list might be longer than you think: Pro: - 32 MP sensor and good low light for an APS-C - Dual SD (backup recording also for video), R3 level autofocus - Multi-function Hotshoe (Tascam CA-XLR2d, etc) - Canon/Viltrox speedbooster (0,71x) & VND adapter works Cheap Media - SD Cards vs CFExpress Batteries - Same as the R5, R6, 5DIV, etc....if you have Canon DSLR batteries laying around they will work for the R7 Lens - Massive lens ecosystem from day one (RF, RF-S, EF, EF-S) with full AF capabilities Price - IMO very good price for what you get Overheating - So far overheating seems to be well controlled AF - Looks like R3's AF capabilities and even includes auto leveling which I don't think even the R3 has Battery Life - No battery grip but 2.5hrs recording video with 50% battery remaining is quite impressive to me I have a few more cons as well Cons: - No ALL-I, but only IPB / IPB-light - No battery grip possible (as body is smaller then 2 batteries) - Only 2 control wheels, not 3 like R5/R6, no top LCD - Build quality / weather sealing not like 7D-series, more like XXD-series USB-PD - Requires a USB-PD power source, not just a USB-C power source Crop - Like with any crop sensor you will always have to work around the crop Speedbooster - The Canon C70 speedbooster is $700USD, almost as expensive as the camera and it is unknown at this time if it is fully compatible with the R7. Codecs - No XF-AVC so unless you have an M1 Mac, that footage will be hard to edit without proxies For me no ALL-I is not a big deal, I never use ALL-I due to the data rates and storage requirements. All ALL-I does is makes it easier to edit, no real increase in image quality. I can only imagine how poor the body quality will be, for this reason alone I would almost rather wait and test it out in a store before buying it. My built like a tank DSLRs really got me used to that level of body quality.

That's great news, would love to see your thoughts on body, build quality, and low light.

Its funny you mention that lens, I actually have that lens and completely forgot about it. I got it for my C200 and have barely used it since. That would actually be a great lens for the R7 with the EF adapter.

I agree, the lens situation with the R7 could be considered a weakness. But since Canon does provide adapters vs having to go with a 3rd party I don't think its as bad as it could be. You also have the option of using native RF glass, but that would get expensive fast and there would be the crop to have to deal with. If I were to get the R7 I would probably shoot with my 24mm F2.8 to compensate for the crop or maybe my Canon EF 16-35 F4.0 would suddenly become useful for more than real estate. If somehow the Canon C70's speedbooster works on the R7 that would be a bit of a game changer, albeit an expensive game changer but still, to have all of the R7's capabilities in a FF FOV and gain a stop of light would make it almost the perfect camera with the sole drawback being you are now stuck in the past with EF glass. Now for people without tons of EF glass laying around...the R7 could definitely be a harder sell. That sounds like a pretty expensive proposition as well....switching to Fuji. Three different systems (menus, lenses, possibly even flashes), does not sound like something I would want to deal with.

I swear by these cards. Sorry to wander off topic again 🤣, but my C70 can shoot up to 4K30FPS Cinema Raw LT which has sustained data rates of 250Mb/s; far above the V30 rating. These cards are in my R5, C70, and the micro versions of it are in my drones and GoPros.....I've never had a single problem with any camera and any of these cards. I think the problem is like @webrunner5 stated.....there are too many situations that a typical shooter will run into where it is not useable. Yes, the YT reviewers of the world focus on these shortcomings and shout it from the mountaintops, but that does not mean it is not a legitimate problem. Those same YouTubbers did the same thing when the R5 and R6 overheating fiasco first came to light; and overheating with the R5/R6 is another legitimate problem. IMO if you are buying a Panasonic camera for important work, you are buying it because of their excellent video features and tools, but with the understanding that you will need to use MF. If Canon had an R7 at the time when I was purchasing the GH5 or S5, I would have never even owned a Panasonic. In 2022 as much as I got used to MF, AF is just too useful and too "freeing" allowing you to focus on so many other things that I would never want to go back to having to MF every shot. Yes some of my problems were my own doing....I didn't trust the L mount "alliance" and stuck with Canon glass, but their native lenses convinced me I was doing the right thing since even with native glass the AF was simply too unreliable. I think in certain situations Panasonic cameras would be perfect.....product shoots, talking heads (as long as you have enough light for a deep enough DOF like in a studio setting), if you have a dedicated focus puller, outdoors static tripod shots, etc.. But the list of situations where it is unusable is much longer than that list; in 2022 with the plethora of offerings from Canon and Sony why get a camera that is so limiting in such a critical area? Even Nikon has a better AF system than Panasonic. Lets not even mention the L mount alliance and how few and expensive their native lenses are. Even Canon's AF is far from perfect especially on the C70. I flip to MF all the time when I feel I can't trust the camera to pick the right subject, mainly because I don't trust the face tracking just yet and right when I start to trust it, it lets me down at a bad time.....but those times I really need AF, like when I'm on a gimbal or the subject is approaching or departing quickly; it works perfectly every time. So back on topic 🙂, Dan Watson is another reviewer who I like to watch, and he happens to have an early hands on review of the R7. Once again, it is surprising how much of a quality hit the R7 takes when switching to pixel binning for 60FPS. I usually don't care about such things and leave them to the pixel peepers, but with the R7 it is very noticeable.

Here is a link to a channel that is slightly less obvious but these are everywhere as well. They will use popular keywords and recently released camera and cell phone equipment and pretend to compare the footage from one to the other. They never show the equipment or in any way prove they actually have the camera they are supposedly reviewing, but they rack up views, subscribers, and revenue. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqfH1l833Z2qDjpzypDhzvA/videos

I said something very similar on one of these threads. I became an AF gymnast when working with the GH5 and S5. Basically MF everything, with the GH5 I didn't even bother getting anything but manual lenses. Everything was about jumping through hoops to work around the limitations; wider lenses, deeper F stops, maintaining an equal distance, knowing the footage would be mostly soft but hoping some of it was still useable, etc. etc. The C70 doesn't even have that great of an AF system IMO but it was such a huge upgrade for me. Of course the R5 was a decent upgrade as well for photography, but since my 5D4 had good AF for photos it is not as big of a deal as the C70. Knowing I just have to put that box on whatever I want in focus frees me up in the exact same way....to be more creative, to really focus on framing, composition, lighting, audio, etc etc; vs hoping I haven't violated one of the many rules of a one man band run and gun MF.

@kye @newfoundmass well I can say first hand and without a doubt that I personally gave Panasonic's AF every possible chance before giving up. At one point I was ready to go all in on Panasonic bodies and even L mount lenses; I tested with both the kit lens and the free Sigma 45mm L lens....and after all of my testing there was no way that I could trust it on a professional shoot for my types of projects. The pulsing, hunting, inability to focus when the subject was backlit, etc made it many orders of magnitude worse than even my 6yr old 5D4. Sure in simple situations it probably works fine, but for gimbal work and complex lighting or low light it is completely unusable. So back to the R7, the AF looks like it's going to be the usual best in class, no overheating, and XLR options. I think the S5 would still beat it in lowlight, body quality, editable codecs (for us PC users), and video tools but that's about it. Let's not even talk about the massive lens options available to the R7.

Yes I was very vocal in my criticism when the EOS R came out as well as when the overheating controversy with the R5 was just getting started...so vocal in fact that I was banned from the Canon Rumors site where apparently only blindly loyal fanboyism is allowed. As far as the R7 goes, Gordon Lang did a great review of it in the video below. Based on the video I did pick out a few things that I really like and dislike: Dislike - It still requires a USB-PD source to power it. This is important to me because my current V-Mount battery setup that I was able to power the C200, C70, and S5 with won't work for this camera. The R5 has the same problem. Likes Batteries - It uses the same batteries as the R5 and 5DIV, so I would start off on day one with tons of useable batteries already. Lens Compatibility - This camera could possibly be the most compatible camera Canon has ever created. It supports RF-S lenses, RF lenses, EF lenses, AND EF-S lenses, so owners will have a massive array of economical options to shoot with. Of course an adapter is needed for EF and EF-S but I don't think EF-S lenses can be used with the R5 even with the adapter but I could be wrong. Another cool tidbit from the video is that RF-S lenses will be compatible with both crop sensor and FF RF mount cameras. Overheating - Gordon did not mention ambient room temps during his quick overheating test but it was still nice to see 2hrs and 20min recording at its highest 4K mode without overheating. It also has a nifty overheating tracking gauge which showed it wasn't even close. That would be nice to have in the R5. In the video it looked like the 4K HQ mode is a massive improvement over the other modes, not sure if it was just a change in other settings in the camera that Gordon made, but to me its rare to see that big of an increase in quality when switching between different video modes in a camera body. I'm looking forward to seeing more video focused tests and especially low light tests. If this camera had dual native ISO it truly would have been great. Without it, I would be happy if it was useable up to 3200ISO. The seamless integration between this camera and my other Canon cameras (batteries, lenses, adapters, etc.) makes this body very interesting to me. I stick by my original statement that Canon might have accidentally created the hybrid camera we've been waiting for.

That is true, I have shot corporate, news, sports, events, and music videos but it all still seemed to just end up on social media and YT 😀. Corporate work typically ends up on their websites hosted by Vimeo, I have also been an additional camera op and b-roll shooter for TV commercial work but not what I enjoy doing. From Canon, but Panasonic still manages to do very well in the overheating department. But Panasonic went with lower resolution sensors and when necessary they even used crop modes; which all added up to reliable cameras. I do think the second gen R cameras will see an improvement in the thermal department, I am pretty sure Canon won't make that type of mistake twice. I definitely want to see some detailed R7 test results, I think with the smaller sensor and cropped 4K60FPS it should be very reliable. If it does prove to be as efficient as the S5 was at heat management I will probably get one. @IronFilm I made the same poor purchasing decision when I got the C200, fortunately the rest of the rig is compatible with the C70 so the cost of the body and cage for it were my main mistakes. In the end I needed a camera I could put on a one handed gimbal as a OMB, better 4K, better codecs, etc. The C70 checked all of those boxes for me especially with the recent RAW update. IMO the C70 is more camera than anything I will need video wise for the foreseeable future.

Very fair points, and if that is your situation then going for absolute top quality makes sense. I definitely did not mean to imply that everyone here is only shooting content for social media I was simply stating that the crowded sub $10K mirrorless field is mainly targeted at social media content producers and for those that fit into that category any one of them is good enough for any social media platform. Its actually impressive that you are able to be competitive and deliver the quality your customers demand using these cameras. I still think the R5 mainly overheats because of that 8K sensor; not saying 45MP isn't nice for photography, I shoot a lot of content that needs to be vertical for social media and landscape for other platforms; with 45MP I can just crop to get either orientation, but Canon definitely could have controlled the heat better with a lower resolution sensor. Speaking of lower resolution sensors, my S5 had IBIS and never overheated while shooting 4K30FPS or 4K60FPS (cropped). Of course even the S5 probably would have overheated after a few hrs in direct sunlight or with uncropped 4K60FPS, but then so would most cameras even with a fan. So true, I've only shot a few and really disliked it but since I rarely shoot them I found them way more stressful than shooting bigger events. I can shoot a 2000+ person conference or event with photos, video, audio, interviews, vendors, b-roll, drone, etc. with ease, but find a 100 person wedding more stressful. Its like you said, if you rarely do something it can be very stressful. Marketing is definitely by far the most stressful, getting found and getting booked is by far more stressful than the project itself. The word of mouth and repeat clients are the best, attracting new clients is much harder.

One of my favorites sayings is chase the tech(nique) don't chase the tech(nology). Any camera you have in your hands can create something that didn't exist before. Literally everything you just said from this point on went over my head 🤣. I still break out into a cold sweat just hooking up a lav mic. In fact I have gone full circle with the C70 and just stick to an on camera shotgun mic whenever possible or a simple Sennheiser wireless mic on the talent if we are mobile. The only words I recognized were Sound Devices and that's because I have a MixPre6 that I only use during audio emergencies.

I called Canon when people first started reporting no DGO at 60P and they said it is active at all framerates except 120FPS. They did not differentiate between CLOG2, XF-AVC, H.264 vs H.265 etc. I supposed I should call them again and ask specifically if the compression codec and LOG curve matters. We were talking (or at least I was talking) about the R5C specifically and with the R5C the common working theory is that the only way they got it to not overheat even with a fan was to remove IBIS. The 8K affects IBIS because if it wasn't an 8K sensor they probably could have cooled it down properly without removing IBIS (hence the R7 and R3 both have IBIS and don't overheat). Not shooting in 8K doesn't save the battery or at least I don't think it saves it by much. You still have to power the fan, the full sensor, all of the faster circuitry required to process up to 8K, etc. Of course I would be curious to see some charts that say how long the R5C works for photos only or lower resolution videos. Most of the reviews I've seen said it only lasts 30min even when just shooting photos. No IBIS was the deal breaker for me with the R5C because it had the other compromises to make it work as a hybrid and not overheat. With the C70; the Audio XLR inputs, and the internal ND filters made it worth the loss of IBIS. @Kisaha @Django @ade towell @ntblowz 8K, 10bit, 4:2:2, RAW, line skipping, ISO performance etc. etc. I will admit I sometimes just have to smile as I read about fellow videographers dismissing a camera in these price ranges due to lacking or gaining these features. Maybe I am a bit jaded, probably because my little corner of the industry is littered with mediocre footage and so my customer's expectations aren't much above mediocre as well, but IMO any camera released in the last 5yrs can create amazing footage. At the end of the day it is the content that matters and if the camera fits into your workflow and has features that helps vs hinders your creativity then that is the camera for you more so than paper specs. I think it is safe to say that the plethora of cameras released in the sub $10K USD range are aimed at online/social media content creators and I am not ashamed to say that that is exactly where 90%+ of my content ends up. Once this footage is online it is most likely to be viewed on a tiny cell phone screen at 480P resolution. I say all of that to say that I think the R7 is probably going to be an incredible little camera that is more than good enough to shoot most of the online content that their owners choose to create. Kim K could pose for 30 seconds in front of her cell phone propped up in the corner of her room and rack up 3M views in a few hrs. We could spend months planning a project, weeks shooting the project, and weeks more editing and posting the project and only get a few thumbs up. My point here is content is king; if you have content people want to see or you have a niche with a following the camera specs won't matter much. Feature length movies have been shot with GoPros (Hardcore Henry) and iPhones (Unsane), imagine what those people could have done with the R7. IMO our number one competitor isn't the person with 8K or no pixel binning, or no line skipping.....its the cell phone. For me personally, if the R7 doesn't overheat, and I can find a way to work with the crop, then I think it would be a great B-Cam to the C70 for those times when the C70 is locked down on a tripod and I need some quick B-Roll or a second angle for an interview, etc. I live in a very hot state, so my #1 requirement above all else is no overheating.

That was a misprint from one website that spread like wildfire and has since been proven to be false. The DGO feature is enabled in all modes except 4K120FPS. I literally would not have gotten the C70 if DGO was disabled when shooting 4K60FPS since that's the main mode I use. Here is just one website that accurately states the capabilities: Now, there is a catch with this Dual gain Output system. It doesn’t work when you are shooting in frame rates above 60p in S35 4K. However, it does work when you are shooting in 2K Super 16mm Crop mode up to 180fps. This is not surprising because the amount of processing power to deal with two readouts at high resolutions and high frame rates would put a proportionally bigger load on the system. I agree the R5C is definitely interesting, it was just quite disappointing to me to see the number of compromises they had to make to bring it to life especially since it was to power features I couldn't care less about like 8K. I've said it plenty of times, all I really want is good audio, good 4K, IBIS, dual card slots, and an editable codec along with all of the R5's or R6's photography features. Terrible battery life and no IBIS IMO are a direct result of Canon pushing their 8K narrative. The R7 would hands down be the perfect hybrid to me if it were FF, as it stands now...it may still be the perfect hybrid depending on test results. No time limit, XLR module capability, IBIS, 4K60FPS, R3's AF system, I am assuming good battery life since the sensor is smaller, no overheating for the same reason, competitive price point, etc. I would have taken a working AF system over ND filters. But I will admit, after shooting with a camera with integrated ND filters it is hard to go back. The DMW-XLR1 was definitely a great accessory especially since I got it for the GH5 and was able to use it with the S5.

I actually think the R3 or the R7 are the better hybrid cameras at the moment. R7 remains to be seen, but the R3 has no overheating, IBIS, almost as good video specs as the R5, hybrid hotshoe, etc. The R5C is terrible on battery life, no IBIS, and takes 8 sec to switch from photos to video and back. IMO if you are truly shooting hybrid the R3 would be the better fit. If you need top quality video the C70 is the better fit and if you need top quality photography then the R5 is the better fit. The R5C ends up being too mediocre at both photos and video in my opinion to be a true hybrid. No IBIS kills it for lowlight handheld photography and handheld video work, 30min max per battery kills it for nearly anything run and gun unless you want to lug around a power supply which is unrealistic for photography, etc. etc. Too many compromises IMO. I gave up on the "perfect" hybrid, but the R7 gives me hope again. The R3 wasn't a good fit for me because I don't shoot sports so paying $6K USD for all of that buffer clearing speed didn't make sense especially considering the C70 has internal NDs and better audio options. So for now, I'm still lugging around a minimum of two bodies. I have the C70 and I will readily admit the DGO sensor is a little overrated; my S5 did better in lowlight and had slightly more DR than the C70. The C70's real strengths are the audio, ND filters, no overheating, XF-AVC, CLOG2, and RAW options. The sensor is just average IMO. Its great for a S35 sensor, but average in the crowded field of FF sensors.

I agree with you, I went to Panasonic and the GH5 then the S5 for the past few years because Canon was so disappointing. Well now I'm back in force with the C70 and R5. I had too much EF glass to go far, and Panasonic with adapted EF lenses destroyed what little AF they had to start with. I have the C70 with the speedbooster and it is fantastic especially with the extra stop of light. For the R5 I have the EF to RF straight through adapter; the ND filter version was insanely expensive and I mainly got the R5 for photography anyway to replace my 5DIV. Plus with photography, I typically just need a 2 stop or 4 stop which takes seconds to screw onto the lens one time. As far as ISO performance, I feel like any modern camera will do just fine in lowlight for social media content; noise is invisible on cell phones at 480P which is how most people will view most social media content. Obviously if you are looking for something for larger productions then a different camera would be a better fit. Only us videographer types really care about things like noise and DR and lowlight performance. TBH, I know I'm going to sound like a total Canon fanboy here for a second, but the AF with the R5 and even the C70 is so good (light years above anything I had with the GH5 and S5) that I don't need to punch in to check focus while filming. The R5 with eye tracking AF has completely changed the way I shoot photography (no more focusing then recomposing and hoping the subject doesn't fall into the edge distortion territory of the lens), and the R7 supposedly has even better AF than the R5 (taken from the R3). Also, their proprietary focus peaking system with the 3 little triangles really helps more than focus peaking highlights ever did for me with the Panasonic bodies. Of course its not all perfect, Panasonic is way better about giving you an easier color subsampling option (420) that can be HW accelerated, and Panasonic gives you a WFM, the electronic level stays visible while filming, the XLR audio module is reasonably priced (and native), and the body quality ahead of Canon's current cameras. Even with the R5 every useful filming tool disappears when you press record, the body quality is disappointing compared to my 5D4, no WFM, and no multi-function shoe for higher quality audio (the R7 does have the multi-function shoe but the Tascam adapter is pretty expensive).

I got it from Pugent Systems, my favorite Davinci Resolve HW reference site. If you are into NVIDIA GPUs, a more complete list is here, but as you will see from that table, not a single NVIDIA GPU will accelerate H.265 10 bit 4:2:2.