TomTheDP

The auto focus on the A7S3 along with low rolling shutter and IBIS is a great vlogging combo tho

Might be worth it to just get a wider lens. I mean you can match anything in post but the M50 8 bit codec is way far off from BRAW.

Yeah M.2 Drives could make for a much smaller setup. Maybe with a 3" touch screen for easy navigating, or buttons(image that haha). Could just sit on top the hotshoe mount. I do love the idea of a battery grip type recorder, but that's way off from everything atomos has been doing.

It's definitely noisier. Not sure what's going on with HEVC maybe you just lose some noise due to the compression and loss of fine detail? I use emotive colors Alexa lut all the time and it didn't seem to work with Prores RAW. I want to do more testing with it though, maybe I didn't exposure high enough. Just holding off on which recorder to buy.

It's dark in post or just when looking at the on camera screen? I think the A7S3 screen is just crappy. Log also has very little color or contrast so it looks dark until corrected in post.

Yeah there is no Magic Lantern for the M50. What is the shot ? You can probably do it on the P6K.

I am about to upgrade to the 10 year old Alexa Classic. 😆

Definitely not ideal for run and gun though its definitely doable. I think I would end up making a rig with a Vmount to power everything. Now its no longer a DSLR looking camera though. Where do you see em used, can't find any. I noticed in prores RAW the color looks different than in camera VLOG, I wonder how BRAW fares.

Yeah no way it'll be internal. That would be nice though. Panasonic should develop their own RAWlite or some kind of battery grip type recorder.

That's pretty amazing, I am going to have to pick a Ninja V up soon. Too bad the latency sucks.

I personally think the ability to shoot in dim situations with deeper DOF is nice.

The F2 lenses are nice I just never found them to be great with continuous auto focus for video. I'd probably go with Viltrox if I was going the Fuji path again.

Viltrox seem to be great at tracking but for subjects moving in and out of frame you have abrupt focus transitions. The Fuji F2 line up is pretty good but there are a lot of random focus hunting issues. The 18-55 is actually the best lens I've used auto focus wise. Doesn't seem to hunt and tracks well. I've heard the OG Fuji 1.4 lenses are actually quite good, they just aren't as fast as newer lenses and are also a bit noisy.

The URSA G2 version works with Gen 4 and Gen 5 color science. So it will work on the URSA mini pro G1. It will also work on the older URSA mini 4.6k, as long as you shoot in RAW so you can set it to Gen 4 color science. The Zcam M4 sensor is quite a bit different so the S6 lut is going to not be very accurate on the M4. I usually over expose 1 or 2 stops and bring it down in post using the Exposure correction luts.

Z-cam was an example because they are a smaller company. BRAW is the best fake RAW format out there due to its ability to work in an NLE. Although its still great having internal RAW on the Z-cam. Transcode to prores 444 and you have a ton of information in an easy to work with codec. Huge files though. I'd assume Panasonic hasn't done it as the cost/reward isn't good enough. Any kind of 12 bit or prores 444 would be welcome as internal recording though.

They should just create a compressed RAW codec. Z-cam did it why can't Panasonic.

This would be an instant buy. Hope its true! I have no use for 8k but 4k 180p absolutely. Internal ND's also absolutely. Hopefully its a 10 stop ND. Thats considering this is in anyway true lol. Panasonic has the best image in the sub 10k category IMO.

I'll probably buy if it has S1 like dynamic range. 4k 120p is a great addition. Low light will probably suck. If it has a good 3200 iso I am definitely down.

Interesting, what about for HD or 24p 4k?

If Fuji didn’t have record limits I’d buy one again. They are great stills cams and the video is good enough to be a B cam to my S1. My complaints with Fuji is their processing is more artificial compared to Panasonic full frame. The IBIS isn’t as good. And they have the damn record limits even in HD.

They have the best full frame camera on the market right now though. Which is why I’m sticking with them.

Bizarre release if it's the same sensor. It needs to be a real banger like the GH5 was back in the day.

Yeah I wish he had a wider variety of cameras. I sent him my Z-cam, which I no longer own a while back. He's still working on getting out the LUT for it. Understandable as its a tedious process and I doubt he makes a lot from it. I definitely get the push past 2k for VFX, however a lot of stuff is using minimal VFX and they are still shooting on 4k or 6k cameras like the LF. I meant the OG Alexa mini not the Mini LF, when I said it will lose demand in 10 years, like the Alexa Classic has. I am not sure where the Alexa LF will be in 10 years, it will definitely produce gorgeous imagery but the original Alexa Classic is still producing absolutely amazing imagery. Hard to say I guess. You'd hope a 60,000 investment is still good in 10 years.

If a client has the money to be that refined they will also be hiring a production company that is bringing in heaps of lighting, which would be used regardless of what camera was being used, reducing the necessity of dynamic range. Even watching the Wandering DP's videos where he breaks down commercials(usually shot on the Alexa LF). He has pointed out how you always frame the sun out of the shot. I do think color is very important which is what really sets the Alexa apart from everything else image wise that is. When you aren't paying big bucks no one really cares, or they can't afford to at least. The Alexa Classic is in the 6k range, affordable. I saw one for a bit over 4k recently. The 14 pound payload has kept me away though. Combined with the fact that big clients will want at least the Alexa mini. Even if the image quality is stellar the industry has moved on to bigger and better things. The Alexa mini LF is the big boy on campus now. Using the Pana S1 and emotive colors Alexa luts is good enough for what I do. Gets me strikingly close to an Alexa without paying the premium or carrying the weight lol. I'll definitely buy the Alexa mini in 10 years when it gets down to 5k, or whatever the dollar equivalent to 5k is in 10 years. 😪 Of course the Alexa mini in 10 years won't be worth much salt to clients. I love the idea of using minimal lighting and minimal gear. You can get really nice stuff with an Alexa and just natural lighting. But no client wants to see that. Looks cheap. I do recall a show where they shot with the Alexa and all natural lighting(or mostly natural). Don't recall the name of it. Of course there is the revenant.

I've had good luck with camera gear in general, but I guess its a bit more specialized so you have less idiots. Not that you can't get screwed selling anything. Ebay sucks