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Too bad, I would have loved to see it, maybe do a review of the EM1X?

How is the EM1X vs OM1 comparison fairing out?

Nice. I’m thinking of getting the Prores RAW upgrade for the Nikon Z6. Then I will use Raw Convertor to convert it to cinema dng. I was curious if the quality between PRR and CDNG is comparable, so I’m glad to hear it’s a yes.

Yep, I still love the old school Kinotika 1DC videos! Such an organic image.

How do you guys find Prores RAW on the Sigma compared to CDNG?

I don’t really know why to be honest.

Wow. Seriously has some mojo.

My thoughts: I would say DO IT! First publish your OM1 comparison tonight if that was your original plan, as I’m dying to see it. And then we would all love to see that comparison! Seriously I eat up your camera articles, I miss them and that has always been a HUGE appeal to the site. I believe the same held true to many others!

Neat, thanks for the explanatiin

We all mess up, don’t worry. Still really want to see the test though! Maybe just put a disclaimer in the opening paragraph? The EM1X looks like a beast. The stabilization when in Mode 1 appears to be near steadicam-level! I imagine the 8 bit image grades very well. OM LOG on the EM1X isn’t very flat, similar looking to canon log, which we all know is the 8 bit dream picture profile! And you still get solid GH5-beating autofocus, plus I imagine the used prices aren’t crazy. Please i would love to see the comparison! I imagine more content like this would also breathe life to EOSHD!

Alternatively I could break out my old Panasonic G7 and Meike 25mm 1.7 manual lens. Bare bones indeed…

Shame my Nikon Z6 does 10 beats then lol! But I could always shoot 8 bit internally in Nikon Flat, and disable autofocus/IBIS. Would that count?

You have some good points here! The tripod is very underrated. You know what else is underrated? A good old fashioned camera slider. You can’t get that look out of a gimbal no matter how hard you try. I do agree there is an element of organicness in manual focus! And I know old Sony color is hated upon by all, but back in the A7iii days when all we had was 8 bit S-Log 2 it still looked fine, things did seem to hold together and many of the downfalls to 8 bit became invisible when uploaded to YouTube…or should I say the benefits to 10 bit did, because either way even if you upload in 8k and shoot it in REDCODE RAW the final product still ends up in banding city! With all that being said, I think I do notice the difference of log, especially for us run-and-gun event shooter who like to control their lighting, but can’t always and often have to shoot an outdoor event in the middle of the day without a cloud in the sky. Standard or “flat” picture profiles fall apart in this setting while log helps hold things together. It’s no substitute for proper lighting but I personally see the difference.

I literally don’t understand what you mean.

EM1 X also does Prores RAW via the Ninja V if you want more color info. Excited to read the article!

It’s so unique

Please don’t end the forum.

If there is a good F mount to L mount adapter, another option would be to repurpose my Tamron 45mm 1.8 lens which I use with my Z6 and the FTZ. It is image stabilized so it would fix the problem.

HLG seems like a good alternative for S1R users. Could even do a CST in Resolve to get it into log space.

I guess I’m thinking for me I should consider sucking it up and going back to manual focus. It becomes easy with skill, and opens up many options that would otherwise be a non-starter if I continued to be like I am now, mainly relying on autofocus. I feel if one needs autofocus he needs to make other often undesirable compromises at this price point. Such as stepping down to a smaller sensor, rigging out an external recorder all the time (Nikon Z6) or giving up super high quality internal RAW. (BMPCC4k and Sigma FP)

How viable do you think manual focusing on the Sigma Fp’s built-in screen would be? Using that Fotodiox adapter paired with both the Canon 24-105 and the 35mm IS would be nice; two great lenses both with image stabilization, as well as singe shot AF if I want to film myself.

As I’ve said in another thread, I’m wanting to move away from the Nikon Z6 and Atomos Ninja V. I hate having to assemble a big heavy rig just to shoot log, and I don’t like the internal image. Contenders right now are the Panasonic S5, Sigma FP, and if budget doesn’t allow the former, the Fuji XT3. Do you feel image-wise, the XT3 could hold up well against the Panasonic S1 or S5, given I will use fast 1.4 Viltrox primes on the Fuji?

I’ll agree with @MrSMW I personally deeply miss your long-form written articles and reviews. I feel that is where you shine and I prefer it to the YouTube content (though I like the effort you put in!). Nowadays it’s either a politics article or a very occasional filmmaking-camera-related article. It’d be nice to see you back in action regarding articles. I recently re-read an old 1DC review of yours; I loved how thorough and well-thought out that review along with so many others are. While I just recently joined, I’ve been an avid viewer of both the forum and the site since 2017. And back then your articles were a major selling point. Lately up until now you have seemed less active. I know you went through some 2020 struggles and whatnot, but I think a key to the forum’s success is for you to do the following: A: Be very active in the forum, creating topics and engaging with others. B: Crank out the high-quality articles and written reviews you are known for. I feel you do it better than do most YouTubers at making videos.

Thanks for the input. My work consists of a LOT of lit, controlled talking head sceneries (which I light myself) along with b-roll of events. In these cases, I feel like I could work within the limitations of the S5’s Autofocus. Though I would want to shoot 4k 24p Full-Frame V-Log. I’m very pleased about this, because that means I can get 99% of the Sony A7IV featureset plus some extra goodies for much cheaper. @MrSMW is the pulsing usually only about as bad as the worst-case scenario in the video I posted earlier? Do you have an example of some if the pulsing you ran into?

Very true. And I’d like to avoid rigging it, aside from just the cage. So maybe a Panasonic S5 or Fuji XT3 is a better option. But IDK despite all the quirks, the tiny size and true cinema dng raw is really attractive!