If not ZR, then Panasonic?

[gethin]

It occurred to me if I flogged my z6 and z6ii I could probably just about get a zr. Then I read that the h.265 has none of the magic of the raw footage and some extra problems and there is no way in hell I will be shooting raw for real estate videos (I shot 8k raw for a recent project and it’s been a pain in the arse for this premiere users)

So then I started thinking about s5ii and whether I could adapt my old f Nikon glass. That 15 stops of DR is tempting… on paper.  If the shadows are a noisy mess then 🤷.  And now I’ve just seen Andrew raving about the G9 (and of course I just gave away my m/43 glass and speed booster 🤦😆)  

I like the sound of iso 4000 and the DR of the s5ii.  I shoot with the z8, and today was in a super contrasty setting, I know the z8 will have bleached out windows and the highlight rolloff is not too good.   But maybe I’m just trying to fend off the yawning chasm of mundanity that is my job.  
 

I’ve not actually seen any real world examples of the s5ii, I need to see what its highlight rolloff is like and whether I’ll gain anything from the extra Dr over the z8.  Has anyone seen any? And is this a terrible idea?  

 

 

 

 

[Chrille]

Why not go for the Z6III?  Seems to be a great option if you do not want the R3D files. 

[gethin]

14 hours ago, Chrille said:

Why not go for the Z6III?  Seems to be a great option if you do not want the R3D files. 

Dynamic range a bit crap. I know the zr has similarly crap DR, but the examples I saw on redraw looked lovely (nice highlight rolloff), that’s what got me interested to start with, but seeing how crap the h.265 was in comparison has put me off

[MrSMW]

Also consider the S1IIE if the budget will stretch.

Sits right between the S5II and the S1II.

Really nice bit of kit and overlooked by many…

I really wanted to like the ZR but for me it has two issues; I love the form factor and screen, but wish it would tilt and not just flip out to the side, plus in order to get the best out of it, you need to shoot the insanely large raw files.

I’d rather have my Lumix spec in that style of ZR/FX3 body for sure and hope it happens sometime.

[Phil A]

I got really excited about the ZR but luckily the issues with h.265 stopped from spontaneously getting one. The more time I spent learning about it, the more I realised it's maybe not for me.

I'm waiting for what the S9 II or A7C III will bring, even though that's probably one to two years down the line at this point.