Originally posted by CDW The best option going in terms of cost, file options, etc. remains the Panasonic GH-4
They've dropped to $1400 AUS recently. I'm still planning on a Cion, but the GH-4 has me very tempted, especially after shooting for a week with one, directly after an 11 day shoot with a Bolex D16.
The '16mm film look' does have it's own appeal, as much as I prefer s35 / APS-c.
And yes, I had the Shogun hooked to the GH-4, and the ProRes files look fantastic.
Stevebrot : Atomos will only list them if they've tested them internally.
Side Note,... I had to go visit Atomos head office recently for a warranty fix, anyone with a Shogun that has the early type battery connectors, that often flash with a spark when the battery is fitted, may want to be careful the sparking doesn't melt the battery's plastic to the back cover of the Shogun.
Fix is a replacement back panel, replacement DC connection circuit board, and possibly replacement battery.
Originally posted by Adam We've asked the question at interviews a couple of times now.
Don't give up mate, they need to be encouraged to lift the video firmware to the same standards as the stills firmware.
It'll mean a lift in sales from all of us that want to keep using our Pentax glass for filming, but won't buy another Pentax camera till they fix it.
I suppose I'm not normal, in that I can engineer my own mounts to keep using lenses,.... Metabones and LensAdaptor-dot-com don't (and won't going by Metabones email reply,..) support K-mount lenses.
Disapointing given Metabones already do a C-Y product, and the Contax-Yashica lenses have the same Flange Focal Distance as K-mount.
Lensadaptor wanted an exorbitant amount to make a K-to-Cion mount.
When asked, Kinefinity said "Send us a lens when you buy a camera, we'll make you a mount".
I don't know if Pentax ever intends to go 4K video to keep up with it's competitors, as a professional cinematographer, the main benefits of 4K for me are in cinema distribution, and in the reduction in image noise and improvement in image quality on HD export from a good NLE.
I'd say most consumers would settle for really good HD, and if the HDMI was fixed, given that Pentax doesn't clip the dynamic range in the same way as the rest of the DSLR manufacturers (yes, that is a point
In Favor of Pentax for Video), many video professionals would be much more likely to swap to Pentax, knowing that they'd also be getting great quality stills.