Originally posted by Tom Roper
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It's been about 3 months since the main bulk of comments on this thread, and nope, still do not give a s%&* about 8K. If I were shooting a $200 million movie I'd feel the same way. This - much like the aborted 3D push a decade ago - has very little to do with artistic or technical need, but rather a desire to sell more TV sets down the line.
Of course, YMMV and 8K is the bees knees, but how's about giving us one more stop more dynamic range or skin tones that don't look like puke? Or maybe audio levels that aren't so hot as to melt your headphones even when set to negative 12, or - AND THIS IS GOING TO SOUND CRAZY - autofocus that doesn't pulse like a machine gun from ALIENS when it works at all - You know, the little things.
Until Panasonic can fix that last little bitty problem, does it really matter what the other stats are? Every major new camera from the competition stomps Panasonic in this regard, and has surpassed the GH5 in all the other ways that matter. Have we heard a peep about this actually happening? About Panny giving up it's DFDF system?
Tell you what guys - if the GH6 can autofocus, then I'll accept 8K, un-needed as it is, and plunk down my money. Sadly, smart money is on my money safely being spent on scotch.
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