Bern Caughey
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I just want a camera that has the ability to kill the crews’ internet connection whenever the camera is rolling.
Is NAB 2018 cancelled?
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Alright, alright I'm getting off your lawn as fast as I can!
It's funny; if you go with one of the newer OLEDs, you actually need that light. Because the way the tech works if you're looking at a black screen, it' actually indistinguishable from being off.
combatentropy
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TVs are different because it's not a scatterbrained situation when you sit down to watch TV, nor will it cost you thousands of dollars if the TV is off when you thought it was on.
I don't want an off light for my TV, but I understand the request for a attention-getting signal that a pro camera is in pause. I admit that the most elegant solution may yet to be found.
I don't want an off light for my TV, but I understand the request for a attention-getting signal that a pro camera is in pause. I admit that the most elegant solution may yet to be found.
Samuel H
Major Contributor
Going back to NAB expectations...
dpreview:
Buying Guides updated: Panasonic GH5S selected as best camera for video
And I don't think Sony can steal that crown unless the a7S III has both 4k 60fps and internal 10-bit 422 recording. Will Sony care? We will know soon enough.
dpreview:
Buying Guides updated: Panasonic GH5S selected as best camera for video
And I don't think Sony can steal that crown unless the a7S III has both 4k 60fps and internal 10-bit 422 recording. Will Sony care? We will know soon enough.
Also important to me (and how many others?) is the Sony 29 min recording limit. I can't be the only one who records long interviews, concerts, and events where this is a deal-breaker.
Maybe Sony will announce something at NAB this year that doesn't have this limitation.
BrianMurphy
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Are the people in Europe paying more for the Panasonic as a result of the longer record time? Can anyone explain how Panasonic was able to do this other than offering a different model for Europe ?
Samuel H
Major Contributor
That's something very interesting that I can easily check.
Comparing amazon.com with amazon.es, through camelcamelcamel to make sure I'm taking "a good price that is not uncommon" for the comparison.
Panasonic G7: $600, 580eur, 1.034 $/eur
Panasonic G9: $1699, 1676eur, 1.014 $/eur
Panasonic GH5: $1798, 1792eur, 1.003 $/eur
Panasonic GH5s: $2498, 2479eur, 1.008 $/eur
Looking at this, I'd say the tax is around 50eur per camera, or 2%. But it turns out, the tax is 5.4% (link). So either there are lots of grey-market imports that don't pay the tax (which has happened before on other items), or importers are charging the tax to their customers but not expanding their margins upon them (if you buy a camera for 1200 and sell it for 2400, and suddenly there's a tax and you have to pay 1250, you can sell it for 2450 and keep your per-unit margin, or you can sell it for 2500 and keep your percentage margin).
"Jan 17, 2018 - This year Nikon has booked a rather large booth for the 2018 NAB show that will take place in April (7th-12th). Nikon's booth is in the middle of the Central Hall and is almost as big as other video-heavy-hitters like JVC, Fuji and Arri. Just a reminder that Nikon was not part of the 2016 and 2017 NAB shows."
Bassman2003
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One used to be able to install the Play Memories hack but Sony took the app ecosphere away. My guess is that the 30min limitation will remain.
Samuel H
Major Contributor
I lost my hope on Nikon several years ago. It would be very nice if they became a real player in the video world, but I'm not going to get excited until I see some real announcement. I mean: Canon also has a big booth every year and they haven't delivered anything that could interest me since the 5D3.
puredrifting
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Nikon? They've been teetering on the edge of going under or being sold off, that would be pulling quite a rabbit out of the hat to go pro video but it would be welcomed.
Samuel H
Major Contributor
Maybe they're gambling for resurrection, like they did with those action cameras a couple of years ago. That one didn't work, so even if they try to go for the a7S/GH5 market or the C200/FS7 market, it's still likely they will bring something that's not strongly appealing. We'll see.
Re: Canon C series: The Canon C series is awesome. But the Canon C series is not for me.
Re: Canon C series: The Canon C series is awesome. But the Canon C series is not for me.
joe1946
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Nikon must have fanboys that hate video mode since they are still paying over $2,700 for the DF that is the only DSLR that I know of with no video mode and it only as a top shutter speed of 1/4000 sec.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1013090-REG/nikon_1525_df_dslr_camera_black.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1013090-REG/nikon_1525_df_dslr_camera_black.html
Run&Gun
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I have four Canon 5D's(2x II's, 1x III, 1x IV) and I didn't buy a single one of them for their video function. Not saying that I haven't ended up using it, but that's not why I bought them.
Mitch Gross
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If all you care about is DSLRs or little mirrorless cameras, then maybe NAB isn't even the convention for you.
I'm not trying to be elitist, I just being realistic. That's a tiny portion of what NAB is about. Even in Central Hall (where almost all the cameras are) it's a very small subset.
I'm not trying to be elitist, I just being realistic. That's a tiny portion of what NAB is about. Even in Central Hall (where almost all the cameras are) it's a very small subset.