Joshua Milligan
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The EF-S mode seems like it's only there for using APS-C lenses, which hopefully means the EF mode is full-frame 4K.
Turns out it's not. Release was today and the 1.74x crop is still there. No IBIS either.
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The EF-S mode seems like it's only there for using APS-C lenses, which hopefully means the EF mode is full-frame 4K.
Turns out it's not. Release was today and the 1.74x crop is still there. No IBIS either.
It's a FF stills camera that shoots weird, cropped video. Usable but not compelling to switch from a 5D MKIV, right? They both have the cropped video.
The 1080p is full frame. That suits quite a few people, myself included. C-log, 10bit and ND filter has piqued my interest.... Though i'm hoping for something special from Fuji tomorrow.
For $1,500.00, this would be an exciting camera. For $2,300.00, not so much. The cropped 4K basically negates any excitement about FF video. It's a FF stills camera that shoots weird, cropped video. Usable but not compelling to switch from a 5D MKIV, right? They both have the cropped video.
If this camera would do 4K in fullframe which my 1DXII can't, then I will be mighty pissed. 1080p is what lot of people shoot.
Even without the FF version the GH5s with a SpeedBooster XL is very close to the crop factor of FF when shooting 4k video. That is vastly wider FOV and has better DOF control than the 1.7x crop factor of the Canon.
It doesn't come close at all to real full-frame 4K like from an a7III, but it helps...and at that point, most have all of the DOF they would want.
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With 10-24mm (17-41mm w/1.7x crop in 4K) Tamron compared to GH5 with 7-14mm (14-28mm w/2x crop in 4K).Read how vloggers will love this...
Um not with that crop factor and the lack of wide lenses in the FF format that will work with the camera.
Also heard this is the camera for Panasonic to beat. LOL. Dream on. That crop factor for 4k video and the lack of internal 10bit are an absolute show stopper for anybody serious about film making. In a day and age where the 10bit 400mbps 4:2:2 from the GH5 gets criticized and compared to the Pocket 4k raw and ProRes422 anything less than 100% top broadcast specs is out of the race entirely.
If Panasonic doesn't muck up their FF camera and carries over every feature from the GH5 and GH5s that is the camera to beat outside of BMD if one absolutely needs raw or ProRes out of the box. Even without the FF version the GH5s with a SpeedBooster XL is very close to the crop factor of FF when shooting 4k video. That is vastly wider FOV and has better DOF control than the 1.7x crop factor of the Canon.
With 10-24mm (17-41mm w/1.7x crop in 4K) Tamron compared to GH5 with 7-14mm (14-28mm w/2x crop in 4K).
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Thats a APS-C lens. Do those work with 4k video on a FF camera?
They do because of the crop factor.
However - on a side note - Canon's EF-S APS-C lenses weren't compatible in the past even with the crop on cameras like a 5D Mark IV because they would hit the mirror (it's how they are designed).
Any other APS-C lens like a Sigma 18-35mm is good to go.
(The 1DX Mark II mostly needs FF lenses...at least on the wider side.)
In the case above, I don't think it matters anymore with EF-S lenses because of the adapter as long as they can cover the crop, which most should.
