Diego Ramirez Budowski
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This is more of a threat to the fs7 me thinks
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Well, I think the point is the specs are only part of the story here. People have made quality content on far less capable image capture systems, and people have enjoyed that content. I like that you are always thinking ahead and trying to imagine what the world could be if people were just smarter and made better decisions about what to bring to market but I have to tell you, someone and more likely many are going to get a hold of this camera and produce things that I would never be able to make with the greatest camera you could ever offer me. Give me 28K, 120fps, RAW, 18 stops of DR, blah, blah, blah and I will never be able to achieve what these people will achieve with the "inferior" GH5. Specs are fun to talk about sometimes but really it's the content that ultimately drives us. And where we are at currently with technology, this camera is a capable tool of making someone's artistic vision come alive. It's not always about perfect skin tones, endless DR, etc. It's about what you are able to achieve with your imagination and the tools you have available to you. It's a lesson I continue to learn as I watch talented people do things I am envious of.
So, I'm not asking you to stop imagining what the future could bring in terms of technology but rather embrace the opportunities the technology that is here can bring. And if you or someone else is able to bring amazing camera specs to a wider group of people through a cheaper price point and make it sustainable, I think that will be embraced too.
This is more of a threat to the fs7 me thinks
The GH5 is marketed to the naive?
Now, I know we're talking about "cinema" here, and by that I am assuming you mean Hollywood level productions and budgets, but that does raise the question as to what constitutes cinema - and I do believe that there are many people who would argue that the true spirit and art of cinema is actually most alive outside of the major budgets and corporate industry.
That's a different topic, but all that to say - it would seem prudent to remember that the cinema industry is a big industry, and many people freelance and shoot beautiful content on GH cameras and make a better living than engineers at Intel, sometimes being paid to shoot international documentary work as a one man film crew in amazing locations all around the world, carrying their gear in a backpack up mountains and into villages and in small trucks to access remote places, capturing subjects who would be very intimidated by larger camera gear - assuming the freelancer could carry all that gear to location at all. These freelancers may be telling incredible stories for organizations making incredible contributions to justice issues across the globe, who have decent budgets, but not the sort of budgets that pay for Red Weapons and all of the associated expenses and production considerations that come with it.
In fact, these freelancers may be incredibly tech savvy and understand that companies like Panasonic make a profit - sometimes a massive profit - on cameras like a GH5, and a VaricamLT, even after R&D costs are factored. They may understand that they could offer almost all of the features in a VaricamLT in a much smaller, lighter weight body for a fraction of the cost. They may even wish they did. They may look forward to the day when, spurred on by increasing competition, companies produce GH sized and GH priced cameras with 16 stops of DR, FF sensors, and 240fps @ 6k, all for $2000. They may decide that instead of merely waiting for that day, they may want to buy a GH5 in the meantime and keep shooting and doing what they love, in the niche they thrive in.
As a wise man once said, "normalcy involves what is realistically possible" - and everyone's niche is different.
Wayne, you seem like a smart and balanced guy so I'm sure you recognize that the GH5 is not just marketed to and/or purchased by naive consumers, but perhaps also by very professional freelancers who understand all of these things - from business to tech to other options - but work under the tyranny of market realities along with the blessing of a fulfilling, well paying but budget conscious career and niche they love, telling and capturing stories which contribute to more important human issues than 12-bit 4:2:2 RAW.
Of course, the worst part about this is if - despite a little banding, or maybe a little noise in the shadows in that clip, or that distant blown out highlight spotted by the pixel peeper - is if the images, framing, composition, story, and overall cinema they produce resonates more strongly with the people for whom we actually create cinema for.
Don't get me wrong, I love super slow motion low light shots and insane dynamic range with pixel perfect everything as much as the next guy, but let's remember why we fell in love with cinema in the first place. I love the tools of our trade, but ultimately I just want to tell compelling stories and change the way people view the world. For me that means a 1.5lbs body, flip out, rotating LCD screen, AF features I can use on a Zhiyun crane, quick intuitive menus I can operate with one hand, 10bit 422 internal log w/out external accessories, VFR for total frame rate control, 50+ hours worth of battery and storage... all stored in my backpack. That I can hike with. Up a mountain, into a remote village.
Well, I think the point is the specs are only part of the story here. People have made quality content on far less capable image capture systems, and people have enjoyed that content. I like that you are always thinking ahead and trying to imagine what the world could be if people were just smarter and made better decisions about what to bring to market but I have to tell you, someone and more likely many are going to get a hold of this camera and produce things that I would never be able to make with the greatest camera you could ever offer me. Give me 28K, 120fps, RAW, 18 stops of DR, blah, blah, blah and I will never be able to achieve what these people will achieve with the "inferior" GH5. Specs are fun to talk about sometimes but really it's the content that ultimately drives us. And where we are at currently with technology, this camera is a capable tool of making someone's artistic vision come alive. It's not always about perfect skin tones, endless DR, etc. It's about what you are able to achieve with your imagination and the tools you have available to you. It's a lesson I continue to learn as I watch talented people do things I am envious of.
So, I'm not asking you to stop imagining what the future could bring in terms of technology but rather embrace the opportunities the technology that is here can bring. And if you or someone else is able to bring amazing camera specs to a wider group of people through a cheaper price point and make it sustainable, I think that will be embraced too.
What confuses you Ben?
High end 8k 360 degree drone camera $3000 (probably lower volume than the Pansonic, but likely using higher volume parts).
http://www.newsshooter.com/2017/01/...launching-q1-for-3000-with-4k-live-streaming/