Steve Holmlund wrote:Enjoy!
I do. Really!
One good thing about the long wait: my camera doesn't suffer from white orbs, and until now i've had no problem with any of my lenses; thanks to newer firmware i have that beautifull percent-stepped battery gauge, that clicks down so tauntingly fast that i don't waste time on playing around but get straigt to the job...
So far my tests fullfilled my expectations, again that's a good thing about the wait: i knew exactly what problems i'd face and could prepare (eg. bought spare batteries ahead of time, and the Anker too). Now i have to get used to grading in resolve, but here is another bonus: others already invested time to find out and (thankfully!) document best practices, so my learning curve migth not be as steep.
This community is part of my very positive Pocket Cam experience - thank you!
I would be interessested in some short examples. Just to see how bad or good it performs in such situation. The 14-45 is not that fast. I would have taken the 20/1.7 or 12/1.6.
You are absolutely right - the 14-45 is to slow at 3.5, that's exactly why i went there with this lens: i wanted to find out how far i could push the footage from this cheap lens, before i decided which faster lens to get myself for christmas. I have a couple of primes (nikon 50/1.8, sigma 30/1.4) that would have performed much better, but i'm still waiting for some accessories, namely speedbooster (just cancelled the order and ordered to new x0.58 version) and dumb nikon-to-mft adapter - i didn't want to spend too much money before i had the camera for good.
Sorry i can not provide examples this time, i have deleted all test clips after verifying that it's really unusable... maybe i'll get more shots this weekend. What i can say is that i underestimated the difficulty of holding the camera still enough to avoid rolling shutter wobbling. Without IS i had a hard time even at 14mm, IS helps but still there is some wobbling left once you leave the safety of wide shots. I figure it will be impossible for me to get decent footage with the unstabilized 30 and 50 mil primes, have to try with a monopod once i get the nikon-mft-adapter. From what i found, and from what i need, i will probably buy the panasonic 12-35/2.8 instead of my formerly preferred Sigma 18-35/1.8 plus speedbooster, just because of the OIS. Portability and stealth are key to most of my shots, i don't want to draw attention, i want the people i film to act naturally, i want to not be take too seriously...