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Sami Ruusunen
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Compact mft camera with good video?


So I've been looking for a compactish camera with ok still capability and semi-pro video capabilities for a while now.

I was expecting the Panasonic GX7 to be GH3 with smaller form factor which would've been the perfect camera for me: compact size, decent still image quality and good video. I was already pre-ordering it when I noticed the damn thing doesn't have the mic socket, wth! And the video bitrate is not as high as in GH3. Can't really describe how disappointed I am for that.

So, I don't have any information about other manufacturers mft cameras and their capabilities. Is there any mft camera with Lumix GH3 video quality but in smaller form factor? High bitrate video, 60p/50p is preferred but I can live with 30p/25p. Mic socket is a must.
Autofocus speed is pretty much irrelevant.

Reason I am interested of mft system is that I really like to have those cine converted f0.95 Voigtlander lenses for video work.



Sep 04, 2013 at 07:16 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Compact mft camera with good video?


Here's your desired beast - they're starting to ship in limited quantity now and should be more available very shortly. Only downside is that the sensor is smaller than standard m4/3, so really wide stuff may be an issue: Note that this is video ONLY, so it may not fit your criteria at all, but it is a very high quality video machine Does 1080p at most any framerate with 220 Mbps video bit rate.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=964117&is=REG&Q=&A=details

Other than that, the GX7 is the closest thing we've got. If the GH3 is a little too big for you, a hacked GH2 produces mighty fine video as well and is pretty small.



Sep 04, 2013 at 08:01 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Compact mft camera with good video?


Some pretty nice video samples from the Blackmagic pocket by Philip Bloom:




Sep 04, 2013 at 08:17 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Compact mft camera with good video?


Jman13 wrote:
Here's your desired beast - they're starting to ship in limited quantity now and should be more available very shortly. Only downside is that the sensor is smaller than standard m4/3, so really wide stuff may be an issue: Note that this is video ONLY, so it may not fit your criteria at all, but it is a very high quality video machine Does 1080p at most any framerate with 220 Mbps video bit rate.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=964117&is=REG&Q=&A=details

Other than that, the GX7 is the closest thing we've got. If the GH3 is a little too big for you, a hacked GH2 produces mighty
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Thanks but I did have a preorder of BMPCC which I cancelled because I'm afraid it is still a prototype of a camera, battery lasts an hour and it's reported quite buggy. I hope the firmware updates do something about some of the bugs but I doubt it can help with the anemic battery life. If I absolutely needed raw video the BMPCC would be only option really. But I really need the option to shoot stills, otherwise I need another camera with me.

Edited on Sep 04, 2013 at 08:27 AM · View previous versions



Sep 04, 2013 at 08:25 AM
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Thanks for the hacked GH2 tip, I need to do some research on that.


Sep 04, 2013 at 08:26 AM





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