@tubefingers yes indeedy, guessing you are too!

Some of the time yep. Mostly do actors showreels, the odd doc and some corporates. Am in Kew.

Cool, perhaps we can work together in the future, DM me a link to your stuff/contact details etc

Another review

Another little scene using the LS300.

Merci @tubefingers

@tinyrobot tell me where and I'll fix it! will just be my grading I imagine, although it's my camera i'm writing/directing/editing and doing sound not shooting but I'm pretty sure it wasn't on auto. It's very different when you get into the OTS's but the content's got darker so figure I can get away with that anyway. I've been finding it not as easy to grade recently, I don't know why, like the temperature is off, but when I use it I set it manually, but the LED is really pink, mine is, so it's hard to tell if it is playing ball, it will look fine on the atomos with a lut applied but the LCD with lut as I say looks like it has a rosey hue and I can't see any way to adjust the colour balance of the LED.

@tinyrobot Thanks for that, it was a v quick job, v quick grade but have fixed that and taken the red out of the reverse on him, hopefully looks OK now.

https://vimeo.com/liftvideoproductions/review/191660859/b67d541015

I had tested the JVC LS300 right after it came out, and I loved the idea of it but the screen and viewfinder were things I couldn't get over. It didn't have Log at that point either. I recently rented it again for a project to pair with my GH4, just to see what JLog and the new firmware had done for it. I forgot how much I like having built in ND filters, and the image was very good. Functionally, most things work fairly well. The functions of the LS300 are just awesome, using all my different lenses on anywhere from Super16 to Super35 is just sweet. Dang I want to like it so badly, but that screen and viewfinder just disappoint me every time. I think peaking was a little better since the initial firmware, but I struggled to overcome feelings that ranged from uneasiness to concern to dread every time I looked at the screen. I tried to switch to the viewfinder a couple times, but that did nothing to calm my fears, or help me find focus.

I really think that if it had a better screen I would own the LS300 right now, but when something as basic and essential as the screen lets you down (and I acknowledge that with enough time using it, I could probably be a much better judge of how the final shot will look), it makes it really hard to commit. It just feels like a nicely equipped SUV at a good price that you should love, but the speedometer doesn't work very well.

Hoping JVC keeps it up with the innovation and comes out with an LS400 with a nicer screen and viewfinder, and if so I may have to make a tough decision on that or the GH5/GH6 (depending on when I decide to upgrade from my GH4.)

@lpowell many thanks for taking the time in your response. Many of your points have been confirmed this past week. Had a great corporate interview where the LS footage pretty great. 5500k kino lights, some window light mixed in against white seamless. For the clients dailies I used black magic 4K lut which was less horrible than jvc lut. (I've since bought lemming lut but haven't figured out how to insert it into fcpx settings without having to use that lut loader plug I have. I'll post the video sample later. I also found that well lit scenes mix well with my new a6300 (though the cam overheats and has opened up a whole other can of worms). Yesterday I shot my daughters soccer match. was excited about grey sky's and playing with my vintage canon powered eng lens. I was frequently interrupted by parents while checking settings. Long story short my highlights were totally crushed. There was a solid line around 90 or so on my scopes. I'll have to really pay attention next time I'm setting up including using my light meter which I never would have thought I'd need to start using again. I also need to school myself in properly using zebras. What sucks about being a full time freelancer is just how little time I seem to have to get over learning curves. I'd totally pay money at this point for a well written primer on proper exposing on this camera.

@lpowell thanks for the advice. I really blew my outdoor shoot so this settings workflow is very helpful. (I spoke to a JVC rep last week with the aim of digging for any more enlightening resources for this camera. While not surprised, he had nothing useful to say..ugh.)

Not even any insight into another firmware upgrade on the horizon which troubles me. (makes me think this camera is destined for going the way of the dodo bird). Either way your recommendation is the only constructive info with regard to setting and using both histogram and zebras. I've been busy lately doing a lot of post and learning my way around the Sonya6300 so little opportunity to do more shooting with the JVC until mid Dec. Looking forward to it..