Would be great if they had lens mount options.

@sam_rides_a_mtb I don't know if they would sell a boat-load, but it would be nice to get a serious MFT camera in their lineup (greater dynamic range- better high speed - higher quality incamera recording).

At the very least it would be a sign that they are standing by MFT. Which I am not so sure about.

Or maybe the GH5 "is" the AF100 successor. At least it takes photos too! ;-)

Varicam sensor for $6500 USD? You have my attention! Especially considering the great Samyang primes available.

Still wish it had a exchangeable mount- now that would be really exciting! Panasonic could have come up with a new mount system- start off with adaptors- then slowly introduce lenses. These days a 0mm flange distance seems like a good idea.

they are not selling well those varicams sooo.....

as i told before, they are using those expensive sensors, and GH5 LSI and some FPGA for extra conectivity.

Good aproach for grate profit.

Well done ¨Panafriend¨

I see all Black magic sells, going down the road if this little monster gives us a good codec implmentation. Canon and Sony have their hardcore fans.

Wont be easy for panasonic, but, those dual gain sensors are something special. Only FS7 can maybe compete on that. But as allways Panafriend knows how to fuck things up and give us something wrong like crap codec.

LETS BE REAL. RAW IS A PAIN IN THE ASS. A good codec not only gives low space, gives you grate color correction and easy offline.online workflow.

If it's GH5 LSI then it's going to be H265 & H264. 10 bit h265 422 would be fantastic! (Most probably 400 Mbps)

@bannedindv

Issue can be only hardware decoders that are still tailored for 420. All else is ready.

Most probably this year GPUs will also add 422 and more support for encoders and decoders.

I see maybe up too 600mbs and uncompresed video also at 180fps on 8bit FHD.

the real only hope i have here is if its real all intra h265 at 400mbsp or IPB H264 at 400mbps. That is a key factor for quality. Since all intra at 400mbps at 10bit 4:2:2 is not that grate in h264.

Since 10bit is the new fashion put your wishes on proper codec implementation rader than fps. since we have those dual gain sensors the basic problem for my personal view is how gh5 LSI will handel the higher raw dataoutput of the better sensor. But cutting down some extra data would make it.

Maybe and this is maybe, yields on the lythography process are low and dual gain cant be achived on those "bad sensors" andthat can be handeled by GH5 LSI.

eithet way it is shure a move to sell all those waffers that where on contract by the fab to panafriend. So to sell and to sell well panny.

Onother thing. Expect paid software for extra frameratew or quirks like log and more bits.

cheers.

@sam_ride_a_mtb the 0mm flange distance was more of a joke - kind of. However flange distance has become a new battle field - MFT started the ball rolling, then E-mount reduced it even further. If an ND was connected to sensor (where it probably should be) then 0-5mm could be achieved. Which would make it compatible with anything.

Or simply do it the RED way and have a bolt on bracket.

But an open standard (like MFT) for s35 would be great.

The timing will be interesting in light of the new C200 announcement from Canon. Looking forward to Personal-View's report!

I think this camera is more about Panasonic reentering the lower and mid range professional market and competing with the C200, C300, and FS7 rather than extending the Varicam line. I think we're going to wind up with something very similar spec-wise to the GH5 but with a new S35 sensor, built in XLR, SDI, timecode (hopefully), ND, and better ergonomics.
At most I wouldn't expect much more than sightly higher frame rate options and possible RAW output.

5.7k sensor / dual ISO / 4K 60p 2k / 240 fos/ infrared / 10bit 422 internal / 400 Mbps / SD cards / EF mount/ IBiS / Raw output / EVA 1!!!!

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