I already was talking about this topic here maybe year ago, that was before 5D4 came out. Now that I have 5D4 I still have a problem.
My typical video need: indoor sports at not-too-bright gyms. For stills, I'm shooting 1/500 F2.8 ISO6400. My dream/hope would be to have video camera that would do 1080p 240fps 1/500 F2 ISO3200.
5D4 fell short on many of those. 1080p only shoots 60fps. 720p shoots 120fps without AF. My current video camera is ~5year old Panasonic camcorder which does decent quality 1080p60, but it doesn't have manual settings, it doesn't go 1/500 or F2. No clue on ISO. So while 5D4 is better, it's still not what I want. So the search continues.
Here's what I care about:
Must have manual controls for shutter etc.
Must have AF
Must work in that light level mentioned above
Must have 120fps at reasonable resolution
Can't be too expensive (not going $30k camera here...)
Would be nice to have:
240fps or more
EF lens mount
Don't care much:
4k (I don't mind, it'd be handy on some projects but for sports I need fps)
audio (I have external recorder)
Last summer I was really hoping 5D4 would have 1080p120 and 720p240, but it didn't. And to make it worse, no AF while shooting 120fps. Another good contender is Sony A6500. It'll do 1080p120 with AF. Also I could get the Sony 35mm F1.8 lens for that, plus EF metabones adapter. But the reviews for Sony are not that stellar.
And now there's GH5 coming with 1080p180. That's quite interesting, although I'm worried about the sensor size for low light.
The new Panasonic camcorders do 1080p120 or 1080i240, which is decent option too and they are not that expensive either. Sony RX100 would be nice if it did more than 4 second at a time. Samsung NX is ok too, but not that great.
I'll be shooting at US nationals this summer, so it'd be nice if I get something by then. I'm planning to shoot at World championships next year summer, so before that I'll get something for sure.
I can't really see any option that would say "Yes! this is the best solution!", so maybe I should wait until next summer? Or is there option I didn't think about? Usually already just writing out my thinking like this helps me to decide, but it'd be nice to get outside opinions too.
My typical video need: indoor sports at not-too-bright gyms. For stills, I'm shooting 1/500 F2.8 ISO6400. My dream/hope would be to have video camera that would do 1080p 240fps 1/500 F2 ISO3200.
5D4 fell short on many of those. 1080p only shoots 60fps. 720p shoots 120fps without AF. My current video camera is ~5year old Panasonic camcorder which does decent quality 1080p60, but it doesn't have manual settings, it doesn't go 1/500 or F2. No clue on ISO. So while 5D4 is better, it's still not what I want. So the search continues.
Here's what I care about:
Must have manual controls for shutter etc.
Must have AF
Must work in that light level mentioned above
Must have 120fps at reasonable resolution
Can't be too expensive (not going $30k camera here...)
Would be nice to have:
240fps or more
EF lens mount
Don't care much:
4k (I don't mind, it'd be handy on some projects but for sports I need fps)
audio (I have external recorder)
Last summer I was really hoping 5D4 would have 1080p120 and 720p240, but it didn't. And to make it worse, no AF while shooting 120fps. Another good contender is Sony A6500. It'll do 1080p120 with AF. Also I could get the Sony 35mm F1.8 lens for that, plus EF metabones adapter. But the reviews for Sony are not that stellar.
And now there's GH5 coming with 1080p180. That's quite interesting, although I'm worried about the sensor size for low light.
The new Panasonic camcorders do 1080p120 or 1080i240, which is decent option too and they are not that expensive either. Sony RX100 would be nice if it did more than 4 second at a time. Samsung NX is ok too, but not that great.
I'll be shooting at US nationals this summer, so it'd be nice if I get something by then. I'm planning to shoot at World championships next year summer, so before that I'll get something for sure.
I can't really see any option that would say "Yes! this is the best solution!", so maybe I should wait until next summer? Or is there option I didn't think about? Usually already just writing out my thinking like this helps me to decide, but it'd be nice to get outside opinions too.