GH5 or C100 Mark II

[Quincy Berry]

interesting…. yeah the g3 is 2 generations behind, still a solid camera but because I had a taste of the c100 and how much easier it felt to shoot with in run and gun situations. I am full of regret and feel it’s the better option for me. You did mention you selling your c100 with DAF, that’s cool but I will most likely hold out for the mk2 as tempting as your price is to go back to the c100 mk1 my dollar is so weak it would end up being pretty much average to what I can get one up here for. Now if you were talking about the MK2 for 2k us dollars, now we talking haha.

[Al Bergstein]

Understood. Good luck!

Al

[Quincy Berry]

but then there is this…. For the Price of the Canon C100 mk2 here in Canada.. I could probably get the Gh5 new and the C100 mk 1 with DAF used…… hmmm decisions, decisions. ????

[Clyde Villegas]

The question was GH5 vs. C100 mark ii and everyone seems to lean towards the Canon. But what if we’re talking about the Mark i with no DAF. Here in Manila the price of the GH5 is very close to the Canon Mark i (no DAF version), with the Canon being slightly more expensive. Would you still advise going for the 5 year old Canon in this situation? I’m also deciding what camera to buy. Thank you in advance.

ut in omnibus glorificetur Deus

[Quincy Berry]

my 2 pennies. IT depends on your shooting style, what you are mainly shooting. Do you have time to pull focus and frame up or in my situation I do a lot of event work where I don’t have the time to pull focus and I need a reliable auto focus. This is why the C100 with DAF was great for me. But you are talking about getting with no DAF? are you going to send it in to get the DAF upgrade? do you need auto focus? I hear it has a great one touch focus option button though so you could probably use it with that. Form factor is also important. the top handle with the nice side grip just feels good to shoot with. I am rambling but you need to figure out what your shooting style will mainly be and go from there.

DO you need 4k?
slow motion? (which is nice)
built in stabilizer
smaller for factor

I am really thinking about just getting c100 with DAF after my latest experience. and I played with the GH5 in a store and when shooting 60fps the auto focus is decent, when shooting 24 fps, Horrible made me miss my c100 even more.

colous on the c100 i like better, and the low light is a lot better

oh look i am rambling again.

good luck with your decision.

[Clyde Villegas]

Hi Quincy,

Thanks for your post.

I like all the features of the GH5 (except for sensor size). I like the C100 for the form factor, EF mount, and ease of use (since you don’t have to dig in into the menu). I’m in Manila. I don’t think they can install the DAF here. They don’t even have the camera. Canon Philippines still needs to order it abroad and I’ll have to wait for two months to have it.

I have several uses for this new camera and I can only buy one. I will use this for corporate videos,, commercials, and live streaming. Yes, I need 4K (for reframing shots in post and future proofing), slow motion, and built in stabilizer.

One thing that really bothers me in buying the GH5 is that one ad agency that I work for wants to see “big” cameras, like the C100. They think small DSLRs and mirrorless cameras are not good enough for serious work. They think bigger is better.

I know, no camera can do it all. But I want to know which to buy for these applications if you only have money for one.

Thanks ☺

PS.
I also really want the a7s ii. I actually like it the best because I need the super low light capability. I also shoot religious processions at night (I do this for free so I can’t rent a camera for this every time. I need to have my own). But live streaming will be a problem, especially that our live streams usually last around 3 hours.

ut in omnibus glorificetur Deus

[Quincy Berry]

well I understand the part where you said business want to see “big cameras” this is also true for me. That is the reason why i went with the Canon C100, they just take you more serious and don’t question anything and feel they got their money worth. I know it’s messed up because the GH5 and as7 cameras are so powerful but look like nothing serious.

here is the thing. You will never lose out on a job for having a Canon c100 (real video Camera) but you will lose out on jobs if the clients doesn’t want dslr style looking cameras.

I have to admit I know it may sound wrong but one of the main reason I am going back to the Canon c100, is the size, it actually makes me feel more confident out there when I am on a job. Because lots of people are walking around with canon t5is and look exactly the same as you with the small camera. I know people will say let your work speak for itself, It should be about the end results etc. But, again I rather be able to get hired more based on my Camera AND skill.

Battery life is amazing on the c100, way better than the Sony so like you said for the 3 hours streams, you may want to consider the c100, and I find the low light pretty good on the c100 its sensor is decent and the iso can go highish compared to my GH3 lol but the sony as7ii is the low light monster but again you lose other functions.

if you can afford one at the moment, Maybe get the c100 so you can get the most amount of jobs and make money to buy another camera for all the other features you will need. That is my plan. Canon c100 and a gh5 I will have most situations covered from slow mo to 4k to low light to auto focus etc etc between the 2 cameras!

again my grammar, I apologize.

Hi from Toronto Canada by the way.

[Clyde Villegas]

Thanks Quincy ☺

I hope there’s a way to output 4K from the C100 since it has a 4K sensor.

I checked A7s ii on the web and the bitrate of HD recording is 50Mbps. The Canon C100 only records at 24Mbps. Did I understand that correctly? Does that mean the A7s ii has better colors than the C100?

I hope to visit Canada one day ☺

About the grammar, I’m from Manila so I also have problems with English☺

ut in omnibus glorificetur Deus

[Quincy Berry]

soo…. Hi folks. I went and bought a used Canon c100 ver 1 with DAF, it was in great condition. 188 hours total use extra fat battery, with box. over all excellent condition.

Happy again with the auto focus and the form factor etc. One thing I did forget is… the noise in the darks, I have read around about using wide DR and iso 350 vs canon c log 850 iso etc etc

I also notice again with this camera and I don’t know if it’s just my eyes but it seems to pulse through the footage. This happened with the last c100 I had too, I notice a pulsing. When I was shooting with the Gh3, didn’t notice any pulsing or noticeable noise in the blacks. the trade offs eh?

that’s it. I am going to buss my bum off and buy a gh5 to have the best of both words for sure!

end of rant..

hows everyone doing? alllrighty then!

[Quincy Berry]

so pretty tho 😀