There’s a GH5 with booster available right now for 1k and seems like a really good value. It raised the form factor and AF question for me; hence the post. Might turn out to be the best intermediate step for me given current budget.

I actually prefer less than FF sensor – MFT and S35 are both perfectly good for my needs for now. And yeah, AF is a concern with the GH system – i have to give some thought to that feature’s priority for me. Do you sometimes wish for a different form factor in your work situation? Are you doing interviews and such, or b-roll and documentation? A…

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Hadn’t thought of Blackmagic. Thanks, the Ursa Mini is worth consideration at least.

At the risk of getting laughed off of the forum, I’m going to ask a “What would you do?” question.

I’m wanting to add a video-centric camera to my established still images practice. (My now-vintage HPX170 has been a great intro to video for me, but the small sensor and its limitations have me ready to upgrade even though it’s 10b422 in camera)…

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Thanks, Steve for the shotput suggestion. I ran across it after I posted. But it looks like Prelude will ingest to disk. As for transcoding, one of my dislikes of P2 (maybe it’s inherent to MXF format?) is the required folder structure, and it seems a transcode to ProRes or similar would simplify my storage of working files.

At risk of being a dinosaur, I’m trying to squeeze all that I can out of my aged HPX170. I love this camera, it’s taught me so much, especially coming from a long history in stills. The codec seems pretty robust and the form factor is more appealing to me than a dslr or mirrorless, even as impressive and accessible as is the GH5.) But all good…

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