- Location
- Central Ohio, USA
- Name
- Andrew
So, as most of you know, doing a good job and being successful leads to more work!
Backstory:
I was until recently the Production Leader for my church. That team is tasked with lighting, multimedia, live streaming and sound engineering for our weekly services and special events. I've been doing that for 2 years. My Director decided that I should head up our new Visual Media group. This group will be charged with capturing and creating content for use in weekly services, special events and what not. So, I found a replacement for my Production Leader role and now I need to build this new team from scratch. I've got 8 hopeful volunteers already.
Requirements/Question:
As part of the new team, we want to buy a setup that we can use for capturing both stills and video. We don't need 4k, but we do need a setup that works well in low light situations because of our theatrical lighting we do during some parts of the service.
I'm partial to the Nikon Z6 because of the sensor size, low light capability and the great AF system in video.
I discussed this scenario with my friends at Midwest Photo and they recommended to me that the Nikon Z6 is great, but to not rule out the Panasonic GH5s.
I did some research and IQ of the GH5s is actually very good in video mode. It does have some advantages in video over the Z6....but the AF is still a plus to the Z6.
The reason I keep coming back to that is because of volunteers. I need to be able to have a setup that is very straight forward and easy for someone not experienced in video can handle. My fear is that the GH5s might be a little too daunting in controls and setup for them, plus - if they needed to rely on manual focusing....that could be an issue.
Prices are relatively the same across the board, so I'm not too worried about that being a deciding factor. We will have gimbals and if high quality audio is needed we can pull from the sound board and just use the on camera audio as reference to sync.
The only other thing that gives me a smidgeon of concern is the 10mp sensor for stills on the GH5s. I probably shouldn't be so concerned, but cropping might be a factor, although I know it probably should not be. So in actuality, I'm going to take that out of the consideration. So really it is just comes down to this most likely:
* Ease of use for a newcomer, but robust enough for an advanced user
* Best in low light performance
So, what am I missing that I should be considering?
Am I being too biased toward Nikon because of my familiarity and being too dismissive of the GH5s?
I eagerly await your responses. This has helped me, just think it out some more...but I also value the communities expertise, experience, and ability to think outside the box.
Thanks in advance! Andrew
Backstory:
I was until recently the Production Leader for my church. That team is tasked with lighting, multimedia, live streaming and sound engineering for our weekly services and special events. I've been doing that for 2 years. My Director decided that I should head up our new Visual Media group. This group will be charged with capturing and creating content for use in weekly services, special events and what not. So, I found a replacement for my Production Leader role and now I need to build this new team from scratch. I've got 8 hopeful volunteers already.
Requirements/Question:
As part of the new team, we want to buy a setup that we can use for capturing both stills and video. We don't need 4k, but we do need a setup that works well in low light situations because of our theatrical lighting we do during some parts of the service.
I'm partial to the Nikon Z6 because of the sensor size, low light capability and the great AF system in video.
I discussed this scenario with my friends at Midwest Photo and they recommended to me that the Nikon Z6 is great, but to not rule out the Panasonic GH5s.
I did some research and IQ of the GH5s is actually very good in video mode. It does have some advantages in video over the Z6....but the AF is still a plus to the Z6.
The reason I keep coming back to that is because of volunteers. I need to be able to have a setup that is very straight forward and easy for someone not experienced in video can handle. My fear is that the GH5s might be a little too daunting in controls and setup for them, plus - if they needed to rely on manual focusing....that could be an issue.
Prices are relatively the same across the board, so I'm not too worried about that being a deciding factor. We will have gimbals and if high quality audio is needed we can pull from the sound board and just use the on camera audio as reference to sync.
The only other thing that gives me a smidgeon of concern is the 10mp sensor for stills on the GH5s. I probably shouldn't be so concerned, but cropping might be a factor, although I know it probably should not be. So in actuality, I'm going to take that out of the consideration. So really it is just comes down to this most likely:
* Ease of use for a newcomer, but robust enough for an advanced user
* Best in low light performance
So, what am I missing that I should be considering?
Am I being too biased toward Nikon because of my familiarity and being too dismissive of the GH5s?
I eagerly await your responses. This has helped me, just think it out some more...but I also value the communities expertise, experience, and ability to think outside the box.
Thanks in advance! Andrew