Public Security Camera Footage

This review is a long time coming. I purchased my GH5s from B&H in 2019 and it has consistently yielded me superb images from HD to C4K. Pretty darned good for a five year old camera! I have been shooting every type of media content you can think of but this camera really shines when used for independent filmmaking. You can rig it out as sophisticated as you want or you can slap a 20 mm Panasonic pancake lens on the front and shoot fantastic cinema quality footage in public (stealth mode) without anyone the wiser! If you think I'm kiddin', just show up in public with a tricked out cinema rig and see what happens! People will interrupt your filming with comments ranging from Hey! Waddaya doin'? Makin' a movie? (DUH) or Do you have permission to film here? or, worse case scenario, people start heckling you by constantly yelling Action! Cut! or driving back and forth by your set honking the horn. Well, not anymore with this baby because when you have this camera scaled down in public, folks think you're just taking pictures (big deal!) and leave you alone. I love this camera and just used it yesterday for a nine minute indy shoot for an upcoming film festival and the video footage still looks amazing, even at HD! There's a reason this camera still costs over 2K! Investigation Discovery Channel filmmakers use this camera for their network content. No surprise there!

I was shooting a series of walking shots over 4 days for a client in several very public locations. Stable footage was absolutely critical for the project, as well as setup speed. A (mostly) balanced Tilta Float (still learning) paired with the DJI RS-2 allowed me to stop wasting time on setups, and quickly execute the shots I needed. We finished ahead of schedule every day, which definitely made all of our cast and crew happy.

These are used in a public facility where privacy/security is a concern. They work very well, obscuring the screens from a distance or angle. They fit Dell 19 inch monitors perfectly. The price is good in comparison to others I looked at but the quality is excellent. I have ordered 6 more.

I really like this HDD. It lets me run six 4K security cameras and keep about four days of footage while running the recording 24/7.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought it for my security cameras. Stored a lot of footage.

I'm a documentary filmmaker who does a lot of traveling and I appreciate the security of my footage above all else. My primary backup drive is a 4tb G-raid (one of the newer ones that is the same size as the 2tb older model). I was pleased to find that my drive fits perfectly in this case. Fantastic! The only words of wisdom I can offer is that you should perhaps put one or two of those moisture absorbing silica packets from beef jerky in there to absorb any extra humidity and make your drive smell like beef jerky.

I am enjoying using this camera to capture 4K footage.

Camera is what it is, not going to comment on value or usefulness to the general camera using public. Biggest pro: The RAW images at 100 ISO can be pushed to extreme levels without losing any details or adding noise. Images may not be that impressive straight out of the camera, but you can literally do whatever you want with them in post. Your creative vision is the only limit. Biggest complaints: Manual exposure times are limited to 2 minutes at 100 ISO, and only get shorter as you increase the ISO. You can't turn off auto-noise reduction. Weird ghosting/flares if the sun is in the frame.

Works very well. Great for the security of the camera

Add these to your camera strap for extra security.