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I run a production company in Brighton (and soon to open an office in Plymouth or Exeter assuming I can find a location that works as I've just moved down here). We do all sorts.
TV commercials are the main focus - we generally shoot on our own Scarlet or will rent. That said we do shoot on just about anything - a lot of studio based food stuff on Canon DSLRs, quite a lot of run and gun stuff on Sony/Panny mirrorless rigs, a lot of mid budg corporate stuff on our own FS7/FS5 with A6300/A7S2 providing back up duties. Used to work in broadcast/news/current affairs and still have lots of friends that do - generally, they're all shooting FS7 or C300mk2/C200.
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Tons to think about here - definitely steers me more towards A6300/500 or a GH5 as I tend to always regret doing things on the cheap a few months down the line and owner/op is exactly the route I want to be taking.
I'll rule out the GH4, GH3 and G80. Can see they're all flawed choices.
GX80 is still in the running though, it's cheap enough to take a punt on without having too many regrets.
Might just upgrade the iPhone as well for the hell of it! Although I'm also not a fan of the look of the video they shoot. That 'Tangerine' film which was raved about as it was all shot on a few iPhones just looked like it was.....all shot on iPhone.
Thanks for all this. Which bit of the industry are you working in out of interest?