If you want an L mount full frame mirrorless camera primarily for video production, you might be tempted to look at one of Panasonic's hybrid offerings with all their bells and whistles, but the SL3 is still very well-featured and has plenty of appeal, starting with its heavy-duty construction that's not afraid of the wet (or the cold). The ultra-high res sensor and more powerful processor mean that 8K is on the menu and both 4K and 2K are available at faster frame rates.
The 8K recording is available in the DCI and UHD aspect ratios and uses the more efficient HEVC/H.265 codec with LongGOP compression to keep file sizes and data rates manageable The colour sampling is 10-bit 4:2:0, but you can have 4:2:2 with 4K recording – again…
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