Why are TV cameras still as big as they were in the ‘80s, but shoot the same quality of video as a nice SLR?

Question

I get that the lenses are huge, so setting that aside, why are the bodies so much bigger than a full-frame SLR? What does that size and heft get you that something like a Lumix S1-H doesn’t?

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Answer 1

Adding to the other comments, big cameras can have big controls for many individual settings. DSLRs tend to require you to dig through menus on a touch screen for some of that, or push tiny buttons up and down instead of just turning a knob.