Why Sony is falling behind in video
With the Sony a7s IV nowhere to be seen, and a Sony FX2 with disappointing specs and an old sensor, Sony’s failure to go fully-in on video features have left users in the lurch. Now, with rival cameras like the Nikon Zr and Canon EOS R6 III offering so much more than an a7 V, for less money, Sony is building the perception that hybrid users and video shooters shouldn’t choose a Sony mirrorless camera.
OpenAI decides content is worth paying for – but only if it’s Disney’s
Having hoovered up the entire internet including even EOSHD (which it cites as a source for many camera related queries), ChatGPT has built a business based on the theft of copyrighted information, especially for Sora which is the company’s very capable video generation tool. As a world-generator it has to get the understanding of that world from our footage and immense libraries of copyright material. Today marks a landmark deal however and a huge precedent because instead of being sued by Disney the two Goliaths have got together and made friends with a payment FROM Disney to invest $1bn in OpenAI for an equity share, including the use of AI tools by Disney staff and creatives at Disney’s studios, in return for Sora users being able (within tight guardrails) to generate content based on Disney’s IP.
Interview with Panasonic’s Masanori Koyama – Product Planner for the GH6
Masanori Koyama joined Panasonic in 2002. After a career as a hardware engineer, Koyama san is currently in charge of product planning for LUMIX in Imaging Business Unit in Japan. He has been in charge of product planning
An EOSHD Interview with Yosuke Yamane – Are Panasonic working on an L-mount cinema camera?
I recently had the opportunity to ask Yosuke Yamane-san some questions about the current and future Panasonic line-up, including the upcoming GH6 and how Panasonic can continue to build on the success of the S1,
EOSHD Podcast Episode 2 – An interview with Michael Moore’s producer, Jeff Gibbs about their new film “Planet Of The Humans”
In Episode 2 of The EOSHD Podcast (Available now on Anchor and Spotify) I talk to Michael Moore’s producer Jeff Gibbs. Jeff’s film Planet Of The Humans is a documentary exploring the dangerous corporate co-opt
The EOSHD Interview – Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of Sigma and Takuma Wakamatsu, Sigma Fp Product Manager
I’d like to welcome Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of Sigma and the product manager of the Sigma Fp and Cinema lenses, Takuma Wakamatsu to the pages of EOSHD for this long interview! I have recently been
An interview with Roger Cicala of Lens Rentals on Canon RF 600mm teardown and more
I have been a long-time follower of Roger’s blog at Lens Rentals, which gives us not just a rare glimpse inside camera gear, but also an expert eye on construction quality, weather sealing and the
The Big EOSHD interview: Metabones lens adapters
Metabones recently announced the long-awaited Canon EF mount Speed Booster Ultra for Fuji X, which will be one of the must-have accessories for X-T4 owners. This will have support for phase-detect AF and incorporates Caldwell
Warner Bros risk talent exodus over Trump-Ellison deal. Who will follow Christopher Nolan and jump ship next?
From a British perspective I can only look at America right now in total despair. It’s like watching the Soviet Union in the mid 1990s. The film industry is under a huge amount of pressure at the moment from all angles – now the last remaining great Hollywood studio is being offered for sale – Warner Bros. It’s the closest thing yet to putting the entirely of Hollywood up for sale. Cinema is not safe with Larry Ellison, if he gets his way.
The streaming tech giant Netflix is in the blue corner with a massive 82 billion dollar offer that was expected to be accepted by shareholders but Larry Ellison of Oracle is now circling Warner with a hostile takeover bid promising to “finish what we started” – make no mistake, this is the end for cinema as we know it.
Ellison has already hoovered up Paramount in August of this year, handing control to his son David in an act of pure nepotism.
Sony a7V “negative online discourse” – why Sony are the new Canon
(Photo credit: John Mak)
The release of the Sony a7v has been met with a wave of negativity, especially now that the supposed ‘standard model’ mid-range camera price has been bumped to nearly $3000 + tax and a lot more in some regions, like in the UK where the USD-converted price works out at an insane $3600 inc. VAT, despite the Japanese yen being at historically low levels versus the British Pound.
The Sony a7v specs are equivalent to the Nikon Z6 Mark III which is over $1000 less expensive and a mint condition used Z8 a little cheaper also, with far better specs in every area – especially in the cinematic-video department.
The Sony-badge premium appears to be a real thing – and it is putting Sony at a disadvantage vs Canon and Nikon. The Canon EOS R6 Mark III is a better spec and also less expensive, for video it is almost a different league of spec altogether with 7K RAW and Open Gate. The price of the a7v also gets close to a used Sony a1 flagship professional body, the full fat stacked sensor of which there is nothing ‘partial’ about, and the Canon Cinema EOS C50 full frame Nikon Zr competitor, which is just £400 more than the a7v!
But as usual online, people tend to want to believe that only one opinion can be true at once.
EOSHD Z-LOG – Add internal LOG recording to Nikon cameras
Introducing EOSHD Z-LOG An advanced LOG profile for internal video recording on Nikon cameras, Z-LOG allows you to record 4K video and 1080p in LOG format
EOSHD C-LOG profile for all Canon EOS R mirrorless cameras and DSLRs
The EOSHD C-LOG and Film Profiles Pack is now available and works in both video and stills mode – on all Canon DSLRs and mirrorless cameras.
EOSHD Pro Color 5 – Improve Sony’s color science on all camera models // a7 IV // a7S III / FX3 / a7C II and more
EOSHD Pro Color 5 is an advanced colour science solution for Sony mirrorless cameras, including the new A7S III, resulting in better image quality, wider
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Warner Bros risk talent exodus over Trump-Ellison deal. Who will follow Christopher Nolan and jump ship next?
Sony a7V “negative online discourse” – why Sony are the new Canon
Are Canon back on top in specs race? Sony a7 V and Canon EOS R6 Mark III comparison
Thousands of Sony cameras are mysteriously failing, but Sony isn’t telling
In NY and LA Theatres January 2026 – major new movie Magellan is shot on the Panasonic GH7
