This article is the first in a series. Stay tuned for more NX500 coverage on EOSHD. I am currently shooting with what I think might just be the world’s most affordable interchangeable lens 4K camera. The Samsung NX500 in my hands is the final retail camera not a pre-production model. It’s running the final firmware V1.0 as well and shoots 4K!
Month: March 2015
Let’s suppose you’ve got a TV show with 350 million worldwide viewers. It’s sold around the world for ÂŁ50m. One of the most watched BBC shows in the world. Do you decide to protect the content, sorting out disagreements behind closed doors or do you cave into a vocal minority and the press, taking it completely off air before launching a month-long investigation?
This is probably the most revealing interview I can remember with a Canon exec. Barney Britton and Rishi Sanyal at DPR have asked not just tough questions, but the right questions! Canon imply a small GH4-like 4K camera is “under consideration” and they want to satisfy demand from the news media industry.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/121238971[/vimeo] This is a marvellous example of what a single filmmaker can make out of thin air shot with real-world subject matter the film industry would consider “nothing”, using a tool that most pros would think is barely beyond “nothing” too.
With the Olympus E-M5 Mark II we’ve been seduced. 40MP stills – oooh! High bitrate 24p –Â Ahh! The E-M5 II is a great camera. Let’s see how they’ve ruined it.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/110269871[/vimeo] I was a contributing writer on this review (along with my footage) and I think it is spot on about the a7S as a video tool. DP Review are mainly a photography site but this is the best review of a video orientated hybrid camera they’ve yet done. You can read my case for the camera at DPReview here!