Month: March 2019

Above: The Sigma MC-21 adapter was to give Canon EF lens owners the ability to use their lenses on all L-mount mirrorless cameras including the Panasonic S1 Comment on the forum What’s the point of having an alliance around a single lens mount if the adapters and lenses don’t work on every camera? That’s the big question Panasonic, Leica and Sigma should be asking themselves today.

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Comment on the forum Convincing rumours are doing the rounds in the filmmaking community, thanks to a slip by Canon USA on Twitter. The official account offered a poll asking whether followers would like to learn more about Canon EOS R external RAW recording at NAB, or the C200’s existing RAW Light codec. https://twitter.com/DaveMaze_/status/1111486780212011008

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Comment on the forum The 4K full frame S1 is on my desk at EOSHD HQ and for the first time it’s the final released camera that is shipping to stores, with firmware version 1.0. I couldn’t offer any original files from my shoot in Barcelona as the firmware back then was version 0.7. So now’s your chance, if you’re wondering how good the initial 10bit codec is at just…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnB3jaSLezc Comment on the forum Blackmagic RAW has arrived on the Pocket 4K camera, meanwhile Cinema DNG has been remove due to patent claims, and basically being an obsolete format with poor performance and compatibility. I don’t really mourn Cinema DNG, but it’s a shame they had to remove it for legal reasons. What’s very interesting on the hardware side is how Blackmagic are able to deliver such a dramatic…

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