In search of a side hustle, I recently turned fixer – Camera fixer that is (although you could call it more of a side hassle than a hustle, it’s good fun). As a result I’ve been tinkering about inside every brand of camera, hoping to bring dead souls back to life. These spares & repairs were all pretty dead, but I’ve had good success – well as being able to…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h7rriQD1qc With really filmic results, the filmmaker Lav Diaz decided to use the most compact Super 16mm rig out-there – the Panasonic GH7. It has a hypnotic hybrid documentary-cinematic look and the look of Super 16mm film, showing that the format of Micro Four Thirds is still every bit as brilliant in the right hands as full frame or Super 35mm – despite the large-sensor-craze of the 2020s!
ARRI which still builds cameras in Germany is to close two factories as the ongoing retraction in filmmaking continues to bite.
The Panasonic GH7 I believe to be the final model, but the second hand value of some Micro Four Thirds cameras has been on the increase. Could the system still find it’s way to co-exist with a legion of cheap and small full frame cameras, or is it game over?
I will always remember what a Leica manager in Germany said to me, which went like this: “I have read your publication today, and I have to admit that the tone is from my point of view unreasonable. However, we respect that journalists can make up their mind independently. But I think even for your reputation within the worldwide video community this article might not be helpful.”
What does this mean? EOSHD takes a look.
Fuji in many ways have taken over from Panasonic as the most highly rated niche creative force in the camera industry. Since they started taking video seriously with the X-T2, the green camp has got a lot of things right. The popularity of the X100 series. The purist photography experience of the X-Pro3, a camera I strangely really enjoy for video too. The GFX cameras have done extraordinarily well considering…
What do you get when you take the viewfinder hump of a mirrorless camera? A cinema camera, apparently.