I love Panasonic and the innovation they have brought to the market ever since the start of their Leica partnership in the early 2000s. They are pioneers and the result is that boring Canon are on 35% share of the market Panasonic started, and Panasonic is on a pathetic 2.5%. This clearly isn’t long term viable and I am starting to wonder if Panasonic have soft quit the market.
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The camera industry needs to pull the plug on full frame cameras and lenses. And I want to help them do so.
The S1H Mark II, and the other new S1 cameras should be here by now. Interestingly the Leica SL3 has arrived already. This is a camera that is engineered by Panasonic with Leica, and very much Panasonic in terms of electronics and firmware. The S1R Mark II has not come along with it. Instead Panasonic have given us two lower-end cameras, the S5 Mark II and S9. What could be…
For those expecting a high resolution R1, or something just generally more advanced, all I can say is… Wait a bit longer.
Canon EOS R1, the big chance to impress. Following the announcement EOSHD went back through the R1 rumours, which hinted at stunning achievements to come. The flagship of flagships. No more cripple hammer. Quad Pixel AF, 80 megapixel, internal ND, dual gain sensor readout, 18+ stops dynamic range, global shutter and AI brain more intelligent than a thousands wedding photographers. Alas, Canon have ended up playing it safe, and at…
It’s been a long wait for the new R5 – four years to be exact. In this time the competition hasn’t stood still. Nikon have since acquired RED and upped their game significantly in RAW video on the Z6 III, Z8 and Z9. The Canon EOS R5 Mark II improves on the old camera, but is it enough to stop Canon being thought of as a second best option?
Above: This RAW still shot with a small sensor Samsung EX-1 compact from 2009 was processed in Adobe Camera Raw using the new AI shallow depth of field feature. No smartphone style depth map information required. The current camera market model is about to be broken. The pricing is completely out of step with the rest of the prosumer electronics market, and still clinging to a 1980s style business model…
The Nikon Z series full frame mirrorless cameras have been a more attractive proposition than Canon RF mount so far with genuinely groundbreaking technological features. The Z6 III is another such release that outperforms and out-specs everything Canon-Sony-Panasonic in the mid $2k price range so far.