[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/28596419[/vimeo] Occasionally you stumble on something completely unexpected. It’s great when this happens. The 5Ds and 7Ds, workhorses of the DSLR world, have nothing more to give; the lure and mystique of those early days in 2009 have all but vanished. The Sony NEX 5N however is different. A tempting new mistress who has yet to remove her makeup and demand you clean crusty left-over fries from the oven. I’ve only…
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[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/28479793[/vimeo] Today I was at the IFA 2011 consumer electronics show in Berlin. The full EOSHD show report for DSLR video will appear on DPReview.com. Until then, here are some snippets of information I was able to gather throughout the press day here.
I’ve been chewing this subject over recently with Sam Morgan Moore who is an experienced pro stills photographer turned videographer. “What sony are doing at the moment – first with the FS100 and some appaerenly competent stills glass – is opening up an unheard of possibility… A professional stills shooter who does not use Canon or Nikon but uses cameras made by the company that brought you the Walkman and the…
In an interview with EPhotozine Panasonic talk X lenses (as first exclusively revealed by EOSHD last week) and the GH2.
(Click the ISO 12,800 sample image above to enlarge to 1:1). Original samples from http://www.imaging-resource.com Will Sony’s decision to put 24MP in the NEX 7 and A77 backfire? It certainly seems so. The mid-range 16MP NEX 5N has by far the better image quality at high ISOs despite being half the price. It’s the Fuji F31fd of DSLRs!
Olympus’s flagship is in trouble. Reports show that at ISOÂ 12,800 the NEX 5N thrashes the EP-3 and moves ahead of even the 5D Mk II, Nikon D7000 and Panasonic GH2 for low light image quality. In fact it out performs every sub $2000 camera on the market. Of other video capable DSLRs only the Canon 1D Mk IV, Nikon D3S, D700 are better at high ISOs. The excellent French site…
In a chat with a very helpful Sony gent in the UK I asked whether the HDMI output stays on during recording on the A77. His answer is rather surprising: The A77 does not output full HD 1080p during live view. Only when record is activated does the full resolution get output.
A Californian chipset manufacturer has announced a new image processor designed for consumer cameras. The video orientated core named COACH-14 is designed for hybrid interchangeable lens cameras like DSLRs.