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The designer’s intent for Micro Four Thirds has been so badly distorted by marketing, the system no longer makes any sense. In the days of the Panasonic GH1, there would be never any question of simply sneaking a small sensor into the body of a full frame camera and calling it a day. This was never the ethos of Micro Four Thirds. Yet that is exactly what Panasonic have done…

Destroyer of worlds. A fearsome new technology. Cillian Murphy finds himself in an intimate relationship with it in Oppenheimer. This is one of Nolan’s finest films. It’s incredibly thought provoking and really gets inside the head of those involved with giving the world nuclear weapons.

Filmmaking is an art form. In the realm of creativity, people often crave the authenticity that only real humans can provide. This is why blockbusters often enlist well-known actors to generate interest and why, despite our daily reliance on them, our personal computers don’t make headlines in gossip columns.

“Today we lost our jobs for you”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KD8JwDmMFA As Oppenheimer opens around the world, director Christopher Nolan has been speaking to the media about his creative process. In the meantime, Hollywood is vehemently on strike to fight the twin technological threat of the streaming giants and the threat to livelihoods of AI. Whilst not a “luddite”, Nolan admits he’s taken a very large step back from technology in his work life – no smartphone, no social media.…

When it comes to firmware updates Sony has had a lot of upset from users in recent months, and rightly so because they don’t give you anywhere near as many interesting updates as the competition. The Sony a1 was a rare exception in that it got a significant bump in image quality with a new 8K 500Mbit 4:2:2 10bit mode. Other cameras such as one of my personal favourites, the…

The Nikon Z9 court battle is no more, and it was a quite predictable ending. The two companies, RED and Nikon, came to an out of court settlement recently. This week the case was dismissed on request of both parties. This means there has was a behind the scenes agreement, most likely a technology transfer deal, or patent licensing which enables Nikon to continue to offer internal RAW recording on…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp6rvPahT0Q AI’s makers intend to save you from themselves by fleeing. Meanwhile, EOSHD wonders if Bjork would make it today in a world of A.I. generated content?