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Since the sensor is dual gain, below a certain ambient light level you should switch to the higher gain setting, ISO 6400. When you do that, presto, the noise is either gone or greatly diminished.

SSD review says 256GB and 512GB Lexar Professional Golds get up to 85C and the 2TB card only to 63C. In the same review Delkin Black 512GB is the coolest at 39C. I have had no problems with 2TB Lexar Professional Gold in Z6iii at 25C in direct mid day sun, but 6k50p NRaw may not be as taxing to the camera and card as Panny’s 422 H.265.

it started happening faster in hotter conditions, 24-27C, but still happens at around 20C. When I narrowed it down to the card being the issue, I would just leave the camera running on my table while doing post work, and would regularly fill up the card or run out of battery with the Delkin or OWC without any warning, but with the Lexar card about 10-12 minutes in, the heat warning sign would come on, and it would terminate recording in about 20 min or so. PS Should add the cards that cuz thermal issues are 128GB gold Lexar Cards

Around £2300 so not a massive amount in it.

How about the original Sony a1? The Z8 is a bit of a bargain, but out of the two I regret selling my a1 more, because it was smaller, lighter, and here's the kicker - better colour science. Which I'd never thought in a million years I'd say about a Sony. You also save a lot of card space by shooting in the upgraded 8K H.265 mode that looks as good as N-RAW for a quarter of the file size. E-mount saves you further money on glass and adapters as well. If the OG a1 is similar in price to that Z8 with 24-70 bundle, I'd be tempted to go for the Sony and stick a nice small, but cheap, vintage 35mm on it. I'd then pair that with a little Micro Four Thirds camera, maybe a good old GX80.

New advanced Venus processor apparently. Dunno how that translates to write speeds etc

What climate is that in? Good to know there are cards with better heat management.

Visitor price with the tax taken off for used ones is £2950. A used Z8 is £2080. With a used version of the 24-70 f4 that is bundled with the ZR it is £2375 so only £725 more than the ZR combo, albeit used. Hence the quandary.

Just chiming in, I've had a fair bit of overheating warning and shutdowns with my gold Lexar CFB cards, not a single issue with Delkin black or OWC purple cards! PS, I should add, this is with the S1Rii (x2)

I wish someone in Nikon or RED explain what they did and what these codes actually do. NRAW show less purple noise at extreme underexposure but colors are all over the place. R3D NE is in a pool of purple noise, but colors are intact.

Does it have a different processor? I don’t know… I thought it was S5II spec in S1II/R body but I could be wrong 🤷‍♂️ All my long takes will still be S5II so not concerned in that regard but zero overheating issues or even any warnings on the R’s, but then I only shoot clips on them.

I might be interested in the S9! S1iiE, as far as I can see it’s the S5ii sensor in a better body with a faster processor. Or have I got that wrong? The CFExpress cards will still be a problem but not as much as the other new Lumix cameras I believe. I’d love to have no crop in 50p but I work outside in 35+ degrees 4-5 months of the year so the S1ii is just a no go for me which is a shame as everything else about the camera would be almost perfect for me.

I’ll be selling my S9 in Jan if it’s of any interest?! I’m in the UK for a couple of months and not back in France until the New Year. It’s a red one, comes with a Smallrig cage and has no issues that I am aware of… That aside, I think I am pretty set on an S1IIE with the 24-60 as there are some good deals on that and it does all I need it to. This would replace the S9 for me whereas the S1II is a bit overkill and the overheating…well I doubt it would but the S5II doesn’t and the S1IIE is basically that in an S1II body so… Or, I might just go the 3 body approach and shift one of my two S1RII’s over. Basically it’s a 4 body + primes vs 2 bodies + zooms question and there are pros and cons to each. No decisions until the New Year when Panny may throw a curve ball and despite not needing one, an S2H is so desirable, I have to have one 😵‍💫

That screen looks huge. They finally did it. A world beyond 3.2 inches exists. In the land of low camera prices, with my lack of impulse control I wouldn't stand a chance. Just out of curiosity what are the prices on used a Sony a9 III? I am actually more tempted by that by anything Nikon related, when it comes down under 3k.

It's absolutely pointless even talking to these people (if they are indeed real people), we are so far apart and they are so far down the rabbit hole thanks to social media. The great tragedy is that the internet in it's original concept was supposed to level up people's knowledge of the factual world and to broaden their minds, connect them with other cultures and other people. The way the billionaires have just completely subverted the technology is horrific and they are all mega rich as a result. Zuckerberg should be in jail. On social media, even the order of comments under a post swaps around depending on who the algorithm believes you will agree with most, so the counterbalance of views just never gets seen. And the end goal of all of this was never to break society - that's just collateral to the main mission, which is shareholder value. And if Zuck and Elon weren't bad enough and all the dark money sloshing about from Russia, I am equally as disgusted at the so-called "moral" liberal elite of tech leaders who stay silent on the destruction of our society and community cohesion in the name of profit. Like Tim Cook for instance.

It makes sense to change cameras and not brands! I’ve been interested in the S1iiE as it does resolve a couple of things that I dislike about the S5ii. The S1iiE’s screen and evf would be much more comfortable for me. Like you I prefer the screen behind the lens. Whilst in general I prefer 1 camera for video and one for photo that’s not always possible. The photo/video switch would be a real upgrade. I have written the S1ii off for me as it won’t handle the heat here in Madrid but from what I’ve seen the S1iiE handles the heat better. So I’m thinking of changing a S5ii for the S1iiE and maybe picking up a S9 if I can find a good deal.

Had a chance to have a look at one in the flesh. It feels good in the hand and the screen is everything that everyone has already said it is. The overall size of the camera is even more compact than I thought it would be, particularly when they are displaying it alongside the next one up in the Nikon RED range ! I was sorely tempted at the price here which works out at £1650 including the 24-70mm f4 lens for visitors. I’m here for a few more weeks so maybe I might buckle but the issue for me is that they had a Z8 at the next display and for an old fart like me that just appeals more, especially in light of the is it/isn’t it stuff about the RAW and the file extensions etc. I might just sit this out (again) for another year to see how the dust settles with firmware updates for the ZR and actually the Z6III as that might be the compromise play for me, although the Z8 will likely still win out. So, ultimately, I was able to put the ZR down and walk away fairly easily. Unexpectedly, the one I had far more difficulty walking away from the was the much maligned Fujifilm X-Half. Kinky.

As a Z8 owner I'm ready to buy this camera but I really wish, and I'm dumbfounded, it did not ship with a more compressed R3D option. Especially since R3D NE is basically NRAW in the RED IPP2 workflow. I might actually wait to see what they do with the first firmware drop. Why Nikon!

You don't love anything except huffing those "alternative truthers" farts. I guess when you eat enough of the shit pies those types of people serve you, you eventually forget what shit tastes like and start enjoying it.

Scary image.

So you feel it in your bones that something is wrong with society and that corporations are doing a lot of harm, turning the frogs gay and so on. What was it specifically about the aquarium exactly that triggered these feelings? The science of fish? Some naughty toads? A pink goldfish? The financial institutions, like it or not, along with food and oil, are needed for civilisation. I'm not saying they can't or shouldn't be reformed, and refocused so the interests of the people are put first ahead of offshore tax dodging profit-making. It is true that neo liberalism and big business has failed to make society or communities better, it has failed us and the environment, they are parasitical and we really need someone to turn to in these dark times who can do something about it. I am just confused as to why that hero has to be a pedophile rapist with criminal convictions and fraudulent businesses, a fascist and a racist, old as hell, fat and stupid, born into privilege, a cold heartless landlord and a cultural wasteland of a person who likes to fawn over supermodels and traffic women. No names of course. A clue... it's not Bill Gates or the boss of Pepsi. Ah yes the NGOs and USAID are at the root of all evil aren't they wanting to end world hunger. Ah yes Russia that hero state where the quality of life for most people barely rises above the grade of heavy depression and alcoholism, and for good reasons. A shit economy, stripped of its dignity by a mafia state, which likes to routinely arrest and murder it's own citizens, and one that likes to spend countless billions on a hybrid war with Europe and the UK rather than spending it on fucking hospitals. You really believe he's moving away from the imperialist clutches of wall street? What are the actual things which have occurred to suggest wall street is weaker under Trump? He's had 4 years 2016-2020 in power and now again embarking on another term and as far as I can see the stock market has never been more of a bubble, more damaging and more highly inflated and inequality of wealth never worse especially in the US. And this is not me spouting an opinion, there's factual evidence for it, not that you'd trust any of the journalists who'd trojan the inconvenient truth into your pathetic little fantasy land.

I as indeed pretty amazed by that one because Canon is actually the last company I would have expected that from. I think the 35mm 1.4 and 50mm 1.5 from Nikon Z go in the same direction, I find those quite interesting.

The new Canon RF 45mm 1.2 should fit ur taste.. similar rendering as the old EF 50mm 1.2 but much lighter and abit smaller.

It actually makes sense. He mentioned that European sales are up and that it wasn’t efficient to have each country running its own Pro Service. A single centralized service for all of Europe is logical—after all, it is one market, and one service center is enough to cover it. Plus, the European market benefits from a 5-year warranty, which is far more generous than what’s offered in the U.S. That level of coverage is already considered enough by U.S. standards and makes American pricing less competitive, whereas European prices for other brands are often higher anyway. I also get the impression that they’re preparing to offer additional types of services in Europe.

True. I suspect that a hardware hack could, possibly, improve thing. Panasonic at one point used to make one of the best liquid metal thermal pastes on the planet. Probably if one of these phones can be opened and paste be applied and then the back has some contraption whereby the heat could dissipate on the outside (whether by wiring or by a metallic 3D Printer made back), then this may work wonders for heat management.