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The Z6 III likely has a similar optical low-pass filter as the other models of the Z6 series which is reported as one axis only, so if there are high spatial frequencies on the other axis, these can cause moire or other forms of aliasing. Stopping down the lens to smaller apertures (such as f/11, f/16 etc. or using other means to soften the lens, such as a front filter) should eliminate the aliasing (including moire) if it does occur. The cause of this phenomenon is that the adjacent color filter array pixels can get different light (including different color of light), causing an interference pattern to form. Attenuating the high spatial frequencies optically should resolve the issue (and is the normal way to solve the issue). A thicker (two layers) optical low-pass filter on the sensor has the issue that the blurring is always there even though for some subjects (that are random enough not to cause problems) you might prefer the higher sharpness of the weaker, one-axis OLPF that the camera probably has at the moment. In video, moire can (in some cameras) be caused by line-skipping, e.g., when going for a high frame rate mode, this is common with some cameras to achieve 4K120, but on the Z6III 4K120 is achieved by cropping to DX so there is no line-skipping and there should not be any additional aliasing or moire happening due to the use of that mode.

How can it be luck? That's approx 100,000 frames of photography and approx 15,000 5-15 second clips of video (plus another 60 hours of static capture). For the photo side, that has been with; Sony A7RV, Nikon Zf, Lumix S1H and Lumix S1RII. Video, Lumix S5II, S1H, S9 shooting Vlog with LUT baked in. (Except S1H which has OLPF but no facility to bake in LUT). It's just my experience, - what can I say? You have experienced something else, but that doesn't make my experience invalid. What are these cameras of yours that are moire prone?

Sure, over exposing works much better on Z6iii than it did on S5ii. If S1ii’s praise is partly due to baked in NR and over sharpening, then it has the same IQ problems than S5ii has. Thanks! With FW 2.0 view assist exposure looks now the same with NLog than in photo mode, and not over exposed any more😀

I would leave at that. On topic we agree 100%. the “proof” you posted about Tesla proves the original bullshit article is wrong. i would argue there are many car companies that have a lot more political power (in EU) and are guilty of subscription models. Microsoft and their W11 catastrophe comes to mind … and they can do anything to your PC, make SSDs crash (latest security update), and get away with it because you never bought the software ! Anyone running Resolve on Linux btw ?

With the new firmware update released today, view assist now uses RED Technical lut.

That’s down to pure luck. No pro mist filter has ever helped reduced moiré on my moiré prone cameras.

Well I don’t know about the science of wave frequencies or anything at that macro tech level, but can confirm with 100% integrity that using a 1/8th mist reduces or eliminates moire. Because I use them on every lens all the time, for both photo and video and never have moire in either and I mean never. That’s hours and hours of capture plus thousands of exposures, every job, for 2+ years. There are possibly certain material types under certain lighting conditions where it might be forced, but I have not come across it in years. All my VND’s are Freewell 2-5 stop with built in 1/8th mist and for very low light when an ND is not needed, 1/8th mist Firecrest Bloom Gold. There is a trade off of course and that is a lowering of contrast, but I can not only live with that, but prefer it because it all adds up to part of my SOOC ‘filmic’ (less digital) look for video and the base of my ‘filmic’ (more real film-like) look for photo (which being raw requires a lot more editing than my video work). But otherwise moire has not existed in my world since the OG Lumix S5, so 2022.

I’d have gone with X1D3PO myself. But otherwise I guess they are filling that niche of pure photo camera? I’d have one as a my ‘one & done’ along with the new zoom lens, but I couldn’t justify the cost. Instead, 2x S1RII’s + 4 faster primes than the Hassie lens, for a total of approx 1/2 the price (paid approx €2800 for each of my S1RII’s and 3 of my lenses purchased used) and I can shoot 7.2k 30p open gate video. I haven’t looked at a single Hassie review yet, but will in time, just for curiosity, but it still won’t ever be happening for me.

Really? Tell me more. If you wanna mince words about "subscription" vs "upgrade," that's fine, but the one who is bullshit seems to be, in fact, you. As to the rest, if you want to make a statement that an article is full of easily-disproven facts, it is not even remotely unreasonable that somebody asks you to do just that. If they're so easy to disprove, it should hardly be a burden at all - barely an inconvenience! https://electrek.co/2024/07/12/tesla-starts-selling-30-50-miles-of-extra-range-if-you-have-a-recent-model-y-rwd/ Exactly this. And they have the power to crush any upstart competition like insects. And in cases where an upstart does give competition, it's only because they're burning VC money to sell at an unmaintainable discount until they've knocked off enough competition to enshittify and raise their prices (the Uber model).

You probably didn't waste time reading the various links in the article, but I understand if you hate the person. By the way, the accusations are so serious that if they were false, they could take him to court in an instant, but let's not get into that; it's not my place to defend Cory Doctorow here. Indeed, this statement is a bit strong and, said like that, seems absolutely false. But, following the various links to his previous articles, I believe he was referring to his old article: Tesla sells both 60kWh and 75kWh versions of its Model S and Model X cars; but these cars have identical batteries — the 60kWh version runs software that simply misreports the capacity of the battery to the charging apparatus and the car’s owner. https://memex.craphound.com/2017/09/10/teslas-demon-haunted-cars-in-irmas-path-get-a-temporary-battery-life-boost/ BTW, you were complaining that all of this has nothing to do with my initial post. It absolutely does. In both cases, there's a distortion of the concept of property. In the first case, the major music labels do you the favor of letting you listen to "their" music. In the case Andrew cited, Bloomberg claims to have the copyright even on a POTUS speech. In the magical world of subscription, you don't own a f*** thing and they can revoke everything at any moment. In all cases, you are only enabled to consume. Maybe it's too left-wing? And yet the strong concept of private property and possession of a good doesn't come from there. Ciao

Still no video mode on the X2D II. The DPReview preview doesn't even mention it. https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/hasselblad-x2d-ii-100c-initial-review?utm_source=self-desktop&utm_medium=marquee&utm_campaign=traffic_source Yet they added IBIS and an articulated screen, like the GFX 100 II... it has the same sensor as the Fuji... yet doesn't even do 1080p, let alone 8K! This is odd behaviour from DJI! Also still no curtain shutter, so no adaptable lenses (electronic shutter speed is too slow). DJI are not handling the Hasselblad brand very well in my view. And X2D II sounds more like a star wars robot than a camera. X Two D... Two... Why the two twos? Why isn't it called the X1D Mark 3?

As with the fair use copyright strikes there needs to be a layer of legal protection for the smaller guy who doesn't have access to lawyers. Before the lawyers get involved, a judge should be able to quickly throw out spurious BS cases.

I think more than ever there is a power struggle between the law and corporations, we'd do well to keep an eye on that - since most of the normal rules which keep companies in check like product and competition are becoming less of a factor. We have quite a few duopolies, even monopolies in many markets and in many countries. What the corporate bastards have also realised, is that since the pandemic they are able to act like a cartel with patterns of cartel-like behaviour like all of them raising prices in unison and creating exclusivity of market share for themselves, and also making the consumer increasingly dependant on tech as a service... Less of a product, more of an app or a cloud based service. The pandemic accelerated all of this. And that of course is where all the recent subscription bullshit comes in. But of the two quite different topics raised in this thread... I am way more worried about the abuse of the legal system to stifle journalism. The companies in question are Nvidia and Universal Records. I suggest to think twice before handing them your hard earned.

No the burden is not on me. I am not the one writing endlessly long blog posts full of hearsay “facts” without sources. I could write ten pages about you, insinuating all sorts of things, not unlike Andrew Reid’s chatgpt test about himself, and ask you to prove me wrong. I know for a fact Tesla has no subscription that unlocks a bigger battery capacity, so that alone is bullshit. That exact attitude of reposting bullshit, and laying burden of proof with the disagreer is part of the bullshittification of the internet.Apparently you are part of the problem.

Ok, I thought that softer images, tend to decrease moire because it lowers frequencies.

I mean the aim is not to use those 4-5 last stops and put them back at the base exposure, but it tells you that a 3 stop underexposure is still good, meaning your noise floor would still be much better than a camera that would be stuck at 2. Somebody else who likes to do technical test on Nikon cameras has an interesting test between the two, because he was intrigued how could the z6iii that was so criticized for the DR, while the S1ii got so much praise while using the same sensor. For me without the DR boost, the S1ii is still reaching 9 vs about 7 stops of latitude in the case of the Z6iii. The only difference for me is the 9 vs 12 ms for the sensor readout. And I hope Nikon give us, at least the S1ii DR. I already se a z9 which has 14ms sensor readout, so 12 ms is good for me. https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4812023 link to the comparison

I love this thread. Keep em coming. If only the Canon FD 35 105 was not prone to gnarly focussing after several years of use due to ball bearings covered with desolving rubber. There is a very compact 38 to 100mm F3.5 under the Hanimex label, which I really like using for personal filming. Mine has a FD mount. I used to have a video uploaded showing this lens in action, which I shared here before. Vimeo deleted it along with 60 other videos when I canceled my plus account, because they deleted all groups and destroyed the whole community. I really need to read into Nikon glass. All these different versions leave me puzzled.:) @mercer

It worked in all the terminator documentaries !! No crappy steel sports car but i do have a crappy steel suv. Nearing 60, i'll take the comfortable outlander. The DeLorean looks a bit cramped.

trump is going hard on australia at the moment. On friday the new tariffs comes into affect. i grabbed some texts from online that seem relevant. Some of it might be a couple of months old by now. Australia Post will temporarily partially halt sending parcels to the US ahead of the Trump administration’s changes to tariffs on imports. As of Tuesday, businesses will no longer be able to send postal goods to the United States and Puerto Rico until further notice. Those using Business Contract and My Post Business will be most affected, but gifts under $US100 ($A154), letters and documents will not be affected. The move is in response to US President Donald Trump’s changes to customs and import tariff rules that will take effect on Friday. The US government will suspend the de minimis exemption, which currently allows parcels valued $US800 or less to come into the country duty free. Parcels above this value will now require a pre-payment of tariffs prior to the item’s arrival in the US. Australia Post executive general manager of parcel, post and e-commerce services Gary Starr said the company was “disappointed” to have to implement the suspension. However, due to the complex and rapidly evolving situation, a temporary partial suspension has been necessary to allow us to develop and implement a workable solution for our customers,” he said. I suspect aus post is trying to minimize the amount of lost money/ products, as if the US seizes them, good luck getting anything back. The second thing is australia is dead set on limiting under age minors on social networks. We know that social media can be a weapon for bullies, a platform for peer pressure, a driver of anxiety, a vehicle for scammers. And worst of all, a tool for online predators, Australia’s parliament has passed a world-first law banning social media for children under 16, putting tech companies on notice to tighten security before a cut-off date that’s yet to be set. The bill passed the lower house on Wednesday – 102 votes to 13 – before progressing to the Senate. A poll by YouGov conducted this month showed that 77% of Australians support the under-16 ban. The survey was conducted in the second half of this month and sought the views of 1,515 people with a margin of error of 3.2%. The Senate approved the social media ban late on Thursday, the last sitting day of the year, following months of intense public debate and a rushed parliamentary process that saw the bill introduced, debated and passed within a week. Under the new law, tech companies must take “reasonable steps” to prevent under-age users from accessing social media services or face fines of nearly 50 million Australian dollars ($32 million). It’s the world’s toughest response yet to a problem that has seen other countries impose restrictions but not hold companies accountable for breaches of a nationwide ban. The ban is expected to apply to Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and X, but that list could expand. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised the new law on Friday, saying it sent a message to parents that “we’ve got your back.” “Platforms now have a social responsibility to ensure the safety of our kids is a priority for them,” he said. Elon Musk, said in its submission to the inquiry that the platform was “not widely used by minors” but expressed concern about the law’s impact on their freedom of expression. Pretty sure he actually meant he's more scared of his company actually being made accountable for something and the loss of a bunch of impressionable kids probably hurts too..

Of course I tried filtration, but as we know filters have no impact on wave interference.

Back in 1985, I saw a documentary about a guy who was able to travel back in time in a crappy steel sportscar with only 410 megawatts more than that. Maybe that guy could go back in time and stop AI before it even started!

I'm obviously not going to go and manually look up every single fact in that post and provide a citation for it. That's absurd. You said So now the burden is on you. Prove that bullshit wrong. It's apparently easy.

I really do not have any love for Elmo, but there is no way everything you read on that blog post is true. If you have proof otherwise, except that we both have a profound contempt for Elmo, be my guest. In the EU they would be open to a flood of lawsuits, both by users and control organisms. THIS is a big part of the enshittification, the abundance of misinformation by people on the internet that have not gone completely bonkers like most have, but still fall prey to a lack of objective source and fact checking. Mainly because they have a profound dislike for something/someone, thus the things happening or being reported must be true. eg. The Meidas network, I was a fan, but sorry, they are FAR from objective by now, and way too emotional. It comes across as fake instantly, even if I have sympathy for them. but the OP was on a completely other matter. It had nothing to do with misinformation, but everything with abuse of legal power by the big guys. That is the point I wanted to make. Every time as sane person makes an incorrect statement online, it adds to the problem.

I'd seen quite a lot of the info in that post previously as I follow Ed Neidermeyer on BlueSky, who has spent the last 10 years writing about Musk's various crimes. But the bit at the end about newly-tariffed countries no longer having much need to emulate DMCA laws with regard to reverse engineering might just have some bearing on why Trump is suddenly threatening other countries that enact laws to regulate or tax US Big Tech companies.

I also feel, a hundred foot tall version of Ana de Armas is an acceptable use of ai...😉 Speaking of power consumption. When the new / reconditioned or whatever you want to call it nuclear reactor comes online at thee mile island in the next year or two, all of its power is sold to microsoft to power its data servers / Ai. Thats 800 megawatts a year for twenty years, Ai is surely is one hungry little bugger.