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Canon C70 -> HDMI voltage injector -> EVF = working, but only in with "System Frequency" set to 59.94 Hz and "Frame Rate" to 59.94P. Any other FPS or frequency will cause a black screen. I tried to be clever and set "Network" to "On" in the C70 settings (to enable power on the USB-C port) and power the HDMI voltage injector from there (using a USB-C to USB-A adapter) but this didn't cause the EVF to power on.

After reading the posts in this thread again I realised I have the C70 "System Frequency" set to 50.00 Hz. This also sets the HDMI output to 50FPS. When choosing 59.94 Hz and "Frame Rate" to 59.94P the flickering on the EVF (when connected through the FeelWorld monitor) goes away. Canon C70 -> FeelWorld -> EVF = working, no flickering only at 59.94P. A bit limiting only being able to use this on a C70 for 59.94P... especially in a PAL region.

Received the V780H EVF today to try with my Canon C70 (and Feelworld F5PROX monitor) but unfortunately I can't get it working properly with these devices. I've tried powerin the EVF via the included HDMI voltage injector (5V via USB, using several USB power supplies) but this didn't make a difference. Canon C70 HDMI out is set to 1080p and "Linked to HDMI Monitor" is set to "Off". Canon C70 -> EVF = not working Canon C70 -> HDMI voltage injector -> EVF = not working Canon C70 -> FeelWorld -> EVF = working, but EVF image is strobing/flickering The EVF itself does work when connected to my MacBook (but I wasn't able to make it work with the FeelWorld monitor in between. MacBook HDMI -> EVF = working (1920x1080@60fps) MacBook HDMI -> FeelWorld -> EVF = not working (resolution 960x540@60fps, 1920x1080@60fps, 1920x1080@60fps (low resolution))

Well I am not going to stake my life on it, but as far as I am aware, the S5II definitely does not and neither do the S1II, S1RII and that other one, the E? Pretty confident though… There is a company called Kolari (or something like that) that make some kind of clip in filter though.

Are you sure?

Ah well, if you had a proper understanding of time & space theory, you would understand that by meddling with time, you would create an alternative reality and someone like failed businessman Donald Trump could one day become president of the USA…and then we’d all be fucked. Phew, luckily for us, that documentary turned out to be a fake and they made up the entire story!

The only Lumix camera that has an OLPF as far as I am aware, is the S1H I don’t have anymore. It’s just not something I have any concerns about as I just don’t ever see it. There has been the odd time I think I have and a quick zoom in or out shows it is only at a specific size in editing software vs I suppose, my specific screen size, but otherwise does not exist and certainly not in the end result. 🤷‍♂️

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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