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Definitely. I did a brief comparison of a VLOG frame and shooting the same in flat with ISO lowered, I used the same node tree I did with my Nikon z6 8 bit flat and was able to get color and highlight rolloff real close.

Just make sure you're testing the options in the full image pipeline, so comparing finished 709 grades. So many people only test one part of the pipeline and ignore the rest. I haven't really experimented much with the AF on the GH7 as I'm used to the AF on the GX85 etc, and I tend to use manual lenses in lower light. AF is very difficult to test as well, and @Davide DB has posted before about how lens-dependent it can be too. Maybe there are AF tests online? Playing peekaboo with your camera seems a popular camera reviewer pastime!

Curious how you find the gh7 autofocus fares at the higher IsoS

Certainly agree I took a bit of time to test some stuff out yesterday evening. I do switch my picture profile from VLOG to FLAT I can lower my ISO from 5,000 to 1,000. Gotta do further test though on my ultimate thoughts on the autofocus.

What is this? A LAPTOP FOR ANTS?

Here is one under €1000 mark.

I'm not sure how this would translate, but my GH7 does far better when I raise the ISO to get a proper exposure in-camera vs shooting under exposed and raising the exposure in post. For some reason the shadows are quite noisy, even at native ISOs. This is shooting in C4K Prores so it's not a codec issue.

Just a note to say that it would probably be worth doing some tests ahead of the event. Situations like this involve many variables and most often people don't consider all of them because they don't do any methodical tests. You are assuming that the AF will work differently between different picture profiles, but I would suggest the AF would be operating on the image before the picture profile is applied, so it shouldn't matter... but, once again, you should test this to confirm. Another thing to consider is if you can push the shutter angle to 270 degrees or even 360 degrees. If it's a worship setting then making the footage seem a bit more surreal might be appropriate, and you can get another half or full-stop of exposure this way. You should also test NR in post - it's not ideal but it might give a better result overall considering none of your scenarios are operating in the cameras ideal operating range. I've done a lot of shooting with cameras at/beyond their capabilities and when you're pushing things you're trading off the drawbacks of each strategy.

Tesla's sales numbers in much of Europe would lead me to believe that their increase in most countries has nearly completely stalled. Aside from BYD and Xioami being cheaper, their CEO's aren't making white power salutes on stage and/or collaborating with a president who has begun to threaten military action against Denmark (and as of today, Iceland???).

OK so not officially banned as such, but make it near impossible to be competitive in the US. I suspect that although Tesla seem to be everywhere in the UK at the moment (when I was there recently) and increasing in France, companies such as Xiaomi are going to begin to supplant them soon as they are considerably cheaper. I imagine that will hurt Tesla financially and the US economy and be another example of how these trade tariffs are going to backfire. But pure speculation on my part. I don’t claim to be an economist.

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Would it be worth quoting Genesis 1:3 as this would solve the high ISO need… (with apologies)

I’m actually thinking of in lowlight staying in Vlog and trying to keep my ISO at 2500 as much as I can. VLOG seems to have really solid under exposure latitude and AF seems to work at 4/5 stops under so instead of shooting at 12,800 ISO I could stay at 2500 ISO and raise exposure in post. The idea is that then PDAF stays enabled and gives me usable autofocus.

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It's not a guess. Trump's kid is a major investor in a US-based drone manufacturer. If they actually cared about security, they would have performed the audit that the law required (and that DJI was demanding that they do) instead of refusing to perform it.

There is a 100% tariff on electric vehicles from China, so BYD is not sold in the US. EVs from Europe have a 25% tariff (based on what I could find out). Tesla is being given relatively free reign. I don't think this will actually help Tesla in the long run as it allows them to operate (in the US market) without really being competitive (on the world market). Tariffs can be useful to help some industries grow but Tesla kind of started the EV boom and they should have had enough time to develop their production so that they can compete on the world market without subsidies or tariffs.

Have they banned Chinese car imports? Surely that is a far bigger industry and threatens home grown products like Tesla? Their car company BYD makes more cars than Tesla now and at much cheaper prices…

Some first impressions of the G9II; finally starting to shoot with it but will have my first very demanding shoot this weekend. I did some filming at a worship conference early this week. Image is thick and grades well. Lowlight is clean up to 3200 ISO and gets very noisy very fast. So far I shot on the super efficient mp4 4k 72mbps. When really pushing ISO at 6400 and 12,800 image seems to soften. This might not happen once I try the all-i codecs that have substantially higher bitrates. One thing I noticed, this camera has hybrid PDAF and Contrast-detect AF. At high ISOs the PDAF seems to turn off or become severely reduced...i start to get autofocus pulsing and it is not as responsive. It is not HORRIBLE and is still likely better than a gh5, but its not the snappy reliable PDAF that this camera normally operates at. I need to do more extensive testing, btu it seems up to around ISO 2500 or 3200 you can expect good AF performance, but seems to worsen from there. I will be shooting a big concert-style christian event this weekened and the venue has lots of contrasty DMX lighting which looks beautiful but is def a lower light scenereo. I am toying with shooting in CineD V2 in lowlight. What seems to happen is when I shoot in a flat 709 PP, I can lower my ISO and get a comparable exposure. I know that LOG needs a higher ISO in lowlight bc its capturing a much wider dynamic range...and once you grade LOG if its exposed well the noise differences vanish. But with CINEd V2 i can lower my ISO probably 1 to 1 1/2 stops and get a good exposure. Im thinking in terms of how the sensor behaves, it would allow me to more frequently keep the ISO at below 3200 which in tern means keeping good autofocus performance since it seems to again worsen above 3200 ISO. I am also thinking that since the picture profile will be more contrasty, if i need to crank my ISO ever the autofocus would be better because it is analyzing a more contrasty image. I think it will still grade well; it is still going to be 10 bit and i suppose the extra V-LOG DR is not terribly necessary in low light. Plus, the codec is still 10 bit so colors should manage well; i would run the footage through the same node tree i used for Nikon Z6 Flat 8 bit, which basically is modified CSTs in/out of Davinci Wide gamut with modifications to artificlaly smooth highlight rolloff.

He will no doubt do some chicanery that feathers his own nest. Some sort of bogus licensing where DJI have to pay for the use of one of the raft of Chinese held patents that his daughter mysteriously got granted there during his first term. Of course, vanity will also dictate that they have to change the name from DJI to DJT for which they will also have to pay a licensing fee.

This is something I don't see people mentioning enough. That era, right before the gen2 S series cameras, they were nailing color science in lumix bodies. I'm keeping my eye on used prices, sensor streaking issues n all.

I'm considering changing my GH5 to a G9II after testing the S1II and finding that the image is still nasty and digital looking. I've not had extensive testing yet as an A camera, I can potentially get a loaner for a weekend but just out of curiosity, how are you all finding the battery life and overheating (if any) for long takes in C4K?

I don't understand how the US expects to solve potential security problems caused by these products if they allow them to be operated as before. My guess is that there is a longer-yerm perspective and they want to hinder DJI and other manufacturers' sales in order to allow American companies to take the market and a soft transition would mean the customers can fly their drones until they crash them or wear them out, and then replace with new US products. My guess though is that the US companies will never make competitive products for the consumer market and the government policy can change as soon as they realize that. It should be simple enough to verify that the code on the device does not transmit data to China without the user's permission and DJI could easily host any flight log analysis within the US rather than send it overseas. This is about something other than security IMO.

i'm not sure what the government could do to shut them down, but DJI's app uses/needs GPS and I could see them threatening to fine/sanction DJI if they don't geofence out non-approved drones. But at this point, I don't think there are any existing DJI products that aren't approved.

Very witty. If WW III starts, photographers with drones can then make films about it, so drones may be very useful. I would imagine the operation of unapproved drones can be shut down in the US territory based on GPS data, so IMO it would be pretty risky to invest in equipment that is not approved.