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Exactly. When I overhear people trying out/discussing/buying cameras in stores and at local camera shows, my impression is that taking still photos is the most important reason for buying a camera. Video hardly gets mentioned - it's a secondary 'nice to have, just in case' feature, not the main reason for buying what is perceived as a 'stills' camera (mostly because MILCs still look like traditional 35mm film cameras, I guess). What sells reasonably well for camera manufacturers is probably quite different to what interests people on this video-orientated forum (I know that's the case for me).

^ Dirty Sony Talk ^ But as it’s Andrew’s site… 🫡

Nope. I bought it as a pure stills machine and I will stop there so as not to pollute this thread with dirty Sony talk.

It's like talking Panasonic in a Leica store!

Basic bitches.

After watching the live stream, Sean (of Lumix) said the two new cameras released this week were good sellers in the past and they expect this minor update will keep them as decent sellers into the future. Basically, they're still marked as "available". I'm going to speculate they wanted to change one or two things on them (to make them more competitive of sorts) and they simply had to give them a new product name. Legal made them put the USB-C (with USB 2 speeds). No, they aren't for us- they're for basic consumers.

I really wish they would bring that to Sony cameras. I have just bought a screen protector that I am going to tape up in that aspect ratio however as a ‘fix’.

This is wired I used exactly the same d-tap adapter for 2 years with my R5c and never had this 90 second issue, is just immediate. I use it with FXLION Nano One batteries. Never the less Canon should do an official dtap dummy batter that mimics the EP-E6P. I now moved to two R5II but if I would still be having a R5c I would simply move to EP-E6P and for really long stuff use the USB-C. PS: it is great that Canon made the R5c work with the new battery it really removes the biggest issue I had with the camera.

Always liked the a9 image. It's crispy

Oversampled 7K or 6.2K footage at 3840x2160 has better fine detail only at the extreme end of a test chart, not so much in real-world. Pixel binned full frame 4K looks perfectly fine these days on most high-end cameras like the a7r V in full frame and GFX 100 even given the 9K to 12K resolution of their native chips. It is highly detailed in 99% of real-world subjects with the occasional bit of moire on things like shirts and fabric. They don't line-skip, instead on-sensor these cameras intelligently merge groups of pixels. It's not as good as a quad bayer sensor as data does get binned, but it's still a lot better than the 5D Mark II 1080p days. At pixel peeping levels of magnification, of course it's more noticeable than at normal viewing. So, even less of a problem in the end result on a big screen. Of course if the subject is extra tricky you can switch to APS-C on the high-resolution cameras and they will oversample or do 1:1 https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sony-a7rv-review#VH

By advice would be to dump L-mount and get the GFX 100 with the Fringer EF adapter and Leica M adapter for GFX. It's glorious. The extra pizazz it brings to old SLR lenses when you find a good match, the XPan style wide aspect ratio mode, the massive sensor, the really good 10bit 4K, and the best build quality I have ever had the pleasure of, way better than the SL3 with it's terrible screen construction and dodgy on/off button (couldn't even get that right!) As an added bonus... the phase-detect AF works REALLY well with the Fringer EF adapter and the 50mm F1.4, which is hardly an expensive Canon lens, doesn't have significant vignetting on the larger GFX format sensor.

I should add that compared to the SL3, would I consider or go that route? At 7k for the body alone? Nope. For the same money, ie, if the SL3 was the same price as the A7RV used? Possibly/probably if only to scratch that Leica itch. But then for travel purposes, bigger camera and bigger lenses, so maybe not. It will be interesting to see if A. there is any kind of S2R and then B. what it is, but struggling to see past the A7RV right now for anything hi res and compact(ish).

I considered both for my needs and in the end went for something ‘in the middle’, the A7RV. And I can’t really fault it. It’s a much better piece of kit than the A7CR (better lens platform, vastly better rear screen, 2 card slots…) and not far off the 100mp sensor of the Fuji whilst being more compact and offering far more lens options, never mind the far superior AF. For travel, I’d say its case goes up even further based on the size and weight of the body and the lenses. I know one thing based on my most recent trip to Paris and that is I would not go out on any serious urban or landscape shoot without my 70-180 again. I have mine with the Tamron f2.8 trio of; 20-40, 28-75, 70-180 and when you also factor in one click switch to 26mp crop mode, the focal range and sheer quality of output from such a compact small bag set up, is bonkers. And cost-wise, all available on the used market at pretty decent prices. I think you could score the lot for around 5k not including anything you might sell to help fund it. Japan is No.1 on my bucket list. I would even need to think about what I’d take because it would be this body and 3 lens set up with one small bag.

Slashing the price to clear the old stock out? Might be hints at a new replacement coming in 2025? Perhaps the Pyxis with a MFT mount and the same sensor in it. Maybe with some other cost saving measure? (cheaper/smaller monitor?) If they could release "a Pyxis MFT" sigificantly cheaper than their FF version, say for $1750, then maybe that explains clearing out the BMD Pocket bodies.

Exactly. You got a great deal, for sure. I'm sure you'll enjoy the content made with it. It has so many features and such a nice image. I've been using one for live streaming with a Chinon 50mm f/1.9- works great!

While waiting for new Lumix stuff I’ve decided to enjoy how cheap 2020 technology is getting… My $535 original S5 arrived from The Yahoo Japan Auction this week and I’m finally getting to put my Minolta AF set of lenses to good use with a new adapter. These lenses are still under most people’s radar because of the autofocus but they are a steal for the optics. The end days of Minolta and A mount so right before Sony bought them and used a lot of their lens designs on the first Alpha bodies. The set of 20 f/2.8, 28 f/2, 35 f/1.4, 50 f/1.4, 85 f/1.4 and 100 f/2 rival the Canon FD’s for a fraction of the cost. The 35mm actually gets sold up to $1,500 these days because the rehoused FD’s had no 1.4 option. You can find it for under $500 if you are patient however. so $535 for the camera and $250 for a Ninja V and I’ve got 5.89k ProRes raw, 3.5k Anamorphic and the original S5 processor and nice organic sensor unlike the newer S5ii Not bad… Now to find an S1R for under $1k that’s not a scam…