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Well, there's one hell of a metaphor in the "context" of this.

"Tsumura-san confirmed that photographers who compose through viewfinders “strongly request the inclusion of an EVF,” and that Panasonic is considering the balance between compact size and EVF inclusion as they work to “meet the expectations of as many customers as possible.” LOL. GM5 anyone?

Yes, I don’t get it either. You are in the full-frame LUMIX ecosystem and are considering a new camera and on your interest list is the latest options from Nikon and from Sony. You are increasingly tempted to jump ship even though it’s a big move. Which one of the below options do you wish to hear? A: We are working on a new flagship camera that will be launched in the Summer. B: Expanded horizons, creative direction, global market strategies, Operation Epic Bullshit, waffle waffle waffle, blah di blah di blah. I didn’t watch it and haven’t read a single word of it but 100% sure it wasn’t A: A perfect example of how not to retain customers. There is a saying which applies to all business and that is no matter the size, small, medium or large/international, just because you are in business, doesn’t mean you are any good at business. Some companies are more clueless than others…

This. Every review for the past decade has talked about firmware updates "hopefully the brand will do this of fix that". They never do. I'm in the Nikon ecosystem so I'm tempted to sell my xh2s for the ZR, but it's more of a sideways move. I'd lose open gate, and fuji has a great image. But the Fuji isn't reliable, especially with AF.

Agree this is a waste of time. They should say "a cinema camera is coming" or "the S1ii is our cinema camera". Either would help a lot of consumers decide what their next move is.

On the cined web site, there is a text version summarizing the interview - much less time-consuming to digest.

Hi! I just stumbled upon this thread and thought I'd share an OKLab conversion DCTL I wrote about a year ago. It;s written as a header file to be included in any other DCTL you may need it for. It supports conversion from ACES, Davinci Wide and Rec.709/sRGB. OKLab_Transform.h: #line 2 #ifndef ENCODING_ENUMS_DEFINED_IN_UI enum Encoding { gAcc, gAcct, gDWI, gLIN, g709, gSRGB }; #endif #ifndef COLORSPACE_ENUMS_DEFINED_IN_UI enum ColorSpace { cACES0, cACES1, cDWG, c709 }; #endif // ============================================================= // Util // ============================================================= // ============================================================= __DEVICE__ float powCf(float base, float exp) { return _copysignf(_powf(_fabs(base), exp), base); } __DEVICE__ float3 VecMatMul3x3(const float3 m[3], float3 v) { float3 r; r.x = m[0].x * v.x + m[0].y * v.y + m[0].z * v.z; r.y = m[1].x * v.x + m[1].y * v.y + m[1].z * v.z; r.z = m[2].x * v.x + m[2].y * v.y + m[2].z * v.z; return r; } // ============================================================= // Matrices // ============================================================= // ============================================================= // These matrices are the concatenated forms of (colorspace -> XYZ -> OKlms) // or, XYZToLMS @ ColorspaceToXYZ and, XYZToColorspace @ LMSToXYZ // original matrices are included as comments at the bottom of this script // ACES (AP0) // ============================== __CONSTANT__ float3 mat_ACES0_LMS[3] = { {0.90454662f, 0.26349909f, -0.15602258f }, {0.35107161f, 0.6766934f, -0.03056591f }, {0.13684644f, 0.19250255f, 0.62038067f } }; __CONSTANT__ float3 mat_LMS_ACES0[3] = { {1.2881401f, -0.58554348f, 0.29511118f }, {-0.67171287f, 1.76268516f, -0.08208556f }, {-0.0757131f, -0.41779486f, 1.57228749f } }; // ACES (AP1) // ============================== __CONSTANT__ float3 mat_ACES1_LMS[3] = { {0.64173446f, 0.35314498f, 0.0171437f }, {0.27463463f, 0.63099904f, 0.09156544f }, {0.10036508f, 0.18723743f, 0.66212716f } }; __CONSTANT__ float3 mat_LMS_ACES1[3] = { {2.04479741f, -1.17697875f, 0.10982058f }, {-0.88115384f, 2.15979229f, -0.27586256f }, {-0.06077576f, -0.43234352f, 1.57164623f } }; // ITU BT.709 // ============================== __CONSTANT__ float3 mat_709_LMS[3] = { { 0.4122214708f, 0.5363325363f, 0.0514459929f }, { 0.2119034982f, 0.6806995451f, 0.1073969566f }, { 0.0883024619f, 0.2817188376f, 0.6299787005f } }; __CONSTANT__ float3 mat_LMS_709[3] = { { 4.0767416621f, -3.3077115913f, 0.2309699292f }, { -1.2684380046f, 2.6097574011f, -0.3413193965f }, { -0.0041960863f, -0.7034186147f, 1.7076147010f } }; // Davinci Wide // ============================== __CONSTANT__ float3 mat_DWG_LMS[3] = { { 0.68570951f, 0.45574409f, -0.14156279f }, { 0.27427422f, 0.81179945f, -0.08604675f }, { 0.04351009f, 0.15072461f, 0.80624495f } }; __CONSTANT__ float3 mat_LMS_DWG[3] = { { 1.8836253f, -1.09713301f, 0.21364045f }, { -0.63460063f, 1.57752473f, 0.05693684f }, { 0.01698397f, -0.23570436f, 1.21814431f } }; // OKLab <-> Cone Response // ============================== __CONSTANT__ float3 mat_LMS_LAB[3] = { { 0.2104542553f, 0.7936177850f, -0.0040720468f }, { 1.9779984951f, -2.4285922050f, 0.4505937099f }, { 0.0259040371f, 0.7827717662f, -0.8086757660f } }; __CONSTANT__ float3 mat_LAB_LMS[3] = { { 1.0f, 0.3963377774f, 0.2158037573f }, { 1.0f, -0.1055613458f, -0.0638541728f }, { 1.0f, -0.0894841775f, -1.2914855480f } }; // ============================================================= // Transfer Functions // ============================================================= // ============================================================= // ACEScc // ============================== __DEVICE__ float ACEScc_DecodeBase(float v, float a, float b, float upperClampThreshold, float lowerDecodeThreshold, float two_m16) { float out = v; if (v >= upperClampThreshold) out = 65504.0f; else if (v < lowerDecodeThreshold) out = (_exp2f(v * b - a) - two_m16) * 2.0f; else out = _exp2f(v * b - a); return out; } __DEVICE__ float3 ACEScc_Decode(float3 in) { const float two_m16 = _exp2f(-16.0f); const float a = 9.72f; const float b = 17.52f; const float lowerDecodeThreshold = (a - 15.0f) / b; const float upperClampThreshold = (_log2f(65504.0f) + a) / b; float3 out = in; out.x = ACEScc_DecodeBase(out.x, a, b, upperClampThreshold, lowerDecodeThreshold, two_m16); out.y = ACEScc_DecodeBase(out.y, a, b, upperClampThreshold, lowerDecodeThreshold, two_m16); out.z = ACEScc_DecodeBase(out.z, a, b, upperClampThreshold, lowerDecodeThreshold, two_m16); return out; } __DEVICE__ float ACEScc_EncodeBase(float v, float a, float b, float negConstant, float two_m15, float two_m16) { float out; if (v < 0.0f) out = negConstant; else if (v < two_m15) out = (_log2f(two_m16 + v * 0.5f) + a) / b; else out = (_log2f(v) + a) / b; return out; } __DEVICE__ float3 ACEScc_Encode(float3 in) { const float two_m16 = _exp2f(-16.0f); const float two_m15 = _exp2f(-15.0f); const float a = 9.72f; const float b = 17.52f; const float negConstant = (_log2f(two_m16) + a) / b; float3 out = in; out.x = ACEScc_EncodeBase(out.x, a, b, negConstant, two_m15, two_m16); out.y = ACEScc_EncodeBase(out.y, a, b, negConstant, two_m15, two_m16); out.z = ACEScc_EncodeBase(out.z, a, b, negConstant, two_m15, two_m16); return out; } // ACEScct // ============================== __DEVICE__ float3 ACEScct_Encode(float3 in) { const float a = 9.72f; const float b = 17.52f; const float X_BRK = 0.0078125f; const float A = 10.5402377416545f; const float B = 0.0729055341958355f; float3 out; out.x = (in.x <= X_BRK) ? (A * in.x + B) : ((_log2f(in.x) + a) / b); out.y = (in.y <= X_BRK) ? (A * in.y + B) : ((_log2f(in.y) + a) / b); out.z = (in.z <= X_BRK) ? (A * in.z + B) : ((_log2f(in.z) + a) / b); return out; } __DEVICE__ float3 ACEScct_Decode(float3 in) { const float a = 9.72f; const float b = 17.52f; const float Y_BRK = 0.155251141552511f; const float A = 10.5402377416545f; const float B = 0.0729055341958355f; float3 out = in; out.x = (in.x > Y_BRK) ? _exp2f(in.x * b - a) : ((in.x - B) / A); out.y = (in.y > Y_BRK) ? _exp2f(in.y * b - a) : ((in.y - B) / A); out.z = (in.z > Y_BRK) ? _exp2f(in.z * b - a) : ((in.z - B) / A); return out; } // Davinci Intermediate // ============================== __DEVICE__ float3 DWI_Decode(float3 in) { float3 out = in; float a = 0.0075; float b = 7.0; float c = 0.07329248; float m = 10.44426855; float log_cut = 0.02740668; out.x = in.x > log_cut ? powCf(2.0f, (in.x / c) - b) - a : in.x / m; out.y = in.y > log_cut ? powCf(2.0f, (in.y / c) - b) - a : in.y / m; out.z = in.z > log_cut ? powCf(2.0f, (in.z / c) - b) - a : in.z / m; return out; } __DEVICE__ float3 DWI_Encode(float3 in) { float3 out = in; float a = 0.0075; float b = 7.0; float c = 0.07329248; float m = 10.44426855; float lin_cut = 0.00262409; out.x = in.x > lin_cut ? (_log2f(in.x + a) + b) * c : in.x * m; out.y = in.y > lin_cut ? (_log2f(in.y + a) + b) * c : in.y * m; out.z = in.z > lin_cut ? (_log2f(in.z + a) + b) * c : in.z * m; return out; } // ITU BT.709 // ============================== __DEVICE__ float3 BT709_Decode(float3 in) { float3 out = in; out.x = out.x < 0.081f ? out.x / 4.5f : powCf((out.x + 0.099f) / 1.099f, 1.0f / 0.45f); out.y = out.y < 0.081f ? out.y / 4.5f : powCf((out.y + 0.099f) / 1.099f, 1.0f / 0.45f); out.z = out.z < 0.081f ? out.z / 4.5f : powCf((out.z + 0.099f) / 1.099f, 1.0f / 0.45f); return out; } __DEVICE__ float3 BT709_Encode(float3 in) { float3 out = in; out.x = out.x < 0.018 ? out.x * 4.5f : 1.099f * powCf(out.x, 0.45f) - 0.099f; out.y = out.y < 0.018 ? out.y * 4.5f : 1.099f * powCf(out.y, 0.45f) - 0.099f; out.z = out.z < 0.018 ? out.z * 4.5f : 1.099f * powCf(out.z, 0.45f) - 0.099f; return out; } // sRGB // ============================== __DEVICE__ float3 sRGB_Decode(float3 in) { float3 out = in; out.x = out.x < 0.04045 ? out.x / 12.92f : powCf((out.x + 0.055f) / 1.055f, 2.4f); out.y = out.y < 0.04045 ? out.y / 12.92f : powCf((out.y + 0.055f) / 1.055f, 2.4f); out.z = out.z < 0.04045 ? out.z / 12.92f : powCf((out.z + 0.055f) / 1.055f, 2.4f); return out; } __DEVICE__ float3 sRGB_Encode(float3 in) { float3 out = in; out.x = out.x < 0.0031308 ? out.x * 12.92f : 1.055f * powCf(out.x, 1.0f / 2.4f) - 0.055f; out.y = out.y < 0.0031308 ? out.y * 12.92f : 1.055f * powCf(out.y, 1.0f / 2.4f) - 0.055f; out.z = out.z < 0.0031308 ? out.z * 12.92f : 1.055f * powCf(out.z, 1.0f / 2.4f) - 0.055f; return out; } // ============================================================= // Convert // ============================================================= // ============================================================= __DEVICE__ float3 Decode(float3 in, int tFunction) { float3 out = in; switch (tFunction) { case gAcc: out = ACEScc_Decode(in); break; case gAcct: out = ACEScct_Decode(in); break; case gDWI: out = DWI_Decode(in); break; case g709: out = BT709_Decode(in); break; case gSRGB: out = sRGB_Decode(in); break; } return out; } __DEVICE__ float3 Encode(float3 in, int tFunction) { float3 out = in; switch (tFunction) { case gAcc: out = ACEScc_Encode(in); break; case gAcct: out = ACEScct_Encode(in); break; case gDWI: out = DWI_Encode(in); break; case g709: out = BT709_Encode(in); break; case gSRGB: out = sRGB_Encode(in); break; } return out; } __DEVICE__ float3 OKLab_OKLCh(float3 lab) { float C = _hypotf(lab.y, lab.z); float h = _atan2f(lab.z, lab.y); return make_float3(lab.x, C, h); } __DEVICE__ float3 OKLCh_OKLab(float3 lch) { float a = lch.y * cosf(lch.z); float b = lch.y * sinf(lch.z); return make_float3(lch.x, a, b); } __DEVICE__ float3 RGB_OKLab(float3 rgb, int colorspace) { const float3* mat; switch (colorspace) { case cACES0: mat = mat_ACES0_LMS; break; case cACES1: mat = mat_ACES1_LMS; break; case cDWG: mat = mat_DWG_LMS; break; case c709: mat = mat_709_LMS; break; } float3 lms = VecMatMul3x3(mat, rgb); float3 lms_; lms_.x = cbrt(lms.x); lms_.y = cbrt(lms.y); lms_.z = cbrt(lms.z); return VecMatMul3x3(mat_LMS_LAB, lms_); } __DEVICE__ float3 OKLab_RGB(float3 lab, int colorspace) { const float3* mat; switch (colorspace) { case cACES0: mat = mat_LMS_ACES0; break; case cACES1: mat = mat_LMS_ACES1; break; case cDWG: mat = mat_LMS_DWG; break; case c709: mat = mat_LMS_709; break; } float3 lms = VecMatMul3x3(mat_LAB_LMS, lab); lms.x = powCf(lms.x, 3.0f); lms.y = powCf(lms.y, 3.0f); lms.z = powCf(lms.z, 3.0f); return VecMatMul3x3(mat, lms); } __DEVICE__ float3 RGB_OkLCh(float3 rgb, int colorspace) { float3 lab = RGB_OKLab(rgb, colorspace); return OKLab_OKLCh(lab); } __DEVICE__ float3 OKLCh_RGB(float3 lch, int colorspace) { float3 lab = OKLCh_OKLab(lch); return OKLab_RGB(lab, colorspace); } // ============================================================= // Ref Matrices // ============================================================= // ============================================================= // DWG -> XYZ // 0.70062239, 0.14877482, 0.10105872 // 0.27411851, 0.87363190, -0.14775041 // -0.09896291, -0.13789533, 1.32591599 // XYZ -> DWG // 1.51667204, -0.28147805, -0.14696363 // -0.46491710, 1.25142378, 0.17488461 // 0.06484905, 0.10913934, 0.76141462 // 709 -> XYZ // 0.4123908, 0.35758434, 0.18048079 // 0.21263901, 0.71516868, 0.07219232 // 0.01933082, 0.11919478, 0.95053215 // XYZ -> 709 // 3.24096994, -1.53738318, -0.49861076 // -0.96924364, 1.8759675, 0.04155506 // 0.05563008, -0.20397696 , 1.05697151 // XYZ -> LMS // 0.8189330101, 0.3618667424, -0.1288597137 // 0.0329845436, 0.9293118715, 0.0361456387 // 0.0482003018, 0.2643662691, 0.6338517070 // LMS -> XYZ // 1.22701385, -0.55779998, 0.28125615 // -0.04058018, 1.11225687, -0.07167668 // -0.07638128, -0.42148198, 1.58616322 Using it another DCTL looks something like this: #line 2 #define ENCODING_ENUMS_DEFINED_IN_UI #define COLORSPACE_ENUMS_DEFINED_IN_UI #include "OKLab_Transforms.h" DEFINE_UI_PARAMS(p_InCSpace, Input Color Space, DCTLUI_COMBO_BOX, 2, {cACES0, cACES1, cDWG, c709}, {ACES (AP0), ACES (AP1), Davinci Wide Gamut, Rec.709 / sRGB / BT.1886}); DEFINE_UI_PARAMS(p_InGamma, Input Gamma, DCTLUI_COMBO_BOX, 2, {gAcc, gAcct, gDWI, gLIN, g709, gSRGB}, {ACEScc, ACEScct, Davinci Intermediate, Linear, Rec.709, sRGB}); __DEVICE__ float3 transform(int p_Width, int p_Height, int p_X, int p_Y, float p_R, float p_G, float p_B) { float3 in = make_float3(p_R, p_G, p_B); float3 out = in; // Convert to OKLCh: float3 linear = Decode(in, p_InGamma); float3 oklch = RGB_OkLCh(linear, p_InCSpace); // Convert back: linear = OKLCh_RGB(oklch, p_InCSpace); out = Encode(linear, p_InGamma); return out; }

Hello, I hope everyone is well! Even though I’m not really active on camera forums anymore, I frequently read the EOSHD blog and every now and then the forum, so I saw the thread and thought I would respond. Because it wasn’t ”poof gone”, it was announced on the channel over a year ago and mentioned in the last three videos. Before going into why, super flattered that this thread exist. I mean that. So here are some thoughts on the matter and why I took it down. Hobby vs Work YouTube was never my job, just a hobby. So was video making and photography, in the beginning. When starting the channel I was working as a producer after a couple of years as a radio/TV reporter. So I started the channel to keep my practical skills fresh. And to keep up with the development, which was huge at the time. The DSLR revolution, Blackmagic, cheaper editors etc. Fast forward a couple of years and I started making more videos at work again. At the same time I pretty much lost all interest in doing it as a hobby. And actually canceled the channel. Winston Churchill was definitely right in saying that work and hobbies should not be too similar. But what I had discovered was a passion for still photography, which I had pretty much no experience with. So I started making videos again. That’s why my videos became very repetitive and short. I didn’t care about that part, I just wanted to display my stills work and get feedback, talk to the community, experiment with cameras and develop. After a few years I became a good enough photographer that my new employer noticed and just like that I was shooting stills professionally all the time. And I still do (I work in marketing and PR). It’s a huge bonus in my field and if you are good at it you will never be out of work. So photography also became less and less of a hobby. Instead I found other hobbies. They where things that for example got me out into nature, so photography tagged a long a while, as a secondary activity. But eventually it faded. It was also nice to do things and not share it with people. I know I probably could have a very successful channel by making videos about my current hobbies, and even make some money. But I never really wanted a channel for the sake of a channel. And always had a full time job. The fact is that at no point would I had been able to live of my channel, not even at the peak. Even with sponsors it was never more that a regular salary (in my field and country). But as long as it was a hobby and I was glad to do it, it was a welcome addition to finance camera gear. Time At the same time as my channel started to feel less fun and other hobbies started taking my time, I started a family. So.. you get the idea: full time job + family + 2-3 hobbies = no YouTube. Upkeep So why take it down, why not leave it for the community? I did.. at first. Like some of you pointed out, the YouTube crowd in the photography/video space is generally nice and positive. That is my experience as well. Early on I learned that a good way of keeping the trolls away was to be present. Respond and engage. Trolls are usually idiots or cowards, so they don’t like getting push back. But once I stopped making videos, views and comments obviously went down. But the trolls started coming back. Not so much after me, and I don’t care about that. But agains the community. The people commenting started being nasty towards each other. I felt a responsibility to moderate, which was annoying. That’s when the thought about simply removing it started to grow. It wasn’t an impuls. It was an internal debate that went on for months. And the issue grew much much larger than a couple of trolls. I started thinking about five years ahead, 10 years, 30 years.. This post is already way too long so I won’t go into all of it. But I think you get the idea when I say: Privacy or when the content no longer reflects the creator. Digital minimalism, control over one’s narrative, inactive or outdated content. Risk of misuse of content due to me not checking the terms updates. Closure. So there is a looong ramble :) To keep in spirit of the forum I can charge my current gear for pro work :) For the longest time I used the EOS-R for 75% of all my work and the R5 (rental) for the rest. It wasn’t mine but my employer told me to buy whatever I wanted. Paired it with a 28, 35 and 70-200. 70/30 stills/video. The R5 is peak camera imo. Today is a little different. I started working for a new company about a year ago and again was told to buy what I needed. I would have bought the R5 without hesitation if it wasn’t for the Sigma 35-150/2-2.8.. I just had to have it. So I ordered the Nikon Z6iii. It’s not as good overall as the R5 for me and what I like in a tool camera. But it’s 90% there. And coupled with that lens it’s becomes on par. //MB