Andrew - EOSHD

Look at this total fail... "vlog" / VLOG marketing confusion. Unconvincing shilling. Completely uncharismatic Panasonic rep It's a car crash from start to finish. Embarrassing.

It was pretty factual, not too hyperbolical. Making a camera is hard and reviews can really hurt sales. I can see why a company doesn't like it when the balance of a review is negative. I am sure there are those at Panasonic who don't like my thoughts on the G100! Well, they have to take stock of it and listen. Personally, I think Z-CAM do that. And that is the important thing here. The Camera Conspiracies guy seems to be growing to be mega popular. Like the next Kai. I must be missing something because I find it all a bit amateurish yet between them he and Kai are commanding MASSIVE audiences. To be honest it makes me feel really fed up because I've poured 10 years of my life into filmmaking and original content, but it turns out I should have just put on a funny voice and walk down the street making quips instead. Or is it just likeable satire? I can't decide. Sometimes he is actually right. He is right about the G100 for one.

LX100 II, G95 and now G100 I also think no IBIS on GH5S was a major misstep, or at least not having that sensor in ANY body WITH IBIS was! I cannot see sales doing very well if they are going to make big mistakes with every new release.

So done a bit more experimenting with the picture profile: Off function. It does recover highlight detail It does reveal a lot of shadow detail. If it barks like LOG, is it a DLOG? That is the question. Your RAW question @kuau: yes, RAW is no profile, but can be compressed to a LOG format after. LOG is a form of compressing the full dynamic range of the RAW data into H.264, ProRes, etc.

I did notice one tried to escape.

I agree But the internet was a chance for a change for the better. It is gutting to me to see it all unravel.

Yes and it is cameras like the G100 which will topple Panasonic if they carry on investing hard cash into those terrible decisions that came up with it. I am genuinely concerned for the company. The full frame Panasonic cameras have not exactly been flying off shelves lately, either. I feel that one of the most creative camera engineering teams in the business is being badly let down by marketing forces and poor product planning / conception. Watching that dreadful Panasonic rep in the C5D video was unbearable. The idiots she takes us for. Atrocious. Saying they couldn't put a larger sensor on a connected device. They have already done it!! CM1! There is zero reason in 2020 with the technology we have that a micro four thirds camera cannot connect directly to social network sites via 4G. They are even cannibalising their GH5 sales with some shitty cheap camera, because the GH5 was a popular vlogging camera in its own right. I hope Panasonic have an internal enquiry into this debacle after the G100 sales flop and ALL those responsible take full responsibility. Fire them if required. And get the damned AF fixed on the S1 / S1H successors too. You an do it all quicker on a smartphone. A large sensor smartphone - maybe I would be interested, but they couldn't put a Micro Four Thirds lens mount on that, the optics would be too large to be jeans pocketable. Panasonic seem to think YouTubers shoot 1080p and edit videos on their iPad. In what year? 2011? 100% agree

This is not my experience and I've met Kinson at IBC in person! Very nice guys, open to feedback and they constantly fix and improve firmware. I believe you are confusing defensive fanboy users on Facebook with Z-CAM themselves! It is good enough that Kinson actually takes the time to engage directly with users on Facebook. Do you see the Canon CEO doing that?

This video literally repulses me The way she dodges the crop factor specs is just one of the horrible things in it (5:20) Johnny being the other!

I feel really sorry to write this blog post after all Panasonic have done for us over the years. GH1, GH2, GH4, GH5, GH5S, S1, S1H, LX100, a long stream of affordable 4K cameras and a big commitment to enthusiasts and filmmakers! But recently I feel they are making absolutely bone-headed decisions. Who is responsible? Thoughts on Panasonic G100 – Why they got it so VERY wrong https://www.eoshd.com/news/thoughts-on-panasonic-g100-why-they-got-it-so-very-wrong/

If they could be made to realise how profitable it would be for the entire industry, they'd probably be onboard but still pulling the strings all the same to get their products in front of an audience.

But Flat is. The question is this... How close to LOG is it? Is it LOG by another name? Did Sigma have to change the naming convention for licensing reasons with Sony for their sensor?

The forum has a new feature. It's an argue amongst yourself privately and save the EOSHD audience pages of off topic bullshit button. https://www.eoshd.com/comments/messenger/compose/

It seems to be some sort of flat profile now in the Off mode. Desaturated, brings the shadows up. Definitely seems to be more "Flat profile" than LOG but still interesting to further experiment with.

Some fair points in this

It was quite loose on mine and there's no positive locking adapter for EF that I know of at least.

Only the AF was better really. I did not warm much to it, and sent mine back to Amazon for a refund. Didn't even really feel the need to review it, because for the same money (actually less) you can buy a used E-M1 II which is very similar and better in many ways - ergonomically for instance, it also has LOG and latest AF speeds. So if you are going to move up from the E-M10 III, get a used E-M1 II or G9 for £650 that's my advice!

Here is an idea for all the camera companies. How about instead of flying everybody to Hawaii they start a fund for proper journalists and artists. From that fund, lots of great resources about cameras will spring and it will inspire others to take up the hobby or career of photos / videos. The shilling thing will eat itself eventually anyway and kill YouTube completely as a trustworthy website.

Fuck me. Glad we are back on topic

Maybe there aren't many left to point you to. But perhaps also if every thread you posted in didn't descend into rambling sycophantic difficult to understand nonsense about me, we'd find out.

Isn't Sony just cannibalising their A6400 with the "vlogging" RX100 clone? Seems stupid. Panasonic are probably hurting sales of the GH5, G90 and more besides with the GX9-clone for vloggers.

I'd prefer you would not focus on me so much in the threads. I find it embarrassing to be honest. Talk to somebody else.

The crop factor stills reduces the market for a stills camera, because full frame is the pro standard. It doesn't mean to say there is not a place for S16 and M43 in cinema, or even in stills. It does mean to say that customer choice is important and Olympus never stepped outside the one sensor size fits all bracket.

Again you are going on about the personal when the topic can and should be about the objective. Philip Bloom makes glossy reviews. That doesn't mean to say I am attacking him for it. However then @rawshooter pointed out that he was on a marketing directory of paid influencers. Which sort of reinforces the whole point of what I am saying about YouTube and marketing doesn't it. You are ok to think whatever. I don't think it is aggressive but it is subliminal shilling. The internet should not be a big shill platform in my view. They dominate in their role actually. At our expense. The Internet is user generated and interactive. It is actually up to us to make good content ourselves, and not just to surf for it. Are you suggesting I will sell out eventually? It is not just a business. Exactly You have only seen one post. I don't have to justify the 4th time I tell somebody to leave the community. 1 ban should be enough. If they rejoin again and again afterwards it doesn't matter what they post, they're almost always coming back with a vengeance towards the site owner and they're not welcome any more. Is this in any way difficult to understand?

He was banned before twice and rejoined a third time to troll this topic. You think that's ok?