Andrew Reid

Absolutely insane pricing. Crop in 4K mode, no 10bit, but other than that practically a GH5. A used G9 or Fuji X-H1 strikes me as a bargain around £650 as well.

It seems Panasonic did not get their research right on this one 10 min limit in 4K for YouTubers... So that rules it out for monologues, interviews, live events, shows, a lot of YouTube content basically. 4K crop... On a camera for YouTubers who need wide angles for self shooting. No phase-detect AF like the Sony rival. YouTubers need reliable AF. No 5 axis IBIS. YouTuber's need IBIS. May as well use a G95.

Just an eSIM could turn around the entire camera industry.

Very bad news indeed. All their best engineers will probably be leaving. What is their loss, may end up being a big gain for other camera manufacturers including Panasonic. As for the decision to sell to JIP. Incredibly unimaginative. There are a lot of other players who could have turned around the Olympus camera division. Chinese companies, American, maybe even Sigma or Samsung could have been interested in the assets and staff. Whereas who wants to work for JIP? The E-1X and E-M1 III will go down in history as the final Olympus cameras. If you buy one now, it's probably a good time to do so as they probably won't be manufactured for much longer.

Somebody leaked the images to 43rumors. It is in the style of a Canon G1 X Mark III Impressively small and light, 300g.

Would be interesting if they did a GX85 style body with phase-detect AF Hopefully not a low-end vlog camera without VLOG LX100 with a swivel screen and no crop in 4K, along with phase-detect AF would also get far more interest outside the niche of vloggers.

Less Canon A7S III more Canon Z6! 🥴

Although you are at ISO 800 you have massive underexposure going on in those images for C-LOG, which means the dark areas where the noise is are more like ISO 12,800 if you push them in post. So the solution is... Stay at ISO 800 but light the scene, or use a faster lens.

The entire Premiere architecture probably needs dumping in the bin like Apple did with Final Cut Pro. Going to be painful days ahead for Adobe if they can't get performance on par with Resolve for modern formats.

Wonder what APS-C L mount camera is coming next? Panasonic?

It's a massive risk to invest in a film. Well done to him. I'm going to watch it tonight.

Brave to spend $700k of your own money on a movie that could disappear without trace. Wonder if he had a contract in the bag with Amazon before starting? If not, then wow... very brave move.

Nice. Is it same optics as Contax Yashica version, or different altogether?

I am wondering how serious the A7 series IBIS fractures are. Whether these are a result of extreme mishandling and falls or just general wear and tear?

Maybe Brian can chime in here, but I can't see such glass would fit FE-mount! Even for a micro four thirds sensor the 0.58x BMPCC Speed Booster glass extends a long way into the camera and almost touches the sensor. This was the first thought that went through my mind when Bo-Ming mentioned it. There are none on eBay apart from in Japan at the moment. And they're not cheap Will have a look in my Berlin haunts and see if one turns up. Contax N glass is generally quite rare.

Metabones recently announced the long-awaited Canon EF mount Speed Booster Ultra for Fuji X, which will be one of the must-have accessories for X-T4 owners. This will have support for phase-detect AF and incorporates Caldwell Optics advanced 5-element ultra-high index tantalum optics. The Caldwell Optics focal reducer remains the best you can get. In this New blog post: https://www.eoshd.com/news/the-big-eoshd-interview-metabones-lens-adapters/

Nothing particular in the specs or on paper is better about it, just personal preferences really, and I have more lenses and adapters for Fuji X-mount. Also, feels really ergonomic with the SmallRig wooden grip to beef it up a bit. X-Pro 2 used on eBay is also worth a look with the 4K firmware update. X-H1 too. A snip at $650 if you're lucky

I don't know if it's digitally enhanced or just very clever acoustics. It isn't applying a DSP to USB or line out. That would be suicide! Here's a pro audio bent review of it: https://medium.com/binary-quavers/a-review-of-apples-16-inch-macbook-pro-for-musicians-audio-engineers-4f92f8da4b82 The benchmarks suggest the thermal issues are fixed. The 15.6" i9 model did get throttled but not the 16"

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I haven't tested it with the Z50. Drop me an email and you can have it for free as long as you tell me whether it works or whether there are any issues? The Z50 is a fine camera indeed for the price. Body design reminds me of the Nikon V2 though, or a cheaper Z7. Not my taste in handling, I think Fuji X-T30 is a bit better overall but no doubting the Z50 is a bargain too

It doesn't. Critical mixing should be done on reference monitors, then once the audio is out there in the wild, a gazillion different variables are at play and you shouldn't even waste a second of time trying to tune something for "a small laptop speaker"... Because it makes it sound bad on 90% of the other speakers, including some very good systems. Believe me when I say, make your audio mixes, grading as good as they can be on the best monitors and screens you can lay your hands on, and call it job done. I agree it feels to me like a sound stage expander, and extended treble is being added to the mix on a MB16, so you have to use USB DAC but the issue of balance isn't specific to the MacBook 16" - it makes no sense to trust any laptop speaker at all even one without digital FX. All ultra thin or portable speakers colour the sound heavily, whether acoustically or digitally. They are just not designed to be used for professional recording or mixing work. The marketing will of course try and spin it the other way.

You used laptop speakers for critical reference audio? Doesn't make sense sorry man.

4K/120p almost definitely won't be a regular recording mode for people, more an occasional shot. 4K/60p has to hold up well though, if they is also pixel binning, it depends on the standard of binning and methods used. 4K/24p from 8K readout will have rolling shutter issues, or else will have pixel binning like the higher frame rates, detrimental to image quality. Optimal sensor for today is in the 24 megapixel region / 6K. We are not yet at 8K without heavy compromises. Don't get me wrong, I want this camera to be great. At $4000 and with Sony A7S 3 on the horizon it has to be.

I can confirm Canon did not give me one In my opinion they are hiding something and probably the usual shills will gloss over the shortcomings. Rolling shutter, pixel binning, over heating, the lot probably.

To be fair you can't trust any small speaker for "critical mixing". You've got reference desktop studio monitors for that and can get quality for a very good price these days. Small speakers colour the sound too much. Does seem Apple is applying some digital enhancement to the internal audio. The answer is to use a high quality USB DAC and external speakers for everything serious and leave it to the internal speakers to entertain you, for casual use.