Andrew Reid

Just throwing this out there... So the plan is - I will be putting some future blog posts out in Mattias Burling style, with the voice over, the artistic shots and camera gear reviews in video form. I really like this format and Mattias did it brilliantly. The other thought is around some kind of live streaming and online camera 'festivals' with a good atmosphere and lots of guests. Like CineGear but online. I'm open to advice and what you guys want from EOSHD on YouTube. It is actually going ahead this time in a big way and won't be a one off podcast or interview. Suggestions welcome and ideas even more so

Nice test, nice colour. I do like that Portrait one, quite a wide dynamic range. Did you try it with a flat curve in the in-camera curve editor? I have a soft spot for the Teal & Orange and Foveon profiles. Very "Hollywood".

Was talking there about the perceptions. 8bit and RAW clash in peoples minds. People don't usually shoot RAW to shoot at 8bit, do they? But when you look at the image, all is forgiven. It's great. As was Magic Lantern RAW at 10bit too. So no, we don't need 14bit or 16bit RAW. On the Fp, there is always the option of the 10bit RAW to SSD if you need to ramp up the shadows. On the Sony A7 III you don't have any sort of RAW at all, so I consider it a big bonus on the Fp to be able to do that, especially internally or to a cheap SSD without any need to invest in the Atomos monopoly

Yeah but if you look at original C300, specs were capped at 1080p 8bit, pretty weak, and 1D C was 4K, larger sensor, image quality thrashed it... Did it stop the C300 being a run-away success with commercial videographers? No. And same thing now, if you look at EOS R5 specs vs C300 III, in some ways they are ahead of even the FX9 and certainly way ahead of FS7 II. You know what though? Most pros don't care. They want the extra features and ergonomics offered by the larger pro cameras, and of course they want to LOOK like pros when they turn up for work. Sad but true Sony have nothing to fear by out-gunning the FX9 specs with an A7S III. The strange thing is, they don't seem to have the technology ready to give it us yet. Indeed, if you look at the photos side they are doing a bit of a Canon as well. A6400 / A6600 hardly an exciting step forward for stills. The A7R IV was more evolution than revolution too. I think it is probably a cycle all companies go through, especially if the have pushed hard for a long time to establish decent sales, and then they milk it until the next big step.

I beg to differ. SIgma Fp full frame RAW output to SSD Panasonic S1 V-LOG 10bit 422 Nikon Z6 ProRes RAW And arguably GH5S codec is pretty good looking.

There is no pixel binning, not sure where you got that from - the 4K is a full pixel readout from 6K sensor. The 8bit RAW is not a major flaw, it's a major bonus. Try getting that out of an A7 III type for same price. No doesn't exist. The results are incredible. You just need to look beyond the bit-depth and trying to break the image. The fixed screen, lack of EVF and no mechanical shutter make the Fp the size it is. If these features are important to you, then you may be better off with a larger camera. You can add the loupe to the Fp LCD to make it into an EVF though. Who is the camera for? Anybody who wants a small affordable full frame camera with superb video features and image quality.

I have the 35mm F0.95 from them on my X-T3. Lovely lens. Would like to try the full frame version for sure. It's between that and the 65mm F1.4 for the GFX at the moment. Weighing up which one. Maybe they can send me both for a review if I ask nicely enough

I see. But is it bayer RAW, can it be recorded to a card, or doesn't the SDK / LSI handle it?

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-high-quality-camera/ Specs here imply it does output RAW? Sony IMX477R stacked, back-illuminated sensor, 12.3 megapixels, 7.9 mm sensor diagonal, 1.55 μm × 1.55 μm pixel size Ouput: RAW12/10/8, COMP8 Back focus: Adjustable (12.5 mm–22.4 mm) Lens standards: C-mount, CS-mount (C-CS adapter included) IR cut filter: Integrated Ribbon cable length: 200 mm Tripod mount: 1/4”-20

1/2.3" is like a Pentax Q, and some people like @Mattias Burling can show off what that sensor can do pretty well. A small sensor doesn't mean a bad image. D-mount lenses have a character all of their own. I think we'll be seeing more sensor sizes, more modules, more mounts in future... And an exciting explosion in at-home camera building and image processing. If you combine something like Magic Lantern and Digital Bolex, with rapid prototyping for body designs and nice ergonomics - wooden grips, and so on, you have the recipe for a very usable DIY cine camera indeed!

Thanks Paul I would like to try the Mitakon 65mm F1.4 on medium format, probably has unique look as well. That lens is £600 and probably worth a look for GFX owners.

Got a link? Do you mean an actual EVF or a loupe over the back screen? The Canon is more painterly and unique to everything else, there is no comparison with anything contemporary. It's even dramatically different to the Leica Noctilux 50mm F1. The Mitakon I have seen a review of and it looks nice, but looks more like the modern Leica Noct F0.95 than the Dream Lens in terms of the rendering. The Canon also has a glow and diffusion of light around specular highlights, which is very rare to see.

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What output is it doing? 10bit or 12bit RGB?

No it isn't blocked by RED. Blackmagic have internal "RAW" with BRAW. Sony can do something like that but can't / won't / haven't got the imagination, Actually my guess is they have stopped trying judging by the NAB announcement Powerpoint today.

My house, my rules.

Looks like Digital Bolex might be getting a reboot after all!

Indeed, the feature that nobody needs but everyone seems to go ape-shit over! Have you seen the fuss over the EOS R5? 8K is to be seen to be leading the technology race. I bet half the YouTubers with their mouths wide open in amazement will never use it, but for marketing purposes the higher numbers just have to keep on rolling in.

Let's face it... Sony heard about the Canon EOS R5 and sent it back to the drawing board didn't they?! I'll be surprised if we see it at all. New blog post

The great thing about the Fp is that it is plug-and-play, and works with Macs, and even smartphones whereas the Canon DSLRs are Windows only and the software is beta. Yes, it would be nice to have more support for USB video class connections on future cameras, as Sigma has pioneered.

Yes and one of the spectators giving the McLaren boss coronavirus!

Great for news crews then, maybe finally they can stop shooting everything with their phones! 😁 I will have to try it out in more depth. So far, it's a new thing to me. A way to share some footage of me crashing at Monza with a couple of friends! By the way those monitors need to be driven at 165fps (165hz) each by the graphics card. It cries for mercy during every race

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Yes plus they get to sell some EOS R lenses to RED users. And I am sure there is profit in the sensor supply too.

Could be, something is going on! Question is why would Canon do it, what's in it for them? They are fierce competitors with Cinema EOS vs RED digital cinema cameras.