Andrew Reid

X-H2 anyone? With the X-T4 confirmed to be staying at 4K, a big 8K door swings opens for a higher spec hybrid camera from Fujifilm. https://www.eoshd.com/news/is-this-the-fuji-x-h2-sensor-with-12bit-8k/

I have the Techart one! As the camera will be as fresh as the UK chancellor, I probably won't know how to use it... just as he doesn't know how to use the economy. But unlike with my Blackmagic P6K if there are any problems I am sure I can just ask Fuji and we may in return have some suggestions for them... At least I don't expect Fuji's marketing man shouting at me afterwards saying I have brought the wrong tool to the job! I am quite the Fuji fanboy now in fact As loyal as a puppy, and super biased.

The original URSA with the flip out television screen on the side? Or the later one That 4K sensor was in the Production Camera and it is ISO 400 max. Yes it is a nice image if you keep the ISO very low and don't raise the shadows in post (a lot of fixed pattern noise) But the form factor... Awful.

Yes to Barcelona with its recent crime spree off we go... better disguise it as a Hasselblad Luna or something, nobody would want to nick that Bring your bluetooth hacks for Fuji

A good deal on an open box one came up so I snaffled it. Before I am officially bankrupt and have to sell EOSHD to Cinema5D, at least I get to shoot some medium format 4K Here is the plan... I got a bit frustrated waiting for the X-H2, with the will-it-won't-it exist situation. I have the X-T3, X-Pro 3, X-H1, X-Pro 2, all really are too similar. Why do I have 4? I don't know. I am an addict and need help. I'll sell all those and GFX 50S, which depreciated in price like a bastard. Going to sell it for about £2800, which at least goes toward funding the GFX 100. It's a terrible time to buy a new camera. So much on the horizon. But it's all full frame or APS-C. Yes the EOS R5, 1D X III, X-H2 if we ever see one, A7S III will be on my radar and will definitely shoot with them and review them on EOSHD... But they're not medium format! Do I need another similar camera to the ones I already have? Or sell em all and get something truly special... The look is different on the GFX 100 and it is a unique in the world one of a kind camera in 2020. Ok, the amazing 4K image may trickle down to a lower priced 50R II or something like that... But before that happens I will make sure I get out quick because I do not want to end up with a GFX 100 that is worth £3k on eBay. Until then, I'll enjoy the wonder that is the GFX 100 and wait to see if the EOS R5 is all its cracked up to be. Will the 8K be any good? Will it shoot 10bit? Will it have RAW? Or are we in for a disappointment? The GFX 100 is certainty of high-end video features and 10bit with superb Fuji colours, and it's here right now. Fast apertures and full frame lenses on medium format are a real pleasure too... I love the look and it's never been seen before a mirrorless medium format camera arrived. Those swirly edges remained a mystery. And yes... I need help!

It's a productive addiction unlike drugs!

Would rather have no 6K on the X-T4 than no X-H2. I'm not so disappointed as long as the X-H2 is coming this year. Fuji would be stupid not to. X-T4 is still a very good camera and a good upgrade to the X-T3 which didn't come out so long ago. One of the best cameras under $2k.

I can see a digital bolex style body which you slot your phone into. Shame the smartphone lenses are still quite clinical. C-mount mod anyone?

Here's a graded one instead (and a bit less camera shake!) Give it a good old pixel peep at 100%

How long before we get 8K RAW on a smartphone? Here is 7.2K RAW on the Mate 30 Pro (still DNG of course) Sensor quality gap is narrowing to enthusiast interchangeable lens cam Although something is wrong with how Adobe Camera Raw interprets colour

That "crappy" 5D Mk II and the Panasonic GH1 are why this entire forum exists. It's about the liberty and artistic freedom you get from the small cameras and a democratic playing-field. A wonderful thing. But with Blackmagic URSAs, overkill Pocket 6K rigs and old camcorders we seem to be heading the opposite direction again. Yes I get that clients want HUGE expensive looking pro rigs, and there may be some business sense in investing in an Alexa, or even a poor man's Alexa. But selling Fuji X-T30 to get an F3 just seems pointless to me. A fun experiment, but hellish in reality. I wouldn't like to be the one handling that weight and inconvenient ergonomics, and the image quality 'advantages' are pretty dubious. It's such an old camera. It was nowhere near an Alexa or F35 in terms of a cinematic look and feel. Now we are much closer to an Alexa's image with something like an X-T30 or Panasonic S1, and you want to shoot F3... It's bonkers. In the short-lived era of the F3 in-between the small chip EX1 and much better FS7, how many people would have killed to have a 4K shooting X-T30? GH1 was successful for a reason and only shot AVCHD WHY!?

Subtly brilliant. Seems to work with my Mate 30 Pro. The file that comes out of it is quite incredible really. Definitely cinematic.

Same guy at the Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/takashi-mochizuki/ Maybe it is indeed a load of old amateur DRAMatics

I hear there is a new virus coming from cameras, the first camera to human transmission has happened already with Red users. They say the species of camera which originally spread the virus is the GFX 100 so if you come across one of those at Map Camera you better let them know you have come to take it away. Don't forget to go in wearing a biohazard suit. Wild camera markets should all be banned and any remaining Iscoramas sent to me so I can disinfect them safely. There is a very small chance the virus may mutate into something even more serious which literally makes Blackmagic users brains go invisible. To stop that happening and to avoid a worldwide blackmagic plague, Grant Petty must immediately put an EVF, IBIS, autofocus and E-mount on a 6K Pocket camera, and hand it out for free to EOSHD users. The WHO agrees that is the only solution.

Saying Vespertilio instead of bats doesn't make you sound cleverer. Of course China had no intention of having this virus spread. I just view the infectious disease research lab in Wuhan with a bit more suspicion than a food market.

Much as I enjoy talking about death statistics on a camera forum... Just going to point this out and be done with arguing with you. 0.02% between 10-39 died. If you take people in their 30's alone, the percentage is even smaller and probably only greater than zero because China murdered a doctor. So when you say "Actually virulent virus tends to take out proportionately greater numbers of young healthy people" Maybe it's you who doesn't know what you're talking about. Which is a bit worrying if you really do work for big pharma! Either that, or it doesn't apply in the case of the coronavirus and flu. Which is what we're talking about here. Still - It is a disaster and a tragedy for China and for the economy. My thoughts are with all those affected - the sick and those livelihoods ruined, from the lone businessmen to entire trades (like tourism) put on hold indefinitely. As for camera manufacturing, everyone who relies on a supply chain of parts from China will be impacted not just Sony. DRAM is a problem for Sony, you can't deny it. It is in every camera they make. If the supply dries up they are fucked. But yes... It's all the slow processor's fault if A7 IV doesn't have a fast DRAM buffered sensor readout 🤨

Art Adams in particular is excellent in this, really good explanations. Good video I'll be up for that mooted look at the Master prime anamorphics!!

Here was my take on it at the time https://www.eoshd.com/news/sample-sony-f3-footage-and-first-impressions/

Am I missing something from this F3 mojo trend? I never even thought it looked all that great in 2011 or whenever it was

So you are doing all this to look good in front of clients then?

They are still making the camera, it isn't cancelled, but they are dropping the stacked-DRAM sensor as a feature... Or possibly another feature reliant on more DRAM, like a larger buffer or 8K. It might not be the A7S III they are referring to but the A7 IV which is made in very large quantities and contains a lot of DRAM chips especially if half of them are bolted to the back of the sensor aka A9. In a situation where supply is very limited and your most important hardware release of the next 5 years is facing $450 BOM cost with price pressure from Microsoft, you do not aggravate the supply chain situation yourself, you go through every product with cutting edge expensive DRAM and do what you can to pair it back. This is what Sony is alleged to have done and I can see the logic in it.

Has someone been watching fox news... bloody hell Nope, this is a flu-like virus and flu is worse for old people with weaker immune systems. If you look at who has died the vast majority are older than their 30s. It is a novel virus never before seen. Humans have lived in close contact with domesticated animals for millions of years. If your dog sneezes on you, you are not likely to get a novel flu. The animal market in Wuhan did not contain domesticated animals, it was mainly wild. Exotic stuff like bats and snakes. Perhaps some ex-research centre rats with a cold. Or maybe a snake that sneezes followed by a long SSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Wuhan is not a high density rural area it's a city. You have just won the annual EOSHD award for most untruths in a single post, and it is not even yet March. Congratulations. Can somebody design him a trophy?

That is the whole point, they don't want it impacting products like the PS5... A massively important device for Sony's bottom line. How committed are Sony really to cameras? While I don't agree with PhotoRumours he does have a point: "I have been saying this for years - the moment the camera business gets challenging, Sony will back up or back out. The full-frame mirrorless market is a crowded, shrinking space now and it is not what it used to be 5 years ago when Sony basically was the only player. I expect to see more canceled Sony products in the future, cost-cutting measures, etc - pretty much everything that other photo companies are going through. The good part for Sony is that their camera business is basically a rounding error that has no impact on the company." No, the camera business is not basically 'a rounding error' it is far bigger than people give it credit for. But the moment it becomes difficult, Sony will prioritise other businesses.

I think the S1 codec (400Mbit 10bit 422) is as good as ProRes, in terms of the image quality. Full frame sensor look, can't beat it. Low light is much better than the URSA 4.6K which tops out around 1600 usable I believe? Put your Nikon Ai glass on it and you have overall 10+ features the Ursa doesn't have, like IBIS, in something much smaller and lighter. I reckon you'll be back in a month or so with one Enjoy your Ursa in the meantime though.

There's still time for R5 and R6 to be impacted. “Wuhan is a key transport hub in China, so we are concerned about possible impacts to our supply chain,” said Toshizo Tanaka, executive vice president of camera and office equipment-maker Canon Inc.