Andrew Reid

Sorry mate it just isn’t. Morally he is valuably documenting and creating photos for the preservation of an age, which will be looked back on by mankind in 100’s of years to come as rare examples for their candid, non staged nature. Morally the photos portray their subjects in a compelling and flattering way... Sometimes with a weathered and unflinching edge to them, yes, but I wouldn’t mind looking as cinematic and interesting as his subjects if I were one. Morally his intentions and use of the photos is good. And realistically you can’t expect absolute personal privacy in public... Why should you? It’s a shared space you’re in! You’ve gotta share it with artists when you step out of the door and try not to get butthurt if you’re in a work of art... I know this is the tricky part for most people as they don’t know what art is. Ironically the biggest philistinism of all comes from the German government with their privacy laws designed to ‘protect’ the individual, but it actually trampled all over a major art form and individual freedoms... That the lawmakers didn’t realise this when they came up with it shows what philistines are in power today in supposed “liberal” democratic countries.

If it is a 10bit Canon 1D C RAW doesn't matter. The 1D C had a talent for nailing the Hollywood look in any light. Bullet proof white balance. Cinematic colour science with silky warm tones and dramatic cool tones in one shot when asked of it. No weirdness. And this was in 8bit! It takes years of experience, not to mention talent to grade like this but 1D C did it in-cam in real-time. Imagine how good it's going to look in 10bit. Sony you are finished

Fuji made this X100V advert featuring an artist who breaks Japanese social norms. They pulled it due to adverse hysteria on the internet (not real world) His technique (filmed from 00:45 in the video above) produces very interesting art with the best intention... Documenting the normal in a cinematic way. If the subject sees the end result, they'd approve 9/10... But in the moment, it just seems intrusive and a bit weird. Poor them. Their poor feelies, big frowny face, boo hoo! What a violation of privacy, blah blah blah. Art is bigger than that I'm afraid. Dear Fujifilm. Put the ad back up and stand behind your artist! His work: https://www.tatsuosuzuki.com DPReview pixel peeper comments (gives me a fucking headache) https://***URL removed***/news/6165309898/fujifilm-pulls-controversial-x100v-promo-video-due-to-the-featured-photographer-method

Every company needs to listen to the staff, and nip problems in the bud. Unfortunately there is more butt covering than nipping going on. Imagine the cameras Blackmagic and Canon would be making if they solved the issues raised above! In the end everyone would benefit. Including even the customers, not to mention the staff!

These staff comments give an insight into what it is like work for the camera companies and for those who stayed many years, how their career prospects fared. For Blackmagic and Canon around 40% of the reviews are very poor. Some real horror stories here... Blackmagic https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Blackmagic-Design-Reviews-E967090.htm "Not worth the free lunches" "The CEO boasts of running an efficient company thanks to its lack of middle-management, but from what I saw during my time there this is a lie. The department sits idle the majority of the time, paralysed due to the CEO's lack of time, and refusal to delegate any decision-making to the department heads. Projects are worked on in a completely linear, unconnected way due to his intractability, and inability of department heads to use their own experience to push work through. Despite having 30+ staff in the department, there is nothing on the walls, no brainstorming sessions, not even magazines or books to look through for inspiration. Competitor research is banned, and ideas are meant to just appear out of thin air. No market research, metrics or measuring of campaign effectiveness is done. Results are graded purely on the CEO's gut. Anyone with talent is marginalised in favour of the "old guard", which means nothing modernises or changes with regard to working practices or efficiencies. I saw this company repeatedly fire (sorry, "make redundant") their most productive and liked staff members without any explanation, plan or even apparent realisation of how integral they were to both the actual work and the working environment. God, the way they let them go was appalling too - so little respect or even understanding of what a redundancy process requires. Public floggings of reputations after staff have left the buildings are common, alongside grandstand speeches from the CEO which display his clear lack of knowledge of the departments day-to-day reality. They have no HR department, so mistreatment and inappropriate actions by senior staff are commonplace. Complaints cause much consternation within the management 'cabal' but really go nowhere as they aren't empowered are trained on how to deal with them. Promotions are really on the whim of the old guard, who will build a human shield around them that they can blame for their own failings. I know this sounds like the rantings of an incredibly bitter former employee, but I've waited a long time to write this review to ensure it wasn't written in the heat of the moment. If you're an Industrial Designer, then you'll be on a good wicket at BMD - that department is well resourced, well run and well respected within the company and by the CEO. But if you're unfortunate enough to be in the Marketing department, you will be the company whipping boys. Worked to the bone during tradeshows and product launches, and left to languish the rest of the time." Other reviews of Blackmagic follow similar lines: "Blackmagic Design has no HR department. Many young woman have been bullied to the point of quitting by their direct manager with no repercussions despite it being a known fact by other staff." ... On autocratic leadership: Very little opportunity to progress your career. You will sit at your desk and be given little chance to use your talents. Management motivated by self interest rather than shipping great products. Except for the CEO who is a talented product visionary but poor manager that rules with an iron fist. CEO can only concentrate on one thing at a time. If there is a problem somewhere, the rest of the company sits idle waiting to get decisions made. ... And complaints of a lads club culture: "Morale level of many people is rock bottom a lot of the time. If you're 'one of the lads' or 'one of the girls' then you stand a fighting chance. Definite lads club culture" ... And complaints from the sales office too: "Newer products not as innovative as they used to be. Wasteful of money. Sales offices being squeezed hard on margins. Most lower level employees complain of low salary." ... A member of staff in Singapore where Blackmagic manufactures the Pocket Cinema Cameras: "If you're younger and more capable the old vanguard will reduce your role and have you fired and ask you to quit... Good place to retire and leech money." ... A senior engineer in Melbourne complains: "I worked at Blackmagic Design full-time for more than 5 years... [Blackmagic has] a CEO who does not know how to manage a company and is a bit full of himself, now focused on solving "old" problems in media (albeit successfully.) There are a whole host of new problems upper management fails to see. Salaries are not competitive to industry standards (far low-end)." Canon https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Canon-Reviews-E3522_P6.htm Like Blackmagic, Canon has an overall review rating of 3/5 stars meaning that nearly half (40%) wouldn't recommend a job there to other people. A complaint that comes up at Canon time and time again is how slow the company runs, which perhaps explains their camera release strategy of the last few years. "If you don't want to get anything done in a hurry then this place is for you. There is a lot of red tape, unnecessary hoops to jump and inefficient meetings. HR don't protect employees so trust is a big issue here and need to be challenged... Pros - Working hours are good as you can leave at 5pm. ... Although the hours are typically 9-5 in the US at Canon, this review from the Melville, NY office complains of a lack of flexibility: "Working moms dropping off kids at daycare and need five minutes of flexibility? Forget it. Work from home ? Forget it? Take a late lunch so you can leave early? Nope. Ten minutes late due to a personal problem? You are on a LATE LIST subject to disciplinary action. Wanna take a coffee break? Nope---better be back in five minutes or less! Sandals in the summer? Better not show your toes! Wanna take a walk to stretch your legs? Nope. Considered AWAY FROM YOUR DESK and SUSPECT. Ridiculous rules from the 1950s." ... And there are complaints of a stubborn, risk averse culture: "Too conservative and stubborn. Unwilling to take risk, afraid of taking new challenges." ... But it gets far worse: "No core values. Fire you if you report sexual harassment. No loyalty from Company and you are treated as just a number." "Boys club at the top. A company that believes it's logo deserves respect." "Extremely cold environment and I’m not just talking about the air-conditioning. Stifling environment." "Worst company I have ever worked for!" "Pros: Good quality product in the camera division! Cons: - Poor senior leaders! - Poor Culture! - Very poor employee engagement! - Top Heavy! - Stuck in the past and still think they are market leaders! "Terrible creative thinking environment. Extreme hierarchy." "Camera company should be more creative and flexible to think about the next gen of photography market. The equipment itself is not important at all because more than 80% of people already have a camera on their hands in this era. To be survived, Canon should transformed more to be a photography and platform service company, not just a camera maker." ... But perhaps the most revealing review of Canon comes from their main US headquarters in Lake Success, New York: "Remember in college when the white kids and the black kids and asian kids all sat at different tables in the cafeteria? Well, here at Canon it's exactly like that. The Top Management Japanese congregate together, speaking Japanese. They are imported from Japan (expats) and get better benefits, pay, etc. They even have a separate benefits package. They email each other in Japanese and are even sat in the same cubicle areas together. "There is a Japanese side and American side. "All the lower employees are American, thus creating an atmosphere of gossip, backstabbing and jockeying for recognition from the Japanese. Middle Management try to secure their positions by limiting your access to upper management. Management tries to encourage an atmosphere of cooperation, all new employees are subjected to a week long brainwashing orientation, encouraging kyosei, teamwork and team spirit. Great philosphy, but you find that once you get back to your small cubicle, that other employees are not buying it. "Work load is tremendous and at the same time HR sends out numerous mandated online course requirements, with deadlines and even encourages you to complete them on your off time at home. In fact, certain courses are not allowed to be completed during work hours!!!! and you are not paid for this. Also, imagine working for a camera company and not being able to buy one for a discounted price? "They run "camera" sales for only certain models at only 1 -2 times a year for 2 weeks. However, the Spring sale was cancelled unexplained.... I needed a camera and bought a Nikon. 🤣😂 "How stupid of management not to promote their camera through their employees. Big lost opportunity. Also Japanese renegs on the "rewards". About 100 people given rewards for outstanding performance with a trip to Japan, but after a month, half were told that they couldn't go and perhaps they would go next year.... huh? What if you're not here next year! Bogus. Cafeteria closes sharply at 9am! and 2pm to encourage you to go back to your desk. Arcane software that was written by Canon for their operations in 1982 and is still being used. Original programmers from Japan was called back 2008 to "retool" the software because of its bugs, redundancies and basic uselessness. Advice to Management: Stop importing your top management with Japanese expats. They don't know the culture, speak the language well enough. New expats rotate every 2-3 years so you have lower management training top management all the time, causing resentment and ineffectiveness. Of course not all the reviews are poor for Blackmagic and Canon...But the figure of 40% very poor reviews doesn't reflect well at all. When spending such a large amount of money regularly on these brands, I want to know it is going to support an ethical workplace where staff are treated with respect. A LOT of room for improvement, I think.

Interesting numbering going on... R6 = aka 6D / low-light, 20 megapixel-ish body R5 = aka 5D / higher res all-rounder So Canon is sticking to their lucky numbers, with same meaning. I await the R1 (pro sports body for speed), and R7 (high-end APS-C)

I think it's just that Sony decided to play the waiting game... but a waiting game with Canon ends up taking forfucking ever. Canon are the slowest company on Earth. The staff are all 9-5pm and spend 80% of that time trying to understand the Japanese management. When the EOS R5/R6 is announced I am sure as hell Sony will pull the trigger. In the meantime they are quite happy selling FX9 and A7 III

Sony: Please buy the FX9 instead And we'll bundle a free copy of Half Life 3 (by redemption only in 2035) Also FX9 now comes with Sony Club voucher. For just £500 per month, you get free camera upgrades for life* (firmware upgrades only). * May be shortened due to coronavirus

Only available in virtual reality?

Sony is the new Canon, it's going to be a complete 360 degree shift in the cartel!

Maybe a chance for Canon to get back on top with the EOS R5 or R6? 10bit internal, raw internal, Canon colours, and that ND filter wheel = why bother with A7S?

I don't think many white men feel the so called privilege. Which is why we end up with protest votes at election time. The whole political correct thing doesn't connect with ordinary people. Politics is obsessed with skin colour, not the gaffer on a film set who just happens to be born in a country where white people are a majority. Why should he feel ashamed just for being part of an industry? I don't think anybody who works in the film industry should be shamed into believing they are part of an institutionally racist conspiracy. Some of the most incredible countries in the world are monocultural. Japan is about as close to a monocultural society as it gets and where is no shame in it. In fact Japan is arguably all the more unique and special for it. Are we suggesting Japan should now be reduced to 40% to 50% native Japanese people, in order to represent a greater number of skin colours and cultures? No. Discrimination against majorities is as wrong as discrimination against minorities. This constant shaming of talented hard working creative people for being white males has gotta stop.

It's beginning to be a bit self defeating in my humble view.

Joaquin P in full on weird mode. Does he really have to insinuate that most of the audience are racist? Just accept the award, be thankful and fuck off.

You have Tony Northrump on your Youtube timeline... My condolences. If it were Sony rumours he'd be going bananas believe me. Biggest hype monger on there.

It's a photoshopped Sony A9 😂 Amazing how much better it looks with a Canon logo and EOS on the side isn't it I do like Sony's basic shape viewed from the front. It is the back where the controls and menus are where it all falls down! 😀

Post and talk about what you find. Sometimes you can get a real deal, especially on the c-mount stuff under £500. The Cooke look for me beats everything else. Everything.

https://www.eoshd.com/news/fujifilm-hint-at-44x33-large-format-gfx-h100-filmmakers-camera-open-gate-4k3k/

Definitely a good idea to hold off on purchasing the 1D X Mark III even if you badly want one... As that camera in mirrorless form will be much better ergonomically for video. Given the choice between 8K on the EOS R6 and 4K or 5.5K on the EOS R5, I'd likely take the R5. I am also really glad about the rumours of a return to the click wheel on the back, and stills/movie mode switch instead of the touch bar, which was a bit wank. Panasonic S1, S1H and Leica SL2 do it internally so technology is with us already... Leica SL2 in quite a small body.

It is likely 4K/60p won't be oversampled from 8K. The sensor likely won't go past 30fps in that highest resolution mode, and even then, rolling shutter in 8K might be an issue. 4K/60p will either be a crop mode, or pixel binned like the S1R / SL2. 4K/24p on the other hand may well be oversampled from the full frame 8K image.

5000x crop in all modes including stills.

Suddenly this rumour makes a lot more sense.

Brave

I wouldn't get too excited in a Canon Rumors article. First they said it would be an 83 megapixel EOS R, and showed Canon had a patent for an 83 megapixel sensor https://www.canonrumors.com/more-about-the-upcoming-high-megapixel-eos-r-system-camera/ Then they said it would be a 75 megapixel camera, with a continuous shooting rate as slow as the original EOS R https://www.canonrumors.com/rumoured-canon-eos-rs-specifications-cr1/ Now they are saying 45 megapixel sensor and another model, basically an 1D X Mark III in an EOS R body. And in between linking to as many shops as possible through as many affiliate links as possible, CR said in 2019: "We’re told that there are two bodies planned that will be marketed as “professional” bodies when they hit the market in 2020. However, neither one of them will be considered equals or a replacement for the EOS-1D series of DSLRs. We’re going to see an EOS-1D X Mark III next year and that will be the flagship camera from Canon through 2020." Pure bullshit. Or dramatic policy shift at Canon. You decide.

The sensor itself is a computer chip. Larger die size = more heat.