Andrew Reid

Lens is so important but it's not binary, it is never one aspect alone. Codec and colour science still vitally important. 85mm F1.2L Canon FD is magical on medium format. Not so much on crop sensor. So it depends on the combination of format and lens, not just the lens alone.

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IBIS seems like an A7 III beater so far. Impressive. Regarding separate settings - I can keep 180 degree shutter on Manual mode for movies, and not have to worry about remembering to put it back to 1/50 again after shooting stills. Why don't Sony think of things like this? They are androids. Has anyone found out how to stop the camera using 1/25 in low light when using Aperture Priority mode with auto-ISO in video mode? Doesn't seem to be a minimum shutter speed setting like for auto ISO in stills mode.

Yes absolutely viable but Nikon's marketing department probably doesn't even know what an anamorphic is!!

Z6 has already been launched, it is a set-spec and they had the final production units at Photokina to try out. It won't do 4K 60p but it's a better camera than the already very good A7 III for similar money, which is why it's so exciting.

Please tell me more about this anamorphic. What's the price?

I am fine with adapters for the older stuff like Canon FD. It's when it has firmware bugs and crap AF when it becomes an issue. Thankfully the Sigma / Sony adapter was pretty good and Metabones firmware improves all the time, though still not great. There are some very good adapters out there, Kipon have such a HUGE range. I am keen to try their medium format speed boosters on this. They have German optics, and bring Pentax 645 glass into play.

Yeah wolfy I think that sums things up well. The Nikon seems like an all-rounder, whereas the others all have some kind of deal-breaker. 1.8x crop on EOS R Contrast AF on Panasonic Sony ergonomics, unresponsiveness and menus Samsung NX1 - pulled out of market Fujifilm comes out well but no IBIS in their 10bit video model makes us pine for an X-H2 Nikon... Hard to see a downside apart from the pricing and availability? Wait did I miss something?! Is there a hack to get it internally without N-LOG?

I was able to find a Nikon Z7 in Berlin and decided to shoot with it at least until the Z6 comes out, when I'll reassess whether it is worth 3800 euros. Read the full article

Same sensor, same dynamic range - I think it's to be expected it looks very similar to the GH5. I remember the BMCC also shipped with debris in the mount and over the sensor, so 6 years later still no clean room apparently!

Does anyone really think a Fujifilm sales ambassador is going to know where the sensor comes from, let alone tell everyone?! Remember that companies deny things all the time. Samsung denied they were leaving the camera market ?

Yes sure. I'll work on it.

Send me that video file Dave! By the way, apparently (don't know if this is true) the next Photokina is in May 2019 already. They are holding them every year from now on.

Cheers man. It was great fun! I'll be in touch about more stuff and ideas. I wonder if Dan will sell me his anamorphic. Surely he needs to get rid of some of those 300 lenses of his?

Certain a show highlight. There will be a whole article coming with that in. Berlin airport security - "What is this hand-made device with wires?" You... "It's a wireless trigger!" *Airport security stares even more suspiciously*

Yes I did actually haha! They didn't have any at the show. I don't think they are ready yet and might even just be for one customer - the South Korean film industry. I could be wrong on that. I hope they end up for sale and at decent prices.

On day 3 and 4 of Photokina, I collaborated with Dave Altizer of Kinotika to record the first episode of EOSHD TV and an EOSHD Podcast. We discuss insider topics such as a rumoured on-chip ND filter by Panasonic, Fuji's "super full frame" medium format strategy and round up some of the highlights of Photokina (including the Panasonic S1R). Read the full article

Interesting thread. I think not having an L-mount on there is going to be a mistake, but maybe they have data from their 10 years in the Micro Four Thirds consortium we're not aware of and it apparently makes sense to break from Panasonic entirely and go their own way. I can't see Sigma being too excited about making glass for their camera though, if that's what's going to happen.

I've shot quite a bit of video for first time on the 50S at Photokina, so you'll find out tomorrow or the day after once I've had a chance to edit it. Will be better than 5D Mark III but the codec is quite a basic one and there's no Eterna or F-LOG (at least not yet). Rolling shutter would be a bit wobbly if it did I think it'll do a high quality pixel binning process like the A7R III and Z7.

Yes absolutely. The FD 24 1.4 is a classic as well. Here's a shot from that on the Fuji GFX 50S: It has some vignetting in medium format mode, but the looks special

This is a very curious beast. 37MP sensor with 4K output? Must be a new one, never seen it in anything else before. You'd think Zeiss would use a Sony 42MP or something existing. Wonder who did the firmware? Bluetooth L.E. is in there! I think it will live and die by the touch screen user interface, implementation of Lightroom and the price. The 4K could be interesting if it's not a big crop. RX1R II doesn't have 4K. Neither does Leica Q!

Everyone is justified in their own needs. Personally I need proper video specs. Canon keep fluffing it. The 1D C was amazing. Such unfulfilled potential. On the stills side, I still use my 1D C and 1D X Mark II. I enjoy Magic Lantern as well. On the reliability and pro side, yes Canon are leading the field. Colours are fantastic. All this is why I am passionate about Canon, passionate enough to rip into them on the blog when they treat video users with such disregard. It's almost like it's personal! Do they hate us?! I know so many people who have switched to Sony, so it only hurts Canon's bottom-line at the end of the day. I am not interested in their bottom line as a customer or their business strategy. If they want to be clever about protecting Cinema EOS from stills camera side of the business then that is up to them. I, as a customer, am only interested in the cameras and not their executive bonuses or share price. Through old sensor tech and 1.8x crop, they lost a sale with the EOS R from me. Also, having now had my hand on the body, I am not very impressed with the in-hand feel at all. Feels CHEAP. Sure and AF is vital. Miss an important shot on a pro shoot, you're fucked. Why risk it. Select solid, reliable Canon. But art is about more than just shot getting, for me. I have that luxury, to piss around a bit more and experiment more. Not everyone does that on every paid gig, and I totally understand that!! So for them, rock solid reliable AF is vital, and there, Panasonic is the one fluffing it. True, but that doesn't disqualify people from being excited about new releases and innovation, does it? New technology is a passion in itself. Canon is boring in that regard. Absolutely true. I am using a 1976 Canon FD lens on a Fujifilm medium format camera. The look is amazing. Canon don't have the body, Fujifilm do. But their lenses are fantastic and have been for 50+ years. The FD series set the benchmark and cut out the template for the modern EF range. 24 f1.4, 50 1.2, 85 1.2 - all total classics. If I wrote EOSHD from the perspective of someone who only shoots 1080p, it would be of zero use to anyone. But I can perfectly understand why some paid work is still shot in such an old video standard.

All of the following photos were shot with my Canon FD 85mm F1.2 from 1976 on the Fujifilm GFX 50S. Medium format at F1.2?! Yes, it works and no vignetting! I am really interested in what Fuji is doing at the moment, but with the most interesting cameras at the show just a development announcement and dummy body-design, we'll have to wait a bit longer for them to truly reveal their cards. Read the full article

Blackmagic not at the show unfortunately. Got invited to see them in London, just debating whether to go and get roped into the PR side or not

New GR? I'll check it out.