Andrew Reid

Good stuff here. I'm making a list. Keep it coming

What topics shall I broach with the manufacturers? Throw any ideas my way and I'll do my best to find answers!

It's full frame but 0.8x crop! F1.2 = looks like F0.95 on full frame. But glass can be much cheaper (adapted). Canon FD 85mm F1.2L cost me 600 euro. It's a monster, no vignetting. Bear in mind true medium format goes larger than the Fujifilm GFX 50S. My Hasselblad H3D-39II has a even larger sensor so adjust that 0.8x. Medium format is also about resolution - both sensor and glass. You can still have a very shallow DOF stopped down at F4, with supreme sharpness compared to a fast lens wide open. On the sensor side, 100MP would be pretty noise on a full frame sensor, without some sort of technological breakthrough. When the inevitable happens and we move to 8K, meanwhile medium format could have a significant dynamic range and high ISO advantage over full frame.

They finally put a Speed Booster on a Lumix!! ? But seriously, amazing achievement. $2k isn't bad. 28-70 f2 EOS R is $3k remember, and that is 1.8x crop with no wide end.

Maybe there will be a video orientated SH1? Or maybe a T version for "Tilt screen. Although if they call it the SH1T, it wouldn't translate well. In fact I'm calling it now... SH1...you heard it here first ?

This will be a short part 1, as I am about to get on my way from Berlin to Cologne to see all the new stuff at Photokina for myself! It's been a mammoth few weeks for camera announcements and these two top them all. First from Panasonic we have the first ever full frame cameras to shoot 4K/60p, beating Sony to the punch. Their A7S III is STILL not yet announced. The Panasonic S1 and S1R are probably why! For video they beat every full frame camera past, present and future! Second we have the Fujifilm GFX 100MP development announcement, which will be a 2019 $10,000 medium format mirrorless camera. They also have a cheaper 50R "rangefinder" style GFX body at the show ($4500) but that is 1080p only like the GFX 50S it's based on. It is the 100 megapixel one I am really interested in. Read the full article

Yeah I should try it! I'll be up for giving it a go when I get my new anamorphic sorted out with a clamp.

I can feel my passion coming back for the GH5. I wonder if he used the SLR Magic Rangefinder on his Kowa 8-Z. This is my setup with the Kowa anamorphic. Really nice to focus. Will have to try and get hold of that Nikkor he used though, it clearly adds something dreamy and extra.

That is the Kowa 8Z anamorphic in action according to the guy who shot it. On a very old 50's Nikon lens. I think people notice things like that more than the codec. But what it also says, is how well 8bit stands up and that camera in low-light. Didn't expect such a creamy look to the shadows. Yes, all new cameras are a bit overhyped... but I can't wait to put my Iscorama on an X-T3 and shoot 4K 60p.

Why spend time pining for a Blackmagic P4K when the GH5 does footage like this in 8bit 4K 50p? Not even 10bit!! How can it get any better? Invest in glass!

Maybe you're just seeing the flaw in the ND for the first time due to extremely flat F-LOG and smooth 10bit tonality? Was it a very low contrast shot which had the shift? I've used a cheap vari-nd on my X-H1 and had no issues. Got a B+W nano coming soon, will try that on the X-T3.

It's unlikely to be the colour filter array of the sensor. What brand of ND and what taking lens?

*the same sensor* Yep!! Nobody has done the most obvious comparison yet!!

I can imagine it now Range of function buttons next to the OLED in the hotshoe. Instant toggling on/off of F-LOG (because you can't assign it to a fn. button on the camera) Hopefully a bluetooth / wifi hack can toggle between stills and movie mode too... To save us the hassle of that drive lever in the inaccessible top left corner! What's not working well about it? Colour shifts?

Yes. Only the Super 35mm crop.

Nice Lady Gaga Pusheen there.

You look at a top display to see ISO, shutter speed, exposure comp... Well those are clearly visible from the top of the camera because they are physical dials on the X-T3, so the top LCD is more a nicety than a must-have here. I do prefer the ergonomics of the X-H1 but they are both nice to be honest. Got the battery grip as well, it feels like a mini 1D X II with that attached.

It's hard to tell anything from YouTube, so compressed. A candle is not a good low light test either because you are either at full saturation of the pixel (bright flame), or barely nothing (black background). NEXT!

The 120p is very detailed. 1.28x crop though. Unless anyone knows a workaround

SPEEDMASTER F0.95 is a sharpness monster wide open. It's Leica-rivalling. And yes that crop is a 1:1 crop of the 4K image, ISO 1600. Classic Chrome, noise reduction not needed. Who needs 8K?!

Just picked up a Canon FD 24mm F1.4L and 85mm F1.2L also FD at Foto Mayer in Berlin! Have put them on the Zhongyi Turbo II for the full frame look. They are CREAMY and great manual focus. Aperture ring and hard stops unlike EF lenses. What a pair of bros... Click the shots to see sharpness (forum compresses to hell the inline previews) 24mm "Jerry": 85mm "Zowie": Those shots were all with the Zhongyi Turbo II (150 bucks)

Oh yes that one exists, but I've never been able to find one to buy. I'll have another look.

Yeah I'll upload some tonight. 10bit 400Mbit ALL-I H.265 is butter smooth to playback on MacBook Pro in Quicktime player BTW.

X-T3 in da house! Just a quick glimpse at the image, but I already have a feeling it's the best I've ever seen from a camera this price. Wonderful codec and detail. I am trying the Zhongyi SpeedMaster 35mm F0.95, which is also a positive first impressions, very clean bokeh and Noctilux-like rendering. I am letting that duke it out with a couple of cheap Speed Booster clones though, to see if it's worth the money over, say, a Minolta 50mm F1.4 + SB. Hey guess what - you can punch in to focus during 4K recording and the quality is incredibly detailed, unlike Sony. The EVF is better than A7 III hands down. I am using Film Simulation bracket-mode for stills which is right next to Movie mode on the drive lever, makes it a bit easier to switch. 1/50 assigned to "T" on the shutter dial. Just waiting for my B+W vario ND to arrive. It will be manual focus for now as I am away from my main base with all my fuji glass back there. Will be bringing this to Photokina with me and saying to Canon "why would I buy YOUR 1.8x crop mirrorless camera" GH5 just got beaten I think. All it lacks over A7 III is a way to get the full frame look with Canon lenses at the same time as AF. There needs to be a better range of adapters!

$30,000 for square-front LOMOs? I bought my square front 35mm T2.5 for 1000 euros. Ah, those were the days.