Andrew Reid

How do you explain why the Nikon design out-performs the Sony from the same foundry then?

Dave Etchells has a background in chip science and finally had the very rare opportunity to visit Nikon's sensor design labs. It's long been the perception in the photographic and filmmaking community that Nikon leans heavily on Sony for off-the-shelf sensors and is handed down parts. It's led to opinions like "why would Sony give their best sensor to rival Nikon?" being quite common on camera sites and forums. The answer, in actual fact, is that Nikon can beat Sony at their own game, with the 46MP full frame sensor in the D850 proof of the pudding. It does better 4K video quality than the A7R III at a higher megapixel count and edges it for stills quality too. Now let's hear about some of the science behind it. Read the full article

Sony went through the same thing. Before the A7 they only had the NEX 7, etc.... with APS-C lenses. If Sony had stuck to the smaller sensor and not created the A7 series, where would they be now? Especially as the Canon and Nikon competition is about to hot up big time... You need to compete like-for-like. Panasonic, Olympus and even Fujifilm must do it...

It's a mixture of everything bad and good. Overall, it's a good thing but with a lot of issues and complexities. There are some great YouTubers I follow and some wonderful talent on it, but every one of those 3 poll options describe something about the site, so you can't sum it up by choosing just one.

LL just banned political talk on their forum, and after the rocky ride of the last few topics that have talked about issues in the film industry and on YouTube, I would like to hear from YOU about what you think of it... https://luminous-landscape.com/changes-on-the-forum-coffee-corner/ Referendum is advisory

Peter Paul Chato says it all... I 100% agree with him. Casey did an alright job of the interview, but pulled some punches. Logan Paul isn't sincere... It's all a PR stunt. Good job the BBC Radio 1 at least chose not to broadcast their role in the stunt.... How they got involved in the first place, on the other hand... is a big question mark. He keeps referring himself as "The Brand"... Well he certainly is branded. It's also pretty clear he's paid some PR people to coach him. Dodging subjects with "I'm not sure I understand the question" and appearing to take "responsibility" by nodding and agreeing to negative criticism.

Sorry for your loss Mr E. Hope you have fond memories of him. I will lock this thread now out of respect to you and to avoid any possible troll comments.

Good stuff. Russian one in particular!

8K is going to be a starting point for video at some point. Not soon, but it will be. This means 36MP+ Actually the 100MP Sony medium format chip has a very fast readout in the Hasselblad. But it has a lot of data to get through, so yes, some jello. In the future the readout speeds will be equal or better than same resolution full frame chips. A 50MP medium format sensor that does 8K video will always be preferable in low light to 50MP full frame. So for 8K, yes they will give a low light advantage over full frame. I own a GFX and that is superb in low light. The historic limitation of medium format cameras in low light was that they used CCD technology. On the GFX I have used a range of full frame lenses without vignetting at F1.4. Those that cover look FFFFFF amazing. Like I say it is not there yet but with 8K it will be.

The real villian is Mike Cernovich. Charged for (real-life) rape in 2003... The year of his marriage. Nice guy. Divorced 2011, and he claims the marriage was ruined by "feminist indoctrination". Regular collaborator with Alex Jones. Claims "white genocide is real" in relation to South Africa. Thinks the chemical attack in Syria was a hoax funded by the US. Advocates IQ-testing for all immigrants. Has full support of Disney

There is space on the market for the lightest and smallest possible full frame mirrorless, for sure. Look at RX1R II and imagine something like that with interchangeable lenses! A dream. Maybe that's the future for Micro Four Thirds... Micro Full Frame has a much better ring to it

Yep there's a good chance it's for Leica. I still hold out some hope for the full frame Panasonic cameras though, I really think there's some hints it may happen.

Haha what a headline

Vignetting would be an issue if you moved it as much as a M43 sensor, I think. It will improved but I think M43 will stay ahead for a while. Unless Sony can improve with hybrid OIS / IBIS route.

Remember it's just a fake picture.

They know their ergs!!

Solving the TowerJazz mystery... Read the full article

This is a really good summary by the Brotographer (follow on Instagram here and YouTube here) of his experience of using EOSHD Pro Color V4 on the A7R III. Read the full article

Maybe that's the crux of it.

Yeah I saw the outrage over this, it made the headlines. Another rush to judgement over a fucking worth of fiction. The fury should be directed at real life, not television!!

I reckon Fuji's strategy is the longest term of anyone, it's predicting a future where full frame is the new APS-C and medium format is the default large sensor choice. You could have the full frame crop for sports at faster shooting rates and the full medium format coverage when you need extra resolution and incredible resolving power of a high-end medium format lens at F4. I think it could get more cost effective... not as in £1000 but £3000 to compete with top-end full frame cameras. I've been very happy with the GFX, a lot of cheap full frame lenses actually cover the medium format sensor (Contax Zeiss, Minolta, etc.) so I've saved money not needing to buy a lot of new glass, just adapters. It's my best stills camera but obviously they will need to step up video over the next few years... And I am sure they will. Medium format sensors are already doing 4K and 100MP at the same time... quite an achievement! The TechArt adapter for Leica M to E-mount is fantastic - AF is very fast, and through Leica M adapters it still works with a range of other manual focus lenses, like the Contax lenses. I'll be doing a blog post about it soon. I should try and get hold of the Canon autofocus adapter for Fuji X mount and the GFX version too... Although autofocus isn't the biggest strength of the GFX. It's ok with the internal focus GFX zoom but with the primes it can be quite bad.

So with Kevin Spacey's firing, the allegations are not proven and may never be, but nevertheless people believed them. They were pretty serious allegations, more serious than be accused over jokes, that's for sure. So it's not really an Apples to Oranges comparison. One is a man losing his career over unproven allegations. The other is a man losing his career over a bad joke act on Twitter. Maybe Gunn joked about what Spacey was actually doing to young boys and they were in it together - that's one for the right wing conspiracy theorists to investigate. Ever the reliable witnesses. And the joke cops. Don't forget the joke cops! If there is outrage enough, who needs proof?!

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I fully expect Netflix to be the beneficiary of all of this. They're still taking risks... If the current culture and climate carries on though, they will be under a lot of pressure and controversy in 1-2 years, with numerous firings of creative directors and talent. PS modern music is boring as well. Completely lost it's edge, for the same reason film has. The silencing of voices such as Gunn's.

Will be interesting to read your opinion on this then @anonim https://www.eoshd.com/2018/07/boring-art-defending-voices-that-carry-from-attacks-by-right-wing-extremists/