Andrew Reid

Find a better test that doesn't involve a big pair of tits. Depends on the store. Berlin and Sony's own store quite different to Best Buy, so who knows... Try it? There's an idea?! They are hardly going to arrest you.

Don't worry about the codec on the E-M1 II, it's very good. Minor differences between that and the superior 10bit on the GH5. And that price is very good indeed. The flat profile can actually be graded quite a lot before it falls apart. I should get my GH5 vs E-M1 II comparison shootout article and footage out, it's been a while and I haven't got round to it!

I'm not seeing that 10bit lossless is larger than 12bit lossless.

Sony have stopped all rumours and leaks quite successfully. There's no more farming out info to leaky external marketing companies, until the camera is announced by Sony themselves - then the review units and PR events invitations start going out. Camera companies are slowing down the release cycle of their products. I would think the A7R 3 would come first, if it is a 2-year cycle it could be announced within months, but if it's been switched to 3 years it would not surprise me. However the current models have had a price drop, so maybe the replacements are imminent after all. I hope they announce the a7R 3 and a7S 3 at the same time so we are not tempted to get an a7r and then regret it when the a7s comes along like the previous two times. I also hope it has the electronic ND filter from the FS5

Good to know! Thanks

EOS M with Magic Lantern I take it? The raw picture is what I'll be using it for. The image quality in stock mode for video is crap. The stills are lovely though.

3072 x 1308 is 95.5MB to the card with 14bit lossless. What card are you using that gives you such a high sustained data rate? I thought it maxed out at around 85MB/s on the 5D3? It is a shame they have not got live-view working yet with the 3K/4K mode, it's impossible to frame a shot.

What about trying EOSHD Pro Color?

I like the design of the handset, it looks like RED will build an ecosystem around it but will just put out the handset first and the rest is still far off. The start of something I think.

Right so it seems like an Android phone with no specs, but we do know it probably has some kind of lenticular screen like the Nintendo 3DS for a depth effect that will make you cross eyed and it has contacts that back onto other modules to give it other functionality like as a screen for your RED Epic. Props to red for trying something different at least. However, I'd need to see at least the basic specs and exactly what screen tech is in it before stumping up $1500

Apple are going backwards in so many ways.

Good stuff. I always thought the Olympus E-M1 II would make quite a nice compact telephoto choice for sports, with it's blazing speeds and nice 300mm F4 pro lens. Pair that with the 40-150mm F2.8 pro lens and it's quite versatile even in low light at ISO 6400. Wouldn't go much above that though.

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Enjoy the Spanish footy! What gear are you taking?

If Apple still felt like being innovative they should have built a £500 mega-death keyboard of OLED panel keys (every key a display) which you could configure however you like. Some could even be related to the app you're using (no need for touch bar) and even change the keyboard layout from UK to German or whatever your language needs are at the time... Think virtual phone keyboard but with physical keys. Why does this not exist yet. Ah it does exist, since 2008 But apparently falls apart. Here's the successor The hero we need in the post Jobs era.

Podcast? The body language is very important in this and you don't go all the way to the Kremlin, interview Putin, only to make a podcast

Old vs new... Is that progress the Apple way?!

Somebody at Sony has some explaining to do.........

I did give them some feedback and they passed it on down the chain, so that's good of them... and yes - I think there are people at Canon who would like great video as much as we would do, and I am sure some Canon staff are actual enthusiasts and film for a hobby outside the main job. I will always carry on the crusade to get them to listen, and I will always be in the market for a Canon that does interesting stuff. Just bought an EOS M for Magic Lantern raw video with c-mount lenses. Canon Japan owe Magic Lantern a big thank you for the way they have kept the flame of passion alive somewhat for us in the absent of official video features.

Jon, keep your old keyboard safe It's surprising how many big companies worth many billions don't have a guy sat in a small office like Jobs obsessing over 'feel'. It sounds so hippy, just that word 'feelings'. Every time I pick up a camera or electronic device I want to it to feel nice, simple as that. Keys should have travel. They should be silent. I mean this is basic shit for Jobs and he left nobody at Apple in his place, it seems, with the sensitivity to 'get it' and the ruthlessness to enforce these things... So tappy-cheapo keys we get. The weight shaved off is good. The secret to USB C is not to buy dongles but to replace all your old USB cables with the right ones Any old USB device with a detachable cable can have one single USB C cable going from it to the Mac with no converter or USB dongle in sight!

Apple Magic keyboard, the one with the lightning jack and built in battery.... I have never seen such an overrated piece of junk in my life. To think this is going to be the standard wireless Apple keyboard for all iMacs, etc. for several years. Let's start with the keys themselves, dreadful flat cheap feel, awful clapping sound when typing, the softness and travel of the old keys has been obliterated just like on the new MacBook Pro. I just hate the way it feels. Then there's the cursor keys, 4 of them scrunched into the space only a bit bigger than a shift key. The up and down key is practically one key and you operate it with your finger tips as your fingers no longer fit on it or rest on the up/down directions. If you're thinking of gaming with this keyboard, don't do it... nightmare. Small thing, but I thought I'd put out a warning to prevent £120 being flushed down the toilet

Canon have been open to dialogue all along and their team got in touch, they didn't give any pre-conditions for it at all. One day, they got in touch and that was it. I have the 5D4 review half-done, but I don't think there is anything I can add about this camera that hasn't already been told... It's not a mysterious black box and since it's been out for a while now on the market, the review wouldn't be very fresh or a surprise. It's MJPEG 4K, big crop, Dual Pixel AF, good stills, not much else to say at all. That's the thing, if Canon really were serious about 4K and consumer video on a stills camera again, I'd be more interested in doing the reviews. But their kind-of lack of passion (in Japan with the top management at least, not with the hard-working PR people and those elsewhere in the company that ARE interested in DSLR video) results in a lack of passion in me as well.

Mercer is annoying to debate with because he keeps switching the subject when somebody tries to take his point on. At the least, stick with one line of argument for longer than 10 minutes, to reduce the frustration factor. So what if Canon had a lot of firsts with the 1D C? It was also the first DSLR priced $12,000!! The first with an MJPEG codec for 4K instead of a much better suited one like ProRes! And since that vintage year, 2012 to be precise, we've had Dual Pixel AF and fuck all else. By the way, the real smoking gun is what Magic Lantern reveals about features being intentionally switched off... The 5D Mark III came out as a 1080/24p camera, maximum 30p, with 720p over HDMI. It was actually a 1080/60p camera with 1080p HDMI. So explain that.

Well, it's nothing to celebrate. Canon and Nikon had to start innovating but I feel the boat has sailed a bit now... Is it too late? For online services, social media, smartphone cameras and the like, it probably is. If Canon had bought Instagram, etc. when they had the chance, different story. They didn't see it coming, they didn't see a future in that particular industry or the benefit of it to their core products. This may be over-simplifying it a bit but it gives you the general idea of the problem, of having 75 year old management guys in charge in Japan. Canon may end up being more of a business-to-business company than a consumer facing one. They won't mind because it is whatever makes money, but the cultural loss to photography of their poor form will be felt. Look at how quickly analogue sales dropped in just 5 years to practically nothing with the advent of affordable digital cameras between 2001-2005.

Guys, DM each other if you want to have an off-topic discussion about your photos. Not in this thread, thank you.