Andrew Reid

Add it to the bag with the EVF... You know you want it!

I still have my S1H and am always pleasantly surprised by how well the image holds up vs the latest and greatest stuff (Z9, A1, etc.) i.e. it has a better image entirely... especially in low light... Just not the same super fast sensor readout. I think the OLPF helps give it a more natural look too. Definitely an internal ND is needed and phase-detect AF in the S1H Mark II, but I hope to see eND not a mechanical one. FS5 is how long ago now?! Call me insane but I'd like to see a "True RAW" 2.8K Cinema DNG full frame mode with option for light 3:1 compression, without that smooth processed look of ProRes RAW. Today's RAW codecs look too similar to H.265.... Or maybe HEVC has improved a lot?! It would be nice to get the size and weight down to Sony a1 level. Stacked sensor for that nice 4K/120fps... maybe 2.8K at 240fps? Not too bothered about 8K... I am sure Pana are in a dilemma about that too.

Get it, really is a fun little beast with an image that is truly unprocessed sensor RAW in the cinema sense, not the faux-RAW that's taken over. If you can find an Fp-L that's even better... same 60mp sensor as a Leica SL3 or A7R V for quarter of the price. It's capable of some nice oversampling whereas the original Fp pixel bins. And has phase-detect AF.

The S1H still has a better image though. Especially in low light. The overheating issues are not the big problem this time, rather the price and lens mount is.

Panasonic have their own Super 35mm 6K sensor but it's not the organic one. https://na.industrial.panasonic.com/products/sensors/optical-photoelectric-sensors/lineup/image-sensors/series/71626/model/76817 They also manufactured the GH1/GH2 chip I believe before moving to Sony with the GH3. Now Sony's manufacturing capabilities are so far ahead that it doesn't really make sense not to use their manufacturing process, and you can still design your own chip and spec it to a high degree. With the sensor in the Alexa 35 being made by Onsemi, exceeding the spec of the proposed Panasonic organic sensor, it would make more sense to work with Omsemi if they were not to go Sony like everyone else, rather than continue to develop their own totally different tech. I could be wrong - let's see.

Yes over 4 and 5 years, that points to something quite wrong doesn't it? Is Pana soft quitting on us? I sincerely hope not. Also you will notice the SL3 has also quite an old off the shelf Sony sensor, same as A7R IV and Sigma Fp-L. Certainly nothing as cutting edge as a Z6 or A1. Where's the L2 partnership going exactly? Into the old parts bins for cheap?

It is close to perfect and the image still stands up today as one of the best you can possibly get. But it would be nice to have even a small update, like: Less heavy, a bit smaller Phase-detect AF In-camera LUT feature Stacked sensor for 4K/120p

The S1H Mark II, and the other new S1 cameras should be here by now. Interestingly the Leica SL3 has arrived already. This is a camera that is engineered by Panasonic with Leica, and very much Panasonic in terms of electronics and firmware. The S1R Mark II has not come along with it. Instead Panasonic have given us two lower-end cameras, the S5 Mark II and S9. EOSHD looks at what's going on in Osaka. Read the full blog post: https://www.eoshd.com/news/is-panasonic-rethinking-high-end-full-frame-mirrorless-line-up-the-missing-cameras-of-2023-24/

Between the R5 and S1H, the Panasonic is the better choice for low light. I also rate the Nikon Z6 quite highly for the price, and the good old A7 III. At higher end of budget then the Sony a7s III and Fuji X-H2S come to mind.

DPR are in the business of writing advertising copy now and had been going in that direction for a long, long time. Rarely do they have a bad word to say about anything.

Best off hacking the Samsung NX1 which is fully Linux. I still have the source code for that if anyone is interested

RED have multiple different OLPF, for example the softer Skintone filter. But at the end of the day it doesn't matter, as the best filter is the lens.

Have you considered the AI Bot sub-forum?

#Copyright Panasonic Corporation 2019

Indeed, it'll be stuff like Java won't it? The actual firmware is closed.

They could also use a much slimmer bezel on an OLED display, like the Xperia 1 series phones, with square edges, which would eliminate the massive chin on the current camera LCDs.

There is a chance to go past 3" screens on the larger mirrorless cameras. All they need to do is reposition the joystick and get rid of the large jog wheel. Then the buttons below the screen can be screen icons as touch screens work better 5" rather than 3. When the screen is flipped out, it won't be any heavier as we'd use an OLED panel and titanium frame. At any rate it would definitely still be much lighter than a smartphone as it is just the panel, no internals like battery. So it shouldn't unbalance the camera when in use, and I'd prefer it to flip out rather than twizzle out anyway. Why haven't we gone past 3" do you think? Lack of demand, cost, or something else?

8K via YouTube won't look true. It will have been manipulated by your display for a start, downscaled to fit. Compressed to hell. Any sharpness in the original image will look worse. I miss the days when people were a bit more savvy about pixel peeping. Downloading the original files from Vimeo... Looking for signs of aliasing. And in-camera colour science was more important prior to the everything being shot in LOG format.

Something tells me the R1 is not the last 1 series EOS R camera to come... https://www.eoshd.com/news/hint-wait-for-the-canon-eos-r1x/ After all, back in the day they did split the 1D and 1DS didn't they?

8K with that firmware update for 500Mbit 10bit 422 is what the a1 is all about The super 35mm mode is your usual 5.8k downsampled to UHD... That has been around since the a7r II. No complaints with it but the full frame 8K is stunning. When the R1 hits $2000 on eBay as pro cameras tend to do... and Sony a1 comes down under $3k used, things will start to get very interesting again for enthusiasts.

Absolutely. The Fuji X-H2 does this for $1500 350 Mbps is more like it. Remains to be seen whether it is any better than H.265 at that bitrate though and it being not really RAW (as in unprocessed like Cinema DNG). Probably looks very similar to H.265 for all but the most extreme grades. We at least get a fan this time, so in a way all the controversy was worth it. No matter what though, It just isn't worth £4500 to me in today's market. Between the Sony a1, Fuji GFX 100 and Panasonic S1H I have the bases covered. There is no way the EOS R5 II beats a GFX 100 for stills and manual focus glass either. Canon FD glass looks so much more atmospheric in medium format. The GFX 100 is going for under £3k used in mint condition now BTW. The GFX 100 II is definitely worth saving up for when it comes down in price.

6K 60p Standard RAW – 2600mbps 6K 60p Light RAW – 1800mbps These are the bitrates for 6K RAW on the Canon R1 Do people still mind about manageable file sizes? For me I never tend to go above 700Mbit. Of course for 8K RAW on the R5 II the files are going to be even more gargantuan (2600mbps+) One thing both Canon and Nikon continue to omit is any sort of anamorphic mode as well.

The Z8 and Z9 shoot ProRes RAW as well though, not just N-RAW. They are in pole position for future cameras as well due to the infamous patent and RED ownership. What if they say to Canon - no more RAW for you? Unlikely, but Canon could end up paying significant royalties if there is a time-limit on the current patent swap with RED. By the way - depending on what was swapped, Nikon could now have the rights to use RF mount!! That would be funny. Far fewer resolutions, frame rates and crop factors. That is truly a camera for the faithful.

There is no line skipping any more, it is done by pixel binning and more intelligently merging groups of pixels. Sensors have come a long way since the 5D Mark II. Unfortunately for Canon, the competition's sensors have come along further than they have. If the trend continues then Canon will have to pay a heavy price for Sony's best process... And are not fully in control, but at the mercy of a rival. I am very curious to see if existing R5 and R3 owners in the current financial climate decide that it is worth it to upgrade.

That price difference is absolutely nuts. The R5 II is objectively worse than a Z8... Not by a lot, but in terms of the overall technology under the hood, the fact it needs a fan, the lack of ProRes and the worse RAW codec, and also the worse lens mount which cannot accept adapters to Sony E-mount - and I am not sure there is a autofocusing Leica M adapter either? Or Super 16mm c-mount? So that for me, is what killed the EOS R3 vs Nikon Z9 and it is same with the new models. Overheating times don't make for great reading either: https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-eos-r5-ii-initial-review/2 Seems like just the original R5 with a re-worked fan from the EOS R5C in terms of thermals of the processor and sensor. And what's up with the R1 - for something that has cooked for 3 and a half years longer than a Sony a1, you'd think it would move the bar a lot higher - instead it is a reheated 1D X Mark III! That for me is a bit of a shocker. I was expecting something completely new and something which really put the relatively old-ish R3 and Z9 in the shade. I guess Canon decided that sports photographers didn't want the extra file sizes of 50MP+, so they played it relatively conservatively?