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  1. Also the 1D C has been shot in LOG at ISO 200 by the looks of the banding, and not handled right in post - possibly edited natively from the MJPEG in Premiere which introduces even more banding.
  2. The video specs are wrong on the HK leak. 1920 x 720 1280 x 1080 Vertical res should be the other way round. It's a typo
  3. This isn't a camera shootout. It's a grading shootout. It's very difficult to compare absolute performance with such a huge variable in the mix.
  4. Kind of a vital piece of info missing from your post Steve. What's the app!?
  5. $7999 is now live at B&H. Might justify a free holiday to New York for some! http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/855962-REG/Canon_EOS_1D_C_EOS_1D_C_4K_Cinema.html/BI/6943/KBID/7492
  6. Not good! Hopefully Metabones will respond.
  7. The sensor isn't the problem, the one in the E-M1 for example is almost identical to the GH4 and made by Panasonic. It does 4K. Just a matter of enabling it in their firmware.
  8. Strange, maybe the full price cut hasn't yet been applied.
  9. Here's the UK price cut on the 1D C - http://cvp.com/index.php?t=product/canon_eos_1d_c Down to £7.2K + VAT The used ones are still a far better deal.
  10. Exactly!! Selling my E-M1. Wish Olympus would release both their flagships at once, to save me the eBay fees time and time again How long will I be an E-M5 II owner before I am an E-M1 II 4K owner!? Looking forward to it though, at least it is interesting, unlike a Canon!
  11. More detailed specs for the E-M5 II have come out ahead of it's launch on Thursday 5th February. The video mode is much improved, although it doesn't shoot 4K. Read the full article
  12. ​Incomparible. DR gamma is barely any flatter than Rec 709! I find it gives me a slightly improved image with contrast dialled down and master pedestal up a bit compared to the old NX1 firmware and standard pic profile. But it's not LOG.
  13. ​It's poor to be honest in 50/60p, both are. A7S and 1D C both soft 1080/60p with moire. To do proper 60p you really need a small sensor (GH4) or a full pixel readout, and doing a full pixel readout at high frame rates from a massive full frame sensor in a tiny body on a small battery, with no fan and limited cooling / heat sink is currently not possible with the technology. That's why FS7 is so nice for slow mo, but of course it's much larger and needs a bigger battery.
  14. ​Yes it really is this good. Once you get your head around the ridiculous pricing and ridiculous reluctance of Canon to make simple firmware changes (keeping histo on during a shot as gingercat mentioned is perfect example), you will realise what a good deal it is at the current used prices. Nothing else touches that image internally in such a small camera. The larger cinema cameras have other drawbacks, let alone price. Long boot times, heavy bodies, fans, expensive media, external recorders, v-lock batteries, no thanks. C500 needs an external recorder just to get on par with the 1D C! If Canon release anything this year it HAS to be an internal 4K replacement for the C500 at NAB, it is practically guaranteed but it won't be £5k like my 1D C. The NX1 is perhaps the closest, so that remains a very good deal. The A7S internal 1080p is great but I need 4K internal, better build quality and a native EF mount. I admit I was too harsh on the 1D C then it came out, if there's a bias then it's quite a natural one - I was angry at Canon for putting such a nice image out of reach. This is what the 5D line should have been headed towards all along but they got way too greedy and wrapped up in savagely high mark-up. Unlike Panasonic. Unlike Sony, Unlike Samsung. I still think their business will suffer if this kind of behaviour continues.
  15. ​It's a bit more than a third my friend!! Canon have two main divisions, office and imaging. They also do semiconductors and lithography machines. But the camera sales are the largest market by volume by far. Even as late as last year, 9 million Canon compact cameras were sold. This has now slowed to 7 mil. Canon's interchangeable lens camera sales have also slowed, due to so few exciting new models being released. It's particularly interesting that they have slowed in Q4 2014 despite the 7D Mark II being released in that quarter and the key Christmas sales period. Most recent report is here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/29/us-canon-results-idUSKBN0L10FG20150129?type=companyNews
  16. They can't sell to consumers for $15,000!
  17. It's like reading one clueless comment after the other. For 3 years I covered virtually nothing but NON-Canon cameras. Mainly the GH2!! OK so you lack knowledge, about a great range of subjects here, but at least man up and admit it
  18. ​It is for the low end consumer segment but not the 5D / 1D range, they're not effected by iPhones in the slightest, and if they are then it's curtains for Canon.
  19. Simon, you want an unbiased 1D C take from me!? Should have found EOSHD earlier http://www.eoshd.com/2013/04/the-canon-1d-c-review/ That's about as stinging a critisism as the 1D C deserves and to be honest looking back on it I got it wrong. It's a much better camera than that and for £5k it was a bargain, nothing you can say will make me regret it. By the same token I like the A7S as well and still use it, planning a Shogun shoot soon. So keep calm and carry on sir, preferably not here though! Maybe somewhere else! Mental asylum perhaps!?
  20. ​I'd like you a lot more if you started getting the BASIC FACTS right. OH BOY!! Soft HD??? Super 35mm mode is sharp as hell! Internally! The 1080p HDMI in 4K mode is also sharp as hell. As good as a C300. The 4K of course produces oversampled 2.5K, 2K and 1080p or whatever you like in post, which is sharper and more detailed than the internal A7S 1080p.
  21. The KineMINI 4K is an exciting update to the 2013 model. This now records 12bit 4K raw internally and one of the raw formats is compressed. A much improved DSLR battery grip provides ‘build in’ power via lithium cells similar to those used by Telsa Motors. The CPU has had a major upgrade making the camera far more responsive. Anamorphic modes abound and behind a swappable mount sits a very capable 4K Super 35mm CMOS sensor. A starting price of 4198 euros + shipping and tax for the 4K model sits half way between the Blackmagic Production Camera and the FS700 raw output. So does the ‘Chinese Dragon’ breathe triumphant flames or is it slain? Read the full article here
  22. ​That halving of their share price since 2011 is all down to lack of innovation, yet Canon will pin the blame on the economy, currency, earthquakes, product range reaching 'maturity', and so on... They are heading towards true dinosaur status in the imaging industry, and so are Nikon.
  23. But there's already a clear and present demand for 4K, it's not really a niche thing. Otherwise there wouldn't be a plethora of 4K TVs on our high streets, they'd still be $30,000 and only sold in high end stores. Now they are common as muck. And the iMac 5K - you can't get more omnipresent than that. You're right that Canon are not a consumer electronics giant and they have no agenda over format wars, they will jump on the format once it is established. But it's so short sighted not to jump on consumer 4K at the earliest opportunity, to give yourself a head start. The irony is, Canon are giving stills photographers 8K!! Who asked for that!? If there is the demand for that kind of resolution from the stills market, then surely there is also demand for 4K in the video market.
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