Andrew Reid

Spec specs spec... what about usability? What about feel? What about music quality? This is everyday stuff guys. This phone doesn't get it right. Until you have had one in your hands you just won't understand.

In my first shoot with the NX1 I only had the rather cheap and cheerful kit zoom on the camera. That doesn't go any faster than F3.5. I've since been buying adapters and have found the Sigma ART lenses to be a perfect match for the Samsung NX1 in 4K. The video footage above was shot very quickly but it should give you an idea of just how superb the NX1's 4K video really is. Fantastic detail, colour and overall feel. Read the full article here

If you look at how the CM1 stacks up against other Android smartphones, it's also piss poor.

Worst review ever / thanks for the review... Are you two people under one account? :)

Hmm just a guess but you might be an Android fan!   Look I don't deny it can't be a cutting edge mobile OS for certain devices especially those from Samsung, but it doesn't have the same user experience as an iPhone.   That you can't even visualise my idea for Panasonic, tells me that you don't really mind the tacky lack of visual appeal on the Android platform either.   Have some imagination.   A powered case that happens to have a 20MP 1" camera in it, clips to the back of the phone same as the extra juice cases do. That way I get to keep iOS and I get a better camera... and it would still end up thinner than the CM1

  Don't agree.

Panasonic have just released the best smartphone available for sensor size and image quality. A limited retail launch is underway now in Germany and France with the UK to follow by Christmas. Against the backdrop of a run of hits from Panasonic like the GH4 and LX100, the CM1 unfortunately is the one that got away. An inadequate replacement for your existing high end smartphone, even if you value the camera side. Read the full article here

Yes 24p 4K is in the latest firmware update. ND filters - no internal, you'll have to get a vari-ND and screw it on.   Best ones are Heliopan and SLR Magic's new one. Both have hard stops.

Digital Bolex has great colour with the CCD in there.   One word to describe the colour of a CCD... it's analogue.

You do like to play devil's advocate sometimes Ebrahim don't you :)

It's 2.3x, definitely not 2.6x.

  The 120fps is really good, looks better than the GH4 at first glance. Need to shoot some more with it.   The 1080/60p isn't that great though. Shoot 4K.

  -10. It does improve dynamic range but I think it's at the expense of the image generally, so I'd not go past -5.

  You can lower contrast sure, but you can also just upload it at 1080p instead of 4K. Then Vimeo / YouTube don't need to scale it so harshly.

  Yeah, you're right.   Impressive colours.

The Panasonic FZ1000 is a bridge camera, but is it a bridge that actually leads anywhere? Read my FZ1000 review to find out... http://www.eoshd.com/2014/11/panasonic-fz1000-review-bargain-4k-super-zoom

  Yes definitely the end codec is 4:2:0 internal, though the imaging pipeline before that is probably all 4:2:2.   Pleasing colour... close to Canon-style I'd say.

  It's not really rocket science... if you need the high ISO performance and 4K HDMI output get the A7S and don't wait on the II because it could be years yet! If you really prefer to have steady shots without a rig or anything to stabilise the camera on your body whilst shooting with non-stablised lenses (maybe you don't have any Canon OIS lenses to use on it via the Metabones adapter) then get the A7 II but wait for the reviews because until it has been put through its paces we won't know what the image quality is like... original A7 was rubbish for video quality, big difference between that and the A7S internal 1080p let alone the 4K output!!!

Thanks to Norbert Bielan in New York for this test footage. You can read his thoughts on shooting with the URSA below. Blackmagic's latest unified firmware release is mainly about the URSA and what an update it is. The new firmware bumps the maximum frame rate up to 80fps in 4K and adds a new 3:1 compression setting for raw recording, fitting more material onto CFast cards. The URSA also makes an interesting back-end for your existing 4K HDMI camera such as the Sony A7S. Has anybody actually tried this combination yet? Read the full article here

  No.

You can minimise it by downscaling to 1080p in the edit before uploading to YouTube or Vimeo. Really helps.   These websites aren't designed to downscale as gracefully.

Crude downscaling from such a high resolution 4K image to a postage stamp sized frame is going to do that. Inescapable. Not the fault of the camera. Get a 4K monitor. They're cheap now.

Keep the A7S and stabilise with a Gorilla pod against your shoulders for handheld stuff. Works really well and still tiny small!

Excellent good to have another option for converting, but can you go higher than 50Mbit/s? It's too low for H.264 4K.

Ah yes sorry, it's 30p & 0.25x for 120fps. Or indeed 60p at 0.5x.   I've only tested 24p at 0.25x so far, so yes 96fps.   Needs an article of it's own. Coming soon.