Andrew Reid

  Yes it is!   If you have an A7 or A7R for video you have the wrong model!

Why would you want XAVC-S on the GH3 or 4?   XAVC-S is a marketing word. The codec is actually H.264, at 50Mbit.   GH3 shoots H.264 at 50Mbit already and the GH4 shoots it at 200Mbit!

Also, all these firmware differences are actually marketed as hardware differences, so it is a little bit misleading in my view. When you buy a piece of software you know you are buying software and you know that a lite version costs money to unlock the full potential of.   If the people who bought the 1D C and F55 knew that they were actually buying almost identical hardware that was for sale at $12k or $6k less, only differentiated by firmware, would they accept it quite so readily?

I know a few people who would have bought a F5 if it had 4K internal at $16k, so how many sales does the disabling of features in firmware LOSE the company?

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120fps is 720p and quite a heavy sensor crop but detail is pretty good and moire isn't too bad either.

When I reviewed it earlier this year I found the RX10 to be an excellent shot getter - but it was also a shot loser as well due to the weak AVCHD implementation. Many of my images suffered from too much mud and a break-up of detail in certain situations. So this is very welcome news from Sony. The V2.0 RX10 firmware adds 50Mbit/s XAVC-S codec and just as excitingly 120fps for slow-mo, making the RX10 a very interesting creative prospect because of the very effective stabilisation, long lens range, built in ND filter and a sensor with a full pixel readout. Read the full article here

Sorry some slipped through the net, will look into it and email you both in a few minutes. If anyone else has had a problem let me know!

  Nanu nanu!!

  It's not the right analogy at all. "Lite" versions of software are generally free or very cheap, the F5 is not a free version of the F55, it's a $16k camera. You're paying a lot for hardware that's capable of 4K. F5 owners will be upset that they had a camera all along that could shoot 4K and they have been shooting 1080p for budgetary reasons unnessessarily.   Equally in the case of F55 owners, who paid an extra $12,000 mainly for 4K, only for it to appear for free due to a text file change on the $12k cheaper model - that's annoying. There's no other way to describe it.   Customers lose out from this kind of strategy. Canon could and should have put 4K on the 1D X but they disabled it in software, denying a whole host of talents access to it due to price reasons.   I don't know of any software packages where the price difference is $12k between the lite and full versions.   This is like hacking the lite version to get the full version, it shouldn't be allowed. If a company is going to take this strategy they at least need to protect their customers from hacks. Thing is, there are always going to be hacks and circumnavigation of barriers when features are disabled in software. The most responsible solution is to differentiate the cameras based on how much they cost to manufacture.

It already does 4K internal, it comes off the sensor as 4K and is debayered, all the hard work done and sent to HDMI rather than compressed and sent to the card. 4K compression is trivial. Mobile phones do it. I don't believe the overheating theory at all... The biggest heat management issue in the A7S comes from the sensor and that is already doing 4K even for 1080p. It's probably more work for the image processor to downsample the 4K output to 1080p than it is to compress the 4K and write it to the SD card. I think they are saving the feature for future models.   My message is clear to the manufacturers and always has been... Give us 100% of the capabilities of the hardware we pay for and don't disable stuff with a line of code.

View the Sony F5 'out of the box' specs at B&H here (and add 4K for free) Paul Ream (Twitter) has spoken about his simple unlocking technique for the F5 to unlock 4K XAVC recording. It doesn't even require a firmware update. Via Philip Bloom on Facebook and Paul Ream on the ExtraShot Podcast Read the full article here

  There is already an APS-C Speed Booster for Sony E-mount. There will never be one for the 50D unfortunately Oscar as it requires a mirrorless mount. There needs to be space between the lens and the sensor for the Speed Booster glass to fit. The mirror on a DSLR takes up that space so it's a physical impossibility to make one for Canon's APS-C DSLRs.

  Yes it works. It is EF mount actually. All Tokina, Sigma and Tamron third party APS-C lenses are EF mount.

  I don't shoot for dance music though. So I won't be changing my style. This is a one off. I'll take the opportunity because he's a big name, but my filmmaking is going a different route entirely.

Damn this is a fun app. Nice creative results possible. I'm going to try it out more...

  Impossible to say without knowing your priorities as a shooter. In some circumstances the A7S will do better, in other circumstances the GH4 with Speed Booster so it's very tricky to give a quick answer, all I can do is point out the differences.   Creatively, I prefer the full frame & low light performance of the A7S but the GH4 with Speed Booster is Super 35mm, suits PL and cine lenses, all whilst doing 4K internally to small file size. It's also cheaper, and a total bargain for what it offers, as well as being better ergonomically than the A7S.

  Nope.

Nah. Fly by wire is when the manual focus ring on the lens drives internal motors to shift the focussing elements, rather than doing it directly, mechanically.

First impressions review The long awaited active Canon EF mount Speed Booster adapter for Micro Four Thirds is finally here. I have a review sample, currently putting it through a few shoots to see how it performs. This is not the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera version but the general Micro Four Thirds mount adapter, so fully compatible with all Panasonic and Olympus cameras including the GH4 and E-M1. Finally you can use all your Canon lenses with full electronic support for aperture control and stabilisation. Read the full article here

  I agree and Blackmagic have a lot of work to do on the sales and marketing side to get their house in order. They are really upsetting people.

Nice shot man!   By the way my A7S review part 2 and conclusion are coming this week. Sorry it took a while.

  Here's the "director's cut"  password vandyk   This is my edit and grade, but to be honest the music style is not a great fit to my shooting style which is slow and considered on the most part. Radiohead is a better fit. So if you're watching guys ;) I'm here and waiting.

  Wow small world. Keep up the good work Kasper!