Andrew Reid

  Indeed! I am wondering how wildly different people's display calibrations are.

  No it's a linear roll at constant speed.

  You don't have to do it all the time, just when you want reduced rolling shutter though.

That is exactly what is shown in the article.

The ultra sonic stabilisation on Canon lenses can be used via the Metabones Smart EF adapter on the A7S. The 100mm F2.8L Macro especially is very effective for general handheld shooting and not just macro. 35mm F2.0 IS is another good one.

The A7S is so close to being a 'complete' system for high end video quality in a small prosumer camera, but there's one issue that has quite rightly been highlighted by filmmakers such as Andrew Wonder and that is the rolling shutter distortion. The A7S actually has a very fast sensor with high efficiency made possible by the latest technology but because it does not skip any lines when reading out the image the net result is a scan that takes roughly as long as the older 5D Mark II, which does line-skip. Sony plan to fix this by introducing a new sensor technology which can read entire lines of pixels in batches of 4 simultaneously. Read the full article here

  It does have more actual detail though. Look closely.

  It already does scaling for a 1080p output from 4K sensor feed, just like the GH4. However this external box takes over the job from the camera's image processor and does it better.

Or maybe beauty is just in the eye of the beholder. Hmm.

Hell, get an Easyjet flight to pick it up! Still ends up much cheaper :)   The DigitalRev euros price ends up similar to the European retail RRP at stores in Germany, but their GBP price is cheaper. Go figure :)

  Likely no gain, I think it uses the same internal downscaling from the 4K sensor output to make the XAVC encoder and HDMI signal.   But you do gain compression quality and a file that grades better.   Also better motion blur with less macro blocking.

  There is, but sharpening wasn't in minus setting I don't think, so might be down to that.

Yep almost all ways apart from the rolling shutter, which is a result of having the full pixel read out, so worth it in my view. There's always the APS-C mode & IS for more violent handheld work.   In future Sony plan to read 4 lines at once on their CMOS sensors to speed up the full pixel readout. They have filed a patent for it.   Miles ahead of Canon? Looking like it.

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  Picture courtesy of James Miller, inset - the CYP 4K HDMI scaler The picture above (click for 1080p original) is from the 4K full frame sensor inside the Sony A7S (ISO 3200, S-LOG2). Internally the camera does a simple downscale of the 4K signal to 2K for standard 1080p XAVC or HDMI recording - but James discovered adding a hardware scaler on the end of the 4K HDMI signal results in a more detailed 1080p image which is light and day different. The great news is this scaler is only £167 in the UK. Add to that an Atomos Ninja Blade or Ninja Star for taking the image from the scaler and recording it to ProRes - and you have one of the best 1080p images available at any price. Read the full article here

Yes it has arrived in the UK without a hitch, quick delivery. Only problem is I am in Berlin! :)

Thanks Stephen!

Rather than lock the thread I've removed the conversation that is of zero use to anyone, and there's a lot of it in this one.   I take a huge chunk out of my day, every day, to answer questions about cameras.   When some jerk asks rudely like Tone13 did   With his "??????!!!!!!!" And his declaration of "Basic info guys!"   ​You can't seriously expect anyone in their right mind to give them a polite reply. â€‹It is infuriatingly rude.   Tone13 has been banned because it only takes 1 idiot to bring further threads into disrepute and drag them off topic like he has done here.   I run a free forum, the minimum payment is a basic respect for EOSHD if you choose to use it.

That's because customs in other European countries actually check the price declared on the package :)

Hmm. The FS100 had a S35 sensor with 2 megapixel and the low light performance of that was way better than a high resolution photographic sensor of the same size, i.e. 7D, even taking into account the downsampling effect on lessening noise per pixel.   You have to also take into account the architecture of the sensor, for example whether global shutter takes up room on the front side of the sensor that otherwise could be used to gather light. In case of BM Production Camera that made an 8MP APS-C sensor far less sensitive than it otherwise would have been. To only take into account sensor size and megapixel count is too simplistic.   For video a resolution matched as closely to the native res (2K or 4K) is beneficial.   4K actually only needs 8MP, and 12MP on the A7S can go lower still. Wait till you see the Sony curved CMOS with purpose built fast prime and 8MP 4K video... Low light on that will be another game changer and blow the A7S out of the water.   It's a moving target, constantly.   A lower resolution sensor holds a massive advantage for video. You can downscale a 36MP still to 2MP and say "look how clean" but pixel quality is pixel quality, signal to noise is signal to noise, there's far fewer ways to fudge the facts when it comes to video.

They didn't lie.... Does the Phantom even go to 2000ft?

Ah my friend Volker down the road!   Yep 5D Mark II is currently an absolute bargain with raw.

Corrected the typo!   It is just me here, no team of guys running the blog though there are mods helping me with the forum. Maybe I need a proof reader as well ;)

Actually with Sony's curved sensor technology the megapixel counts are low on that too. So for some cameras we will be seeing much more of the A7S low light prowess in future.

Flying it within sight of a police helicopter is seriously stupid.   Not sure if the police overreacted or not though. Attach a string, call it a kite, then see if they overreact to that ;)