Andrew Reid

Good point about X-Trans. It's probably one of those pragmatic Fuji compromises like 4:2:0 in video mode. At least they are not chopping IBIS out of a $4500 EOS R5C! Could be worse. Fuji's JPEGs and colour does have a nice smooth look most of the time... and now we know why? 🙂 It isn't necessarily horrible, but it clearly has downsides for certain kinds of shot when viewed at 1:1. This is a great find though (and it's one of the best advertisements for Magic Lantern RAW I've ever seen).

Are you all using Resolve? Better check it isn't an issue with the software.

My theory is Fuji is doing this on purpose as a form of hidden noise reduction. Or maybe it's industrial sabotage from Sony when they supply the sensor. 💩

Great work. I wonder if the same issue is present on the GFX 100 in ProRes RAW to an external recorder?

It doesn't take up a huge amount of room either, the diameter of the front of the camera is only a bit bigger than your average EF lens. I wish the camera companies would recognise the importance of this mechanism and put it in. Canon C70 manages it. FS5 does it. It's the Japanese obsession with small widgets that stops it from going into mirrorless cameras. Just make them 10% bigger and be done with it.

Pocket 4K in Cinema DNG was up there, before they nurfed it. I still have my original firmware! Would have thought the finest grain award goes to URSA 12K. I also liked 5D Mark II ML RAW in 2K. Very digital Bolex like at ISO 1600 especially with a black and white grade. 5D Mark III was a bit too smooth by comparison to the older one.

Indeed, when given the choice between buying a Sigma lens in E or L mount, one of the big reasons for buying a modern lens rather than using classic stuff is AF. So if they can't sort out AF, the entire mount dies. No rush then!

I agree on the importance of AF. Especially in a mirrorless camera. In terms of the market, Blackmagic seems to have got a free pass though. Shit AF all round from them, and nobody complains and the cameras sell like hot cakes. So what's going on? Sony, Canon and Nikon all AF obsessed and producing very capable systems in both video and stills mode. Fuji is patchy. I thought maybe it's Sony patents holding Panasonic to ransom, or past mistakes. But then a literal Olympus CORPSE comes out of a graveyard and gives us Quad Pixel phase-detect AF on sensor. It's absolutely bizarre the whole thing isn't it? As for GH6, I have one but am under NDA so can't say anything about it until it launches for real.

Does it come with a free ticket to a Wallabies game as well?

Why's it got an Olympus badge??

Nope. An investment firm bought the Olympus camera division. Olympus themselves, outside of just cameras still exists. Japanese government is nothing like China. It isn't communist for a start!

Why does it still have an Olympus logo?

I have a bit of a conspiracy theory about the new OM digital company. I think Sony will help it along, and maybe Sony has some interest in taking a stake in a competitor who was formerly more close to Panasonic. Rumours of a Sony Quad Pixel sensor in the new OM digital camera, could make it surprisingly advanced tech. As for video... Olympus had a few fans but the masses always saw them more as a photography brand like Fuji, and unlike Fuji, Olympus did not do a big video push later on or any dedicated hybrid models like the Fuji X-H1. Plus if you had a bunch of Micro Four Thirds lenses and wanted video... You wouldn't choose an E-M1 II over a GH5. Personally I liked both. Olympus did do some things in a different way, and it's up to opinion whether that was better than Panasonic. Plus, E-M1 II had phase-detect AF. E-M1 X is a nice body, they went out on a high. Of course it lacks all the myriad video features of Panasonic and 10bit. But it has a seriously nice image and great ergonomics, plus superb IBIS.

Plot twist. This patent is actually for the Komodo. Canon makes it for RED. Just a thought. Probably an incorrect one but it is oddly similar isn't it?

"sensors up to 56x42 (a 4:3)" So Canon going into medium format market then? Which of their current lenses will cover that?! There must be more to it. I would be very surprised if they bring out a Canon camera with no Canon lenses to go with it.

Indeed real life is much missed! Social media has brought along a degenerate culture to the industry. It's a bit like if Associated Press put out a public tender to the camera companies but it only mentions specific Sony specs because a deal was stitched up behind closed doors earlier. Meritocracy is under serious threat if this continues.

Facebook's vision with the tech that started with Oculus is to virtualise our everyday lives so we do nothing but sit at home with a bucket on our head watching ads.

The social media abuse is one thing but I'd like to bring this topic back to what Canon Rumors guy says in his actual tweets above. I am interested to hear all your opinions on this more so than anything else. 50K ad guys CR guy falling out with YouTubers Gannon at DPReview (who writes all the clickbait on the news feed) Industry is turning into a cess pit and it isn't much fun to be involved in it. Unless the audience and consumers turn away from this and stop watching, stop clicking, stop endorsing, the problem of cronyism is going to get worse. Why aren't we on Roger Deakin's forum instead or taking lessons from other top DPs?

I think it's obvious what it's about, and I fully agree with him. But on that I have no idea what is going on. Strange times indeed!

It is not shutting down. Canon Rumors is staying open, just under new owners. It's a sale.

Oh yes. I'd forgotten about that. Crazy fanboy lunatics. I had daily anonymous threats via my contact form with fake email addresses. Found the guy by looking up his IP address and comparing it to previous website use where he'd used his name and email. I think the reason I forgot about the Canon fanboys was because most of all I remember the Philip Bloom defenders coming after me in their hundreds.

Certainly came out of the blue, did this from Craig. I wish him all the best. Sounds like he needs a break like me. If he sold the site to a good home, and took a good pay cheque from it I hope he can build something fresh and new out of that and use the money to take a good photographic adventure. Social media brings out the worst instincts in human beings. Tribal behaviours. Epidemic misinformation and lies. I didn't see what has been going on with Craig, but he seems to have completely deleted his Twitter and closed up shop there. The internet is fucked. Facebook can go out of business as far as I'm concerned, and they've ruined Instagram / WhatsApp too, so they can go in the bin along with the whole Meta group. Fuck VR as well. Nobody wants this shit. It's a distraction at best, at worst it can takes lives or destroys democratic political system. Facebook and social media has sucked so much life out of my own business - this forum would be busier too, if it weren't for the distraction of Facebook groups and Twitter. Thankfully $200 billion shaved off FB's share price this week so couldn't happen to a nicer company. I haven't always seen eye to eye with any of the rumours sites. But I genuinely do wish Craig well in what he does next

It's just a discussion and that is the question. I am not saying nobody needs 8K. As far as Canon goes, business ethics are important to me as is how you are treated after spending X amount. No matter how desirable a product is, I can only go off past experiences with that company. If reps for that company lie to me, or a product doesn't do what is promised, and then there is a cover up, with no remorse or refund, then it's tough to expect the customers affected to go back isn't it. I can only say no to the R5C. I've said why. All are factual points for me not wanting one... 1. Canon business ethics and treatment of me as a customer 2. Prices of the lenses (just got second price increase in 5 months by the way) 3. Lack of need for what is offered 4. Constant weirdness in terms of features removed, missing stuff 5. It's another 4 grand I don't need to spend and happy with what I have 6. No IBIS. 7. 8 seconds between modes. 8. Don't need 8K. 9. Massive file sizes at the highest quality and in RAW 10. Poor 10bit 422 codec performance in Resolve. 11. I don't have any RF lenses, all sold. 12. Piss poor anamorphic features. Not to mention competition is much more compelling. Z9 anyone?

You really are determined to promote YouTubers on this forum aren't you... Are you moonlighting as a manager or something? 🙂

Exactly... Creativity is in the limitations, not throwing numbers and convenience at a job.