Andrew Reid

I could certainly try opening my own camera store here at EOSHD. Need a clear out and really would hate to be scammed over something like an Iscorama or Leica SL2. I think I will continue raising some awareness of how dangerous eBay is for sellers and then go my own way. Thanks for the support guys.

The full story is here: https://www.eoshd.com/news/story-of-a-fraud-nightmare-sellers-beware-ebay/

Obvious this is wrong of Small Rig but I just think nearly all companies are pulling similar stunts and content creators are happy to enable it in 99% of situations. I don't know this guy but it's good he has spoken out. But it is a bit like watching two sales people arguing about principals. If this was Sony sending him a free A7S III would he have called them out for blackmail? If Canon had sent him an EOS R5 but he didn't like the overheating, is this blackmail when they expect content from him? It is the unspoken rule. If you want free stuff, they expect you to return the favour and do your part. Is it a quid-pro-quo when nobody complains and blackmail when somebody does? No they are the same thing really. The only difference between Sony with Gerald Undone and Small Rig with this guy is the degree of subtleness.

So it's blackmail when they don't like the product enough to do a video. But THIS RIG WILL BLOW YOU AWAY *shocked face* if they do?

Yes I have confirmed this with Nikon's technical representative too https://www.eoshd.com/news/nikon-z6-ii-firmware-update-fix-for-eoshd-z-log-and-custom-picture-profiles-in-4k-60p/ All is fixed!

Version 1.20 firmware on the Z6 II / Z7 II notes from Nikon - https://www.eoshd.com/news/nikon-z6-ii-firmware-update-fix-for-eoshd-z-log-and-custom-picture-profiles-in-4k-60p/ It officially contains a fix for Z-LOG in 4K/60p and 50p where frame flickering / white frame corruption was occurring at these higher frame rates. You can now use the custom profile again in all modes!

I've been in touch with Nikon. Let's see what they say. They need to put a technical person in touch with me rather than PR, so I am waiting on them now...

Yes you can use Z-LOG at very low ISOs, no problem. Either external or internal.

25 mins doesn't sound right to me. How's the battery health reporting?

Fuji smartphone printer? I know which one I'd use.

This is a very small premium to jump from 24MP to 61MP by the way. That is class leading resolution. I am not suggesting this is the right camera for video users, but they did their best not to sacrifice anything on that side either. It still does 12bit 4K RAW, which is pretty amazing from 61MP. The A7R IV doesn't do that does it? Yet Sony charge a much bigger premium for high resolution, compared to the standard model A7 III. So for a lot of landscape photographers this is going to be a great deal, and for a lot of cine shooters who also need a compact high resolution camera (medium format league resolution!) what is the alternative exactly?

You can still disagree with someone you respect, you know.

None that I know of. What would be the advantages? Crypto is for two things... Invest as a speculative long term hold... And for private untraceable transactions. Why do you need to secretly buy a camera? 🙂

I have nothing against him as a person, in fact has done some very informative stuff, and I've praised him for it in the past... just think he is part of the same machine, and that in the case of the Fp series he hasn't given it a fair crack of the whip. It is a direction for the internet overall that I'm just not too glad about. It is becoming just all powerful brands paraded on TV, brands influencing the influencer, and the incredibly anodyne nature of the personalities bores me to death... to the point of provoking them even, just to see if there is a real person there. I also don't get the same filmmaking inspiration I do from tech guys as I do from an actual Dp. It's what makes Bloom so persuasive - the pretty pictures - makes people overlook the person he actually is in my opinion, but we won't get into that again.

I find it strange. Sigma created a new concept, first full frame mirrorless camera with internal 4K RAW recording. Gerald didn't even review it. And now this, with the follow-up model that is a sensor swap for landscape photographers. Bit odd I think.

Picking right tool for the job instead YES

Why not review the one that was for his audience instead then? Maybe next he will do a review of a Hasselblad film camera and complain it can't shoot video.

It depends what you plan to shoot with it. Far from ideal for certain situations. Brilliant for others... And silent too. Mechanical shutters will be obsolete within 5 years.

If we concern ourselves about most reviews, most sales, most people, we may as well give up filmmaking.

Who cares!! The more unique and customised my camera is, the better. Who wants to use whatever everyone else does?

In the YouTube comments “this was the smoothest bloodbath in a while”. On social media slick ninja-like assassins strike again in the middle of the night, and the unfortunate victim always seems to be the Sigma Fp series. In what’s a common theme the original Fp and now the Fp-L, I don’t think many of the social media glitterati get this camera. In the case of Gerald, I don’t think he gave Sigma a fair crack of the whip in at all. New blog post: https://www.eoshd.com/news/why-gerald-undone-is-wrong-about-the-sigma-fp-l/

You'd be better off shooting a crop sensor format with that too. I've tried anamorphic on medium format and it's tricky. You need a very long focal length and the corners are a bit mushy. Check the Mamiya stuff.

The pixel-binned image from the GFX 100 is very good. Not soft, and aliasing not too bad either. One of the best pixel binned images.

Now your username is relevant again 😉

1V was quite a looker...