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Curious about the size of 17-40mm 1.8, if it is still similar to 18-35mm I think the FF 28-70/24-60 2.8 will be a better choice for smaller size/weight.

Funny when it comes to Sony it seems a lot more forgiving spec wise. Suddenly rolling shutter is not an issue while on S1RII it was blast to oblivion 4k60k crop = not an issue anymore? Really? I have super sampled 4k60p FF from R8 years ago which blast this 4k60p crop from other manufacturers anytime of the day as you get noise and DR penalty vs non crop 4k25p full sensor readout. At least Panasonic was trying to squeeze more juice by having cinemascope 4k60p from the same sensor, but Sony still have no Opengate with this release. It could have but choose not to cause they know people will give it a pass because it is Sony. 4k120p should be mandatory in year 2025 now at this price point, not giving another 4k60p crop. Well this release does make the R5c I bought used feel a lot more value, got it for few hundred less than this FX2 and totally kill it spec wise. (Plannig to shoot VR content which Canon is the only way for interchangeable lens system. The only good news is at least the new price is alot lower than rumored so much more accessible, but Z6III feel so much better for cheaper.. wait that what people said about S1II release as well. (same sensor but $1000 less)

Except China... they certainly have their own price vs the world. Here in NZ we pay stupidly high prices vs the world since the beginning of the time, S1RII is like over US$4000 haha, R5II is actually cheaper than S1RII in here.

If the new entry camera Sony FX2 is costing $3500 I can't imagine how much price hike will FX3II gonna be. But they will be just US problems ha.

That price is with the new 24-60 which is not bad? Non of the other camera you mentioned do OG 60p so for OG users that is quite the moot point. But for general users who don't care about OG they certainly have more choices. Anyway with Panasonic there is always the fire sale after few months to a year, so for S1II I gonna wait for a year to see how much discount I can get. In the mean time I m rocking with S9 and S5II. Got them both cheap after the discount and free lens to boot (free 85mm 1.8 for NZ one)

Oh yeah definitely quite a number of them want 60P opengate so they export all kind of ratio.

Is this finally the FX3 killer?

Well they are gonna increase the price in general soon, maybe FX2 has taken the tariff in as account. https://photorumors.com/2025/05/15/significant-sony-price-increase-coming-on-may-19th/

Just when u thought S1II price is a bit excessive, Sony is upping the game with the same 33MP sensor but add $1000 extra for a new body.

Not FX3II consider they just released in FX3A, the next Sony release is the camera with tilt EVF

When I was reading the comment I double checked to see if I m in the right group, which I was. That post really irks the Sony shill in the group cause most of the comment is about the title or wait til Sony releases.

Just got the LP-E6P battery and it make R5C much less stressful lol, extra 30min of recording is quite nice so don't have constantly worry about the battery life.

Powershot V1 in China have hiked up the price to $1099 from RRP of $820.. crazy!

Does that makes the people rather travel outside US to buy the camera overseas instead? I've done it a few times as the price here is always outrageous

The price of S1RII is higher than R5II here (R5ii running on promo), that definitely makes it harder to attract new people except for the Lumix users.

Does it have black screen when recording internally and connect to hdmi out? On the V1 I definitely saw black screen when connected to the screen which is a shame, but this R50V seems to have latest codec from R5II and not based in previous one. This is the only thing that kept me from switching the E10II out at this stage til more info coming out (ie the bloody user manual! R50V can connect to usb-c as UVC webcam up to 4k60p which is nice, and can also be powered by the same usb connection, that solved the power issue for current cameras acted as webcam.

Its all APSC from Canon for Q1 this year, next Canon FF is R6III which will be announced in Q2, R3 sensor with 6K raw and 4k120p in S35.

Still missing the 22mm Pancake in RF mount, dunno what took them long?! They have other EF-M lens slowly adapted to RF now but the pancake is still missing in action. But I dont mind the new EVF less release, loved my M6II when I have it, the small body with 32MP sensor is quite fun when paired with 22mm pancake. If it have ZV-E10 II spec for video I might sell that one to replace with Canon ver.. or maybe getting the V1 as I also missed G1XIII when I had it, fun pocket cam that is full weather proofed.

Lumix S1 with the latest update seems have finally improved adapter lens performance (yes still get updated in year 2025, 6 years after release...!) They might be late but better than never.

That will be a longer wait

Good to see more and more uses Ronin 4D as main cam

Is this the first time he actually go out of the studio to test with real people? Can't believe he make 3 videos out of this S1RII!

For me 3 camera is deal setup, 2 workhorse and 1 for casual 1 main cam for handheld/gimbal and 1 tripod with big zoom for convenience during events (or prime if just interview type), I know people like to talk down on those 10x travel zoom but they are so handy for event work, and with FF or APSC as base they handle lowlight more better than camcorder even though the aperture is not that high.

Having no 4K60P really killed C300MK2, its pretty much DOA Same for C200 with no 10bit and TC, dumb move C100 MK II have no 4K, that is really start of the fall It was around that time I got the FS5/A7S/A7RII, a really nice set for slow mo/4K/AF and keep size reasonable small... while if you go Canon most of them only have 1080P except 1DC