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1 hour ago, Thpriest said:

The Canon C100 was a fantastic camera. Great images and ergonomics. It's main problem for me was it's size. It was hard to pack away quickly with a lens attached.

It still have one of the sharpest FHD footage since it is supersampled from 4k sensor 

If C100II have 4k it will certainly change the projectary of the cinema space, unfortunately Sony came out with 4k FS5 and that was history (I was one of the early adaptor of fs5 ha)

With c300ii only have 4k30p certainly doesn't help either when FS7 have 4k60p

I was wondering is Lumix taking a note from Sony's marketing tactics

I do see annoyed Sony user on some of those comments, like they are going through a divorce because the guy they subscribed suddenly jumped ship.

2 hours ago, QuickHitRecord said:

Since you own both the R5C and the R8, is the 24P 4K from the R5C that much better? Is the DPAF better on the R8? And is there a way temporarily disable autofocus on the R8 by holding down a button?

Good to know!

In terms of noise R5C is definitely better, sharpness is pretty much a draw from my own perspective.

AF on R8 is more clever for sure, there are times where R5C could lose tracking and focus on the background instead but R8 will still be lock on target. 

I know a wedding guy he used to have C70 and R5C, but later sold his c70 for 2 R7, the weight saving is quite huge, battery on R7 last ages too, u can easily have over 2hr of 4k25p in one charge. Just R7's 4k50p is subsampled so won't be as sharp as R8/R6ii, but for client they can't tell anyway ha.

I just use the touch screen to disable AF on R8, on R5C u need to assign a button to stop AF, I haven't tried assign a button on R8 to disable AF.

Canon R6II and R7 can record 4K for long hours without overheating, on my ex R7 the only time I see heating bar was during summer inside a clear tent which is like greenhouse on stereoid, even DJ's equipement got overheated, but R7 still only 4 bars out of 10 so pretty alright.

R8 on the other hand will need a fan to go through summer outdoor for long 4K recording, for broll it was fine though, just you will see the the overheating bar pretty often in video. The 4k50P quality is really great, but now I got R5C the quality is even better, R5C is probably the closest to C70 in terms of noise performance in clog.

I also got powershot V1, this one can record 4K for hours without overheating, but the bar did went to 5 at one stage, that was because the location is next to the heater. It is a nice C cam for wide and as a pocket cam.

So my current setup is R5C/R8 and V1 for 3 cam and 3 60/40w cob lights with battery for wedding, with this setup I only need 1 pelican case, 1 backpack and 1 bag for tripod/stand.

I used to have the R5 as well, after their latest firmware I haven't seen the overheating warning at all, even I shot 8K broll in outdoor summer.

One thing with Canon is on the EOS side, only R5II/R5/R5C/EOS R can have hdmi out + internal recording + internal screen on, all other models the screen either go black if recording internally or have internal screen but can't record internally if you are connected to hdmi

9 hours ago, ND64 said:

Body only is 10,000 yuan in China. Its expensive for these specs, unless the target market don't give a f about specs, which apparently Fuji believes is the case. 

Yeah, look at FX2, rolling shutter, s35 crop doesn't matter as it is a "cinema camera" not a generic camera that does video 🤓 

But Fuji is really doing well on upscaling their perceived market perception, it is trying to be the Japanese Leica.

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.

33 minutes ago, mtol said:

Sony seems to have better pricing strategy, but I'd say the S1II is still worth a premium over the FX2.

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)

6 hours ago, MrSMW said:

I don’t think so and the rest of the world is facing price hikes to help cover the the stupidity/costs.

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.

3 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

Are you sure 3850 euros is a reasonable offer?

You can get a Z8 for that, let alone Z6 III!

You could even get a used Sony a1 for about the same, with a low shutter count.

3850 is 3x mint condition Panasonic S1H.

It's nuts.

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)

4 hours ago, Al Dolega said:

There are dozens of us!

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

Is this finally the FX3 killer?

5 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

$3500, wow.

It's almost as if the Trump Tarrifs have given everyone the excuse to globally raise prices in unison like a big cartel / monopoly. Not good.

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.

3 hours ago, Davide DB said:

An FX3II or something is expected in the next few weeks so Pana will be again one step behind.

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.

12 minutes ago, MrSMW said:

Is it a full frame camera though as all the chatter seems to be about a crop sensor?

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.

On 3/19/2025 at 10:28 PM, Andrew Reid said:

Since the s5 the main issue has been the long wait for new stuff, AF behind the curve, poor lens adapter performance, and an unimaginative product line-up that neither feels or looks either high-end or creative. (Unlike, say an X-Pro3 / Sigma Fp / Z8)

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.

2 hours ago, Simon Young said:

I’d rather wait for the Nikon/RED version

https://nikonrumors.com/2025/03/13/new-nikon-z-video-oriented-camera-rumored-to-be-announced-later-this-year-similar-to-the-sony-fx3.aspx/

That will be a longer wait