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If the only option is copying this huge Sony mechanism.. I'm afraid its not practical for mirrorless still camera.

Their user base is still far bigger than Sony. Its not about Sony users selling all their gears and switch. Its about keeping their own customers who are not doing video seriously...yet.

"First camera company to drop the mechanical shutter."

Thats not true. Unless you mean the only "full frame" camera without mechanical shutter. And even with that clarification, its not an innovation. Without very high speed read out, removing the mechanical shutter is just prioritizing the convenience of the producer over convenience of the customer. 

9 hours ago, Marcio Kabke Pinheiro said:

Or it is a new kind of programmed obsolence - again, using TV sets as example, now there are some initiatives to "true cinema image"...which marketing will promote as the new cool thing, to make people buy the new trend.

Whenever I change any of my relatives TVs settings to these new "true cinema" modes and explain to them why its important, they look at me like they understand and accept the change; but next time I visit and check the TV again I see it's returned to Standard or Dynamic 😂.

f/2 on this sensor should be like f/5.6 on full frame. Are we getting f/5.6 DoF? 

Well everybody is buying Sony sensors.. its like saying there is no differences between android phones because the cpu inside all of them is made by TSMC!

A1 sensor has its own downsides.. the big amount of data it handles has moved the noise floor. Z7ii is now the cleanest high resolution senor in ILC market. Top notch quality is kinda originality. There is a chance they apply some tweaks they used for Z7ii to A1 sensor. Also there is a chance its not Sony-made at all. Actually its Sony semi that is losing its uniqueness. First Quad pixel AF introduced by Omnivision, highest density sensor, best in class in-sensor HDR, dual ISO at any exposure, deep trench isolation, and many other features are all developed and delivered by Samsung. 

41 minutes ago, newfoundmass said:

the state has one of the best health care systems in the country and one of the healthiest populations

Finally you confirmed my first comment. State competency. 

On 3/9/2021 at 5:22 AM, newfoundmass said:

I don't even need to push a "Vermont narrative", the facts and statistics speak for themselves.

Your statistics doesn't tell us what Vermont did that NYC and north east states didn't. Massachusetts is state of science believers I guess. 

If they're going the Olympus way, well a $6500 body won't save them. Olympus had that kind of flagship too.

If in an industry a single company can satisfy most of customers needs, competition is not going to last long. 

On 3/2/2021 at 1:25 AM, newfoundmass said:

Firstly Vietnam set up quarantine centers where hundreds of thousands of people were forced to quarantine. 

That was at its borders. But you intentionally remove the word "border" to make it support your Vermont narrative. 

7 hours ago, Tim Sewell said:

temporary disruption to their lives in order to save the lives of their neighbours

"Temporary" was a lie.

"Its just a disruption" was manipulation of public opinion. Its not a disruption anymore. Its ruining people.

"Save the lives" was wishful thinking. It wouldn't work with that level of state incompetency, and it didn't, as expected. Vietnamese didn't have to live in prison and gradually become financially destroyed to save the lives of their neighbors. 

You still talk in a way like there is two side, the science side and denier side. Sorry, that fake duality expired many months ago. The "know what to do" side have no idea what its doing:

10 hours ago, newfoundmass said:

You know who don't have any of that? Actual slaves.

Its like saying poor people in developed countries shouldn't call themselves poor, because some kids somewhere in India are dying because there is no enough food.

Slavery is about a situation where a person or a group of people, commonly known as master, decides how you should live. Some people have legitimately concluded that they're in that situation right now. The mathematical measurements of misery is not the subject. 

On 2/26/2021 at 9:05 PM, newfoundmass said:

It's because they require masks, put limits on how many people can be in stores and restaurants at once, restricted gatherings, etc. Common sense stuff that even after 500,000 have died people still argue against or call "slavery." 

Every policy has its limits. Restriction for two months is very different with same restriction for two years. People calling it slavery or any other names, is completely natural reaction at this point. I live in a country that people simply gave up! Its not that only you understand the common sense. Humans are more complicated than that.. they're not coded with C++.

Why a compact cine camera shouldn't equipped with a 16:9 display? 

5 hours ago, Video Hummus said:

Interesting...but camera manufactures are allergic to quality screens. I call fanciful BS.

Resolution is going to increase, but at this dpi, power consumption will be scandalous.

Both Sony and LG are now producing wall sized commercial microLED displays. Its still overpriced for consumers, but the price decline has been dramatic. If you want to provide content for that massive sized medium, you definitely need a pro gear, and 8k is bare minimum. But camera makers completely ignored this emerging technology that gonna change interior architecture of our buildings forever. 

7 hours ago, Robert Collins said:

But there is a quantum difference between bitcoin and dogecoin (which was designed to be worthless)

Everything can be worthless. We don't price gold based on unique specifications of its atoms. We as buyers and sellers have an agreement that these elements worth this much, or don't. If you could buy a sandwich with a piece of rock, that would be money. So a statement like "designed to be worthless" is meaningless. 

Inequality of wealth is not the problem. Its inequality of rules! 

8 hours ago, Emanuel said:

There's a big difference to not compete with the R5:

...it's not crippled.

Not completely. 8k HDMI output is 8bit only. Full frame 4k is pixel binned at all frame rates. 

At this price I want a bigger body. 

1 hour ago, kye said:

 

This is a GoProp replacement lens - note that the entire lens is very narrow, essentially fitting inside the M12 mount (which has an internal thread).

 

And the housing is a cheap plastic that cracks easily and causes horrible misalignments. An optics company.. they're certainly not. 

Trade shows are still alive, but its just for 10 youtubers who don't know how to use the device. Traditional trade shows was a democratic hands-on event. Now its a fascistic single party of fools event. 

If Apple was interested to have a pro camera business, they would buy RED. They didn't. 

1 hour ago, jack jin said:

@IronFilm  @Emanuel

Impossible is strong word for a technical limitation like that. 

20 hours ago, Danyyyel said:

Now I never thought about shooting RAW, but that BMRAW is intriguing because of the size and from every first hand account and on the net it works very well in davinci resolve. The 12.1 would be about 220-230 mbits, that is insane. The 8.1 would be about 300- 320 mbits which is also very very low.

Anything less than 12 makes RED start barking.