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Eric Calabros

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  1. I started using bing since the day they fired the guy. Not that Microsoft is any better, but I don't want to use their services anymore. I wish a Chinese or Indian startup make a YouTube rival then I will be G-free. Thanks god Telegram rocks in my country so I rarely need to use email.
  2. It was F mount. Maybe making dramatic focal length reducer is easier with large flange distance.
  3. Stupidly full HD 120fps is not selectable.. you just activate the slow motion mode. So expect it to be short, and badly implemented. The only good news is extended 4k recording time with external grip.
  4. Nikon's CEO thinks the only way to survive smartphone aggression is pushing 8k video! https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170819-00000005-asahi-bus_all Is more pixels the reason people are supposed to upgrade from iPhone to dedicated camera? Even so I don't know why they think 8k is off limits for smartphone. Yes its too much for "one" tiny sensor, but soon they put "four" 4k camera modules close to each other and with some deconvolution algorithms extract a descent 8k video out of that. Then what? I bet old men in Sony and Canon headquarters are also thinking like Mr. Ushida. More pixels, higher frame rates, high bitrate files, many core processors, larger bandwidth.. that we enthusiasts love to see in our next gear, but they should know that.. this strategy is like having no strategy at all.
  5. Another proof that binning is not the problem, processing is.
  6. If they wanted to make a A99II clone, why didn't tweak the already available 42MP sensor instead of fabricating new one that naturally will be more expensive?
  7. Does website traffic play a role in this? I don't think its like average Joe comes to Apple store to buy a cable and suddenly says to himself Wow, look at it, a $15k cinema gear.. lets click add to cart!
  8. EVF speculation was a joke.. to project a high-res digital image through an optical finder prism, you need an OLED screen that doesn't emit light in straight line, but angled! Which needs every single pixel to be equipped with a micro mirror. Possible to fabricate, but way too expensive for a high volume DSLR, and God knows how questionable would be its performance compared to a conventional EVF. D850 should be the best "DSLR" they could make, and then start the serious mirrorless journey.
  9. I didn't say he doesn't know what a curve is. I said he seems unaware of curvers applied by default when opening a raw file which affects the look of the image and histogram. And also these converters change hues based on intensity of light, based on their interpretation of "correct color". So comparing highlights of two raw files in Adobe raw converter to judge the performance of two sensors is almost pointless, unless you know what exactly they do to the values, and undo all of them. Resolution is addictive. Once you consume a highly detailed image, you start demanding higher.
  10. Amazingly he didn't say anything about white balance in that article, which can make undesired look in saturated areas, and apparently is not aware of the curves raw developers apply when you open the raw file, which push some highlights closer to saturation point. "fine" is very relative term for describing the amount of details. New generation used to shove their face against it, because of...gaming!
  11. 2k falls apart on 85 inch. Even blueray quality 2k.
  12. Forget full sensor downsampling.. its not going to happen. 45x30 is 1350 mega pixel per second! Its even more than GH5, but in a FF sensor! .. no, its impossible for now.
  13. they unapologetically and unashamedly show that they use RED for their anniversary short film
  14. But 0.08 bit per pixel is around 20Mb/s for 4k@30. I'm sure h.265 is already producing a pretty clear image at this data rate.
  15. China is investing huge money in TV panel industry. They want to make 65inch panels as cheap as today mainstream 42inch. So next step will be descending the 85inch from luxury segment to mid-range. Our content should be ready for that.
  16. Potential A9R buyers won't come back to DSLR just because of D850, and Nikon knows it. They just had to announce something because user base wanted them to announce something. I guess the reason behind this delay is they haven't received enough number of sensors from Sony yet.
  17. PetaPixel used the "3rd time" in its title. DPReview word was "expands". We know which one is more interested in clickbait. The good side of it is that they took the issue that could only affect a few number of users very seriously, and replace the shutter even if warranty is expired. The ugly side is the range of this expansion, which is nearly a year, that brings a question how its even possible to NOT notice new batch of component has same problem of the previous batch, for a year!
  18. At this point introducing a new mount is stupid business wise. Nikon announced only 4 new lenses this year and rumored to release another one before Christmas. So only 5 in a year. While its not a bad record at all, this capacity is far from adequate for supporting a completely new system. Unless they manage to make a perfect adapter. But even a perfect adapter can't solve the problem DSLR lenses have: their AF mechanism is not designed for CDAF.
  19. DxO score can't even represent their own testing. Here is actual DR comparison: The difference is more than one full stop, but not at base ISO. Something happens at ISO 400 that needs a IP licence Samsung didn't have. CMOS is a matured tech, read noise on these new sensors are ridiculously low, so we are limited by noise generated by randomness of light. which we can't do much about that.
  20. If EOS-M focus peaking is the best you've ever used why its not available in your even more expensive EOS-non-M camera? Its not hardware limitations.
  21. Both "still" and video? And how its tested? Mostly wide slow lenses can't show how AF is good for serious still shooting.
  22. They can't change election result even in their puppet state Iran, let alone America. Russian power is overrated.
  23. Only in Panasonic image he looks like has a blood circulation.
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