Eric Calabros

I believe 120 mode is 12 bit.

If its noticeable its not slight. Again, its new for us, but its not new in CMOS sensor industry. Global shutter is usually capped at almost 12 stop DR. With smaller pixel will be even worse. Even Chinese are making them. But the question is why they didn't use the hybrid solution that a single sensor can use both rolling shutter for maximum quality, and global shutter for speed. They have lots of patents for that solution.

Famous Sony footnotes kicks again: Sync speed with "External" flash is 1/500. With base ISO of 250, its the same as 1/200 with ISO 100.

Making a CPU with state of the art node doesn't make a PR fenzy, "World's first" in sensor tech, does. They really really want to show they're leader in sensor tech, all else is secondary.

Its pixel binned at 120. Sensor can do full res 120, but the CPU is the bottleneck. They did it in machine vision few years ago. Its a refined scaled version of that.

Camera Conspiracies will address that in new video.

That 61mp Sony sensor is noisier that it should be without even being stacked and nobody knows why. A1 sensor is better and there will be no crop in 8k. But I guess its not for sale.

Imagine this applied by camera processor with accelerated hardware for this specific effect.

BW switch is just a retro vibe UI. The point of this comparison is the quality of SOOC in tonality and contrast. The popular notion is that its not easy to get "leica bw look" with bayer pattern sensor. Which is nonsense. We hear the same in videography forums: its not easy to get Arri look from any camera!

Black and white compare between Zf and Leica Mono. Unless you shoot at ISO 51200, you don't see much difference. In most shots its criminally close. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dyZ1X0xD6BI

Once a landscape photographer said all I want is a 90mm f/4 to be optically flawless at f/4, but nobody makes that, because they think nobody would pay good money for that. You can always design a relatively compact full frame lens to show cinematic character at f/4. But the industry is focusing on "general purpose" approach with high profit margin.

8k bayer is 8k. It doesn't need math, you only need to see with your own eye. Modern demosaicing algorithms with the help of AI are more advanced than you think.

With 7 inch it becomes so wide that will be unusable for still photography. The problem is they never figured out how to make a external monitor solution. The best scenario would be a 4" built-in and 7" inch wireless with 60Ghz and internal battery.

I'm following some YouTube channels covering Audio Video exhibitions, and what I'm noticing is that apparently Video Wall business is booming. Its very expensive and power hungry, like $150,000 price tag and 3kw/h is quite normal. But few years ago it was way higher than that. Common pixel size is 0.7mm, so you can cover a 6m wall with 8k image. With 0.5mm pixels you need 12k for the same wall.

Targeted photographers and 16:9 screen? 🤔 Dictates very low res sensor. We can't use pixel binning for raw.

They can make a compact f/1.4 lens today, especially in wider than normal focal length that short flange of the new mount can help, but it will be soft wide open, at least by recently established standard. They marketed mirrorless lens as optically superior to DSLR lenses, now they can't distance from that. I have no problem with a relatively soft f/1.4 lens if price is reasonable, but the YouTube backlash will be enormous.

I think the overall size of the display is a problem too. iPhone 15 Pro now records prores 4k60p to external SD in log, and its a 6.7 inch state of the art display.

Somehow relevant to my question. Now they're comparing iPhone 15 pro 5x camera to 24-70mm lens at 70mm. Yes, DSLR image has higher quality, but the fact that we're now doing this comparisons shows that a $3000 camera lens combo should deliver a lot of value to stay attractive for younger generation.

Let's assume you are product manager in a Japanese camera company. You want to add a new video oriented hybrid to your line up. By video oriented hybrid I mean a video camera that can be used for still photography, rather than a still camera that can shoot video very well. Please be specific about the specs. And consider, as a product manager, you should have a clear plan for future updates releasing every 2 years, and at least one firmware update in between. Also be realistic to keep the price at $2k. I don't want to know what you personally want. I want to know what you think the market wants. Thanks.

The thing is back in DSLR days, f/1.4 purpose was not giving a balanced option in performance/size/price. They made f/1.4 because it was the fastest AF lens they could make for the mount, AND 200% zoomed in sharpness wasn't such a big a deal as is today.

Nikon started at 2018 and now has more 400mm lens than Sony has 40mm. Glass business is hard, and Canon/Nikon are basically optics company. Canon didn't start the full frame mirrorless transition with a bold sensor message, it started with a bold glass message: 28-70mm f/2.

I just need somebody test its IBIS in video.

Another active cooling solution I forgot to mention:

To be fair its mostly a Sony thing in our community. A lot of video/hybrid shooters these days know nobody other than Sony (a side effect of superiority of one brand's marketing strategy over the rest of industry), so when you question Sony, you're in fact questioning their career.

https://youtu.be/K4586b8iR2Y?si=rG-m8TUfkH8L0kgc