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A Chinese youtuber said that nraw in redcine-x with red log applied shows more room for highlight recovery, if I understood correctly (it also doesn't have the blue clipping issue thats is still unaddressed in resolve). But at the moment redcine-x doesn't support lens correction for nraw.

Just keep in mind to get "cool" cfexpress cards. Z8 has no serious overheating issue, unless you put a card that consumes a lot of power. There is huge gap in efficiency between some of these cards that nobody talks about (one of the reasons a reviewer says I got 1 hour and another says only 20 minutes). Angelbird CFe v4 1TB is rated 3.75w, but v2 that is slower is rated 2.4w. v4 sustained write speed is 2100MB/s (insane in such a small package) and v2 is 1300MB/s, meaning you get 60% higher speed for 56% more power consumption, which I don't think a good tradeoff, considering 1300MB/s is already fast enough, and I dont think you take too much 8k60p shots at highest bitrate.

I love that their positivity/negativity is relative. An exact same feature in brand X that they called "game changer", they call it "good to have" in brand Y, even if the release date between the two is just 3 months. A cripple hammer limitation in brand X is "unfortunate" and the same thing in brand Y is like "if its important for you maybe this camera is not for you".

Ditto Canon, Sony, Nikon. All of them have things coming down the pipeline. Imagine the upcoming R6iii, or A7rVI or A7V, or Z8ii with RED goodies. The point is there is no point for the distant 4th in the market, that doesn't even enjoy the luxury of userbase from DSLR era, to make Canikony clones, AND with sensor caveats, since it doesn't have access to latest and greatest from Sony Semi for some reason, AND couple it with an ancient CPU that make the active cooling system looks like a band aid solution, to market it as a "close enough to competition but cheaper" solution. All the criticism I see on the internet is about their business startegy. Nobody says you can't use this particular camera in Iceland to take landscape shots.

Can be a good test for CIA recruitment. Look at the chart for only 8 seconds and close your eyes and anwser the question "in which modes 60p 4:2:2 is available?".

They need to move more towards still for having a dedicated R. 1.5 seconds of buffer and more than 20 seconds to clear doesn't look good in that camp

Regarding the flickering issue: https://youtu.be/97RscAXJfYE

As I predicted, its CPU must be ancient. But maybe the number of masked AF pixels is lower than Sony/Nikon so line skipping reduces the phase data to the point that is practically useless.

None of them equipped with active cooling system, including Z8, that in 8k30 h.265 mode you run out of battery sooner than overheat icon appears.

Other than shutter angle, zebra pattern color, and high res zoom in DX (up to 1080p120), the collaboration of power zoom and high res zoom is also introduced. It can be enabled in two mode: Also you can set two different speeds for power zoom lens for when you're recording and when you're not recording:

In the new firmware update they claim noise in NLOG is reduced. I wonder its an error fix in the pipeline or just a subtle NR applied.

In cvp video the RS was noticeable even on the face of the guy when they were trying to test the AF. Its not just "ok I don't pan and tilt like a maniac". With such a slow sensor you should also worry about the movements of the subjects.

So they postponed the 8k opengate as a future firmware update to escape the bad press it could generate, since if enabled today it would work for like 5 minutes outdoor.

Overheating with active cooling system is a milestone. 37 milliseconds RS is another.

There was enough room for EVF

Press release is already leaked. These two features are new: - A first for LUMIX cameras, it is capable of 8K video recording with a 14-level tone range - Advanced video stabilization corrects EIS distortion without cropping, reducing peripheral distortion while preserving the original angle of view.

It looks perfect on a table, without a lens

What an ergonomics nightmare. Unless you want it on tripod all the time, then its a fixed display and not high res enough for landscape. Quoting Kasey: "what are you doing?".

"it cuts out everything that distracts, limits, or stifle creativity". I didn't know a grip that helps me hold the damn thing distracts my creativity.

Its more like a successor for Z7ii Nikon would make, rather than Z8 competitor.

Being different for the sake of being different is not a good business plan. $2000 for a S9 clone while being more limited than S9 is crazy.

I guess an anti-science herbalism is going on in this case.

So the bottleneck is the CPU, not the sensor.

It can't be at Z9 level, but it looks better than 5 years old Sony https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF__vsMRosw/

Only Sony and Canon have fully functional AF for Cine cameras, and it only works with their own lenses. But with Z mount the AF capabilities will be available with lenses other than Nikkor. This "changes everything" for those people who invested in E mount lenses but want to use a cine camera other than FX6/Burano. Of course this would be less of a topic if Burano wasn't such a meh product, or Sony had a global shutter sensor in an affordable body.