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It is a sensor for a mobile phone, no doubt very small.

Intentionally back focused for 60's level of sharpness.  Interesting.  I hope these colors are just from a filter not the result of a sensor.
 

http://cinescopophilia.com/prix-the-first-film-shot-on-quantumfilm-camera/
Some strange colours occasionally, but to be expected at this stage.... Amazing to think that this tech could soon be in mobile phones, let alone film cameras!
 

Newer civilisations know very little about Very Little, including about the universe. Copernicus discovered that the earth orbits the sun in the 16th century.
Eastern Scholars noted eclipses, astroids, comet movements etc etc many thousands of yeats before the west. 
Having said that, it's in mankind's best interest not to try and look for life on other planets or even in other galaxies. 
We're not too far away from the end of human life on earth. So, wth, maybe they should go ahead. 
 
 

Newer civilisations know very little about Very Little, including about the universe. Copernicus discovered that the earth orbits the sun in the 16th century.
Eastern Scholars noted eclipses, astroids, comet movements etc etc many thousands of yeats before the west. 
Having said that, it's in mankind's best interest not to try and look for life on other planets or even in other galaxies. 
We're not too far away from the end of human life on earth. So, wth, maybe they should go ahead. 
 
 

People who are sympathising with the AL-Jazeers stories have obviously not been reading about labour conditions all over the world, and at most other stores. Apple Stores all over China have pathetic working conditions, and a lot of meat stores, electronics, online retailers, and super-stores in the US have terrible working conditions. Unlike Bangladesh where entire building are crumbling, all over the world, working conditions of the labour class isn't excellent. I cannot say with precision, but, I guess except Japan and a few Scandinavian countries, everywhere else, workers are treated like rodents. Why just stores, wasn't it recently that workers complained about the working conditions on Alfonso Cuarón's next film (I hope it was his film, that was in question), where extreme working conditions, with lousy food and extremely long work hours were making many crew members go literally berserk.

This is in no way stating that, if it exists thus at B&H, it is justified, and fine because everyone else is doing it. 

I believe Al Jazeera should first outline working conditions in atleast 30 super stores, and atleast 20 other online electronics retailers, to be able to lend some level of credibility to their story. Otherwise it looks like some low quality political propaganda. 

Yeah. Most online sites have either serious trolling, or serious bullying, or are overly moderated by some old school idiots. 

Yeah. Most online sites have either serious trolling, or serious bullying, or are overly moderated by some old school idiots. 

Everyone is welcome here.  That's why I like this place (after I got banned from two sites recently)

I speak reasonably fluent German, apart from a host of other languages I stayed in Europe for a few years). 
But let's not speak in local languages. Let's stick to English. I saw some local chit-chatting in another thread. 
English Only. 

The coal mines were part of the reason in the US we have worker's rights.  One evil doesn't justify the other - all I'm saying is to ask people not to support companies that abuse their workers.

I was wrong it's only 60 bucks a year hah. 
I'm sure you wouldn't be able access your files and they reserve the right to delete them if you don't pay. I'd just recommend setting up the automatic payments and you're good to go. It's kind of an unbelievable deal imo.

OK, to keep confusion to minimum: The opening shots from 0:45 to 11:35 are all shot on the A7S II. The talking heads before and after that are shot on the original A7S.

This might not be an ideally shot and graded video, but we only had production model A7SIIs for the one night and a half hour in the morning. Editing was obviously hurried as cameras are shipping right now. While it may not be our best looking work, I tested everything pretty extensively to make sure all our findings were accurate.

And it is being, in fact it is permanently fixed.
When a new user first posts it goes into a mod queue and is hidden. Easy for me to tell what is spam and what isn't. If approved that same day, the content appears and they can carry on posting as normal from then on.

I appreciate the kind words! I'm hoping this episode does really well and we can leverage it to do more traveling for TCSTV.

I need to come up with a good hook for the Best and Worst of 2015. Expectations are high.

speak for yourself. i've been hiding under my desk since last night.

@Andrew Reid Huh? Aren't you supposed to be selling cameras instead of buying?

Appreciate its not what you are asking for directly, but I picked up a Rode Smartlav+ mic the other day for lightweight documentary projects. The sound quality is excellent for the price and it did a great job on the project I bought it for. Recorded straight into my iPhone and it exported WAV files out the other side very easily. 

Did you just try the built-in mic? I recorded an event once on my Google Nexus 5 phone with the built-in mic and the RecForge II app, and the quality was surprisingly good. It wasn't quite as flat as my Audio Technica AT-897, but for voice it was great. I suggest you try that first before investing...would be super portable too.

Nokkor/ Gabor, 
 
Do you think the 4k Cinema App could be used on the Nexus 6p and the Moto X Pure devices? I wanna pick up some phones fpr actual film production. And these have some extra featues I want and like.
 
Thanks in advance. 

Anyone who has spent even 30 seconds in B&H picks up that it's run by Orthodox Jews.  To mention that nowhere in the story, whether the New York Times, or Aljazeera makes one question the reporter's competence, if not their eye-sight.  Because of the work-ethic of Orthodox Jews, (like closing on Saturday) I can't see how it is not relevant.  Also, to add to my previous post.  There are probably hundreds of electronic stores in NYC alone.  B&H is not successful because of cheap prices only.  It's a very well-run store.  

My panasonic CM1 (1 inch sensor, leica lens) might not match the dof/fov of a full frame sensor but I'd say it's on a par or better than the a7s and an average lens...
 
cm1: https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/655/21377397474_9e3223d17e_o.jpg
 
a7s+Hassleblad110/f2: https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/487/20243312581_9ab559e2d5_o.jpg 

Shallow or controllable DOF IS quality to me and I bet every cinematographer who ever pointed a camera at anyone   
One of the interesting aspects of photography is many inventions are created by lone wolfs.  So Go Sanveer!!!!!  However, you might take some classes in optics, or read some books, before you start taking your phone apart, not that I follow my own advice here   
Why don't you get a Raspberry PI and the camera module?  That's how I'd try out your ideas.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/camera-module/
 

I would like to hear both sides of the story too. My limited interactions with B&H have made me feel they are a league apart from anyone else. But that's obviously a customer's perspective. 

I would like to hear both sides of the story too. My limited interactions with B&H have made me feel they are a league apart from anyone else. But that's obviously a customer's perspective.