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The ironing board would certainly help when creating a flat profile.

If this camera had come with internal electronic ND and global shutter then this entire forum would be up and on their way to the underwear drawer walking like that Honda robot.

 

Fro Knows Photo - NEW SONY FX1 MADE ME SHIT MYSELF
Gerald Undone - SONY FX1 is a bedwetting moment
Philip Bloom - FX1 CURED MY LOVE OF CATS
Jordan Drake - I JIZZED MY PANTS BECAUSE OF SONY
Camera Conspiracies - SONY FX1 ABSOLUTELY CRAP VLOGGING CAMERA
Camera Labs - SONY FX1 has been released and it shoots video
Tony and Chelsea Northrup -

The prices that people are bidding on there are absolutely wild.
If I squint a bit, then I can vaguely, almost, kind of see the reason why people pay outlandish premiums for a creative tool that has been owned by a renowned artist in the vague hope that there will be some transference of magical artistic residue to them if they use it.
However, I do question how someone is expecting to up their laundry game in the same manner by paying $500 for his fucking ironing board.
I mean, I’m aware of his artistic output but was he particularly renowned for being crease free too?

One of the reasons I don't blog as frequently or review stuff any more is that I have literally zero interest in spending $3k on a new camera every few months, and there's this strange urge by camera companies to inflate prices at the same time as going backwards in specs from the Sony a1 which is now nearly 4 years old.
I fear it will be the same with the FX2, where I pick one up to try it once and then feel absolutely zero creative need for it. Same with the new Panasonics too.
And at the same time, my interest in plain old photography is probably stronger than in video now, and what the Xiaomi 14 Ultra was able to do on that side had me thinking that even enthusiast level cameras for photography are on the way out.
When are we going to see some real innovation from Japan?

I just wish they had kept Raw, Jpeg only is a bit limiting.

Here's the original video. Of course, this is for testing purposes only as I don't usually shoot like this. I just wanted to see how stable I could make the G7 and see how fast it could reacquire focus once in a settled position. What I learned is the smaller you make the AF box, the faster continuous will reacquire focus. I just went from subject to subject, placing the framing where the focus point was. I doubt the footage of my Panasonic VX980 would have been better, just WAY noisier.
 

EOSHD ProColor looking great 😉
Much nicer than the Panasonic profile on the S5 II

People might laugh at me, but I don't care. I've been doing some walk-around filming with my G7 and 9mm Leica versus my S5ii and the kit lens. I'm absolutely dumbfounded how little the differences are.
Here are my settings:
Panasonic Lumix G7 - 4k 25fps (EOSHD ProColor Settings, with minor tweaks), super-fast stabilization in Final Cut (InertiaCam- smoothing (.1), continuous video AF on with it's small box in the center (yes, that's right and it didn't really hunt), A Mode, Auto ISO, handheld only,  AWB
Panasonic Lumix S5II - 4k 25fps (Stadard profile), no stabilization in post (but had IBIS on), continuous AF  (mode 2), small box in the center, A Mode, Auto ISO, handheld only, AWB
I kid you not, the images were very similar, minus the color which seemed better on the G7 to my eye. After stabilization, there was little difference.
Here are some stills:

It would appear the 2015 G7 is still the little engine that could. It weighs a whopping 540g less than the S5II and kit lens. I could add the 14-140, the 25 f/1.4 and perhaps a recorder or mini tripod for that difference.  This is where M43 needs to go in the future: small, excellent value, with great features like 4k, PDAF, IBIS, 10 bit h.265, with a proper shutter and hot shoe. Even the previous generation(s) from 2015-2018 have so much to offer.

What's interesting about Japanese market, which by no means representing the global market tho, is not Nikon taking the lead, which is a sudden jump by a single product, but Sony's steady decline, despite all previous generation alpha cameras they were selling at lower prices.

 
 

Those RF lenses are obscenely expensive. 
At this point they have become "man jewelry".

I've just sold my 2016 Nissan at the same price it was in 2020.

The line was absolutely leapt over for me when we started to see £1500+ MFT bodies.
I haven’t bought anything new since 2019 and even then it was because I was developing products that necessitated it.
Obviously, I’m an addict, so I’ve bought other cameras since but they’ve all been used ones and if I was to buy a new one again then I would be fishing in shallower waters where there is some great value like the X-M5 and Z50ii.
I am definitely getting a used Z8 in the winter as it’s as peak camera as I would need and is also peak price as I’d be prepared to pay these days.
And at the point at which I buy it, then it will only have taken me two years and a half years to finally pull the trigger.
For someone with the impulse control of Jim from American Pie, I’m counting that as progress.

I think it's OnSemi.
They are ARRI's partner on the new ALEXA sensor.
TowerJazz had / have a joint venture with Panasonic, but OnSemi make the more up-to-date sensor tech and there are quite a few parallels between the ALEXA sensor readout tech and latest Panasonic cameras.
In 2022 Panasonic exited the semiconductors business and sold all the assets. The organic sensor project is official dead, but it allowed them to partner with more than just Sony for sensors.

Sure, the S1II is nicer.  One would hope so, given that it's 8 years newer than the GH5.
But if shooting anamorphic, for instance, one might prefer the GH5 if using a 1.8x (end result is 2.4:1) to the S1 II (need to use 1.6x to get to 2.4:1.
Anyway, if the use case specifically is "needs to be a hybrid sensor" and "needs to shoot 5k open gate," the S1II is clearly the best and maybe only camera on the market that one can buy.  I'm still taking the position that the above combination of characteristics isn't hugely useful for most shooters.  😃

Maybe the Arri/Panasonic relationship is more than just the LogC thing, maybe they're sharing costs/tech at OnSemi.

Still have my LX100 OG, only will part ways when I get a MK II with a price that I don't have to sell a kidney. Panasonic is so dumb, just upgrade to the 25mp sensor (would be a 20mp camera), put a decent EVF (leica already done it in the D-Lux 8 ) and PDAF. Even IBIS could be forgotten (the lens have a ok-ish OIS). WOuld be a instant hit.

Would say my Fujifilm S5Pro, but is a DSLR. Best skin colors ever.

And my Olympus X-A1 (it don't have a mirror 🙂 ). Cute as hell, great image and one of the most thinking outside of the box cameras ever.

Ouch
LensSEL24F28G
$599.99
$799.99
33.3%
LensSEL50F18/B
$349.99
$449.99
28.6%
LensSEL50F18/S
$349.99
$449.99
28.6%
When is a cheap lens no longer a cheap lens!
The irony is this will only benefit the CHINESE lens makers!!

Just when u thought S1II price is a bit excessive, Sony is upping the game with the same 33MP sensor but add $1000 extra for a new body.
 

It was the GX80. Had it from the beginning but sold it when I moved to FF. Bought it again, still loved it but sold it again because I can't justify 2 systems.
The GX80 and Voigtlander 17.5 0.95 was a great combo.

NX1
A7s mk1,
GX85, GH2, GH6, LX100mk1, S1H
Any Sigma foveon, agreed

If anyone wants to have some retro CCD fun then I have found a fun little bargain for you...
https://www.wexphotovideo.com/olympus-e-500-digital-slr-camera-body-used-3242908/
This is using the same Kodak CCD sensor tech as the M8, just a slightly smaller chip at 2x crop vs 1.5x.
The colours and grain are a thing of filmic beauty and it has the rather lovely Olympus colour science in JPEGs too.

You might want to have a look at the Xreal range 
https://www.xreal.com

Hi Andrew exciting to see you have the x14u as well! I've started writing a Xiaomi 14 Ultra mod guide to maximize its MotionCam Raw Video potential. It's far from complete yet (still many questions unanswered xD) so all input is welcome 🙂. P.S. I've been reading your blog posts since forever and read new articles the same day they're posted. But I don't look in the forums that much, found this thread by coincidence. Would love to one day read a full blog post, featured on the front page, about your experience and experiments with the x14u! 😁

Feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone where Gerald releases a glowing review of it, while Lumix users are stressing out about it before using it. It's usually the opposite!