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Emanuel reacted to Andrew Reid in Leica LUX Grip For iPhone
Nice idea, unpleasant pricing strategy.
Did you see the Leica jacket they released? I think it's around £1000 for an anorak.
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Emanuel got a reaction from IronFilm in Best camera options today?
I'd go for both FX30 and Osmo Pocket 3... Just sayin' ; )
Other than that, P4K and Ace Pro 2 are a must no less : )
My current fav ones.
Without mention some other speciality captures devices or...
Blackmagic 6K FF... with this, you're set on the Aussie manufacturer camp : D works like a charm straight to those who always claim for stabilised stuff ;- )
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Emanuel reacted to Andrew Reid in OM-System OM-3.... Um!
So you know when the famous lead singer dies but the band wants to carry on...
Olympus cameras were some of the most beautiful ever.
Both in terms of feel, build quality and looks - they were all very lovely. Better, in my opinion, than many of Fuji's attempt at 'classic' style cameras.
The PEN-F was a lovely design... here's a reminder of that...
I still have mine, and even though the OLYMPUS OM-1 (the final true Olympus camera by their Japan engineering team) has surpassed it in every way, I'll never part with it for stills.
(Such a shame they never did a 4K 10bit PEN-F).
Well the PEN-F and OM-1 are even more special now because we know they were the last goodbye, the sunset over Mount Olympus, the pinnacle of 75 years of camera history and the best evolution of the entire species, which is now extinct.
So the OM-3 after all these years since Olympus fell, is the first 'real' OM System camera as in a fresh concept, new body, a new camera from the Japanese investment bank or whatever the fuck they are.
Clearly it shares none of the DNA design with the Olympus cameras, it looks like a contractor on Blackmagic street, Singapore, at best a design office of 5 accountants have raided the parts bin of an E-M5. Where's the fucking grip? Have they even tried this thing with their own lenses especially the larger zooms?
Why isn't it a rangefinder style body like the PEN-F, where does it sit in the range between the OM-5 and OM-1 (as it seems to offer nothing different to either of them in terms of specs)?
Why does it have a viewfinder hump when it's supposed to be different conceptually to the OM-5 / E-M5 III?
As an aside I really hate the design language of all the text, "OM SYSTEM" is far too much to be cramming onto the front of the viewfinder, and the OM-3 logo is too far over with a huge negative space at the edge making the horrible square shoulder look even more drawn out than it is.
And the back is also really 'off' in terms of proportions...the layout upsets my eyes.
So we can safely say the OM-1 was the peak, also the E-M1 X.
This is a different company, not the same designers, not the same Olympus staff, maybe not even one engineer carried over.
Very sad to say, but OM System are history, they will not be able to survive with sup-par products and designs in such a competitive camera market. How can they even compete with Fuji let alone with the rest?
RIP!
Proof that camera design... indeed all design... is art... and cannot simply be mimicked by the talentless.
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Emanuel reacted to MrSMW in Fast lenses: is f/0.95 not good enough? Not even f/0.7? How about a f/0.38 lens!
A power tool and a camera had a baby!
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Emanuel reacted to Django in Camera 2025
I love the IQ of my FS7. Nice chunky 4K 10-bit XAVC-S. You can bake in LUTs. I really don't see much difference in specs to the current Sony cams (FX30, FX3, FX6 etc) aside for extreme low-light. Ergonomics are great for shoulder mount, its a workhorse. I keep mine because Sony is used everywhere in pro use and it gives me work. Don't really feel a need to upgrade. That being said for personal hybrid projects I prefer Canon/Nikon. I'd recommend R5C or Z8 if you're a hybrid shooter. Personally I'm thinking of going for R5 mk2 mainly because of Clog2 and tiny bitrate SRAW, total game changer. Guess a C70 would be a good cop, great form factor with NDs and long battery life with that DGO sensor, only caveat is the image is a little too soft for my taste.
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Emanuel got a reaction from zlfan in Prove me wrong... 10bit is a load of B****cks
Under certain circumstances, there are obvious disparities like banding as for instance ; ) Skin tones e.g. is another case where distinct colour information makes a whole of a difference to separate waters and it is possible to see right there : ) Other than that, 8-bit can obviously perform the job :- )
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Emanuel got a reaction from John Matthews in Prove me wrong... 10bit is a load of B****cks
Under certain circumstances, there are obvious disparities like banding as for instance ; ) Skin tones e.g. is another case where distinct colour information makes a whole of a difference to separate waters and it is possible to see right there : ) Other than that, 8-bit can obviously perform the job :- )
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Emanuel got a reaction from John Matthews in A Merry Christmas from EOSHD
Thanks for the wishes of you all here! : )
In this year I lost my best friends ever, my father and dearest aunt, a mother to me, hope 2025 may only become better than this 2024...
No complaints at professional level though...
Five/six awards (the 6th 'cause we're working on a sequel of a previous TV series not yet under my umbrella by then despite a determinant role in the nomination towards this prize this time) ten days ago for two feature movies shot in NZ and Macau, China, respectively, as producer with two of my partners in crime by this scribe of yours too.
North of Portugal. My brother's new home. With my core family of three, brother, sister-in-law, nephews and his brother-in-law, sister-in-law and respective mother, very likely. Our mother is still recovering from a surgery two weeks ago, the 2nd one this year from another fall and same broken leg... so the youngest will be with her instead. Just life, I guess.
While waiting for my FX30 next week arriving from a U.S. trip, Osmo Pocket 3 (have you already bought this jaw-dropper?) and their really small and handy accessories are the ones I regret today to not have discovered earlier from the previous model anyway. As never enough to have been reported before, that larger sensor, 4K 100/120fps and 10-bit D-Log M (even 4:2:0) are a thrice must : )
4th axis stabilizer just to mention one of the plus size : D of this little toy is simultaneously-plainly-and-luxuriously a simple joy... : X
The set of filters and extra add-ons, no less ; ) Testing all of them for these holidays! : P
Happy Christmas and the best 2025 to everyone!
EDIT/PS -- @Andrew Reid Thanks for extending that infamous 5-minutes editing limit here, serves to share more in the same post and in age of a big fail to twitter/X model without useless multiple posts so dispersive and annoying I intend to believe LOL :- )
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Emanuel got a reaction from PannySVHS in A Merry Christmas from EOSHD
Thanks for the wishes of you all here! : )
In this year I lost my best friends ever, my father and dearest aunt, a mother to me, hope 2025 may only become better than this 2024...
No complaints at professional level though...
Five/six awards (the 6th 'cause we're working on a sequel of a previous TV series not yet under my umbrella by then despite a determinant role in the nomination towards this prize this time) ten days ago for two feature movies shot in NZ and Macau, China, respectively, as producer with two of my partners in crime by this scribe of yours too.
North of Portugal. My brother's new home. With my core family of three, brother, sister-in-law, nephews and his brother-in-law, sister-in-law and respective mother, very likely. Our mother is still recovering from a surgery two weeks ago, the 2nd one this year from another fall and same broken leg... so the youngest will be with her instead. Just life, I guess.
While waiting for my FX30 next week arriving from a U.S. trip, Osmo Pocket 3 (have you already bought this jaw-dropper?) and their really small and handy accessories are the ones I regret today to not have discovered earlier from the previous model anyway. As never enough to have been reported before, that larger sensor, 4K 100/120fps and 10-bit D-Log M (even 4:2:0) are a thrice must : )
4th axis stabilizer just to mention one of the plus size : D of this little toy is simultaneously-plainly-and-luxuriously a simple joy... : X
The set of filters and extra add-ons, no less ; ) Testing all of them for these holidays! : P
Happy Christmas and the best 2025 to everyone!
EDIT/PS -- @Andrew Reid Thanks for extending that infamous 5-minutes editing limit here, serves to share more in the same post and in age of a big fail to twitter/X model without useless multiple posts so dispersive and annoying I intend to believe LOL :- )
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Emanuel got a reaction from IronFilm in A Merry Christmas from EOSHD
Thanks for the wishes of you all here! : )
In this year I lost my best friends ever, my father and dearest aunt, a mother to me, hope 2025 may only become better than this 2024...
No complaints at professional level though...
Five/six awards (the 6th 'cause we're working on a sequel of a previous TV series not yet under my umbrella by then despite a determinant role in the nomination towards this prize this time) ten days ago for two feature movies shot in NZ and Macau, China, respectively, as producer with two of my partners in crime by this scribe of yours too.
North of Portugal. My brother's new home. With my core family of three, brother, sister-in-law, nephews and his brother-in-law, sister-in-law and respective mother, very likely. Our mother is still recovering from a surgery two weeks ago, the 2nd one this year from another fall and same broken leg... so the youngest will be with her instead. Just life, I guess.
While waiting for my FX30 next week arriving from a U.S. trip, Osmo Pocket 3 (have you already bought this jaw-dropper?) and their really small and handy accessories are the ones I regret today to not have discovered earlier from the previous model anyway. As never enough to have been reported before, that larger sensor, 4K 100/120fps and 10-bit D-Log M (even 4:2:0) are a thrice must : )
4th axis stabilizer just to mention one of the plus size : D of this little toy is simultaneously-plainly-and-luxuriously a simple joy... : X
The set of filters and extra add-ons, no less ; ) Testing all of them for these holidays! : P
Happy Christmas and the best 2025 to everyone!
EDIT/PS -- @Andrew Reid Thanks for extending that infamous 5-minutes editing limit here, serves to share more in the same post and in age of a big fail to twitter/X model without useless multiple posts so dispersive and annoying I intend to believe LOL :- )
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Emanuel got a reaction from ntblowz in A Merry Christmas from EOSHD
Thanks for the wishes of you all here! : )
In this year I lost my best friends ever, my father and dearest aunt, a mother to me, hope 2025 may only become better than this 2024...
No complaints at professional level though...
Five/six awards (the 6th 'cause we're working on a sequel of a previous TV series not yet under my umbrella by then despite a determinant role in the nomination towards this prize this time) ten days ago for two feature movies shot in NZ and Macau, China, respectively, as producer with two of my partners in crime by this scribe of yours too.
North of Portugal. My brother's new home. With my core family of three, brother, sister-in-law, nephews and his brother-in-law, sister-in-law and respective mother, very likely. Our mother is still recovering from a surgery two weeks ago, the 2nd one this year from another fall and same broken leg... so the youngest will be with her instead. Just life, I guess.
While waiting for my FX30 next week arriving from a U.S. trip, Osmo Pocket 3 (have you already bought this jaw-dropper?) and their really small and handy accessories are the ones I regret today to not have discovered earlier from the previous model anyway. As never enough to have been reported before, that larger sensor, 4K 100/120fps and 10-bit D-Log M (even 4:2:0) are a thrice must : )
4th axis stabilizer just to mention one of the plus size : D of this little toy is simultaneously-plainly-and-luxuriously a simple joy... : X
The set of filters and extra add-ons, no less ; ) Testing all of them for these holidays! : P
Happy Christmas and the best 2025 to everyone!
EDIT/PS -- @Andrew Reid Thanks for extending that infamous 5-minutes editing limit here, serves to share more in the same post and in age of a big fail to twitter/X model without useless multiple posts so dispersive and annoying I intend to believe LOL :- )
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Emanuel got a reaction from Ninpo33 in A Merry Christmas from EOSHD
Thanks for the wishes of you all here! : )
In this year I lost my best friends ever, my father and dearest aunt, a mother to me, hope 2025 may only become better than this 2024...
No complaints at professional level though...
Five/six awards (the 6th 'cause we're working on a sequel of a previous TV series not yet under my umbrella by then despite a determinant role in the nomination towards this prize this time) ten days ago for two feature movies shot in NZ and Macau, China, respectively, as producer with two of my partners in crime by this scribe of yours too.
North of Portugal. My brother's new home. With my core family of three, brother, sister-in-law, nephews and his brother-in-law, sister-in-law and respective mother, very likely. Our mother is still recovering from a surgery two weeks ago, the 2nd one this year from another fall and same broken leg... so the youngest will be with her instead. Just life, I guess.
While waiting for my FX30 next week arriving from a U.S. trip, Osmo Pocket 3 (have you already bought this jaw-dropper?) and their really small and handy accessories are the ones I regret today to not have discovered earlier from the previous model anyway. As never enough to have been reported before, that larger sensor, 4K 100/120fps and 10-bit D-Log M (even 4:2:0) are a thrice must : )
4th axis stabilizer just to mention one of the plus size : D of this little toy is simultaneously-plainly-and-luxuriously a simple joy... : X
The set of filters and extra add-ons, no less ; ) Testing all of them for these holidays! : P
Happy Christmas and the best 2025 to everyone!
EDIT/PS -- @Andrew Reid Thanks for extending that infamous 5-minutes editing limit here, serves to share more in the same post and in age of a big fail to twitter/X model without useless multiple posts so dispersive and annoying I intend to believe LOL :- )
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Emanuel reacted to newfoundmass in A Merry Christmas from EOSHD
The holidays haven't been the same since my Mom passed in 2016, but I am trying to make the most of them after beating cancer last year!
As far as cameras, I think I am set for 2025. I MIGHT swap out my two S5s for S5IIs, depending on how the year goes. Not that I am unhappy with my S5s, it would just make matching them with my S5II X in post easier. I also might snag a S9... we'll see! But overall I am pretty settled until I see how things look next year or in 2026, as far as Lumix goes. What I have (two S5s and a S5II X) are honestly cameras I could use until the wheels fall off and I'd be happy with them, I'm more just looking at the long term big picture as far as where I end up.
Happy holidays to all of you!
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Emanuel reacted to Andrew Reid in A Merry Christmas from EOSHD
Aside from those very odd Pentax users I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, and a happy new year resolution of buying more cameras.
What is on your wish list and how are you spending the Christmas holidays?
👍
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Emanuel reacted to PPNS in Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
i still rock with it from time to time, wanted to mention that BMD has slashed the price to 1000, and thats still including the full resolve license.
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Emanuel reacted to bjohn in X-M5 New Fujifilm Creator Focused Camera
The lack of IBIS seems like a bad idea, though -- how effective will that electronic stabilization be? Probably most users will be shooting this handheld unless they really are thinking of it for vlogging where it'll be sitting on a tripod.
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Emanuel reacted to Andrew Reid in Fucking Leica
At least the waiter doesn't send you a snarky email later in the evening pointing to Leica's terms and conditions on the fucking German website.
"We don't guarantee functionality with anything that isn't 5 grand, sorry about that"
L-mount alliance... what a mess... The only way it could be a less productive alliance would be if the USSR gets involved!
It is a pity Sony closed their store at Potsdamer Platz, as I actually used to enjoy being insulted there 🙂
Once I took my Fuji X-T3 and told them how to make a decent viewfinder.
Then went upstairs and meddled with their PS4
BTW these posh stores really should invest in some fucking chairs.
The amount of standing up that is required to take their insults is ridiculous and the free coffee can't be enjoyed as there's not even a coffee table
I said to the sales woman, how about you get some chairs (in more polite phrasing of course as I am a very calm and polite person)
She said sternly with a snarl... There isn't enough room!
And proceeded to walk off through the massive open floor space.
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Emanuel reacted to BTM_Pix in Fucking Leica
To be fair, maybe they gave me the day old ones after looking out of the window and seeing me having the temerity to do this.
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Emanuel reacted to newfoundmass in How I bought a $399* wireless system for $25
My little wrestling organization is looking to do more social media related content, so we decided to get a wireless system for it. Because it's professional wrestling I didn't want to spend a ton of money on it, as it could easily get damaged. I also didn't want to waste money on a system that had internal batteries, so that limited my options a lot. In the end I set out to accomplish a couple of things:
Spend as little money as I possibly could while still achieving decent audio quality. Find a system that didn't feature internal non replaceable batteries. Find a system that had a decent enough build quality. Again, spend as little money as I could! With the focus being on small systems like the Rode Wireless Go and the dozens of knock offs, I knew that it was going to be difficult to find anything new under $200, which was my initial spending goal. Still, I looked and there were systems from Movo and Comica with so so reviews on YouTube, but as with most YouTube reviews these days I had to take them with a grain of salt because they were from smaller channels who I suspect will praise anything that is sent to them for free or channels that I feel have proven themselves to be biased. Regardless, these reviews weren't thorough and were essentially just someone testing them in their bed roo... er... "studio" and then, sometimes, going out into a field to do a range test. There isn't really much you can learn from these folks if they aren't putting the system through its paces.
I started to think about spending a little extra and getting a Sennheiser or Sony system, which I could use for my non-wrestling work, but then I remembered the old Rode Rodelink systems that were the rage back in the day. Surely they'd be under $200 by now! I had experience with them and had also watched dozens of videos about them back in the day when YouTube wasn't just the marketing arm of all these companies. So I went to eBay, and typed in "Rodelink."
Yeah, they were definitely under $200! Indeed, most of them were well under $100! There were lots of "Buy It Now" listings for $50, $75 and $100, most listed as being in "excellent condition." I scanned the listings and found one that was 5 hours away from ending. It had a "Buy It Now" price of $50 and a starting bid of $25. The pictures of the item looked like it was in pristine condition (it even still had the plastic screen protectors on the screens) and the listing said it was in "excellent condition, like new." It came with all the accessories. The seller was reputable, with 100% positive feedback and hundreds of reviews. So I said "eff it, I'll bid." What's the worst that could happen? Someone would probably come and snipe the auction at the last second anyway!
They didn't. 5 hours later, as I woke up to go to the bathroom, I looked quickly at my phone and saw I'd won the bid. The winning bid? $25, shipping included.
The Rodelink Wireless Filmmaker kit was still selling for $399 new as recently as 2022. On Monday mine arrived. I've pretty thoroughly tested it and I'm almost certain this unit was barely used. It has no scuffs on it, and like I said it still has the protective film on the screens. The sound quality is more than adequate and the included mic doesn't seem to have the RF interference that some folks used to get when using it. I could not be happier with the purchase, and short of one of the wrestlers destroying a receiver or transmitter I think this will last for years; certainly longer than any of the super small wireless systems with internal batteries will, anyway! Not bad for $25!
Let this be a reminder that we don't need to always get the latest and greatest. There's a lot of great old gear out there that is more than adequate and will cost you a fraction of what you'd pay for new. The latest Rode systems aren't appreciably better than the old Rodelinks, at least not when you compare the prices. Is the $219 for the Rode Wireless Go II really have that much better sound than a Rodelink system you can get for 1/4 the price? And when the batteries in the Rode Wireless Go II die in a couple years and you can't replace them, the cheaper used Rodelink will still be going strong with replaceable AA batteries. Seems like a no brainer for me!
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Emanuel got a reaction from KnightsFan in Cameraimage cinematography festival in the bin
You know what I immediately realised when I've started to deal with Russia (I lived there in 2012 and 2013) in those twenty years ago of 2005?
Western politicians should only be able to candidate to the office from a living experience in Russia or they have no clue what they're doing.
West should never insult/defy the good people of Russia because of the bad apple BUT never to be afraid of them either. Such fear will lead all of us to a nuclear war, unfortunately, just not in 2024 or 2025, very likely.
Trumpism explores you all in a very embarrassing way, to the general view and history/science no less WTH : X Biden is the best President you had in two decades at least. To only pair Clinton and Reagan, whether the differences between them whether you like it or not.
Half of U.S. voters are a bunch of ignorants on economics to begin with and their vote just proves it. Let alone the politics and sense of reality. Plain pathetic : ) On this, among a lot of other their claims, @Andrew Reid and @eatstoomuchjam are 100% accurate. And I am not the kind of individual who don't see pros and cons practically about everything TBH.
Disclaimer: Nothing about you @majoraxis (one of my favs ones over here : ) neither I have any beef against Trump or Musk, on the contrary even though my fierce resistance, they're not losers at all, of course, I wish they would!
BTW in the past, I supported for U.S. President versus anyone else who could fit the job, the perfect real American war hero and one of the best Americans ever born: John McCain.
Remember his position on all this we're living today? And his loyalty to 'his' POTUS and VPOTUS too?
Just not to this current elected one.
You have no clue what you've done. Despite the fact you are in California so I suppose you haven't elected him.
Your electoral system is far to be a democracy.
A lunatic left not a small blemish on his father, uncle and his own family name's memory, when arranged a way to stay in the American history selling his vote for a role. And less than 233 thousands of votes in 3 out of 50 States and the District of Columbia. No 2nd round. Anyone with less than 50% can become the most powerful man in the world and rule the lives of all of us worldwide. For some reason the South African-born American businessman Elon will be part of the next government.
The characters are all there:
We have no need to be Nostradamus to understand what's really going on.
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Emanuel got a reaction from majoraxis in Cameraimage cinematography festival in the bin
Why couldn't U.S. be like Finland?
When this will happen, people will understand how stupid the human race can be...
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Emanuel got a reaction from eatstoomuchjam in Cameraimage cinematography festival in the bin
Doesn't everything sound so absurd with all about those promises of this new administration to come?
Despite the danger itself from such terrifying basis TBH. Insane.
Politics 101 for dummies is peanuts.
The January 6 insurrection looks like never happened, at least for those more than 76 million of people who voted on all this making it happen after all.
Seems unreal.
The weird is that's not.
So many gave so much for so little in the end.
- EAG
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Emanuel got a reaction from majoraxis in Cameraimage cinematography festival in the bin
I don't hate Trump, I wish him all the best : ) Our future is now in his hands... I just don't buy his lies.
And see them as rather serious to the human race.
Let alone the climate change.
Without mention autocracy to rule 99.99% of the world population, that's nuts and it's actually happening!
About media... that DON'T LOOK UP thing and feature film even puts a woman as President : D and media is nothing but not innocent.
The fact is that if we say all media is evil, the same principle you denounce applies.
Wokeism, maybe, is that what you're referring to?
I also think that made Kamala's loss... and the fact she is a woman, too sad to be true but I'm afraid it is. After all, Biden had been elected with 81 million people, about more 4.5 million people than Trump in 2024 (who got just about 2.5 million more of voters than in 2020 but not all those who elected Biden).
In a line: pity the moderate Biden is now old or I bet Trump would never have defeated the democrats twice... What a change!
https://www.nbcwashington.com/decision-2024/2024-voter-turnout-election-demographics-trump-harris/3762138/