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    tehgeek reacted to noa in Potential changes to the forum to prioritise good content, suggestions welcome...   
    Been following this blog for some time and also have seen the site owner being very rude towards some posters which ofcourse sets the tone for others to follow, you can't expect people to take you seriously then if you ask for "good attitude towards other members" :) 
     
    Closing the forum and only allowing a handful of good proven users to contribute will also close the doors for any new users that might be providing any useful information, you might have contributors providing wrong information, but ofcourse no-one to contradict as you would rely solely on the knowledge of who you allow to speak up. 
     
    I also think that the people you choose that will be able to contribute won't necessarily be the ones that provide the most useful information but the ones that don't disagree with you, it would be much better having other people help to moderate but be careful with moderation, I"d only delete content that has no added value, like personal attacks, but I'd leave every personal opinion in here, even if it's not your own. 
     
    I think Bruno summarized it best with 
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    tehgeek reacted to Bruno in Potential changes to the forum to prioritise good content, suggestions welcome...   
    One thing that needs to be said is that Andrew is often the one to lose it and resort to name calling and belittling people with different opinions. Whether justified or not, this behaviour opens precedents and passes the message that it's fine to act like that around here. You shouldn't put yourself out there like this backed by a forum and a "click to comment" button if you can't handle a few harsh critics.

    The "this is my blog I can do whatever I want" attitude needs to end for things to improve, or it will only snowball and get worse, that's actually why I've been here less and less, there's less and less relevant information amongst all the loud and uninformed crap talk.

    Many respected DPs run their own sites and forums themselves and I don't see this nonsense going on in there!
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    tehgeek reacted to andy lee in Blackmagic URSA - a $6k 4K professional cinema camera with interchangeable sensor   
    People make real films with Arri Alexas and Red Epics
    this has a similar form factor and very good specs so I do really think indie film makers will jump all over this
     
    is it is very very cheap !
    Black Magic have seen what people want and designed a great product that film makers will want -
     
    This camera is aimed quite squarely at film makers - I want one!!
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    tehgeek reacted to Caleb Genheimer in Blackmagic URSA - a $6k 4K professional cinema camera with interchangeable sensor   
    Geeze, lay off it a bit. Everyone's rather polarized here. We haven't seen jack squat out of most of these cameras, GH4 and A7s included. 
     
    1. Just because the GH4 does 4K and is a lightweight Mirrorless doesn't mean there's no place for a 7.5KG camera.
     
    2. This new URSA, as Andy Lee pointed out, ticks an awful lot of boxes, even if it is heavy. 
     
    3. It ditches that darned awful BMCC form factor.
     
    4. I see physical buttons, thank the Lord.
     
    Let's not condone or condemn a thing until all this has been tested in the field.
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    tehgeek reacted to ScreensPro in Blackmagic URSA - a $6k 4K professional cinema camera with interchangeable sensor   
    "However the URSA is aimed at a large crew, large scale productions and in doing so completely turns its back on Blackmagic’s existing indie filmmaking user base."
     
    Wow, you really do come out with some absolute rubbish. You do realise the makers of your current flavour of the month, the GH4, also produce high end products?
     
    I just fired up my BMPCC, guess what, it still works. It still shoots 13 stops of DR, it is still a beautiful 1080p image, it will still be capable of making an amazing indie film and it costs £650. Yea, the firmware could be a bit fancier.... The day is still young.
     
    If they completely fix the firmware, next month, will they still have turned their back on you?
     
    My guess..... You are a little angry that they have dared to make something that doesn't interest you.
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    tehgeek reacted to dustylense in Full frame Sony A7S with 1.1x sensor crop in 4K mode and XAVC-S codec   
    Why do people take any of Andrews words seriously?  
    Andrew says "I also did some research on XAVC-S. It records in MP4 format but perhaps rather disturbingly it has a much lower bitrate than the GH4′s 4K codec. It is just 60Mbit/s vs 100Mbit/s on the GH4 in Ultra HD."  He did his research eh?.  
     
    Then explain the Sony FDR-AX1's 150M/bit XAVC-S in which a 1 minute research would find and I quote, "In order to provide 4K video recording in a consumer model, Sony designed the FDR-AX1 to support the XAVC-S 4K/HD recording format which is usually reserved for professional applications. However, since the XAVC-S codec will save as an MP4 wrapper, you can still create web-friendly videos that can be easily shared on social media sites like YouTube. Another highlight of the XAVC-S recording format is its ability to record images at 150 Mbps in 4K".  
     
    Seriously, do your homework Andrew.  
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    tehgeek reacted to Tim Naylor in Canon 4K refresh - C200 and C400 coming at NAB?   
    I bring up Alexa because some on this thread think 4k is going to save the world. My apologies if I was "ranting", that was less than pro of me. My intent was to point out, that the IQ of the GH4 is purely speculation here as Andrew or no one on this thread has actually used it in any meaningful way. If it's great, more power to it! But until anyone's actually taken it to the mats, so to speak, how can you begin to say it beats out the C300's IQ. The tone here is beginning to feel like Reduser, a never ending toast to 4k while missing the big picture.
     
    Sorry Andrew if my working on "TV crap" offends you. It's how many of us have to make a living along with shooting feature and commercial crap. Not all of us are lucky enough to own our very own blog. In my world, what makes a good camera is more than just spec sheets. There's a reason why the Epic at 5k rarely makes an appearance these days on film or TV sets and not at all at the Academies. I still use it for commercials here and there because producers love to punch in post (they don't know what they want on set). I sold mine last year because I felt the colors were thin and honestly couldn't sell it to clients for all but a few jobs.
     
    So while slaying the 300, Mr, Reid, don't overlook areas that the Gh4 comes short - the C300's XLR's, Built In ND's, Insanely high ISO, Log C, and better lens choice. 
     
    To your relief, I realize I stepped into the wrong playground and bid this forum adieu as I return to my TV, Movie, Doc, and Commercial Crap.
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    tehgeek reacted to Harvey Walton in Canon 4K refresh - C200 and C400 coming at NAB?   
    I love how people slate a camera they have never used. How looking and comparing spec sheets actually means anything? I use C300'S FS700's DSLR's etc for actual paid work and the C300 is by far the best camera - the work flow, battery life, build in ND's and the sharpness of the image blows my GH3 away. Just because the GH4 provides better specs on paper doesn't mean its a 'Game changer'. I'm fed up of all the fanboys and crap content this site has been churning out lately...
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    tehgeek reacted to Tim Naylor in Canon 4K refresh - C200 and C400 coming at NAB?   
    While your right to point out Canon needs to step it up, your lionizing of the GH4, a camera that isn't even out yet and one that you haven't even tested in a working environment is a bit speculative beyond reason, borderline fanboy. I use C300's constantly for national broadcast shows because the codec, form factor, storage and power draw ideally suit broadcast work. While you go on about the 4k abilities of a GH4, most pros and networks would take the 1080p of an Alexa any given day. And you seem to overlook the most glaring shortcoming of a GH4 - Micro 4/3's. It's a chip size that's neither here nor there. Too small to give a truly cinematic DOF and too limited in the choice of lenses. Then there are design flaws with the GH4. The HDMI cable will still get in the way of the flip out. Do you know if the 1/4" mount and lens mount have been reinforced since the GH3. I've ripped the 1/4" mount right out of the body from some mild vehicle mount and bent a lens mount with an Olympus zoom. The C 100/300 will easily hold a 70-200 without a lens bracket.
     
    In short, please stop talking like the GH4 is a success before you actually used one on a job with paying clients or extensively tested it. This sort of speculation serves no one, except perhaps Panasonic.
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    tehgeek reacted to Oliver Daniel in Nikon D5300 Review and why DSLRs are dead for video   
    I agree, DSLR video is far from dead.
     
    I think the D5300 looks like a very capable camera for the price and its market, so the negative review is a bit strange. I don't own anything Nikon, and I hope they continue to improve their cameras. 
     
    Sometimes some of us forget that typical term 'you get what you pay for.' Now, before anybody starts saying how cheap Blackmagic cameras are, they have nothing but the great image. And the C300 is expensive? For its target market, not really. 
     
    Maybe we should stop complaining that cheap cameras aren't innovative enough, and instead, spend our time making money with our current cameras so we can save up and buy an innovative product that suits us.  ;)
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    tehgeek got a reaction from Christina Ava in RED cameras absent from all Oscar cinematography and best picture nominees   
    Robocop? Good??
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    tehgeek got a reaction from maxotics in Grant Petty reveals origins of Blackmagic cameras (concept was offered to major manufacturers)   
    BM like cameras do not have mass market appeal and never will.
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    tehgeek reacted to StrangerSong in A Middle-Aged Fart Weighs In On the BMPCC   
    Honestly Canon is still years ahead of Blackmagic anyway.  The C500's sensor is already in the C100, only the processors to deal with the 4k RAW are different.  If Blackmagic looked like it was going to truly revolutionize anything Canon would just release a version of these same processors (or whatever their next one down the pipeline is) with all the RAW high bitrate stuff enabled.  In a few years it'll be cheaper too.  Meanwhile Canon's colour science, how they deal with IR, egronomics, ect are all very much superior.  Canon's just reading the market, and their entire Cinema line has been super successful and from a business standpoint they're doing what the market wants without breaking the bank producing more than they want.  That's always been the key to their success.  Are they over priced?  Could they do better?  Yes.  But from a research standpoint they're ready for anything the market will demand, probably.
     
    I'd say the phenomenon you're describing would probably apply more to something like GoPro, which has carved a niche in the market that Canon would probably have a hard time breaking into, due to all the tech that little company has come up with.  Blackmagic's doing a great thing though, hopefully they'll find their niche too, with their future cameras. But in a world where the F35 used to cost 250,000 and can be bought for 8,000 now, it's easy to assume that in 4 years the script will be flipped completely, again.  How the camera market looks after April will be very interesting.
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    tehgeek reacted to ScreensPro in Its not always about latest and greatest   
    this thread was actually quiet interesting and there was ZERO patronising posts until you joined in with the crap'o vision post.
     
    time to get banned again i guess.
     
    you should really consider guest posts, as this place is quite cool but your single mindedness isn't... your gear lust and canon hatred stops it from being a good place to visit. apart from the occasional good review, you are the worst part of EOSHD, quite strange that.
     
    bye bye
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    tehgeek reacted to ScreensPro in Its not always about latest and greatest   
    But you must understand that some people on here might look to you for direction.
     
    They see a nice video, then see you saying it was a bad choice to use the 60D which is "Crap O vision" or whatever you said. They can't afford a raw workflow pr a kitted out BMCC, so put off their project until EOSHD deems whichever camera they buy next as worthy.
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    tehgeek reacted to austinmcconnell in Dear Nikon...   
    I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that Nikon's main focus is not, nor has it ever been, nor do they want it in the future to be video shooters. I don't really get this article, I guess. To me this camera makes perfect sense for their market.  Nikon is a stills company. Always has been. Why complain to them about a lack of 'acceptable' video standards when that is not a service they want to provide? If you want to shoot video, then use one of the many video options offered by other companies. 
     
    Nikon likely sees little to no revenue (and thus, incentive) to seriously tackle video. No reason to write them a hateful letter about it.  :)
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    tehgeek reacted to Oliver Daniel in Dear Nikon...   
    I don't understand this post.

    DSLRs are for photographers. They are made for stills and not video. It's just so happens that we have adopted it as a filmmaking tool.

    If you are a serious filmmaker, Canon want you to buy the Cinema EOS Line. Nikon aren't interested. Fuji, erm... No need to bother. Panasonic...they have plans and want you to buy into their M43 system. They get punters in with the GH line, to then offer video based models later. ;)

    So what if Nikon haven't bothered with a video feature in this camera, who cares?

    Technically, hobbyists don't need professional features. Professionals need professional features and therefore buy professional cameras.

    Blackmagic cameras are for pros and lack many pro features. Canon etc, I expect, don't care. It's very niche.

    I'm not sure why ML RAW comes into this in any way at all. The effect this has on the market is literally nothing. It's a hack. It's not a feature of the camera. ML RAW is a discovery, it's not a market leading feature.

    The annoying fact for most is that if you want a camera with better features, you need to get shooting and earn some money. If it's just a hobby, then why would the camera manufacturers screw their business models by giving top features to people who just want to point and shoot? It doesn't make any sense.

    There is a feeling that manufacturers (Canon especially) are not putting in the juice they could even into their pro cameras. This is true, and it happens because they are a business who want to make a profit.

    I don't think the camera companies are out of touch. This forum is out of touch. The camera companies believe they are catering for you, and as we are all buying their cameras, they are. ;)
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    tehgeek reacted to Julian in Dear Nikon...   
    This. Smart move by Nikon to leave the movie mode out. The amount of photographers crying with happiness over the lack of movie mode is astounding.
     
    The Canon photographers on the other side are crying a 1000 tears over the fact that Nikon does pay attention to the photographer, instead of Canon who only cares for the movie makers (yes... that's what they think, it's more like Canon doesn't really care about anyone or anything).
     
    This camera is bullshit anyway, yes, it has appeal.... ohhh the looks, ahhh the buttons! But what is wrong with the ergonomics of a D800? What is the point of selecting your shutter speed (limited to full stops) with a huge wheel, that you first have to unlock... Form over fuction.
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    tehgeek got a reaction from ScreensPro in Open letter to Japanese manufacturers on the enthusiast video market - improve or lose it   
    I do not understand your obsession with video on stills cameras. Video is an added feature on a stills camera so how can you compare them to a BMCC that is made purely for video? Stills cameras will always be stills cameras, the video will get better as the tech gets cheaper but it will never be the main focus. We are a small market and will be treated as such.
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    tehgeek got a reaction from Julian in Open letter to Japanese manufacturers on the enthusiast video market - improve or lose it   
    I do not understand your obsession with video on stills cameras. Video is an added feature on a stills camera so how can you compare them to a BMCC that is made purely for video? Stills cameras will always be stills cameras, the video will get better as the tech gets cheaper but it will never be the main focus. We are a small market and will be treated as such.
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    tehgeek reacted to /p/ in Perspective Aerials match MoVI performance at 1/3rd of price   
    Looks pretty good however that very first shot (with the title and small box with demonstration) looked nowhere near as stable as the Movi demonstration where the guy is running in circles around it.
     
    Actual shots looked good though, and much much more affordable.
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    tehgeek reacted to kodakmoment in Sigma have beaten Leica - DG 35mm F1.4 vs Summicron-R 35mm F2.0   
    Always nice to see lens comparisons based on actual pictures. However, when comparing a 40 year old lens design with inferior coating to a brand new lens design it is no surprise that the new lens wins. It's like writing "Nissan beats Porsche" after comparing a Nissan 370Z with a Porsche 924 and then touting Nissan has beaten Porsche. That would be a pretty silly headline based on a rather unfair test. How about comparing the new Sigma lens with a contemporary Leica Summilux-M 35 mm f/1.4 ASPH II? Or how about comparing the Sigma lens with a circa 30 year old Leitz Summilux-R 35 mm f/1.4 which at least has a similar maximum aperture. I would provide my own lens for a shoot out.
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    tehgeek got a reaction from Zach in Speed King - SLR Magic 35mm T0.95 Review and 5 Axis Stabilisation samples   
    That is nowhere near MoVI, why even mention it? It does look nice but not in a natural way, something about it looks off but I can only imagine how good this will get in coming years.
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    tehgeek got a reaction from ike007 in Signs of Spielberg's predicted "crash and burn" as Lone Ranger bombs   
    They never asked if anyone was interested in seeing a Lone Ranger movie and that is why it failed.
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    tehgeek reacted to peederj in The impact of 5D Mark III raw and what does Vincent Laforet think of it?   
    On the subject of reliability, Roger Cicala reports that the most frequent camera damage coming back from rentals on the 5D3 is bent CF pins inside the camera's slot. If there's a grain of sand caught in those little holes on the card or if you just jam it in there a bit askew your camera is SD-only until repaired. It happened so often on the 5D2 they made it easier for service to repair the pins but they didn't make it harder to break in the first place, that's the CF standard's problem. And the 5D3 has only one CF slot, and it's the only way you're getting RAW out of it...and you're gonna be doing insertions every 15 minutes or so rather than once or twice a day...
     
    I have no conflicts of interest and I've never even been in contact with anyone from Canon. I'm just running through the other sides of this, immune enough to the hype to not have already bought $500 worth of CF cards but not immune enough to not be thinking it all through very carefully. Please resist group polarization...there's a waft of Lord of the Flies in this whole personal allegiances thing.
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