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I'm a bit surprised that you didn't find any improvements in low light image quality
so far I've seen quite a number of live tests showing an improvement in this area and capturing more details in low light situations
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If Clive Owen become Bond i would not even watch any Bond movies for the whole series
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It kind of sucks if it's worse than mkI (well not really for me since I own one :) ), but for video, the softness could help improving aliasing, while keeping it as sharp as before, since you don't need as much resolution in HD.
the significant change of mkii to me is that it provides an opportunity for mic in which is a huge plus for video, i would wait for some more advanced testing before buying it. ;)
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That is a pitiful comparison. The exposure isn't matched, nothing's matched. The mkII is flat out out of focus. There should be licensing requirements to post product comparisons on the web (joking, but seriously...).
I am sorry to say I also had high hope like you before. And I was so pleased about the spec but there are many reports concerning IQ even from Japan users.
Based on the softness of this RX100II lens, it may even affect the Video quality which apparently we liked a lot about the original RX100.
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Of course the courtesy of a link (to a reproducible, scientific comparison test of course!) would be appreciated...
I honestly doubt Sony would cripple the video on a MkII edition that added an articulating screen and a pricey EVF add-on that would be of most interest to videographers. The thing already has enough intrinsic limitations on quality that it can't threaten the higher end of the range even if they gave it 240fps 4K RAW.
RX100II:
RX100:
Look at the grey chart and the films boxes.
I suspect it's prolly caused by the new backlit technology and the drop in quality of lenses, plus the newer version is Made in China instead of Made in Japan.
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I think pacific rim will probably do okay business in the USA. Japan represents only a tiny slice of the B.O pie and even great success there would have little bearing on overall profitability, especially since studios take home as little as a 20% cut of international box office takings, whereas its more like %50 of the domestic takings, thus why they care so much about domestic.
Pacific Rim will be a disaster, according to big data stats people like Grown Up 2 a lot more. There are no big stars and Del Toro's record is just silly in BO. The trailer looks really boring to be honest.
In Japan, the anime of Eva in 2012 made 60million which was a pretty great score. However, since Del Toro's so stupid not to use same gender character in this film and indicate that it's based on Eva, I can see a flop in Japan too. The marketing is just ridiculously stupid.
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Don't be too happy about MK2 yet
There are already samples showing a significant drop in terms of IQ (softness and colour).
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White House Down also stucked a lot in this summer, even worse than After Earth
Pacific Rim will be a huge disaster in USA, however the Japan BO may save them which apparently it looks exactly like evangelion.
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Sony 4K smartphone is coming :)
Rumors are talking about a pretty large 1/1.6" sensor.
i am also excited about this
if it can record unto 30fps@4k i expect more consumer cameras will follow as well
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I can't say anything about Man of Steel, because I didn't see it yet. The other Snyder films are bursting with refined cinematic inventions and consequent story lines. The problem is that nobody reflects on movie plots anymore, which we should, because they are our culture. So the films were mistaken for Michael Bay kind of blockbusters. The latter of course have messages too, rather affirmative messages, cynic in the way that they take our way of life for granted. Now just do that: Take any of Snyders films and tell the story in ten sentences. Say it aloud. How does it sound? Harmless blockbuster entertainment?
Ironically, both of the directors you just mentioned are also Nolan's favourites.
Personally, I like Michael Bay and Zack Snyder films a lot. Still remember the first time I watched the first 7,8 minutes clip of Dawn of the Dead remake 10 years ago before it released in theatre. It was extremely exciting and the makeup was fantastic with a rather low budget. It was one of the best moments I had in theatres because the rest of it did not disappoint me.
The same thing actually happened on Michael Bay. I had great time watching both The Rock and Armageddon in theatres. I was also shocked by the first few minutes of Armageddon.I can understand why Nolan said he liked about them that I would rate these opening moments as high as Heat, Jaws, Saving Private Ryan, and Inglorious bastards by QT.
There are so many aspects that are also important about filmmaking besides a well written script. Are the scripts of Dawn of the Dead and Armageddon well-written and considered as world class? Absolutely not. However, the cliches, humour and everything worked so well that I had laughs, tensions and emotions in theatres I felt like no problem to have multiple views.
I am also heavily influenced by the works of Kurosawa, Hitchcock, Lumet, Bergman, Aronofsky, Scorese, Mann, De Palma, Lynch, Kubrick, Fincher, Coens, Scotts, Park, PT Anderson, Boyle, Darabont, JJ Abrams, Jeff Nichols etc.
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You sure?
You can direct Spider-Man movies all your life, but Hollywood will never, ever fund your movies if they are as boundary-pushing as Lynch's later work.
Disgusting post. You were basically saying that one of the greatest directors of all time and one of the true American film artists should compromise his principals and waste his time with culture kiilling garbage.
So, are The Dark Knight trilogy and Pixar films absolute garbage?
There are a lot of reasons for mainstream films to dominate the market. It's not only about marketing tbh, the genre, the theme and also happy endings make audience feel good about watching them.
Working for disney/comics/heroes projects generally break-even most of the time, if not a very high ROI. Lynch should at least have some sense about money and business.
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First of all, I must say I am a big fan of Lynch's films
However, Hollywood producers are really really tired of David Lynch this type of arrogant directors.
In fact, there are a lot of reasons to dislike him, he's arrogant, non-marketable with freaky personality. What's worse, his projects flopped way too often.
If you are so full of yourself and think your movies are greater than most hollywood directors. Just take your shots at those blockbuster scripts and make a fortune of yourself first.
Do you actually think Christopher Nolan likes to direct Batmans that much instead of working for his own written pieces?
The reality is, you need money to run your art forms, sir.
"In this world, you gotta make the money first
when you got the money, you got the power
then when you got the power, you got whatever films made"
- HurtinMinorKey and peederj
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In CES last week, Panasonic announced the new Travel Zoom series flagship model - TZ40 aka ZS30. According to the spec of its official website, it's going to shoot 720p, 120fps like FZ200. It's going to be the first pocketable ultra zoom camera that can shoot at such high speed.
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Guys, this is awesome, thanks! Re the RX100 - does it have usable HDMI out for live video at 1080p60?
not a good idea. its HDMI out is just next to the tripod mount.
for better slow motion in good light situations I am pretty sure LX7/FZ200 going to beat RX100.
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Really? Does the FZ200 do 120fps at 720p? I thought it was just VGA, rendering it a bit useless...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Dg5aE1TDo
filmed by FZ200
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Yes the FZ200 only does high speed at VGA resolution of 640*480. There's usually one component in the mix of current cameras designed to prevent hacking for high-speed shooting, such as buffer, AD speed, heat dissipation etc etc, as manufacturers are well aware of the hackers' abilities.
I would stay away from shooting VGA resolution, the videos above are all FZ200 - 1280*720 HD resolution at 120fps.
Andrew did mention that he loved his FZ200, just wondering if he had any footages on hands and how he thinks about this subject :)
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cool. thanks for sharing. on the consumer level hopefully the optics when max zoomed don't suffer from some noticeable chromatic aberration, especially at high frame rates
It is inevitable that these point and shoot tiny sensor cameras will have noticeable chromatic aberration.
Sony is going to release its Full Frame Nex in the coming year, its definitely going to be huge and epic. However, I am quite certain that such form factor will not be allowed to shoot some 240fps at HD or even 120fps as it would seriously hurt the sales of FS700.
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There were all the rumors about GH3 that gonna shoot 720p @ 120 fps like LX7 and FZ200 but unfortunately Panasonic decided to turn it down.
Ever since LX7 became the very first pocketable camera that shoot 720p @ 120fps, CES 2013 panasonic just announced 20x zoom ZS30 that can shoot 720 @ 120fps. YES! which means you can literally get similar high speed quality from FZ200 which can perfectly fit in your POCKET.
samples below to view the quality of FZ200 in high speed recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0tL-TC8FGQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8R1tcs-qF8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6V0LJTuhhY
I am quite certain that the camera industry is actually capable of making consumer cameras to film 1080p 120fps NOW but they decided to delay it for marketing purposes. I am so keen to see an incredible pocket camera like RX100 that can shoot at such level if http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/23/aptina-unveils-1-inch-sensor-with-120fps-1080p-video-likely-for-nikon/ is true.
All the cameras I mentioned above cost around $300-600.
Sony RX100 Mark II (M2) Review - evolution in times of revolution
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http://img1.focus-numerique.com/focus/articles/1713/sony-rx100m2-exemple17.jpg
http://img1.focus-numerique.com/focus/articles/1713/sony-rx100m2-exemple18.jpg
one is from the original and the other one is the MarkII