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Always great to hear the ML community is still pushing along. I cut my teeth on the 5D MKII ML and still have two 5D MKIIIs with ML that I refuse to sell! All that said, the R50V is $650 brand new and once those hit the used market they'll be $500 and under vs the 5D MKIII which is still going for roughly the same price. So nostalgia aside, the R50V's price, specs - not to mention form factor and access to RF and EF lenses - really makes it hard to argue that anything ML related is the prudent way to go in 2025, imo.

Yeah, exactly.  That's what I'm saying.  Their banter is still good/fun, but there doesn't seem to be even the slightest spark in the reviews anymore.  That's probably also a symptom of PetaPixel demanding a higher volume of reviews and with a number of them being for things that are inherently uninteresting. 
And I get it - to some extent, how much is there to say about a 21mm lens?  And in that review in particular, they didn't even seem to be doing any basic research before the videos - talking about Thypoch coming out with one (the Simera-C has had a 21/1.4 lens for months already, though with a different design) - and 21mm has been a Leica staple for many years with the 21/1.4 Summilux having been released in like 2008 (which makes sense since Thypoch, to some extent, is emulating Leica with the Simera series).  But yet, Chris acted like a 21mm lens was something he'd not heard of before...  presumably because he just doesn't care about what he's reviewing anymore.  It's a job.  Lens comes in, take some photos around Calgary, do some LoCa tests, shoot a test chart or two, lens go out.  Ready for the next lens to come in...
But they've also become a channel that won't publish a negative review at all.  I had high hopes for the new person - Sarah?  But then she did a review of some shitty wearable camera that seemed way more like an advertisement and any criticism mixed in with tons of praise, despite that the footage looked like pure garbage.  Then the next week in the Podcast, they acted like people were crazy for suggesting it, given that some small criticism had been slipped in to a 14 minute mostly positive review where the footage is described as "good enough" and since the gross oversaturated colors are "so vibrant there's not much you have to do to them."  To me the footage (the link should go right to the sample clips) could be much better described as "a gross, shaky jello-filled nightmare."  Later, in the conclusion, the presenter concludes that the camera is definitely worth the $200 price tag, despite that it's redundant with a smartphone and records with quality much worse than a smartphone.
If that shit is sponsored, it's not disclosed and they actively denied it - so that's gross.  If it's not sponsored, then PetaPixel's standards on cameras are incredibly different from mine.  It was already a thin ice - and posting videos heaping glowing praise on AI slop and deleting critical comments is just the last push that I needed.
 

Meanwhile, I'm over here starting my own personal beef with PetaPixel.  They posted some breathy review of how great it was to make a music video in only one night using Midjourney and I basically said they should stick to photo/video stuff for humans instead of posting about shitty AI slop.  The author wrote back saying it was a "complicated" subject.
And now they deleted both of my responses to that - the first, OK, maybe because I wasn't very nice.  But in the second, I got more polite and pointed out that with current AI models, 5 seconds of video uses as much power as running a microwave for an hour - so his nearly 4 minute video was like running a microwave for nearly 2 straight days - and that's enough electricity to power an average household in the US for about 2 1/2 days, especially since it's unlikely that he used 100% of the clips that he generated, adding to the amount of wasted power.  Deleted again.
I guess, though, it's a good thing since it was the final straw in pulling their feed from my news reader (only so many clearly-sponsored (but not disclosed) positive reviews of shitty plastic film cameras that I can watch) and unsubscribing from the YouTube which has become an increasingly formulaic slog of Chris and Jordan reviewing products that they clearly don't give a shit about - and the weekly podcast where they act like smug celebrities, even though 99.9999% of people neither care who they are nor care about anything they've said.
Good encouragement also to fill out my YouTube subscriptions with some smaller creators who actually seem interested in what they do.

The gap between APS-C and Micro Four Thirds has turned into an advantage to Micro Four Thirds with the G9 II
And the gap between the G9 II and full frame is very small.
Impressive little camera.

If you hover over the link it shows up as two colours.  the front part looks legit, the middle will probably  take you off site if you click on it, the end appear legit. It does look a bit sus from what little i know of such things.

Note the link embedded in the first post is partly fake, so I assume it's a scam post from a new user.

Hey everyone,
I am exploring options for a new camera & want to hear your thoughts. I am leaning towards either the Fuji X-S20 or the Sony FX30 but I am torn between the two.
The Fuji X-S20 seems such as a solid choice with its compact size and user-friendly interface. Plus; I have heard great things about its color science and image quality.  want to know if the autofocus performance & video capabilities match up to the Sony FX30.
On the other hand, the Sony FX30 is known for its robust video features and reliable autofocus, which are crucial for my work But I am wondering if its larger form factor & price point are justified compared to the Fuji. 
Also i have check this https://www.eoshd.com/comments/topic/75314-a6700-ariba-trainingfx30-sensor-👀/page/6/ still need your advice
Has anyone here used both or have experience with either? I appreciate any insights on their real-world performance for video-centric tasks such as vlogging, interviews & event coverage. 
Thank you.....:)
 

I think Fuji missed a trick here anyway and should only have half announced this camera.

This camera is not made for us - is for the youngsters that are getting old P&S cameras to experiment something different. If fact, Fuji marketing strategy should be: reach the Tiktokers that created the X100 V and VI frenzy and drop a shitload of money to make this become viral.

Saw some reviews, there are some very lovely things there and a ton of likely mistakes - but as I said, we are not the target group.

- Video: forget, is crap. Less than FHD resolution, bad AF, 30 seconds max. A lost opportunity, goodish video with the film sims would be great.
- Camera is VERY cute and small, but at the same time could have some more "details", have some toyish vibe.
- The interface is very simplistic (kinda a cross of the digital Instax cameras and the current Fujifim menus). The use of the left display for the menu item and the bigger for the itens is intriguing.
- The diptych idea is very neat, but as some reviews said, easier to do in the app instead of doinf it in camera.
- The "film mode" is VERY gimmicky, but could have some traction. Again, the target group will have the veridict.

Biggest problems in my point of view:
- Flash photography is a VERY big use case of the youngsters getting old cameras. They love it. And this camera could NOT use any flash - the camera have a led instead of a flash, and a cold shoe without any connection. Huge mistake - if they don't want to put a proper integrated flash, at least could provide a center pin in the shoe to put an external manual flash. And since the camera is so bad for video and don't have a mic port, don't know how to use this dumb shoe for anything.
- The rear display is very small - and since the younger people probably will use it a lot, could be a problem. In fact, when the rumors started, I said that Fuji should go full Instax mode, making the camera to be designed "vertically". But this would not bring the retro vibes.
- OVF looks good, but have zero infos. Could have some displayed settings.

Biggest problem: the price. A camera with no EVF, very basic AF, with a very small main LCD, very few buttons, no integrated flash, a coldshoe, very basic video, for $850? You can just get a X100T or X100S used for the same price, and is a miles better camera.
I know that it is a "experience" and fun camera, but it should cost much less, around $600. The X-M5 with kit lens is just a tad more. Don't know if the "experience" with this price will get traction. Hope it does - at least is something different.

It won’t be a subscription and what upgrade fees do appear in the future will be modest.
 

Genie. Bottle. Too late. 
No, in my opinion, from here it's a national existential crisis for the change to happen.  Like, mid 19th century stuff.
We got the monied power in the USA angling towards city states. Their ship has a pretty strong wake.  
Media is the rudder.  And the USA is more of a business than a country. 
If there's enough people here to lay down their lives to claw back the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, I kinda doubt it.  Most don't even understand the founding concepts of this nation much less respect them.
Trump is the idiot that will help speed run this thing, but if not for him then it would be some other puppet. Our culture demands it.

Very good point about services.
So when Dump talks about terrible trade deficits with certain countries, did he forget about Amazon Web Services, Apple App Store, Netflix, VISA, Master Card and Cloudflare?
More to the point.. does he even know what they are? 🙂
Best way to fight fire with fire is for the rest of the world to kick out VISA and to sell all their reserve currency (USD)
Then the Americans would come grovelling to us instead of the other way round.

Well, he just announced that at midnight, the tariff on Chinese goods will raise to 104%.  I just can't stand all this winning.

Sanity Prevailing Update :
Trump has just said he will add an ADDITIONAL 50% if China don’t withdraw their retaliatiory tariff by tomorrow.

 

02:37:32 "We'll probably eventually charge some kind of upgrade for this."
Looks like we can expect to pay for major version upgrades in the future. Still better than a subscription, thankfully.

02:37:32 "We'll probably eventually charge some kind of upgrade for this."
Looks like we can expect to pay for major version upgrades in the future. Still better than a subscription, thankfully.

The majority of Americans are proudly anti-intellectual, anti-science, anti educated, and anti-ideas.
 
 

Great value in every country in the world except the US where it will cost 17,000 US dollars.

It's actually worse.
Over 50% on China in sum total of all Trump's tariffs.

If you voted for this and think it's a good idea you need your head examined.

The main camera manufacturing countries just got slapped by Tango-man.
China - 34%
Vietnam - 46%
Taiwan - 32%
Japan - 24%
Thailand - 36%
Hope all the ones who voted for this enjoy their new electronics prices 👍

Was catching up with my new favourite magazine The Atlantic today
They have some neat AI articles
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/libgen-meta-openai/682093/
Like this one about the kind of scale of piracy the tech giants are doing in order to train some of their mainstream AI models.
There's a link to a tool called LibGen, where you can put in an author name and see if his work has been harvested up by Meta and used to train their large language models.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/
Sure enough I put "Andrew Reid" into it and up comes the GH4 guide.
So we can confidently say the Meta's Llama 3 knows all about shooting 4K with a certain 2014 Lumix camera.
When do I get paid and how much?

How they calculated that? Is it Made in China? 

Wow It looks like every product on their site has a new, higher price in the U.S. Even Resolve! I wonder if folks that preordered already will have their price honored. B&H is still showing the original price. 

But tariffs apply at import point not at the retail. Its "import value" is not $5k. For example if Canon R5ii is $4k, Canon USA will take its profit from that, and then B&H. So the import value could be $3k (I don't know how much each middle man takes from MSRP, but I know its not insignificant). So 33% tariff should be applied to the $3k price, which makes it $4k, then add to that the distributer and retailer profit, which was $1k, and then it will be $5k for the customer. But if you apply that to the original retail price of $4k, it becomes $5330. So somebody other than the government pocket that extra $330. 

Yikes, glad I'm in the EU for once. Looks like the tables have turned, soon Americans will be flying in to Europe to purchase cameras lol. 
For RED importing components with tariffs should only mean a very minor impact on total price versus cameras like BMD manufactured in Asia. RED/Nikon is in a much better position to control costs and avoid drastic price jumps, unless Nikon shifts production overseas which I'd assume is something they wouldn't consider under the current situation.