Brian Williams

11 hours ago, stephen said:

It's underrated because of the auto focus. But hey I use manual focus lenses all the  time. 

A little off topic, but a while ago I was playing with making an iOS app that would use the phone’s LiDAR and having the app connect to my BMPCC4K via Bluetooth to control focus. I sold that camera awhile ago and forgot about it, but recently I was playing around with a little Apple Airtag, and that thing, with my iPhone 12 Pro, can seemingly measure distance down to centimeters, if not even smaller. Now Apple hasn’t yet opened the Airtag to developers (if they ever will), but if they do I could see an app that tracks the distance of an Airtag and then sends that info to my S1 for focus, especially since Panasonic does already have an SDK for developers to build apps to control Lumix’s. Something like that could help level the playing field for Panasonic camera’s AF woes. 

Panasonic just switching over to phase detection could also help 😉

I don’t know why I’m so happy to see my S1 at #1, I did it, I’m not one of the stupid customers!

It does deserve it though, they had me at 10bit+IBIS. And yes, the ergonomics are superior.

In terms of low light, doesn’t the S1 also have dual iso?

40 minutes ago, IronFilm said:

Yes, if only Nikon had included IBIS (or 10bit) to their Z50 / Z fc, then I reckon Nikon would easily have had a better APS-C choice than Sony. (which is currently a bigger threat to Nikon than Fujifilm)

Yes, I mean Sony already has IBIS in their APS-C’s, but it’s unusable.

I’m not here to defend this camera, there’s a lot left to be desired, but don’t hate it because it’s beautiful and plastic (like my hometown of LA here).

What’s with all the hate, it’s an alternate-looking Z50, and last I checked the Z50 was pretty well reviewed. Granted, I doubt I’ll sell my S1 for it, but hell, isn’t Nikon days away from bankruptcy? They’re trying out something that the masses might actually buy, I get it. Has phase detection, un-cropped 4K, it’s no worse off than one of the Sony APS-C’s.

On 4/21/2021 at 7:03 AM, Parker said:

What raw controla did you feel like you were missing out on? I haven't used pro Res raw on an actual project yet, and have just shot a few random little test clips, but fcp has white balance, iso and exposure control, isn't that the trifecta? 

I guess some sort of highlight recovery mode like resolve has would be pretty cool. 

Yeah, well resolve has a whole slew of controls in the raw adjustment settings area, you could do a complete grade just from that one section, contrast, shadow/highlight recovery, WB, saturation.

FCP offers WB and exposure adjustment. Everything else needs a plug-in added to adjust. And the raw adjust is in the footage’s info section, and you can’t copy it from one clip to the next, the whole thing just doesn’t seem all that intuitive.

1 hour ago, MicahMahaffey said:

But then again, for the price of Cf cards it's making just getting an ssd and shooting raw into the ninja look more reasonable. 

I actually just returned a Ninja V back to Amazon today after playing around with it and Prores raw the past few days. I didn’t think the extra weight and size was worth it relative to the IQ bump I was seeing in raw, I just wasn’t blown away. Plus as a longtime Davinci Resolve user who had to jump back to FCP after many years away from it in order to work with Prores raw, I wasn’t happy, not thrilled with the raw control in FCP.

Kind of a random question, but in terms of my S1 and this newest update- will I see any benefit to going out and buying a CFexpress card? I know they are faster than my UHS-II SD card, but the SD card is handling the new 6k mode just fine, so is there a benefit from a video standpoint? I know the downside is they are more expensive than my card.

On 4/3/2021 at 5:51 AM, Andrew Reid said:

But this one by all accounts is just a bad shot. Greasy, tired skin and blue cast on her forehead.

Not to be a jerk to her, but I think maybe she just has greasy, tired skin?

Is it just me? I feel like this photo of the face looks pretty great, am I missing something?

54 minutes ago, Thomas Hill said:

Toward the end of the review, Huff tests the firmware 1.0 AF in video and it looks pretty good, better than Panny and far better than the original fp.

 

I don't think that looks so good, lots of pulsing when he was walking towards the camera; maybe better than Panasonic? But not really useable.

7 hours ago, Robert Collins said:

Not at all. The lack of mechanical shutter makes it almost unusable as a photo camera unless you just shoot landscapes. The silent shutter (ie non-mechanical) on the A7r4 is just a gimmick (because of the rolling shutter) - I have used it once (and regretted it). Of course the stacked sensor on A91/A9ii/A1 are a different story.

Well then as a camera for video, it’s confused as hell. Certain crop settings offer better dynamic range? You only get phase detection at a different crop setting than that? Even adding Phase detection seems pointless then because it’s of no use for video here because it’s not going to be able to do useable continuous AF while shooting. Why would you ever shoot at 1x crop knowing you are taking a hit in IQ? They blocked the ability to shoot raw video externally with the EVF? So many weird things for a camera just aimed at video.

My suggestion that it was aimed more at photographers was my attempt to throw them a bone, give them an excuse.

The lack of an HDMI port on the EVF, or even an eye sensor on the EVF so that the picture automatically switches between screen or EVF without having to press a button seems like sloppy design.

I had the original FP, it was good in many ways, the lack of articulating screen was bad, still hasn’t been fixed here, though I did read there is a mod out now (just like the one on my BMPCC4k that makes that camera actually useable), but it would be nice to not have to tear your camera apart yourself to make it so.

This one def seems more geared towards photographers, though yeah, that AF is not much to write home about; not sure what this brings to someone interested primarily in stills. Add the EVF and it’s not longer an RX1 sized camera.

15 hours ago, omega1978 said:

Have you tested the autocalibration. On the first version sometimes this resolve the problem with the noise 

I’m not sure which did it, but I did calibration as well as firmware update, and the noise has disappeared.

I’m pretty impressed so far, especially for photos, I never would have imagined using the pocket for photography, other than maybe panos. Look at the crop of this 64MP photo, blown out sky, yes I know, but the detail is pretty great-

Got mine today from Best Buy, a few days early apparently. Getting some motor noise when it’s close to its limits, don’t remember the original one ever doing that, it’s pretty noticeable. Might have to return, unless someone can confirm that this is normal?

The timing! I’m in the middle of making my own similar device, with a raspberry pi zero, only mine will offer both LIDAR-based AF for my Pocket4K as well as SteadXP-type stabilization using a gyroscope and accelerometer.

Mine is for me though, no plans to sell, so we can skip the cease and desist letters.

I am also working on an iOS app for the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max that will do the same things, use the phone’s LIDAR to control BMPCC’s af as well as record movement with gyro and accelerometer for stabilization. That one will be available soon.

On 8/22/2020 at 8:34 AM, Emre Unlenen said:

Hello, I have faced the same problem today. May I ask how you have solved your problem? Thank you in advance

 

He said he had to send the camera in for repair.

4 hours ago, sanveer said:

Could you share the source for this? Also, is it a hardware or software restriction. 

It’s on the product page for the camera as well as every review, the clean hdmi output is 8bit; not saying this couldn’t change in the future, maybe they could change this in a firmware update, but wasn’t mentioned and I doubt they’d bother adding it if they are focusing on Ninja V raw output.

1 hour ago, John Matthews said:

The 8 bit doesn't bug me, especially when I have to carry an external recorder to get the 10bit. However, I'm VERY curious to know how the E-M1 III will perform with its (non) log and flat profiles. Also, will JIP take it further? All speculation at this point. Please post video of the 10 bit when you get a chance!

Well, there’s no 10bit coming out of the Mark III- with or without an external recorder- just 8bit, so I’ll just have to wait for the raw update come winter to see how it looks.

Well I, for one, am pretty excited about this, went out and ordered the Mark III today. I was heartbroken to hear about the sale of Olympus, especially as I owned an E-M1 ii for quite some time and loved everything about it except that 8bit codec... so having just sold my X-T4, I pretty excited for this, even if it turns out to be Olympus’s last hurrah.

5 hours ago, MrSMW said:

Is the XT4 more prone to overheating than the XT3 then?

Anyone actually have any experience of this themselves?

I have not experienced overheating in the month I’ve had my X-T4.

6 hours ago, Yurolov said:

That overheats too but. Not as bad but still it there. 

Mine doesn’t, at least not yet. Definitely not after only 20 minutes. The only reports I’ve seen of overheating for the X-T4 are all the different websites quoting the one Northrup video, and who gives a shit what that a-hole has to say?

I bought an X-T4 four weeks ago, and reading articles like this really make me happy with my choice! (A strange feeling when you are GAS-afflicted!)

9 hours ago, Inazuma said:

Hi @Brian Williams and anyone else who owns the camera

If you have time I was wondering if you could do a quick test for me... I'd like to know how well it stablises video when the camera is held at a portrait angle.  When holding it still and when doing slow movements. Most of my content is watched on phones so this is of interest to me.

Cheers

As in, turning the camera 90 degrees sideways and shooting in portrait mode? Ok, I can do a test of that later tonight.

Here's one more, with a slower move-

I feel like I see micro jitters in 'IBIS- Boost Off'

'IBIS+DIS-Boost On' looks best to me.

3 hours ago, dgvro said:

I know that I hate the DIS, but, IS Boost I'm not even sure what to make of yet (other than obviously being good for totally locked-off look. Have you found you preferred it on both firmware versions? With what kind of lenses? Any good videos showing it's the lesser evil? Everything I saw so far made me not so confident about it.

I'm still doing my manual dumb adaptor lens with fake shorter focal length setting workaround for the moment for crucial video shots I guess.

Here is my quick test I just did with firmware 1.02 and the WR 35 f2 lens.

Honestly, I can't tell which mode is working best here. Am I moving too fast to see it?