Marcio Kabke Pinheiro

Already said that it here, but repeating myself - this single video made my buy a GH2. 🙂

Awesome colors until today (except, maybe, the greenish skintones, a trademark for Panasonic until the GH5). Noisy by the current standards, but these colors...

Already said that it here, but repeating myself - this single video made my buy a GH2. 🙂

Awesome colors until today (except, maybe, the greenish skintones, a trademark for Panasonic until the GH5). Noisy by the current standards, but these colors...

And you think I am crazy!

He pivoted to high end audio gear reviews - probably is more profitable (no problem for me with that) and less toxic than the camera game.

Looks like it is not unusual - in a small channel that I like (Andrew & Denae) Andrew decided to make a channel about the mountain bike restorations that he make (he, his wife and 2 children enjoy mountain biking, and to lessen the bike shop costs he built a personal bike shop at home), and in two videos he got almost 4x the subscribers that they got in many years reviewing cameras.
I too have the same impression that Steve never disliked a camera - pointed some faults at most - but he always declared that he only reviews cameras that interested him, hence there is a pre-filter.

Good price, but will wait until it hits $699,00.

Good price, but will wait until it hits $699,00.

Good price, but will wait until it hits $699,00.

Had to let y'all know about this great deal that Adorama emailed me. Better jump on it before they change their mind
 
 

Here you go, try it with this thumbnail to tick all the boxes that will get you on the front page.

Yes, I have one and posted some examples on a Leica T about 34282 page ago 😉

WIll not go through 277 pages of the thread, but the Minolta 35-70 f/3.5, the disguised Leica, was already mentioned here?

Will be the next to take a spin with my X-S10, since was already incredible in my m43 bodies.

My two cents about all this.

Rumour sites: like them, because sometimes it could help you with purchase decisions. But all of them, without exception, should be name "fansites". Never anything could be said there except praise to the brand in question, even if you like the brand, even if you want to give constructive feedback to make the brand you like even better.

Brand worship is everywhere - even here.My take is that people invest a lot in a brand / mount and just want a confirmation bias and want to justify their purchase - it is a thing not exclusive to the photo industry, smartphone industry is the same. These people forget some basic things:
1) The brand X could be REALLY better for you, even if everyone say the contrary. Don't get offended by bad things said to "your" brand - no brand is perfect. Filter it, see if it its a legitamte flaw, see if it is really a flaw FOR YOU, and if it is a thing, if you can circunvent it. A problem is only a problem if it affects you.

Case in point: AF for video. For some people, it is a very important issue for some people - gimbal people, action people, some wedding cases (@MrSMW gave a very good example of it). It is non issue for other people - all of the movie industry which have amazing focus pullers, people in controlled enviroments, interview shots (amaze me people testing af in static shots videos - why?). It is a issue for you or not? In each case, don't dismiss the other camp, just look if it a issue FOR YOU.

2) ALL BRANDS have good and bad points - and all these point follows the 1 rule, all bad points and good / bad FOR YOU. I was a m43 user. Still love the portability of the lenses, still have a soft point for the format - but it have bad / good points. Moved to Fuji, liking it too. FOR ME, it is working better than m43 - but I will never say that m43 is crap IN ALL INSTANCES. And yes, even liking Fuji, there were some point that m43 is better (could changing ISO with a huge overlay screen without histogram to choose the right ISO is my number one point). 

No brand is perfect. NOTHING is perfect in this life. Is just a brand, for fuck sake. Don't worship it.
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About internet trollism: in the past, information was spread by media outlets. Interests aside, at least, in most cases, it was vetted for somewhat reasonable people, in both "sides"  - and I live in a country with media dictated by interests for the last 50 years; even then, there was more reason than the current times.

People still don know how easy is to "make" trending news nowadays - a little bit of money invested in specialized companies with dedicated teams with robots could make anything relevant. And I'm a TI guy, REALLY know how easy is to do it.

For 95% of the people,  if "everyone" (in your bubble) is talking about it, it is true. Because it is kinda was in the past - lies where spread because of interests, but insanity was more or less filtered. Bad for our dreams of free speech and liberty, but now we were seeing that freedom without knowledge is troublesome.

And no, I don't see a solution for it in the shor term.

For my part, I hear everything - even from some disgusting sources. Register it in the head, in 95% of the cases is bullshit, but even now and them you could get something good. Case in camera industry: Ken Rockwell. 95% of what he says is VERY bad, but I've got some good tips from him. Never will spread his word, but for my personal filter, is useful.

These are very dark times - sometimes I wonder if it was a good idea to bring a 3 yeas old girl to this world. But it is too late, and I just wish I can help her to live in this sea of hate. Hope I can.

FD 35mm f/2 concave, with a Fujifilm X-S10, full pic and center crop.

I guess I could call it a sharp lens (and looks like that Fuji peaking works very well)

Yep, handheld wide open at f/2.

Yep, handheld wide open at f/2.

Yeah, sad day.

Hope that are not members of our community in Ukraine, and if it is the case, that they could be safe.

Yep, handheld wide open at f/2.

Yes, the intro no longer is appropriate given today's events.
Going to re-do the video and post it later when had more time with the camera.

FD 35mm f/2 concave, with a Fujifilm X-S10, full pic and center crop.

I guess I could call it a sharp lens (and looks like that Fuji peaking works very well)

FD 35mm f/2 concave, with a Fujifilm X-S10, full pic and center crop.

I guess I could call it a sharp lens (and looks like that Fuji peaking works very well)

FD 35mm f/2 concave, with a Fujifilm X-S10, full pic and center crop.

I guess I could call it a sharp lens (and looks like that Fuji peaking works very well)

FD 35mm f/2 concave, with a Fujifilm X-S10, full pic and center crop.

I guess I could call it a sharp lens (and looks like that Fuji peaking works very well)

FD 35mm f/2 concave, with a Fujifilm X-S10, full pic and center crop.

I guess I could call it a sharp lens (and looks like that Fuji peaking works very well)

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Clause 18.2 - Importation Location Marking For Overseas Imports
In compliance with AP's standard terms and conditions for procurement, any and all items of equipment supplied under this contract that are not of US origin must be clearly and prominently marked with an easily understood reference to denote the State used for the initial importation into the US. 
In the case of this particular contract, all equipment will have its initial port of entry to be in the State Of New York and should be marked accordingly.
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And I was caught by surprise that the GH6 is the first Panasonic camera that you could punch-in to focus (without recording it)? I was sure that the GH5 already have that - is the most loved video resource that my X-S10 have and a thing that I always missed when I used my Panasonics and Olympus.