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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from SRV1981 in Ulanzi Fan   
    Have one here, still did not tested it - I think that today I will.
     
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from SRV1981 in Ulanzi Fan   
    Just tested it on my X-S20.
     
     
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro reacted to BTM_Pix in Panasonic G9 mk2   
    Panasonic announcing PDAF in a firmware update for the GH6 next month like this.

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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from Davide DB in Panasonic G9 mk2   
    About size: if I work with still / video, the G9II will not be a problem at all. But as an amateur, using on the streets or travelling - yep, attracts attention.

    And about form factor (and since it would need a completely new retooling): big attracts attention, too small is bad to hold. Ideal: big grip with small body. Since small cameras with larger grips always get complaints about "pinky" finger without support, and since I agree that thickness of the camera does not attract attention and almost nobody complains about it...why not make the Sigma Quattro H style the other way around?


    Make the grip tall, and the body smaller. The battery could be slimmer and taller, making room for components  / IBIS / EVF on the body. The camera part that is "seen" on hand would be small.

    One problem: would not stand up by itself on a table. Just make a sliding "feet" on the opposing side of the grip - it even could be double duty as a port cover.
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from kye in Panasonic G9 mk2   
    About size: if I work with still / video, the G9II will not be a problem at all. But as an amateur, using on the streets or travelling - yep, attracts attention.

    And about form factor (and since it would need a completely new retooling): big attracts attention, too small is bad to hold. Ideal: big grip with small body. Since small cameras with larger grips always get complaints about "pinky" finger without support, and since I agree that thickness of the camera does not attract attention and almost nobody complains about it...why not make the Sigma Quattro H style the other way around?


    Make the grip tall, and the body smaller. The battery could be slimmer and taller, making room for components  / IBIS / EVF on the body. The camera part that is "seen" on hand would be small.

    One problem: would not stand up by itself on a table. Just make a sliding "feet" on the opposing side of the grip - it even could be double duty as a port cover.
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from kye in Panasonic G9 mk2   
    Yep - but not so much when it is a "rangefinder"-esque camera. That's why I prefer it, not because of nostalgia.

    But...no new GXs, no Oly Pen-F II (the E-M5s / E-M10s do not attract too much too), Fuji dumbed down the X-E4 and probably will never put a IBIS on it, the X-Pros are beautiful but kinda big, the Nikon Z30 lack an EVF and IBIS...it is a shame that only Sony makes rangefinder cameras with EVF, IBIS, good af and good video.
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro reacted to BTM_Pix in Fuji GFX 100 II official launch   
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro reacted to kye in Panasonic G9 mk2   
    I really hope that you're wrong, but your points make sense and it might simply be how the economics play out.
    I'd hope that even if they released an updated GX camera, they could retain the same body/battery/EVF/etc, but offer improved bitrates / frame-rates / profiles.  A GX95 that took advantage of most/all of the modes on the new sensors would be wonderful.
    In terms of the idea that smartphones killed cameras of this size, it's a fundamental misunderstanding of how things work, but one that the industry seems to make time and again....  the idea that serious people want a large camera and people who want a small camera don't want quality.
    I shoot with the GX85 and iPhone 12 Mini, and I can assure you, the difference in image quality is night and day.  What do I mean by night and day?  I mean, the image quality of the GX85 shooting at night is better than the iPhone shooting during the day!
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from IronFilm in Blackmagic to join L Mount alliance ?   
    Maybe the BURANUS?

    "Where the black magic happens" 😄
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from kye in Blackmagic to join L Mount alliance ?   
    Maybe the BURANUS?

    "Where the black magic happens" 😄
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from Trankilstef in Blackmagic to join L Mount alliance ?   
    Maybe the BURANUS?

    "Where the black magic happens" 😄
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from Davide DB in Panasonic G9 mk2   
    And about size: my last mft camera (and the best, loved it) and my current APS-C camera.

    The one on the right have 6.2k open gate 10-bit 4:2:2, in H265 or All-I. 4k60 with a 1.1x crop. 1080p120 fps (did not count the 240fps option because is crap), a huge battery, and PDAF (in fact, the AF works much better than I expected, after the last firmware update).

    Lenses? Yep, the Fuji branded ones are bigger, but not so much. And a Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 is the same size of the Panasonic 12-35 f/2.8, even being made for a larger sensor - yep, don't have OIS, but IBIS takes good care of it, and is even much cheaper. The Nocticrons are small, too.
     
    MFT should be the perfect EDC / travel cameras. Newer lenses should take the Sigma zoom route - ditch the OIS and make a 12-35 f/1.8, or a smaller 2.8. Compact f/3.5 zooms. Pancake primes. Make them cool - just look the X100v lesson.

    But they gone in the opposite direction. 

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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro reacted to BTM_Pix in Panasonic G9 mk2   
    I often wondered what would come first, Panasonic putting PDAF in an MFT camera or aliens being discovered.
    Based on whats going on in Mexico today it looks like Panasonic just about won that contest.
    Maybe the aliens had them under an NDA.
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro reacted to BTM_Pix in Panasonic G9 mk2   
    I’ll preface this by saying that that is some spec and it will likely be a very decent camera.
    However….
    A smaller sensor inside a smaller body with smaller lenses at a smaller price was the whole raison d’etre of the Micro Four Thirds system.
    The clue was right there in the name.
    Panasonic seems to have looked what BMW has done since it acquired the Mini and thought “yeah, that’s the path for us too”.
    In a world where their own full frame S5ii exists, let alone the compact APS-C feature laden cameras from all the other manufacturers, I don’t get where they are coming from with their latter day MFT releases and, in my opinion, they have completely lost their way with the system, particularly in terms of attracting new adopters.
    Even for the old guard, you’d have to be pretty attached to that native lens collection to go in again.
    Panasonic seem to have a borderline kinky reluctance to refresh the two cameras that would actually cause a resurgence in the ideology of the system as well as sales.
    Namely, the GX80 and the LX100.
    Putting a mic jack on them and giving them 10 bit 4:2:2 internal and VLOG would be a piece of piss for Panasonic and they could sell them all day long at their equivalent launch prices.
    They might have to push the boat out and put IBIS in the LX but I don’t even think that is a deal breaker.
    I’m at loss to where they are getting their market research from that’s telling them there is. Bigger demand for small sensor cameras in large sensor bodies at large sensor prices.
     
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro reacted to kye in Panasonic G9 mk2   
    That would be super-cool....
    but I'd prefer a PDAF GX95 🙂 
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from ntblowz in Cooling fans for camera   
    My Ulanzi fan just arrived. Must admit, is a cute little thing - all metal, bright little display, and the flow generated is more than I expected.

    And the two questions I have about it were solved:
    - The suction cups will really stick to the back of the cameras? It came with two adhesive stick that you put on the back of the camera, and the suction cups will adhere to that.
    - How it measure the camera temperatue? There is a sensor in the bacl (looks like a infrared one) to mesure the surface temperature.

    Will try to do some teste when I have some spare time.
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from kye in Cooling fans for camera   
    My Ulanzi fan just arrived. Must admit, is a cute little thing - all metal, bright little display, and the flow generated is more than I expected.

    And the two questions I have about it were solved:
    - The suction cups will really stick to the back of the cameras? It came with two adhesive stick that you put on the back of the camera, and the suction cups will adhere to that.
    - How it measure the camera temperatue? There is a sensor in the bacl (looks like a infrared one) to mesure the surface temperature.

    Will try to do some teste when I have some spare time.
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from markr041 in Cooling fans for camera   
    My Ulanzi fan just arrived. Must admit, is a cute little thing - all metal, bright little display, and the flow generated is more than I expected.

    And the two questions I have about it were solved:
    - The suction cups will really stick to the back of the cameras? It came with two adhesive stick that you put on the back of the camera, and the suction cups will adhere to that.
    - How it measure the camera temperatue? There is a sensor in the bacl (looks like a infrared one) to mesure the surface temperature.

    Will try to do some teste when I have some spare time.
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from Davide DB in Cooling fans for camera   
    My Ulanzi fan just arrived. Must admit, is a cute little thing - all metal, bright little display, and the flow generated is more than I expected.

    And the two questions I have about it were solved:
    - The suction cups will really stick to the back of the cameras? It came with two adhesive stick that you put on the back of the camera, and the suction cups will adhere to that.
    - How it measure the camera temperatue? There is a sensor in the bacl (looks like a infrared one) to mesure the surface temperature.

    Will try to do some teste when I have some spare time.
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from MrSMW in Cooling fans for camera   
    My Ulanzi fan just arrived. Must admit, is a cute little thing - all metal, bright little display, and the flow generated is more than I expected.

    And the two questions I have about it were solved:
    - The suction cups will really stick to the back of the cameras? It came with two adhesive stick that you put on the back of the camera, and the suction cups will adhere to that.
    - How it measure the camera temperatue? There is a sensor in the bacl (looks like a infrared one) to mesure the surface temperature.

    Will try to do some teste when I have some spare time.
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro reacted to FHDcrew in A6700 - FX30 sensor 👀   
    There is an app called "Sensor Logger" for iOS that works well for me.
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from Davide DB in A7C II - August 29 Announcement   
    G9 II for sure. With PDAF, will be an interesting camera - unfortunately, not for me anymore.

    (if it was a GX10, yeah, I would be tempted)
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from kye in A7C II - August 29 Announcement   
    G9 II for sure. With PDAF, will be an interesting camera - unfortunately, not for me anymore.

    (if it was a GX10, yeah, I would be tempted)
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro reacted to kye in A7C II - August 29 Announcement   
    I don't mind manufacturers segmenting by price, in a way that's sort-of reasonable, as long as it doesn't go too far in the direction of being anti-competitive.  
    The thing I mind is that they also segment on camera size.  If you want great image quality then the cameras just become unwieldy and attention-grabbing.  Modern technology makes everything smaller over time, but they ate up that size advantage with extra megapixels.
    Of course, the elephant in the room with overheating is that it's caused by the blind pursuit of more and more pixels.  Of course, some people have convinced themselves of the "need" for more pixels, but the frilly pink dress that the elephant is wearing that no-one will discuss is that you can't see anything more than 720p (at best) on a smartphone, which is the primary viewing device for most of what is being filmed by these people.
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    Marcio Kabke Pinheiro got a reaction from SRV1981 in A7C II - August 29 Announcement   
    About all these hot new cameras (pun intended): I agree that would be much better them to not overheat. And for me is intentional: it is segmentation.

    For instance: the X-S20, the A6700 and both the new A7C have a plastic back panel, behind the LCD. If they really want to help dissipating heat, they could do a metal back panel. Specially in the Fuji case, where you can specifically put a fan there.

    Panasonic also showed in the S5II that you can incorporate a discreet fan without raising the cost.

    It is segmentation. Same thing with the LCD mechanism from the A7RV - solve one for all the tilt / flip debacle, should be standard for all new cameras. Fuji also made a similar solution with the XT100. But...want more, pay more.

    If you want to pay less, you have to deal with the limitations. I could use my 1.0 liter car to tow a heavy trailer? For sure, but will not be a very good experience.

    Not defending the manufacturers, but it is how it works in all markets. Will be this until someone breaks the mold and all need to follow.
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