Marcio Kabke Pinheiro

People with some memory will find strange he using Fujifilm cameras for stills in the movie, when he always showed that Olympus / OM cameras is what he use when fishing...

Nikon cornered themselves with nomenclatures in this one. They wanted to make a first RED semibranded product to buzz the market. But at the same time, they want a piece of the VERY profitable "creator camera" market (the Sony ZV-E10s sells a boatload). And got the Zr stucked in the middle. This is not a "cinema camera". Is a ZV-E1 competitor / step up ZV-E10 camera, compared it (and Nikon is promoting it) to the FXs is a mistake. If you see it as a top "creator camera" or a B-cam / crahs cam for REDs, it makes more more sense. And is an amazing value - if fact, for amateurs like me, it is one of the most interesting cameras of the year. I hate cameras without EVFs, but with a 4 inch display, for the first time it could be acceptable. It have a af joystick. It have internal 32 bit audio without adapters - amazing for shotguns use. It will make a lot of people to wet their feet on REDCODE (even a lesser version of it). Is small and light, great for gimbal work if needed. Compared to a ZV-E1 for $100 more, it trounces it completely. And we have to see how is the overheating issues, but it could yes be used (albeit with compromises) in pro shooting. And if Nikon makes a hybrid camera with this form factor, they would get a new customer instantly.

Salford? I've stayed there when I went to see The Stone Roses on the Etihad Stadium. The apartment was kinda close of the famous (by The Smiths) Salford Lads Club. 🙂

A 2.36mp EVF and a fixed LCD in a $5100 camera. Oh boy.

The "I'M DONE" in the end was the chef's kiss.

Liked the lens, probably will get that in the future. Probably the casualties on my side will be the two Nocticrons, the 35mm and 50mm. Lovely and cute little lenses, but I almost do not use them - this year I probably only used the 18-50mm f/2.8 zoom and the Viltrox 75mm 1.2.

And remembering that this camera (and predecessors) only have 8-bit color. The problem with Olymṕus is their codecs - they have high bitrates but are much softer than other companies, since the E-M5 MK II days. If you like the look (I had a concert video form the E-M5 MK II that you clearly see that is far from perfect, but it looked fantastic), could be a compelling option, but it probably falls apart very quickly with grading. The thing that amazes me (and the only explanation is that it have a VERY good patent) is that no other company implemented Live Bulb - it makes long exposures a breeze, you see the image "developing" on screen, you just pause when I think it is good. It the feature that I miss the most from my Olympus days (and the IBIS perfectly tuned for video).

Still think is a high price, but in the same ballpark of the X-T50 outside USA, it's ok. Could get one only for stills - or just be sane and stay just with the X-S20, since even with just one camera almost don't have time to use it properly...

People are comapring it to the X-E4 price, but the X-E4 was clearly designed as an entry level camera. But the insanity in price is already shown with the cameta that this X-E5 try to mimic: the X100VI. The X100VI comes with a 23mm f/2 lens included, hybrid viewfinder with better EVF panel (3.69m dots vs 2.36 dots), a better rear LCD (1.62m dots vs 1.04m dots), the combined shutter speed / iso dial (which is expensive to manufacture), a real integrated flash with a leaf shutter that syncs much better with it, and an internal ND filter. The two downsides are the slightly less effective IBIS (much more noted in video, which is not the priority on both models), and the ability to change lenses. The X100VI, with a 23mm f/2 lens included, is listed by $1599. The X-E5, with a 23mm f/2.8, by the rumors, is $1899. $300 more for an inferior camera / lens combo.

I was one that was advocating that Fuji treats custom color profiles in the same way that they do with their film simulations - which looks like they do, finally. No more complicated methods using the C positions, which are NOT meant to that. But I agree - film recipes are a trend and probably people want to experiment more since now it will not be a pain in the ass to access them (I'm one of them), but it could be EASILY just a Q menu setting.

Looks like Fujifilm jumped into the bandwagon. X-E5 leaks suggest that it is a X-T50 repackaged (in a VERY beautiful body, should say) - same specs, same 2.36mp EVF. Have a film simulation dial, but FINALLY you could select personal film recipes. The back lcd hinge looks like will be the same of the X-T50, but with a downgraded LCD panel (yes - the 1.0mp unit of the X-M5). All this for $1699. Yep, $300 more than the X-T50, which have a better LCD panel. Yep, just $100 less than the X-T5, a much superior camera.

Just as an add-on to the topic: Feiyutech realsed a new Scorp Mini, with stronger motors (good) a detachable wireless back handle (kinda good - the remote function is interesting, but I have concerns about robustness) and an updated tracking model (better, but not as good as DJI's). Performance look almost on par with the RS4 Mini, but much cheaper.

As the Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 is almost glued to my X-S20, this one get my interest for sure.

Could be that when it comes to real world, Lumix have the best tools onboard, and gets the job done easier. Or the started to spend a lot more in ambassadors disguised as switchers - here in Brazil a very famous photographer switched to Lumix after 12 years of Canon and a month after he became sponsored by them. Is an interesting thing because here we never had people sponsored by brands - in fact, until this year, Lumix even don't have official presence here.

This one is probably not discounted, but oh boy looks good. https://www.l-rumors.com/panasonic-japan-announced-the-new-titanium-lumix-s9-edition/