thatPhilGuy

Thank you for the great 2023 summary.  I still believe you have some of most insightful eyes on the internet.  Breadth and context.  Bought an early S1, thanks to you.
You are better in print.  A clarity and conciseness.  Maybe editing cycles.  You know ‘practice’, and all that.  Or maybe just skill with the  printed word.
But the world changed.  Like for an owner of a vinyl store.  Only one move there:  high end, obscure, collectible, or promising sonic nirvana.  Not so easy for blogs.
On YouTube, still finding your voice.  The “dunk &  snark” is fun but not really the basis for a “trusted brand”.  And kinda of “one shot”.  Making fun, once, is the truthie humor a comedian finds.  We laugh.  Twice, (well, in cameras) everyone starts to think “mean”. 
 And a shortage of worthy and recognizable targets.    Hard to imagine dunking on Gordon Laing.  Parody perhaps.  Dunking?  No way to make friends.  Laing and Undone, both do the work.  Just started down the YouTube path earlier.  Eh, and a little more checklist oriented.
The early days of DSLR had lots of subtle details to be revealed.  A maturing market, with slower camera releases, well tricky to navigate.
After many years of grateful reading, why this first post? (excuse:  no addl. insights)  You are a nice  guy and probably nicer in person than your blog might suggest (always thought you had an edge).  My first clue was some trade show interview (not yours) and I was like, “Hmm, would really like to have a beer with this guy.”  Not what I expected.
Your early USP:  more reverence for film like qualities than pixels.   And of course, “I can’t believe the vendor treats their users this way!”  You idealistic hope that capitalists will see the light is quite charming.  In that Don Quixote way ; -)    
I too am tired of Canon’s market segmentation.
I’ve gone on too long without really helping.  Ouch.  Really?  Yup. Oh well, have to, as they say, “give it a go”.
So…  Consider the sub-brand “Romancing the Frame”.  Might be room.  Simply loving a few frames (or setup).  Really loving it!  Passion is a quality everyone can related to.  Not a music video, just loving a few frames.  Different than “Every Frame a painting”.  Mere mortal setups.  In pawn shops, bathrooms, a tired alley, a ticket counter.  With characters.  Real characters.
Yes, every online film class has one or two of these.  The opportunity: a deeper focus on sharing the joy in both finding and creating.  Of course, with music.  Not just discovering, but also building a visual quality that didn’t exist. 
Consider: This Frame — The Make-Over Edition.
Closer to the roots of EOSHD.  Film look from a then cheaper 5d.  Check out Ulysses Aoki.  Only 39.k subs, but  996K view in three months on “This $200 camera shoots infinite film like photos”.  Reminds be a bit of you and your early B-roll.  Your offering: some combo of lighting, filters, profiles, LUTS, diffusion, flags, and used cameras.  Concise quick takes & tricks. Passion + hard work is how any filmmaker gets there.  And you’ll have to let your inner romantic, out for a stroll more often.  (maybe watch some old Graham Kerr, Galloping Gourmet. Yeah, right. )  
Lots of less conflicted sponsorship options in lighting.  Many lights good enough. No lens lock-in, etc.
Any new (online personality) direction is going to take some serious work.  Casey Neistat kinda work. He still does it.   Not just insights spoken to a lens.   One reason for the move back to NYC is probably the B-roll. Checkout the comments on “The Problem with New York City.  He’s an entertainer, not a reviewer, but he does the work.  (Max Joseph taught him to edit) Think you get the idea.
I realize this is just suggesting finding a tighter focus on “infotainment”.  And more work.  Might not be you.
Doubt I helped.  You probably knew all this.  Please consider all these words just a long winded way to say “feel ya”.  Wishing you all the best.  And indeed, wish I could buy you a beer (in person).
Cheers,           (and with gratitude)

Thank you for the great 2023 summary.  I still believe you have some of most insightful eyes on the internet.  Breadth and context.  Bought an early S1, thanks to you.
You are better in print.  A clarity and conciseness.  Maybe editing cycles.  You know ‘practice’, and all that.  Or maybe just skill with the  printed word.
But the world changed.  Like for an owner of a vinyl store.  Only one move there:  high end, obscure, collectible, or promising sonic nirvana.  Not so easy for blogs.
On YouTube, still finding your voice.  The “dunk &  snark” is fun but not really the basis for a “trusted brand”.  And kinda of “one shot”.  Making fun, once, is the truthie humor a comedian finds.  We laugh.  Twice, (well, in cameras) everyone starts to think “mean”. 
 And a shortage of worthy and recognizable targets.    Hard to imagine dunking on Gordon Laing.  Parody perhaps.  Dunking?  No way to make friends.  Laing and Undone, both do the work.  Just started down the YouTube path earlier.  Eh, and a little more checklist oriented.
The early days of DSLR had lots of subtle details to be revealed.  A maturing market, with slower camera releases, well tricky to navigate.
After many years of grateful reading, why this first post? (excuse:  no addl. insights)  You are a nice  guy and probably nicer in person than your blog might suggest (always thought you had an edge).  My first clue was some trade show interview (not yours) and I was like, “Hmm, would really like to have a beer with this guy.”  Not what I expected.
Your early USP:  more reverence for film like qualities than pixels.   And of course, “I can’t believe the vendor treats their users this way!”  You idealistic hope that capitalists will see the light is quite charming.  In that Don Quixote way ; -)    
I too am tired of Canon’s market segmentation.
I’ve gone on too long without really helping.  Ouch.  Really?  Yup. Oh well, have to, as they say, “give it a go”.
So…  Consider the sub-brand “Romancing the Frame”.  Might be room.  Simply loving a few frames (or setup).  Really loving it!  Passion is a quality everyone can related to.  Not a music video, just loving a few frames.  Different than “Every Frame a painting”.  Mere mortal setups.  In pawn shops, bathrooms, a tired alley, a ticket counter.  With characters.  Real characters.
Yes, every online film class has one or two of these.  The opportunity: a deeper focus on sharing the joy in both finding and creating.  Of course, with music.  Not just discovering, but also building a visual quality that didn’t exist. 
Consider: This Frame — The Make-Over Edition.
Closer to the roots of EOSHD.  Film look from a then cheaper 5d.  Check out Ulysses Aoki.  Only 39.k subs, but  996K view in three months on “This $200 camera shoots infinite film like photos”.  Reminds be a bit of you and your early B-roll.  Your offering: some combo of lighting, filters, profiles, LUTS, diffusion, flags, and used cameras.  Concise quick takes & tricks. Passion + hard work is how any filmmaker gets there.  And you’ll have to let your inner romantic, out for a stroll more often.  (maybe watch some old Graham Kerr, Galloping Gourmet. Yeah, right. )  
Lots of less conflicted sponsorship options in lighting.  Many lights good enough. No lens lock-in, etc.
Any new (online personality) direction is going to take some serious work.  Casey Neistat kinda work. He still does it.   Not just insights spoken to a lens.   One reason for the move back to NYC is probably the B-roll. Checkout the comments on “The Problem with New York City.  He’s an entertainer, not a reviewer, but he does the work.  (Max Joseph taught him to edit) Think you get the idea.
I realize this is just suggesting finding a tighter focus on “infotainment”.  And more work.  Might not be you.
Doubt I helped.  You probably knew all this.  Please consider all these words just a long winded way to say “feel ya”.  Wishing you all the best.  And indeed, wish I could buy you a beer (in person).
Cheers,           (and with gratitude)

Nice roundup. I think the FX30 and R8 could have also got mentioned but overall I agree with your assessment. 
I was all set on a FX30 just because I have an FS7 with some really nice e-mount glass but I can't quite bring myself to it knowing that Fuji just has such better specs. Lack of EVF and mechanical shutter on FX30 is I'm afraid a deal breaker. My personal Fuji candidate remains XH2S for the stacked sensor and open-gate. Some pretty good deals both new and used are also now available. 
It really doesn't make sense for me go Fuji as a Canon & Sony lens owner but I feel so passionate about Fuji, I miss the film simulations etc.. they are just creatively inspiring as well as absolute beasts in the specs area. A bit quirky ergonomics and not perfect AF but the rest really makes up for it. So yeah I'm really leaning towards Fuji at the moment as my next camera despite economically meaning a major lens investment.

1st - people not happy with this site should go elsewhere. 
2nd - this site produces valuable article on cameras and also a nice exchange place in the forum 
3 - andrew gets less invites to event not because he shoots not as good as Dpreview, but because he is critical. So companies don’t want to hear their camera is shit. But they are. Most cameras are shit for various reasons and there is abyssimal margin for improvement, and it’s hard to find à cameras that does most things right. When things are right he says it too. We need critical people especially when all other reviews have their rating scale between 4/5 and 5/5.
4 - I canceled the BM preorder not because of the joker who produced the answer shown in Andrew’s article but because I realized I am not gonna pay for a camera bigger and heavier than a GH5 FF / A7S3 that has a sensor smaller than a nail and can’t focus. Appreciate he said we are clowns nonetheless  ? 

Getting rid of the Canon will make room for one!

Nice to see you in love.  Almost head-over-heals.  :-)
Can't seem to confirm if there is clean HDMI out.  Mind checking?