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It’s a law of nature of marketing a new product: the less quality you are offering the more noise you have to make. It’s as simple as this.
The Pharmaceutical Industrie is the best proof for this law. New drugs, being as ineffective as the previous generation, have to pushed hard,
e.g. on one week events for the  so called oppinion leaders in the Carribean, Hawaii and locations like this, of course with spouses.           
An invitation to Hawaii for the so called "camera journalists" (unfortunately only 2 days, no spouses) tells me that the new product is not worth considering at all.
Industrial Products Sales Manager, Germany  

It’s a law of nature of marketing a new product: the less quality you are offering the more noise you have to make. It’s as simple as this.
The Pharmaceutical Industrie is the best proof for this law. New drugs, being as ineffective as the previous generation, have to pushed hard,
e.g. on one week events for the  so called oppinion leaders in the Carribean, Hawaii and locations like this, of course with spouses.           
An invitation to Hawaii for the so called "camera journalists" (unfortunately only 2 days, no spouses) tells me that the new product is not worth considering at all.
Industrial Products Sales Manager, Germany  

​This is 99% the way there, but Panasonic have made a very serious mistake.
Should be interchangeable lens and Super 35mm.
The market for anything smaller chip wise, with fixed lens, is a lot smaller and I don't think it will sell like the original DVX100 did.
Panasonic are also crazy to give up on the AF line. AF100 was great. They just needed to update it, make it competitive with C300. Why didn't they?
Varicam 35 is amazing but a totally different market and price point to C300.

I've learned to tolerate rigging up consumer cameras; mostly fretting around the audio side of things.  It works for me after a fashion, but sometimes you just need to shoot fast and easy.  Cameras like this are coveted for those reasons.  When you're not striving for some sort of cinematic DOF and doing corporate, this type of gear is ideal...still, all they had to do would be to allow a mount.  I think people would be freaking out (in a good way) right about now.

I could not imagine that Canon consistently drives the mediocrity.
Yes, they can.
 
1“ sensor, fixed f2.8-5.6,
64 GB CFast 2.0 for 4k ~ 300,- € !! (64 GB SDXC 10/3 for 4k in GH4 ~ 35 €)
No EVF, touch screen is nice, but it’s not usable when loupe is mounted to it   
 
2.500 $??!! Get a GH4 with 2.8/12-35 instead and you'll have the real thing.  
 
I understand better what Canon‘s branding effort means:
“Canon See Impossible” - We see that it is impossible to catch up with competition   
 

ANDREW, I believed you partnered with Dpreview for video ? What is wrong with them ? Can you please tell them how this camera is shit and not what we want ? 

It must be a joke, this camera is sooooo 2010. 
We want a miroless camera from canon that compete A7S. 
Native EF Mount, 4K 60fps, 1080p at 120fps, IBIS, 16mpx, Full Frame, in the size of A7S with canon 5DIII body quality, and Nikon/Sony like Dynamic Range. 
That is what we want, not a 1" f5.6 fixed lens 2500USD stuff.... seriously. 
I am mad. 

Seems like a bit of a mixed bag with the lens and the price.  With the addition of log recording on the GH4 (fingers crossed)........... well, Ill keep my GH4.

Wow that promo video is going to take some beating for wooden model movements. She behaves like a cyborg.
The dirt under my fingernails contains more life than is present in that video.
The yellow-tinted clipped highlights are similar to what I get on the FZ1000 for $700. You'd think for $2500 they would have sorted that out.
This camera tarnishes the Cinema EOS brand.

“Simplicity is divine” says Kim Olson. “People often make things more complicated than they need to be.                        
And that’s especially true with photography”.
 
The photo below is from Philip Johnston’s  blog “HD warrior”. It was taken at “Production Gear BVE 2015”.
I think the camera man is smiling because he is happy because after 2 hours of rigging and adjusting
he finally got his stabilizer up and running. The question is: Why does a small camera as the BM Cinema
need a huge stabilizer as such? I think this rig doesn't inspire creativity, it absorbs all creativity for the technique only.   
 
 
 
 
The photo below was taken from 4Kshooters.net . You can’t see the camera, it’s a Sony A7s.
It's rigged to a bizarre degree of complexity. Downgrading is not an option here as serious filmmaking is required.
 

  
 
Why not UPGRADE for more advanced technology ? e.g. take the Arri Amira.
Well-designed ergonomics simplifies complexity. It leaves more freedom for creating artistic results.
 
 
 
       
Downgrading gear technology for the sake of creativity is not per se divine.
The right technology UPGRADE may also inspire creativity.
 
   

Well, if Jackie Chan is promoting this and features a red recording button, then you just know this has to be one mean movie camera.
/sarcasm
In some way this reminds me of my old Canon PowerShot SX1 IS. Although no bad things about that one though (you know, for 2008 standards). I believe it was the first bridge/superzoom to do 1080p and I got really excited after hacking it with CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit -> Magic Lantern more or less). That led me on the path of upgrading to a GH2 and hack that!
But I'm not really sure where it leaves this 1" f/2.8-f/5.6 fixed zoomlens camera... when we already have the Sony RX100, RX10... although not 4K, as well as the 4K capable LX100 and FZ1000. Big target is the aerial sector ('This definitely looks to be Canon’s foray into the drone market.')? The Inspire 1 has really nice 4K, but yeah, covers a fairly wide angle only. Although, that would just mean you wouldn't have to fly as far away, which in most cases would be an advantage? If you want something better, you could go for the DJI S900 and a broad selection of sweet little lenses availlable for the 4K GH4. Or go for an even more advanced set-up and hire someone to shoot with proper cinema gear from the big guys.
It doesn't look sexy. But then hopefully... form follows function and there are some good reasons to make it look as silly as it does. The grip looks interesting. But yeah, the label '4K' alone doesn't convince me, especially looking at all the other specs and without a built-in EVF it's not really the thing you'd go for if you want something hybrid either. At present I see no reason to go with this and knowing Canon it won't even be that cheap. Especially if it targets a very specific audience and makes this a specialty camera. I mean, I'm willing to consider a lot, but it's 2015 and there's a lot of alternatives...

I’m sorry, Eleison, I’m afraid I didn’t get the point from your “pies and girls” examples.
The question here is not whether too many pies or too many girls spoil the fun. Andrew asked a valuable question:
“Does downgrading your equipment to simpler, more basic models make you more creative?”
Creativity is the key here. Assumption: Less technology, more minimalism inspires creativity - this is the art of downgrading.
But, is it really true? A lot of talks on modern minimalism discuss whether minimalists should avoid technology.
How to achieve minimalism? With or without technology in order to become more creative?
 
Andrew, you have given some examples why “technology is a drug”, which blocks your  creativity.
The “hypnotic Galaxy Edge” blocks you from writing lyrics, the old iPhone doesn’t.
Neither of these smart phones would block my creativity of writing lyrics. (I’m not a poet anyway)
Sitting in the Berlin U-Bahn is not a romantic and inspiring environment at all, regardless of the writing tool.
(I know what I’m talking about).  
 
Is minimalism and technology compatible? Does minimalism inspire creativity?
A creative artist will find his way to frame and create his art work, regardless of tools and quality of the tools.
Should an art painter use more simple brushes or extra cheap paint just to increase his creativity?
Would I become a more creative photographer just because I exhume my old EOS 300D and retire my 5DIII and new GH4?
Why not downgrading even deeper and going back to analog film. The good old film has a DR of about 14 - 15 stops.
Not many of our today’s digital cams can yet keep up here.
 
“A myriad of choices presents a mountain of distractions.” Andrew says.
Yes, it’s true, when being in Disney Land or in a shopping mall. The numerous choices of my GH4 settings doesn’t prevent me
from creating the imaging task as wanted. In manual mode I can freely pick the basic settings, the crammed full menu doesn’t
block my creativity - provided I have some. But when I want to frame an extra touch to the images, e.g. HDR, slow mo or a time laps,
I’m glad that my trusty new camera helps me with its latest technology - going creative.
 
“The downgrade (. .from a class leading EVF . . to a boring old mirror box. .) worked by giving me a more responsive way
to capture moments and less choices to consider whilst doing so.” Andrew says.
Less choices give more responsiveness? Why then critisize Canon of being slow in their technology development?
Canon delivers “last era” equipment - already downgraded to less choices ex-factory.   

The h.265 codec is not any faint innovation but a true video revolution. Even Sony and Panny, the only noticeable and remianing "Video  Players" didn't manage to implement this codec up to now. All video folks, who are now running behind 4k video, will be frustrated as soon as they start editing their valuable 4k footage: Monster files digested in slow PC's. H.265 is the forward  looking solution for all future 4k video application.  
 
But I am really surprised about Samsung's statement to a question raised whether e.g. Adobe's PremPro would support importing h.265 coded files taken on the NX1. Samsung (to Michael Boldin, see forum): " I'm afraid we don not have exact information on the features available on Adobe Premiere  Pro. Please contact Adobe support for exact information"    
???
Did Samsung implement the h.265 codec without any thorough marketing analysis which workflow solutions will support this codec? Without broad support for 4k/h.265 video editing any decision for the NX1 has to be considered carefully.