Thomas Hill

39 minutes ago, DBounce said:

This is interesting, indeed. I'm starting to feel like it's time for a refresh and "Large Format" would definite be an interesting addition. I hope they go the Sigma route to allow for cooling, and ditch the SD cards for CFExpress. Give us a bigger monitor. Three inches simply doesn't cut it. How about 4" or 5"? Make it tilty flip like Panasonic's S1H. And give it 15 stops of usable DR. Lastly, enough with the dual ISO... can we include real HDR? where two exposures are captured at once. The way Sony originally designed the sensor to work?

Isn't Sigma promising real HDR in the fp?

1 hour ago, mercer said:

2 hours ago, Cliff Totten said:

Seriously,....how profitable is Canon's cine camcorder division? How many C200's do they sell in a month? 20?....50 at very most? (I doubt its that high) THIS is what they are trying to protect?

That’s a good question... according to their q2 report, camera sales were down and they still sold over a million units in one quarter... how many of those were cinema cameras... I don’t know but probably more than you think. 

I'm sure their cinema line has the highest profit margin by a lot but, with the contracting camera market, it's mind-boggling that they seem to be going out of their way to alienate a segment of the market that they played such a primary role in creating.

6 hours ago, amanieux said:

when comparing a6600 to xt30 of course xt30 is cheaper and better in some aspects but what about the 10 min max recoding time in 4k vs unlimited recording ? you should not nitpick your arguments but rather give an honest pros and cons list and let us decide what compromise we want to make for our specific needs as unfortunately no camera has it all (though a73 is the closest to a good hybrid camera all rounder)

If you're going to make any comparisons, it should be A6600 vs X-T3, APS-C flagship vs APS-C flagship.

32bit float?  So it's the Sound Devices version of the Zoom F6 that has been delayed into October? 

42 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:

Meanwhile the same sensor is yours for just £750 in the Fuji X-T30, with minimal rolling shutter, 6K full pixel readout, no crop in 30p, double the bitrate in 24p (200Mbit) and Fuji's colour science along with F-LOG.

I was certain the new Sony would at least match the x-t3. Oh well.

How does the Z6 image compare to the x-t3's all i and the x-t30's 200mbit?

2 minutes ago, Michael Scrip said:

This sentence contains the only mention of the 90D in this article... but we were told both the M6mkII and 90D share the same sensor.

So does the 90D do these pixel-shenanigans too?  Upscaled 3K or whatever?

The small print in that first 90d promotional video says that 4k is from video processing. It might not be as bad but it doesn't sound like it's full 4k.

54 minutes ago, thephoenix said:

You gotta be joking 

How many Panasonic cameras have offered manual control in HFR? How many Canon cameras have offered 24p?

One is a common feature found even on many point and shoot cameras. The other is a bit newer and more unique.

1 hour ago, Papiskokuji said:

You should make an article about Panasonic crippling the S1 not allowing manual controls in HFR. It's as puzzling as canon not giving 24p...

Your complaint/comparison makes no sense. Not allowing manual control in HFR is reasonable market segmentation (possibly even a hardware limitation). REMOVING 24p is crippling cameras for an entire segment of the customer base. 

And I don't own anything by either of these brands.

10 hours ago, Avenger 2.0 said:

Found this somewhere. Suggest indeed that Canon uncropped 4k isn't really 4k but lower res upscaled to 4k. After the soft canon 1080p we get soft canon 4k ?

Small print at 1:10 in the video says 4k through "video processing."

48 minutes ago, Alex Uzan said:

1300€ the 16-55...
Fuji must be happy at this time.

And, like Fuji's, no stabilization with the Fuji being less expensive.

35 minutes ago, Thpriest said:

3999€ with the 28-70 included? Or is it 3999€ for the camera and 2000€ for the lens?

According to B&H, it's $3999 for body only.

1 hour ago, patfish said:

but it is still a better camera for filming than a A7III.

Could you elaborate on that a bit? I sold my a7iii a little while back and I'm considering a z6.

This X-H1 deal gets really good when you add a lens

https://www.fujirumors.com/one-deal-to-rule-them-all-fujifilm-x-h1-steal-and-x-gfx-summer-deals/

3 hours ago, kaylee said:

yes

again: any 90D price info yet?

One of the rumor sites had it at $1399

2 hours ago, Yurolov said:

I did a Europe tour recently and went to all the big tourist spots across a lot of countires. 95 percent of people used phones. Of the people who had DSLR/mirrorless cameras, 80 percent were Canon, 15 percent were Nikon and the remaining 5 percent was a combination of Sony, Fuji and Olympus. 

No Pentax?

Lots of companies only highlight the highest fps in their initial ads. I'm betting 24 is in there on the 90d. Not so sure about the m6m2.

They also have 4k and DPAF on the screen at the same time in the 90d ad so that's a good sign.

What about a local screening in conjunction with the dog rescue group? Get some word of mouth going as the people who see it live spread the link on their social media. 

There are also lots of film festivals that focus on docs.

I'm doing the festival thing with my horror flick now. And could really use a marketing person because that is definitely not my forte.

On 6/7/2018 at 3:49 AM, Superka said:

 

 Nice  shots! Perfect setting for a horror movie or a noirish thriller. Sorry, I didn't see this post back in 2018.

50 minutes ago, Trek of Joy said:

The kit with a 32gb XQD and the FTZ is $600 more. A 64gb XQD is $130 and FTZ's are selling for less than $200 from people breaking up kits. I'm only looking B&H and used prices on Fred Miranda, not sure what anyone else is offering. There are other benefits to buying new if you want the full warranty and such, so I'm not ignoring that. Either way, what you get with the Z6 kits is a killer deal. Add $1000 for a Ninja V and a SSD and you have one hell of a photo/video combo that will be more of a use when the raw update is live.

Chris

This is the kit I would like but I don't care about the case or cpl https://www.focuscamera.com/nikon-z6-mirrorless-camera-with-50mm-f-1-8-lens-and-ftz-mount-adapter-bundle.html 

I added the refurbished camera and refurbished FTZ plus new 50mm, 120gb XQD and new Nikon battery to my B&H cart. Total $2334

So that's a difference of about $285. And a person could save another $50 because B&H has a used one for $1299. I think I would go with the refurbished. 

But my propensity for giving into temptation is at war with my curiosity about the Sigma FP and what Sony is going to announce at the end of the month. It's like when you get on Netflix and there are too many choices except, in this case, the potentially better choices are theoretical and in the future.

On 8/4/2019 at 8:41 AM, Trek of Joy said:

Insane Z6/7 refurb deals at B&H...

Z6 + 24-70/4, $1799 https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1488631-REG/nikon_1598b_z_6_fx_camera_body.html

Z6 Body only, $1349 https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1488630-REG/nikon_1595b_z_6_fx_format_mirrorless.html

Z7 Body only, $2299 https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1488628-REG/nikon_1591b_z_7_fx_format_mirrorless.html

Z7 + 24-70/4, $2699 https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1488629-REG/nikon_1594b_z_7_fx_camera_body.html

The first gen cams from Canon, Nikon and Panasonic are flatlining, prices are being pushed down fast.  That Z6/lens combo is so tempting....

Chris

If you need an XQD and the FTZ, the new kits work out to be about the same price. This thing is really tempting and I only know of one  sure fire way to deal with temptation ?

1 hour ago, BTM_Pix said:

I seem to recall you only wanted a bit of a bump in quality and shallower depth of field from your XC10 and look at the absolute rabbit hole you've tumbled down  

An XC10 with aps-c, 1.8 to 2.8 and uncrippled AF in 4k would be my dream camera.

1 hour ago, mercer said:

It’s not about embarrassment, it’s about legally being allowed to shoot at the places I’m shooting at. You need permits and insurance to shoot a film.

Exactly.

You don't have to draw attention to yourself to get it done and, in some places, you won't get it done if you draw attention to yourself. For my movie, we shot a conversation in a Starbucks, a nervous breakdown in a grocery store and a stabbing in a barber shop parking lot. All done with no one the wiser.

And that's nothing compared to Escape From Tomorrow that was shot in secret at Disneyland.

4 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

Nikon's big mistake with the Z6 was one XQD card slot. The media is much rarer and much more expensive. And everybody goes batshit over lack of dual slots!!

Definitely. If the Z6 had 10bit 422 to their XQD, I would have bought one at the current price. But with no added benefit, I'm waiting to see how all of this shakes out (I've already sold my A7iii). And @BTM_Pix has put the P4k back in the running.

In case anyone is interested, 20% off some lenses at KEH

https://www.keh.com/shop/special-categories/featured-products.html?dir=desc&order=price&sc_eh=51d47a634dd564571&sc_lid=18648912&sc_llid=94176&sc_src=email_182802&sc_uid=FB0rSUYOm4&utm_campaign=Prime+Lens+Day+(07%2F15%2F19)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emarsys&utm_term=Shop

Oh well

https://www.l-rumors.com/the-new-sigma-fp-will-be-very-expensive/

58 minutes ago, nathlas said:

You are Sigma designer.

You are about to release in few months the very first FF foveon mirrorless camera.

You know the disadvantages of Foveon technology ( huge weakness on video capture, severe weakness on still photography on high iso)

What you think to keep your clients happy ? 

You release a small not foveon body with same mount and same sensor size to be part of  a set with upcoming FF Foveon camera....FP will do whatever Foveon could not , body size is not that big to fit in your bag and suddensly you have a solution capable of everything.

And you also say, "Hey let's use the letter F for the camera that does NOT use a Foveon sensor!"