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On a not totally unrelated topic… I decided to (try to) move away from the huge corporations and bought the Punkt. MC03 phone (Swiss, built in Germany), it runs aphyOS derived, as I understand it, from grapheneOS an AOSP build. And it is a great phone. Secure, relatively cheap (compared to Apple…) and does what a phone should do. So far so good. But… it doesn’t run my banking or airline or other travel apps. So it can only ever be a second phone. A statement piece or, if you prefer, virtue signalling. Doesn’t this encapsulate the essence and problems inherent to all “punk” software? It may be superior. It may be supporting small business or individuals working hard to produce great products. But it is unlikely to meet our expectations out of the box. Until society drops that sense of entitlement I fear genuine effort won’t be rewarded. And, of course, society has become conditioned by the Corporate mentality to such an extent that we think we want precisely what they can give us. That said… this is all astonishingly impressive!

Not something I’d necessarily be keen on doing myself but I’m astonished that you are able to do all this. It is a pity that there isn’t more FOSS out there and, of course, the hardware to play it. Standing back in admiration of the talent!

Not sure I’m experimenting with it but that’s certainly where I end up…

Sony RX0 is reasonably small. Not a zoom however and you might regard it as an “action cam” (albeit without stabilisation it isn’t!).

Presumably there will be significant demand from news broadcasting/journalism for this “quality in the pocket”. In addition to the obvious applications in DIY sports videos.

Presumably Freefly would chirp in with the Movi Pro…

It’s for a personal travel/ski film next winter in northern Finland (supplemented by a Sony rx0ii). I have several manual Nikon lens which I previously adapted to the Pocket 4k. The 85mm is a favourite. Plus all my M/ZM/VM (one of my favourites is the Voigtlander 50mm f3.5 Vintage Line Heliar). I want the Panasonic/Leica 100-400 (not sure why but it seems ridiculously fun to go to 800mm equivalent!). I’ve also ordered the 9mm f/1.7 Panasonic/Leica to replace a MFT Voigtlander 10.5 (far too heavy). A healthy mix of MF and AF. Shallow dof is certainly not a priority. Interestingly, I am finding that the “fun of using” is far more important that ultimate IQ… after all, none of this really matters!

I needed a colour sensor for a specific project (my primary camera being a M11M) and just picked up a G9ii - it’s a fun little thing. Seems well built and easily customised to play nicely with individual requirements. Even with a (Smallrig) cage it’s a convenient size (identical to LUMIX S range I think - although lenses are presumably smaller). Currently just the Lumix 14-42mm but plenty of exciting options. Until I read this thread it wasn’t really an option I’d have considered. Glad I can read!

Genius.

Anything like Foolcontrol for RED? I know you like posting links but sometimes commentary or, at least, comment would be appreciated!

Has anyone come across this one? https://borisfx.com it looks modular… but not cheap. The editor is essentially Sony Vegas apparently.

It is a long time since I looked at it but Openshot seemed like a good idea at the time. https://www.openshot.org

And, unfortunately, it is becoming too easy to blame AI for the creation of material we don't like.

Would it be worth quoting Genesis 1:3 as this would solve the high ISO need… (with apologies)

It’s all about the interplay between light and shadow. By controlling the light you control the shadow. Particularly true for monochrome photography when you don’t have subtle tones of colour to rescue a picture.