John Matthews

If you accept buying used, you'll find E-m1 ii by itself for 600 euros or less in the USA. In Europe, the deal you'll find it for as new will be 1399 Euros with a 17, 25, or 45 mm 1.2 (great lenses that can be resold after). Personally, I wouldn't pay more than 250 Euros for the E-M10 III (used, body only). If you find it with the kit 14-42, you can resell it for about 80 Euros. Instead of a grip, you could get a cage. If you're after battery life, you can get a USB to 7.2V adapter/dummy batter and you'll have almost unlimited life out of it. If you're working on a tripod, skip the E-M10 III and go for the PL9. It has the same features, just no viewfinder and only 3-axis IBIS. Hope that helps.

I don't believe this camera has one, certainly nothing official. Also, getting a grip defeats the purpose of this camera IMO. It's all about being small and lightweight. If you rig it out, you might as well go for the E-M1 II as you can find them dirt-cheap right now (if you're patient). The bonus will be microphone jack, headphone jack, PDAF, better IBIS and battery life.

I really liked reading this interview and I appreciated that he seemed rather honest and not BS you. He knows the limitations of his camera's sensor and he says it. He doesn't comment when he knows the answer might hurt the company's business... all normal responses from a company head. I've been so close to getting their point and shoot Merrill series because they're so small with such great color and detail out of that Foveon sensor. Sure, batter life and workflow really killed these cameras, but man oh man the quality of the image is like no other. I really wish they could carry that over to video... wishful thinking maybe. I really do believe that Sigma could kick some video butt due to their not having higher-end cameras to protect like Canon, Sony, and Panasonic.

Volontier! That's not fair to compare me with this guy. I've lived in France for over 20 years. My French isn't perfect either as I speak English almost all day with my family and for work. I was not trying to be condescending, put this guy down, or even be grammar nazi- everyone needs to start somewhere, right? I'm almost certain he's got a decent vocabulary and writing skills, though I haven't seen any product. However, this isn't a matter of a cute accent that Panasonic has chosen for a product launch. He's incomprehensible and Panasonic knows it because they put the closed captions baked in. Poor guy must have been so stressed doing this too. His boss probably said he had to do it. Not trying to be a a-hole; I'm just speaking to the video they put out. Should we accept it all? Did you understand without the closed captions? If so, I'm clearly out of practice listening to Japanese people.

Why is it that almost all the manufacturers choose to have a launch-day "blitzkrieg" of videos. Is it just to "own" the message for a few days on Youtube until it actually comes out? I find this marketing strategy annoying, but it seems to be the adopted protocol for most of the manufacturers now.

As an English teacher and having spent years with students from Asia and Europe, this guy's English pronunciation is almost incomprehensible. They need to do better than that! The music makes it worse. Intonation is all wrong. Come on guys- delivery is important! The worst of it is that it was obviously rehearsed. Sorry for my rant.

"Everything is the best in the best of all possible worlds." It's all good. Liberty and freedom "should" reign and everyone "should" deal with it because if you disagree and think the world "should" be different, you must be dealing with your own issues anyway. Kye, our discussion has plunged into semantics, the bastion of all war. Since this is a forum and we're meant to talk, I propose we have the right to make some generalizations and have some freedom of opinion. In other terms, I believe clickbait should go away because I don't like it. I would prefer to be manipulated differently. As a participant on the internet, I have the right to say what ought to be. I want change because the world sucks for so many reasons. Sure, in capitalism, we have the right to vote with our wallets, but I'm not going to stop there because I think the world should be different and that's o.k. as long as I don't infringe on other people's freedom to do the same. Should Canon, Toneh, Fro, Sony, etc. be called out for who they really are? A resounding YES. And we should have the right to say how things should be different.

Hmm... I don't know how to respond to this, Kye. Saying that I'm "susceptible" to such marketing would indicate that I'm not aware of it in the first place, making me an internet noob. I have been surfing and developing websites since 1993; so, I've seen it evolve quite a bit. Personally, I'd say that I really noticed the rise of clickbait with the rise of Digg, buzzfeed, and reddit. It all started with titles like: "10 ways to improve your sex life" or something stupid like that. It's safe to say we've moved passed that now. It's sensationalist stuff like: "Micro four thirds is dead" (from the Toneh), money-making headlines only that really don't offer anything we don't know other than some (non)expert's opinion. "Clickbait" a derogatory meaning in marketing. The marketing I grew up with was a higher quality, often more subtle- they were trying to sell me a product and when I pay for it or talk about it to someone, the marketing works. With clickbait, the goal is to take my limited time and effort on this planet for ad revenue (which is also clickbait); sometimes, they get more money if I use an affiliate. It's a vicious circle with clickbait feeding more and more clickbait. IMO, the end result will be an exploding marketing balloon into an ether of nonsensical human effort, lacking any substantive result other than a colossal WASTE OF TIME. In the end, clickbait sells and that's why they do it. The only anti-clickbait response is to ignore it (harder for some than others and I'm also guilty of it). As I said earlier, many youtubers weren't using these tactics in the beginning, but now many are now they have a million subs. Sadly, more and more people are getting duped by this. I can only hope the end is near and we can get back to a more "convince me to buy your product" type of marketing. It's more sain. Maybe Youtube should consider completely stopping all revenue to "content" creators because it's completely broken. Just a thought.

I will challenge you on this, Kye. Clickbait is a specific form of marketing. Not all marketing is clickbait. Clickbait is a much more perverse form of marketing and I would say could be achieved by other means. Almost every time I click on clickbait, I'm let down by the content. I would also say that many of these Youtube "influencers" didn't start with clickbait. It was gradual and now so many are doing it, the experience has become crap. Clickbait is usually just a crutch for poor content IMO.

Thank you for sharing. Maybe I missed the credits, but what music was that?

I seriously doubt that Olympus lenses will ever run out. There are just so many and almost all of them are great! Currently, I have the 17 toneh 1.8, 45 toneh 1.8, variable focal length 12-40 toneh 2.8. They're all great for different reasons.

Please stop referring to it as "overheating". That's exactly what they want us to believe. Canon has entered a new phase of "the cripple".

No disrespect to EOSHD, but 70mm sensor size? If you "need" this, I don't know why you're here. That's for high-end cinema. You're a video arts teacher... what level are your students? I'm sure you know this, but images don't get "bigger" with sensor size; that comes with the distance between the screen and your projector and usually this is fixed. I think it's important to distinguish between your needs and pure GAS.

News just in: Canon is currently finding ways to create loops and bugs in R5's firmware to properly overheat at 20 minutes... code to keep running for two hours after. They've terminated the employment of the engineer responsible for choosing a heat-efficient, modern processor, allowing the R5's limitations to be bypassed. A spokeswoman for the company released this statement: "We deeply regret that some renegade customers have (illegally?) hacked the R5's abilities to record 8k footage and its limitations of a 20 minute recording every 2 hours. These customers are not in compliance with the user agreement and risk a non-functional device. We have addressed the problem and corrected the R5's firmware to perform as advertised." Unofficially, the companies spokeswoman, categorically criticized EOSHD.com for their lack of believing the R5's specifications at the time of release, despite Canon's best marketing efforts in the matter.

I can see Foneh Thornrup frantically conjuring up a video where he somehow finds all the solutions and saves the day for all R5 owners, of which there are 126 internationally.

Ah yes... we finally have "M" mode! That was probably a big deal. I was still shooting video on my Canon ZR930 Camcorder. I guess we know why @Andrew Reid had the "EOSHD" name. Not sure if would make sense today, but it probably seemed like a good idea a decade ago. Then again, we're still talking about Canon, aren't we? Same old shenanigans... What is it? "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't force it to drink." Canon know what to do to stay relevant, but will they do it? And when?

So far, everything is going according to plan. Except for some people having thermal common sense? Canon really does take us for idiots! Waiting 2 hours? ...give me a break! I don't know who came up with that one.

It still has yet to be proven that Canon will or wants to unlock the R5 at any date in the future. My gut feeling is they'll need to respond at this point... who knows what kind of BS they'll come up with, but have visions of the Canon execs in a war room frantically brainstorming new ideas about how to spin or cripple the R5. There's also a final scenario- not release anymore cameras and simply say "we couldn't make it work". This might actually cost them less money in the long run with future sales of their cinema cameras. I doubt it though. There should be no more discussion on temperatures of any sort. It's simply a cripple clock- the end. I cannot imagine it's going to settle well with anyone on this forum.

Has anyone considered the idea that Canon might have wanted to release the full potential of this camera at a later point? The argument could be made they wanted to own the entire "spec" buying videographer market, knowing Sony or someone else would have made something to compete that would be up to snuff to compete (again, in terms of specs). At this point, they'd release a new firmware "unlocking" the full potential on us unsuspecting customers. Both Fuji and Olympus have done this type of thing in the past, only with firmware. Yes, if this is so, it went horribly wrong for Canon.

Companies rarely say things like "sorry" and prefer the option of "regret". In Canon's case, it'll only mean they "regret" being caught red handed... I doubt they'll learn anything due to their consistent policy of protecting pro video gear, which this camera is clearly not with those recovery times. When companies (or governments) say "sorry", it only acknowledges their guilt, which means a payout.

Personally, I'd feel like I just bought a hotrod of a car that can only drive 5 miles.

In Canon's defense, if they release a camera that provides 8k, full-frame sensor, decent colors and that's easily editable, they'll have a few problems. First, there's potential that the camera will make the cineline redundant, not that they don't have "better" ergonomic and accessibility. Second, they must have sunk a bunch of money of R&D in those cineline cameras (not that the R5 wouldn't benefit from it). I think the real problem is like what had happened to still cameras. People have still cameras that are definitely good enough (hell, phones are for many people). Most people won't upgrade unless real IQ or performance can be easily felt. Canon wants to "milk" the situation for as long as possible, trying to give substantial IQ and performance increases with limitations. This year, we have 20 minutes of 8k and have to wait 2 hours. Next year, we'll get 22 minutes of 8k and have to wait 1.5 hours. Just a little bit every year so we keep buying the camera that has less limitations. We end up with 29.59 minutes of 8k and only 2 minutes of waiting time. Want no waiting time? You still need to get the cineline cameras and by then, they'll have even more capabilities. All the while, they keep sell the "same" camera, changing only the firmware and improve profitability with manufacturing processes. Not a bad model for making money, is it?

I have to say the reports of the R5 not being able to record 8k video again for 2 hours after only recording 20 minutes seems wildly against all thermal common sense (even when put in the freezer). I can throw almost any object in the sun, add energy to it, and put in a room in normal temperature and the object will return to that temperature rather quickly. A camera doesn't have that much thermal mass that it would stay at super-hot temperatures for that long... it doesn't add up. If it did have that kind of mass, it would make a pretty good heater in winter. Canon is screwing with its customers once again.

Has anyone considered sabotage or conspiracy as a possibility? Was it an engineer? Canon itself? A fan manufacturer? Sony? So many players... this could be a film. 😀

Maybe they'll come out with a reflective aluminum A7s iii? That will solve the problem.