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    NX2 rumors

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    Sorry, I thought he said something about an article and I got mixed up with what Sanveer said below:

    On 3/20/2018 at 10:38 AM, sanveer said:

    From the same (Imaging Resource) interview shared above:

    "DE: The video streaming through HDMI port, is that 4:2:2 on everything?

    JK: It's 4:2:2 out the HDMI 1.4 port; it's 4:2:0 as it goes to the SD. And it's H.265 to the card for both HD and 4K, so whatever video mode you're saving to SD card, it's using H.265, so you're going to get much more efficient and better-quality HD out of it."

    I am guessing it's a spftware limitation since it does write RAW photos to card. 

     

    NX2 rumors

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    From what Arikhan has said, I can assume that it has a lot to do with an external recorder???

    What can capture 28MP though?

    We can't bother Arikhan, but we can still speculate, even though it all be an April Fools Joke.

    Be nicer guys, cause April Fools also falls on Easter Sunday :grimace:

    The "Annihilation" of Paramount Pictures

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    6 hours ago, Juxx989 said:

    I saw this move Annihilation its ok but I don't think there is much there, there.   It feels like one of those endurance movies testing the boundaries of patience and comprehension... very dream like reminded me a lot of Solaris(1976)  

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    What I found of note is the director read the book but refused to go back to it afterward as he wrote the script on the "feeling" it gave him and the things general things he remembered from reading it.

    Some think its a cancerous bubble on earth that is deconstructing and rebuilding itself to be the perfect hidden organism like the shimmer was a giant petri dish where the thing started to copy cells then move on to simple organisms like grass and flowers and build its way up to Humans the ultimate organism?and after it mimicked us perfectly it destroyed its "Lab" or "Cocoon" the shimmer had birthed its own Adam & Eve that could do whatever they want or populate the earth undetected and unimpeded. 

    Some say it's about the power of human will and resolve or lack thereof... All the women that went in the shimmer had basically destroyed lives and no real reason to come back one was an addict one lost her family, one was facing terminal cancer.  All but the protagonist chose this suicide mission with the idea in their heads they are not coming back. So perhaps like some twisted genie the shimmer granted their wish not to exist in different ways but portman was determined to get back to her husband she had purpose and will so it granted her that wish 

     

    Some say It speaks on the Idea that many times we are our own worst enemy and sometimes destroy our lives subconsciously  Pertaining to natalie she was a seemingly happily married successful Phd but chose to cheat on her husband perhaps feeling she doesn't deserve her happiness... I believe she said something like I hate the person I cheated with and I hate myself as well the freudian death drive... some people that have what seems to be everything wealth status etc. and are compelled to do stupid things that make no sense harming themselves (Bill Clinton, Anthony Weiner...etc Trump?) She didn't enjoy the sex it she hated herself for it yet she still did it....and its implied the husband found out about the affair and accepted the suicide mission in melancholia for her actions.

     

    Why was her house in the shimmer? don't know.... Because he subconscious will to get back home was so strong the shimmer manifested her goal?

    The sheepish quiet chick perhaps her greatest subconscious wish was just not to exist anymore and she just disappeared?

    It seems every woman got the the fate they wanted or expected.

    Would like to see again when Netflix puts on USA servers (When?)

    And don't get me started on that whole cave thing... ???   

    I think this movie it is a work of art. it has something to say.

     

    Perhaps the ultimate theme is: be careful what you wish for or expect (consciously or subconsciously)  because the universe may give it to you.

    Did you read the book? Cause I didn't and more than half the ideas that you set forward wasn't well displayed on screen...

    Adam and Even - FTW??? lol... I think it would have supplanted the idea more if they had a snake somewhere there and a big red apple :)

    I know it sounds dumb to add those elements (snake & apple), and I said it in a jokey way too... but after some thought, they could've done it in a smart and subliminal way - for example the shape shifter - not exactly take on the shape of a snake - could have slithered towards and coiled around Natalie Portman. At the end, she could've asked Oscar Issac if he was hungry, cut up an apple and feed it to him. But then again, I don't know if thats how it is described in the book(s) and what the hardcore fans would think about altering it (cause ultimately you want people to fill seats and you don't want the fans to warn other fans that it isn't true to the source material).

    She didn't look like she hated the sex either.... most likely they got a body double, if I was making the movie - I would have hired someone that would be okay with a sex scene, have the guy turn her over somewhere there and soon after a tear + disgusted face would have really portrayed that message.

    She looked like she felt guilty after the fact....

     

    The "Annihilation" of Paramount Pictures

    In: Cameras

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    28 minutes ago, JurijTurnsek said:

    Funny you mention Terminator and Matrix ... they seem much more plausible (and evolutionary, so it can be supervised and managed). Ex-Machina just seems like some arts degree loonie's idea of how technology is created (by a single person with no oversight with incredibly fast progress).

    We are getting way to off-topic, I just wanted to put it on record that the Ex-Machina is a total crapshoot of a movie. Your opinion may vary.

    Alright. Going back to the movie - Ex-machina then... where in the movie does it say that he did it all by himself???

    You only assume that because he is on an island on his own...

    Do you also assume that he built that home on his own? Dug the ground, built the foundation, poured the concrete, etc.?

    From my perspective, he owns a huge enterprise full of engineers, programmers and testers... he could have easily made various factions build various parts of the AI (both code wise and machine part wise)... he collects the parts (through his VPN), helicopter guy brings in the physical parts and he just put it together.

    Also, the funny thing about Ex-machina... the sense of time is not revealed. For all we know... it could be 50 years down the road. The guys age is not revealed either, he could've been a 20 year prodigy when he built his company from the ground up, and the movie starts when he is in his 40s or 50s... 20+ years of working on AI???

    It leaves a lot of assumptions.

    Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?

    In: Cameras

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    19 minutes ago, Attila Bakos said:

    That's not my video, I don't have any Fuji body atm.

    Okay then @frontfocus when you are doing the slowmotion tests, please do additional tests like increasing the shutter speed to match the 180 degree rule to the actual frame rate. So if you are planning to shoot 120fps, then try 1/240 - even though it has in camera conforming - I feel that people are setting it at 1/48 because it is recording it at 24fps.

    Try various shutter speeds, see if Moire and Aliasing still exist. Thanks in advance.

    GH5S Sample Footage and Reviews

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    8 hours ago, ntblowz said:

    I dont think 12mm on GH5S will be equivalent to 21mm, I think it more like 22mm?

    I think that he means available lens wise....

    For example, Fuji claims that their 56mm is the 85mm equivalent, but with the 1.5 crop its really 84mm (so they round up).

    Editted to add: never mind... didn't think there was a 22mm lens, but there is the 22mm for the EOS-M.

    The "Annihilation" of Paramount Pictures

    In: Cameras

    Posted

    2 hours ago, JurijTurnsek said:

    This is not science fiction - this is the foreseeable future and it will (or already did) make people fear AI, robots and self-driving vehicles, just like Jaws made them fear salt water.

    You think Ex-machina is going to "make people fear AI, robots and self-driving vehicles"?

    Ever watch Terminator 1-2-3 and the rest?

    What about the Matrix series and the Animatrix?

    Forget movies... there are whole philosophy courses on AI, and yes, I fear AI and even Elon Musk fears AI....

    If you don't fear AI, ask yourself this.... for what purpose do you want AI? So you can have a robot do everything for you, right?

    Isn't that slavery? You created a robot to think for itself and yet you are making it do what you want it to do....

    Imprisonment without reason, work without reward.... its punishment really.... 

    You are a person of intelligence that is able to think for yourself, so imagine yourself in a robot body and I am commanding you to do my biding.... in a robot body you might not have any feelings but you can think... "hey why should I do what he asks me to do?" "Why should I listen to this guy?" etc. etc.

    Eventually... robots will be smarter and stronger... so why not attack and kill its owner?

    Robot war begins... and everything Terminator and the Matrix becomes true.

    Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?

    In: Cameras

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Trek of Joy said:

    Its not the issue you pointed out, your Dpreview link above talks about the E-shutter banding under certian light frequencies.

    The link I posted is for the PDAF grid on the a7III, its completely different.

    Cheers

    Chris

    See here:

    51 minutes ago, mkabi said:

    Calm down... Calm down everyone. There is absolutely no need to fight.

    Sony will definitely fix the following issue:

    https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/details-sony-a7iii-stripe-issue/

    Within 6 months, I'm sure of it.... With a new body that will put the a7iii to shame...

    Just to equalize that comment.

    Fuji will fix the problem in 8 months, way after Sony introduces its other body and it would have reduced its launch price, just in time for Christmas :) 

     

    Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?

    In: Cameras

    Posted

    Calm down... Calm down everyone. There is absolutely no need to fight.

    Sony will definitely fix the following issue:

    https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/details-sony-a7iii-stripe-issue/

    Within 6 months, I'm sure of it.... With a new body that will put the a7iii to shame...

    Just to equalize that comment.

    Fuji will fix the problem in 8 months, way after Sony introduces its other body and it would have reduced its launch price, just in time for Christmas :) 

    Best photo/video hybrid?

    In: Cameras

    Posted

    25 minutes ago, webrunner5 said:

    Sony is just flat leading the pack on about everything as of late.

    lol... I'm not laughing cause I do not agree... but what happened to the naysayers?

    What about 10 bit? What about 4K/60p?

    It all became a mute point.

    Does 'price' really overshadow all of that??? 

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