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  1. 23 minutes ago, TheRenaissanceMan said:

    I shot a wedding a few weeks ago with a full Sony kit, including one A6300. 20 minutes into the ceremony, overheating warning. I immediately switched to 1080p and continued rolling. It cooled down in a few minutes, but we were hoping to have the option to punch in on that angle later. This was in a church I'd peg at around 65 degrees. So yes, in my experience, the overheating is an active problem in some shooting situations.

    That said, I'm strongly considering the A6500 to supplement my BMPCC and serve as my primary stills camera. Barring anything deal-breaking in the early reviews, the lure of IBIS, crazy ISO performance, excellent resolution, very usable touchscreen AF, solid DR, and APS-C is too much to ignore--especially considering the 40% off I get by ordering through my company.

    I'm wondering, did you use v1.0 or v1.10 of the firmware?

  2. 2 minutes ago, The Chris said:

    Well the internet says the a6300 overheats after just a few minutes, WTF is up here?

    Sarcasm.

    I have 1.10 and my a6300 hasn't overheated yet. I live in Florida, its hot as hell here, I even shot a wedding in Tucson AZ, where its even hotter. 

    Zero overheating.

    But I didn't have any issues with the a7rII either, I shut my camera off between just about every take to preserve batteries. That's always worked for me, even with the a5100 and the Nex7 which overheated more than any E-mount body I've owned.

    For me, the A6300 has never overheated in a studio setting (Arri Fresnels generating a lot of heat) and doing up to 20 minute takes in 4K. My main concern was the battery dying every hour or so. I had a T2i which I brought one time to the studio and after 20 seconds or so it would overheat and shut off. I did do a test once to see how long it would take to overheat and it took 56 minutes with firmware v1.0 (not v1.10).

    It could be due to sample variation why there are A6300s out there with heat issues.

     

  3. 10 hours ago, Marco Tecno said:

    Hehe, owners of a6300 will be happy for this, especially if no fw update gets released for their camera to match the 6500.

    The a6300 firmware used in the test wasn't mentioned? In this test, firmware v1.10 (overheating fix) never overheated (over 2 hours of testing) when shooting in the shade at 26 degrees Celsius. (Still overheats on a hot day in direct sunlight):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qLGSFCpBEA

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    37 minutes ago, jacoblewis said:

    I think your math might be a little off on the X-T2(?)

    1.52x (APS-C) + 1.17x (additional crop in 4k) would = 1.69x crop factor, not 1.75x

     

    The X-T2 sensor width is 23.6 mm and Full frame is 36 mm (1.525x crop factor). The additional crop factor is 1.17x for 4K (which is multiplied not added):

    4K crop 36.0/23.6 *1.17 = 1.78x

    The figure 1.75x is technically incorrect. The calculation people use is 1.5x1.17 = 1.75. This calculation has to be rounded to two significant figures (high school science) so would have to be expressed as ~1.8x. 

     

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    Digital Cinema Standard 4K videos

    The OM-D E-M1 Mark II will support Digital Cinema Standard 4K (4096 x 2060 pixels) video capture*9 at a 24P frame rate and a bit rate of up to 237 Mbps for authentic movie production. The 20.4 megapixel Live MOS sensor will provide a read speed three times faster than that of the predecessor model for effective suppression of movement distortion, resulting in sharp, clear image quality. The video-specific picture mode "Flat" will be ideal for color grading and finishing the footage exactly as envisioned by the videographer.

    DCI 4K @ 237 Mbps and much better rolling shutter performance according to the PR.

  6. 20/20 vision is  60 pixels per degree. Yes, human vision on average is really 20/15 or 85 PPD. 

    There was a calculator posted on Reddit where people noted, that although people could strain/focus their eyes on individual pixels to resolve above ~60 PPD, it was uncomfortable to do for an extended amount of time as eye fatigue sets in. Why would you be focusing on individual pixels and not the whole image anyway? The practical (comfortable) limit is probably ~60 PPD.

    Calculator to test your eyes:

    http://jsfiddle.net/w5se983j/3/

    Human vision: 180 degrees horizontal and 134 degrees vertical FOV or 10800x8100 to achieve 60 PPD.

    VR headset: 110 degree FOV: 6600x6600 per eye to achieve 60 PPD. 

     

     

  7. 13 minutes ago, Luke Mason said:

    hahaha, you overestimated Canon, pre-5D III cameras use line skipping, there was no 3x3 binning at that time.

    5D3 uses large group pixel bins of 5x5, resulting a 1152x648 RAW bayer, which then gets upscaled to 1080p, that's why it has about 600-700 lines of resolution

    similar thing happens to other Canon cameras.

    The best HD image from Canon DSLR is 1DC in S35 mode, which I've detailed in another post, it resolves near 1000 lines.

    A 1824x1026 RAW bayer would be sharp as f***, with resolution easily exceeding 1000 lines.

    I did say the pre-5D3 use line skipping (pixel binning horizontally, pixel skipping vertically) This has been posted online and tested by others.

    The 3x3 or 3x5 read modes are based on the options available by using Magic Lantern firmware.

  8. 7 hours ago, David Bowgett said:

    The weird thing is that going by that link, the Canon DSLR that produces the best 1080p image actually seems to be the 5DS(r). Which fits with the rumours that its sensor produces a ~2.5K video signal due to essentially being a jumbo-sized 7D Mk II sensor, and they just downscale that signal to get 1080p.

    From my experience with using Magic Lantern, and understanding of Canon cameras either do:

    Canon 5D Mark IV/1Dc/1DX Mark II 4K:

    1x1 (4K center crop)

    Canon 5D Mark II/7D/T2i/70D and other 1080p Canon cameras released until 2014 (except the 5D Mark III):

    3x3 (pixel binning horizontally, pixel skipping vertically, slight upscale) moire/aliasing/scaling artifacts

    - Canon 5d Mark II: 1872x1053  effective upscaled to 1920x1080

    - Canon 7D/T2i: 1728x972  effective upscaled to 1920x1080

    - Canon 70D: 1824x1026  effective upscaled to 1920x1080

    Canon 5D Mark III/IV/1DX Mark II/7D Mark II/80D 1080p:

    3x3 pixel binning - 5d Mark III and most other Canon cameras since 2014 (better moire/aliasing and ISO performance than using pixel skipping)

    - 5D Mark III (1920x1080 effective) sensor resolution chosen to avoid upscaling (5760/3=1920)

    - 7D Mark II/1DX Mark II: 1824x1026 effective upscaled to 1920x1080

    - 80D: 2000x1125 downscaled to 1080p (my guess)

    - 5d Mark IV: 2240x1260 downscaled to 1080p (my guess)

    Canon 720p Modes:

    3x5 (pixel binning horizontally, pixel skipping vertically)

     

    The Canon 5DS(r) is probably using 3x3 pixel binning:

    2880x1620 resolution downscaled to 1080p (which happens to be the exact resolution of the Arri Alexa!)

     

  9. 14 minutes ago, Jn- said:

    Sensor .. 6720 x 4480
    4K .. 4096 x 2160

    Sensor diagonal = 8076.43 .. i.e. sqrt of (6720^2 + 4480^2)
    4K crop diagonal = 4630.64 .. i.e. sqrt of (4096^2 + 2160^2)

     Sensor diagonal/4K crop diagonal = 1.74 .. i.e. 8076.43/4360.64 = 1.74.

    The full height of the sensor is not used, the aspect ratio of the sensor is 3:2 or 1.5. The aspect ratio used for 4K DCI is 4096/2160=1.896:

    Sensor resolution for full frame video: 6720 x (6720/1.896) or 6720 x 3544

    4K crop diagonal.. i.e. sqrt of (6720^2 + 3543.75^2)

    sqrt(6720^2 + 3543.75^2)/4630.64 = 1.64x

  10. In their 1Dx Mark II review, dpreview posted this four-way comparison chart of the color resolution targets for 4K/24p of the 1Dx Mark II, D5, GH4 and A6300. The A6300 out resolves every still camera in their database that I checked including the XC10 thanks to the 6K to 4K downsample (the A7R II S35 5K downsample looks good as well, but soft). The 4K/30p crop mode is pretty competitive with the other cameras as well:

    https://***URL removed***/reviews/image-comparison/fullscreen?attr29_0=canon_eos1dxii&attr29_1=panasonic_dmcgh4&attr29_2=nikon_d5&attr29_3=sony_a6300&attr72_0=c4k&attr72_1=4k&attr72_2=4k&attr72_3=4k&normalization=full&widget=378&x=0.204879165&y=-0.578839

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