Trek of Joy

I didn't really test it yet, only shot some Hyperlapse travel stuff with it yet and cursed the lacking dynamic range of the phone. If I find time this week I'll try to make a comparison for you. I can compare 120fps with iPhone, A6300 and NX1 if anyone cares.

That would explain a lot actually.
 

I know a solution. 
It's called Final Cut Pro X. 
The days are are long gone when Apple radically changed it. This is now an absolutely incredible edit program. 
In comparison, Premiere feels vastly outdated compared to FCPX's fluidity, speed, reliability, innovation, intuitive usability. It's just fantastic. One of Apples best properties. 
If you're frustrated with Premiere, FCPX is a no-brainer. 
Time for people to let go of the past and wake up.
 

I was just at the Sony press release and spoke to a Sony Rep. there was literally nothing interesting at the press release. I told the rep I was hoping for a Sony a9s and he asked me why? I told him it's because I want Slog and better video features. He then asked me "why why don't you just get an a7S II?" I said I want phase detect autofocus and the better battery. He then said "well you're going to have to wait a long time."
 
conclusion:
nothing new here. Looks like we will wait at least another 6 months before we see anything. 
 
At least I got a free cookie. 

That poor little gorillapod...

That poor little gorillapod...

That's a big Gorillapod! Some more shots of the SmallRig cage....

For anyone wondering whether the VA 7in 4K is a tad unwieldy on the X-T2...

Sensors on both cameras are perfectly clean. Ha Long Bay was where I first noticed it since we were there on a clear day, all my shots came back with spots in the sky. I thought it was dust on my sensor but after checking both, they looked fine. Then I put a light to the 10-24 and 55-200 and it looked like my lenses were partying with stripper glitter spray. I don't think m43 DR works for me stills-wise, I like having the ability to shoot at higher ISO's and move shadows/highlights/exposure a few stops in post with as little noise penalty as possible. I was playing with the GH5 and EM1.2 and I liked them for video, but...
Here's a shot from Ha Long pushed a little bit to show them better, the are a bunch of dust spots visible, its worse now. That's a little easier to address with a healing brush, but in video its not so easy. I think I've talked myself back into a IBIS body too. I'll just sell my Fuji kit when I return or sell whatever I get if Fuji decided to add IBIS. I feel like I shouldn't have left the 16-55 and 50-140 at home, but that would have added significant weight to my daily carry kit. We walked 15+km today and climbed 2,000 stairs, 10+ is the norm most days, the less I'm carrying the better.
Cheers

If you want to buy second hand in HK join and use this website. You'll need Google translate but it's an excellent way to buy used in HK. I use it all the time. Tee up a trade and meet the seller at a metro station. You should be able to get a used ARii around 2K USD. Not sure where you have seen a new A7Rii in HK for $1800.
http://www.dcfever.com/trading/search.php
You could also check "Sim City" out in Mong Kok ... loads small shops with second hand & new stuff at very good prices. It's a great fun place to look around as well.
https://en.tripadvisor.com.hk/Attraction_Review-g294217-d4540749-Reviews-Sim_City-Hong_Kong.html
 
 
 
 

Same here. Absolute shambles of a company. 

Had the DS1 and couldn't stop it from drifting to the left (common problem, google it) despite spending countless hours trying to get it sorted. Took a big hit selling it used because they wouldn't replace an obviously defective unit. Beholder is dead to me.
Cheers.

a6500 has a 30p crop too IIRC. No crop is likely 4k24p only.
edit: Phil A beat me to it
I think everyone is overlooking one of the most significant changes - since the Nex5 people have been complaining about the shitty placement and tiny record button, Sony has FINALLY changed it.
 

a6500 has a 30p crop too IIRC. No crop is likely 4k24p only.
edit: Phil A beat me to it
I think everyone is overlooking one of the most significant changes - since the Nex5 people have been complaining about the shitty placement and tiny record button, Sony has FINALLY changed it.
 

16-35/4, 24-70/4, 70-200/4, 28/2 (I'd prefer to go wider than 23mm, but I'm not a fan of the 18m pancake) and the 55/1.8 or the new 85/1.8 as my walk around primes, not much bigger than my current kit, if at all - though I haven't played with gram counting. Really the zooms see the most action and right now the 23 is my most used night lens, the 28 could fill that void and I could probably skip the longer prime completely. I'd carry a little more weight if it didn't mean the problems I've having now. I check LR, I've only shot 12 images with the 56, but that's mostly because its completely incompetent when it comes to low light AF. The new FE 85 has linear motors, should be much better.
I've been looking at used prices, that seems to be the case.
About 90% of my shooting is with the zooms, I never change lenses outside and I pretty much always carry the 10-24. I love shooting with a UWA.
Here are some from Indonesia, most with the 10-24. Its a desert island lens for me.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/trekofjoy/photos/?tab=album&album_id=694928277381242

I knew about the announcement, but it won't be available for awhile and like you say beyond what I'm looking for. The A9 looks sweet though, the joystick, dual cards, UHS-II for fast write speeds and better batteries are all attractive features that led me to Fuji.
Fuji techs didn't seem surprised at my lenses, even when told I only had them 4 months. They put a light to my lenses and agreed they needed to be cleaned. I asked if I could pay extra for faster service and they declined. It was pretty clinical, a couple guys were inspecting my lenses and chatting back and forth, but they didn't speak a lot of English and my Japanese is about a dozen words. I really don't know what they were saying. I did get to tinker with the GFX as they had them on display, cool camera, but geez its huge.
I can get a new A7rII in HK for about $1800 USD, and there are insane deals on used gear. I'm pretty sure I'd rather go back to Sony than just keep buying duplicates of existing lenses, but any sort of switch is nerve racking, and doing it on the fly even more so.
Cheers.

a6500 has a 30p crop too IIRC. No crop is likely 4k24p only.
edit: Phil A beat me to it
I think everyone is overlooking one of the most significant changes - since the Nex5 people have been complaining about the shitty placement and tiny record button, Sony has FINALLY changed it.
 

Peeps,
I'm four months into a year-long trip around the world and I'm currently carrying twin XT2's with the following lenses: 10-24, 55-200, 18-55, 23/1.4 and 56/1.2. I shoot a lot of stills, probably 1,000 a week when I'm not doing time lapses and such. But I have two dilemmas:
My most used lenses - the 10-24, 18-55 and 55-200 are taking in a lot of dust. Its pretty bad inside and its showing really having a negative impact on my images, especially stills since there's more latitude to push things around in post. Stabilization, the OS in the 18-55 is really good, but its just a little too shaky for my liking. I'm currently in Japan and Fuji service told me 10 business days to clean my lenses while my total time in Japan is only two weeks. I had to pass because they couldn't guarantee I'd see my lenses before leaving. I'm also going to be in China in a couple weeks (dusty outside the big cities), Africa later this summer and then Central/South America for the last few months of the year. After going through Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, India and Nepal - I'm sure the places my wife and I are headed will be just as dusty. I can't keep adding to the crud that's already in there.
So I've narrowed it to a couple options that have the blessing of my wife and will rack up some big travel rewards on our credit card: buy mint used copies of my worst lenses and get them all cleaned when I return and sell them off so we wouldn't eat much in depreciation, or move to something that's better protected against the elements. After shopping Toyko's big ass camera stores like Yodobashi, Bic and Map camera I really like the EM1.2, but most of what's sold in Japan doesn't have English menus. I'll be in Hong Kong next week before China, so I can make a switch there. What I feel is probably my best move is to go back to Sony - I shot with the A7rII from the day it was released until late last year before switching to Fuji back to Sony wouldn't be very challenging. I had zero dust issues with my 16-35 and 70-200 after 1.5 years, its really disappointing my X-lenses look so bad after just a few months.
I'm traveling light, about 15kg for all my clothes, backpack, camera bag and backpack, camera gear, 12" MacBook and various chargers/accessories. Not looking to add weight by going DSLR.
Just wanted to bounce options off others to get some other perspectives. I'd hate to switch, but I don't feel Fuji is a great long-term option after what I've experienced. Some combo of a lightly used A7rII and a A7sII or A6500 as a second mostly video camera is what I'm thinking. HK has some killer prices on used gear and new stuff is also really cheap.
Thanks in advance.

Jvc stole it as their last attempt to survive in the video market. Shame on you jvc.

I use the Sony 16-50 f/2.8 a-mount on my FS7 almost every day. It's a fantastic lens (when I don't want to use my Sony Zeiss primes.) It's weather sealed, has decent optics and smooth manual focus when you want it (and fast SSM focusing when you don't.) Such a good value, I bought it twice (destroyed the first one shooting a few years of the US rally series... among other things.) It will require a LEA-series adaptor. Get the one without the focus system (LEA3), and it will use the better system built into the 6500.
I previously owned the Zeiss 16-70 E-Mount (APS-C) and that was actually a pretty good lens. It runs about $1k (which is a bit over priced, imho.) It did have a tad too much distortion for me, however, and the manual focus feel was way too numb. Nice sharpness and it should have super-fast AF for photos on the 6500. 

No.

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The guy is making $120k/mo off his channel and he's pulling in $$$ from Samsung, CNN and others along with getting tons of free shit to review or just get mentioned in his videos. He's creative and his stuff obviously resonates, kudos to anyone that can carve out a niche and make a living doing what you like. I'm still amazed that people making videos of themselves playing video games are even more popular, or applying makeup, or many of the things I don't do that seem mundane. While searching for guitar technique videos, I stumbled across videos of a beautiful woman with a big rack that just plays covers on a guitar wearing low cut tops and she gets millions of hits. I'm on her level guitar wise, no way I'd get more than a few hundred hits. Go figure.
Cheers

+1
The guy is making $120k/mo off his channel and he's pulling in $$$ from Samsung, CNN and others along with getting tons of free shit to review or just get mentioned in his videos. He's creative and his stuff obviously resonates, kudos to anyone that can carve out a niche and make a living doing what you like. I'm still amazed that people making videos of themselves playing video games are even more popular, or applying makeup, or many of the things I don't do that seem mundane. While searching for guitar technique videos, I stumbled across videos of a beautiful woman with a big rack that just plays covers on a guitar wearing low cut tops and she gets millions of hits. I'm on her level guitar wise, no way I'd get more than a few hundred hits. Go figure.
Cheers

Respect to the guy for creating a style. Respect for filming every day. Respect for using every available tool at his disposable and getting rid of it if it doesn't work, for putting himself out there and being so open to criticism. It's not my thing, it's not my genre, but I really can't help but have a lot of respect for the guy. It's always easy to dig on folks because they're popular, and a million times harder to get to that level.
Casey represents one side of filmmaking that I suck at. Marketing, being inventive and making shit work if it doesn't go your way, finding solutions when it'd be easier to just say it won't work. I like that, and I'll drop by his channel sometimes to get some inspiration and motivation. It's refreshing to take a break away from conversations about bit rates and colour banding and things that aren't at all related to just telling a story.