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I’ll write a spirited defence of the X-Half when I’ve got more time but suffice to say that having bought one and actually used it they have exposed themselves yet again as knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Sadly, things have taken a bit of a turn which is a real shame. Trying to do projects like this is hard enough without real life turning up and kicking you in the nuts let alone having to deal with the absolute shitehawks it attracts. Hopefully things can turn round in time.

He popped up in my feed a few months ago and I’m really enjoying it too.

There is something about his post about Rob Reiner that has really had a big impact on me. I thought I’d become desensitised to the depravity, stupidity and contemptuous lies but this one is different. Almost like a test of what he believes he can get away with and a test of how much people around him would let him get away with. The answer to both of those is now, clearly, whatever the fuck he wants to.

I haven’t been there for a while and was toying with a trip next year. To paraphrase King Arthur now though.

Here is some completely unbiased coverage of Scotland’s previous meetings with Brazil.

Anyone watching this cringe fest World Cup draw would swap in a heartbeat.

Hang on, if we have that coffee next week I’m not obliged to buy a camera off you am I? You’re not turning Costa into some sort of camera Herbalife recruitment centre are you?

Complete with 30% discounts like today’s announcements.

Why not Leica as a good fit for Arri ? They can keep it in Germany, use it as a platform to sell more of their cine glass and God knows they can be trusted to keep out the riff-raff from buying them! Interestingly, though, both companies have a relationship with Panasonic so could be good news for the riff raff with a trickle down.

I had a go with an FX2 yesterday. The tilting EVF is great. As are all tilting EVFs.

Around £2300 so not a massive amount in it.

Visitor price with the tax taken off for used ones is £2950. A used Z8 is £2080. With a used version of the 24-70 f4 that is bundled with the ZR it is £2375 so only £725 more than the ZR combo, albeit used. Hence the quandary.

Had a chance to have a look at one in the flesh. It feels good in the hand and the screen is everything that everyone has already said it is. The overall size of the camera is even more compact than I thought it would be, particularly when they are displaying it alongside the next one up in the Nikon RED range ! I was sorely tempted at the price here which works out at £1650 including the 24-70mm f4 lens for visitors. I’m here for a few more weeks so maybe I might buckle but the issue for me is that they had a Z8 at the next display and for an old fart like me that just appeals more, especially in light of the is it/isn’t it stuff about the RAW and the file extensions etc. I might just sit this out (again) for another year to see how the dust settles with firmware updates for the ZR and actually the Z6III as that might be the compromise play for me, although the Z8 will likely still win out. So, ultimately, I was able to put the ZR down and walk away fairly easily. Unexpectedly, the one I had far more difficulty walking away from the was the much maligned Fujifilm X-Half. Kinky.