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This was literally the consolatory thought I had when I surveyed the wreckage !

Sorry, forgot I said I'd do this so I belatedly went out yesterday to do a quick shot with the GX80 on the 35-350mm Well, two shots from the same spot to show its range. Shutter speed was 1/60th which is way below the reciprocal for what is effectively a 700mm lens on this camera. Its still so unbalanced though that I wouldn't recommend shooting it handheld irrespective of how good a job the IBIS does on it !

You know that excitement you get when you jump out of bed in the morning to check the 3D print that has been churning out all night? Yeah, well, not that this morning.

Bad is putting it mildly when it comes to the pricing and now that the L mount is not exclusive its looking even worse. For the price of the 24-90mm f2.8-f4 you can get ALL of the following Sigma ART zooms : 14-24mm f2.8 24-35mm f2 24-70mm f2.8 Oh, yeah, AND the Panasonic S1 to put them on with the adapter. So if there is some sort of protectionsim element to it then its quite understandable I'm still hopeful that the situation with the Sigma MC21 not working with Leica bodies is a short term anomaly rather than a permanent lockout thing.

You could create a narrative for a new sock puppet episode from the Race To The Bottom thread on here about how all the socks have been rendered homeless by the over regulation of the shoe selling industry.

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We have a conspiracy theory on the go about why this might be. Of the 11 lenses Sigma have announced, only 2 have a direct Leica equivalent so the theory would be that Leica, at least in the short term, want to have their Varios to remain the exclusive option for fast zooms.

I think I might print one of them later. In electric blue, obviously.

As opposed to one of their leading commenters who is still welcome despite flagrantly and publicly conned people out of money for non-existent lenses. I can't see anything by him on there regarding it. The only news piece about it that I saw was from someone else. https://***URL removed***/news/2936447826/cinemartin-launches-fran-cameras-with-8k-global-shutter-and-raw-support I tell you what though, I'd be fascinated to know what Amazon think about one of their staff retweeting an article that is heavily critical of them not paying any tax. https://twitter.com/Publici/status/1116631096307769344

Oh and another thing by the way.... ------------------------------------------------------ Who do I sue for libel or slander? Any person, company or other legal body involved in publishing the defamatory material can be sued in libel or slander. This includes the author, any editor or any publishing company. Sometimes distributors of defamatory material can also be sued, including website owners and ISPs. ------------------------------------------------------ While they are chatting to their lawyers, I'd ask them to put your name in the search field of their forum and ask their lawyers if there is anything that they are hosting that you could sue them for libel over because, quite frankly, there is plenty. You'd think that Amazon would have more important stuff to do than this wouldn't you? Like clearing up the toxicity in the comments section of every news story, for example. Or paying some tax.

Libel for what? If it is your honest opinion that someone is a cockwomble (for example ) then that's an acceptable defence. In any case, for a company to sue for libel they need to show it is likely to cause serious harm in respect of serious financial loss. I would suggest that the fact that the link between Amazon and that site isn't particularly widely displayed on DPReview (to the extent that its questionable how many of its users are even aware of it) would make it difficult to show cause for serious financial loss to Amazon. https://www.carter-ruck.com/media-law-defamation-libel-and-privacy-lawyers/libel-and-slander-faq By the way, I imagine YOU on the other hand CAN show that THEIR hosting of links for illegally obtaining YOUR products DO cause serious financial harm.

Sorry, only just seen this. I have an EOS to L adapter that I then put a thin F mount adapter on so its a bit of a circuitous route but works fine. If you want to go direct then Kipon do one. https://www.adorama.com/kaslnk.html

That has leapt in straight to number one in my list of "Bargain lenses that unfortunately are still overpriced by a factor of ten for my pocket"

That is what I was alluding to in terms of the definition of the encapsulated function rather than the specific term. Calling it "Clamp-O-Matic" or some such would identify that aspect as it's raison d'être and would, I suspect, set off the alarm bell. They'd have been better off encapsulating the whole end to end process of dual 24 bit ADC and 32 bit float recording and the post process normalisation function into one over arching name as that would stop the focus on the NeverClip element. Call it "Max Headroom" or something. No, hang on.

Can't help thinking that the short end is a bit too long for the Pocket and I'm quite surprised they've made that choice of 20mm. I wish he'd backed up a bit when she casually mentioned they have a 25-300mm s35 zoom coming as well !

I can't see any technical reason to doubt why it will work. Whether there will be a legal reason why it won't be allowed to is another matter depending on how close to the wind Zoom sail with variations of the words "Never" and "Clip" in their marketing.

If you are looking at a 1" camcorder then I'd pause for a few weeks to see some output from the JVC HC500. Its a lot more expensive but it has a massive spec including ProRes internal and even has a slot to record straight to SSD https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1438286-REG/jvc_gy_hc500_connected_cam_4k_professional.html ////EDIT//// Whoah the HC500 is FAR more expensive than I thought so maybe scratch that!! ////EDIT//// I have to say though that if you pick up an LS300 and pair it with something like the Tamron 16-300mm with a smart adapter then you've actually got a de-facto camcorder with a much bigger sensor for a similar if not cheaper price with all the expansion advantages if you need it. The addition of the Ninja V to the LS300 transforms it in terms of monitoring and recording options.

Yep, one of the Pixellot's other tricks is that after it has shot the game live it can produce a highlights reel based on its AI knowledge of what a goal/score looks like in each of the sports its been trained in.

How about 0 person for unlimited cameras ? I remember seeing an early version of this Pixellot system at IBC a few years ago but its now fully developed and is being used to produce tens of thousands of hours of sports games every month completely autonomously using a camera array and AI. Its not at the level of a true full on multi camera real sports broadcast production but its more than adequate for its target market and in its other guise as a coaching aid its being used as at the very highest level in the major European football leagues. Its a very interesting insight into what is already happening and its not difficult to imagine where it will end up before long. Although for a company that can produce this level of technology you wouldn't have thought it beyond them to figure out how to use a pop-shield for their presentation of it!

I'm anxiously awaiting the release date of the NDI AtomX module for the Ninja V NDI takes long range transmission to a whole different level ( ), to multiple clients on different device types and at a lower cost too. Incorporating it into the Ninja V is a big win.

The BBC have been using robot setups for studio news programmes for a good few years. The cameras regularly get bored and wander about making it up as they go along so you can't get more AI than that I suppose. You'd think that one of the world's most senior broadcast organisations would have pulled these systems after one glitch like this on live television but still it goes on (there are tons of them to enjoy on YouTube) which I think is quite informing regarding how a cost benefit can cause a blind eye to be turned.

Nope, can't really find fault with any of that point of view to be honest. For me, personally, I like the look (such as it is because its RAW so we're looking at a choice) because it satiates a long held daydream of having a motion version of my H3D but with regard to this particular production then, yeah, I'm not sure whether the happy couple look uncomfortable with having the degree of intrusion that was probably going on to get those shots or whether they are looking uncomfortable because of the life choice they'd just made It was also to the broader point of being able to have medium format video from one unit that cost a "mere" $25000 instead of three units at $50000 each but, of course, the question of whether we actually need that anyway is the, erm, $64000 question.

Here is a more exposed shot of the rig for you. Couple of brackets, some 3D printing and a roll of gaffer tape and you'll have it sorted

And yet.... I look at something like this, shot on a single camera that is now owned by DJI, and wonder how long it will be before you will be able to make your own medium format sized aerial videos without needing to have access to a helicopter and then having to stitch shots together. A word of caution about looking at the other videos this guy has shot on Hasselblad is that you may well then be tempted to start putting your cameras, furniture, cars and expendable relatives on eBay to raise the funds and buy one

If the robots and AI gets that advanced then surely everyone will be shacking up with virtual partners anyway so they can just get them to film it as well ? If we've learnt anything from this thread its that unlicensed shoe selling is the only thing that can save us.