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I'm having this hearty sausage and bacon on toast and a mug of tea. It has to be hearty as it is so cold here in London that it is literally blue outside.

First question has to be what are you having for lunch ?

Just a guess but is it possible that you may have been a member of The Bangles in a former life?

This community based rental service might be an interesting proposition as it grows. Renters are vetted, your gear is covered by insurance and its already got a strong network in Belgium that they look to be expanding as they are opening a UK version this week. I have NO affiliation with it and have NEVER used it so do your own research but its worth a look. https://motiontribe.io/en-uk/

I think you doth protest too much about this camera. You want one really don't you

Definitely a case of crossing that bridge when you come to it with regards to what to use when commissioned for a Netflix Original production. The only Netflix spec that I have to concern myself with meeting is the £7.99 a month payment

Netflix requirements says 4096 wide so whilst its not on their approved list of cameras, its 4096x2800 sensor is within their spec.

So, I managed to brave the elements and get to the BVE show and have a look at it. First impression is that it was much smaller than I was expecting it to be. Took a snap of it next to a 5D MKIV for comparison and weight wise it was similar too. The interchangeable mount is interesting and the one pictured is the locking EF with in built ND and they also have a speedboosted EF and PL. The crop factor with the speedboosted mount is 1.3 but 1.8 without. That surprised me as I just assumed it was 1.5 to be honest. There is an E Mount adapter too (which wasn't on show) and that option has become more interesting now with the Sigma E Mount ARTs and Fuji doing their cine ones in E Mount too. The dual iso is 800 and 3200 and they told me it's pretty clean at 12800 as a consequence but the proof of that etc... The rear module gives you all the additional SDI connectivity, V Mount battery capability, external power tap, XLRs etc but it the camera is still operable without it if you want to keep the weight/form factor/price down. It has full size HDMI on the main unit so you can connect whatever EVF/Monitor you want. If you go for the grip then it also holds a battery as per the RED handgrip its obviously modelled on but unlike the RED it uses regular Sony NP batteries rather than an expensive proprietary type. The grip does feel like a cheap version of the RED one (cos it is!!!) but its great as a way to keep the cost down power wise as you save the cost of the rear module and the V locks. Power time via the grip is about 30 mins apparently. Talking of non-proprietary, it also uses regular SSD media and does internal ProRes. However, the RAW format IS their own format (but can be transcoded with their own tools) but I'm not sure if its a supported format within Resolve? Talking of BM, I was told that Kinefinity are pitching the camera as a direct competitor to the Ursa Mini Pro though its more RED form factor to me. With regard to support, the plan seems to be swap out units at least during the initial period and I think that's fair enough. Its worth bearing in mind that for those of us who were outside of the US when being early adopters of the RED ONE it is no different. First impression is that if you are in the EVA-1/C200/URSA Mini Pro then its certianly worth looking at Kinefinity if you have a distributor in your country. People are very wary of the support aspect but to be honest, the distributors who take it on are WELL aware of that and so, conversely, you might well end up getting BETTER service as they seek to overcome that objection. Bottom line is that if this camera had a different name on it then there would be a LOT more buzz about it. Full details of packages here https://www.proav.co.uk/cine/cameras/kinefinity

This thread though

I shoot in 8 bit. The 2 extra bits I don't have are talent and skill. Those are the bits I need most to be honest.

I think they're showing it at the BVE show this week. I'm in London on Thursday so might pop in to have a look. That is if all public transport hasn't been cancelled and a state of emergency declared in a pant wetting reaction to the suggestion of snow.

Cheap EasyJet flights to Zurich/Geneva are your friend here. Generally found prices to be not far off dollar equivalent. Toppreisse.CH is worth a look.

The Cinelike D response that you are seeing is similar to when it is applied to the LX100. It does something but it isn't Cinelike D. And the something that it is doing isn't particularly appealing! My feeling about it is that there is possibly some combination of highlight/shadow curve that can be set so that when you apply the Cinelike D command it actually does replicate how it looks on the other cameras but I've never got round to it time wise to explore it further. The V-LOG repsonse that you are seeing is is accepting the command but just reverting to Standard rather than actually actioning it to be V-LOG.

I think I should buy one quick before they realise what they've done here and discontinue it. Can't believe how much is in it that could torpedo sales of their higher end models. Maybe it does signal the impending belated arrival of Nikon and Canon into FF mirrorless but nonetheless this is a serious offering in its own right. With the E Mount release news from Sigma as well, the whole Sony system looks a lot more interesting to me personally this morning. Fuji's long lens roadmap only has 200mm f2 on it (which isn't enough even on a crop) and at a higher price than the Nikon/Canon equivalents so I've run out of road with them. Sigma's long stuff is actually more than capable so if their conversion to E Mount service extends to non-ART lenses as well then Sony have definitely got my attention now.

Thought to myself, "I'll go to the X-H1 thread and talk about some of the assumptions about Fuji AF being substandard versus my contrary experience of of the AF using the X-T2 for some very demanding tasks and also my tests of the Face Detect AF on it last year and....." Well, then I opened the thread....

Beanz Meanz Linez (Skipping)

Maybe one of the custom launchers might work for you? They're primarily designed for seniors but they're equally practical for de-cluttering and making things more useful for those of us who only use a few apps. https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-android-launchers-for-senior-visually-impaired-users/ As for hybrids, the BlackBerry Key One gives you a good option of Android and real keyboard.

Well, that escalated quickly. Thanks to Saturn in Berlin leaving a GH5 unattended I was able to do a quick sniffing session and the app does indeed control the angle increments so I now have the command to do it. Its a bit of an unusual structure so I suspect the camera needs to be in the specific mode to accept the offset parts of the message but its something to go on when I get back. I'm not convinced it will work on the GX but you never know. At least I can include it in the device for GH5 owners if nothing else. Cheers. Yes, I've been busy with real work but also with making big changes to the controller. No, the camera hears the command and then does absolutely nothing to action it. Might as well tell a teenager to clean their room.

The whiteboard and diagrams put me off watching it but I think I've got the gist of what's going on. The GX80/85 doesn't have the shutter angle control but that might not be a dead end. The two ways to possibly do it would be the usual trick to fake the message coming from Panasonic's app and hope the GX accepts it but this would rely on it being available in the app in the first place so if someone with a GH5 could confirm that then that would be a start. The other option potentially would be to send it shutter speeds that were 'in the cracks' and see what happens. The shutter speed commands are formulated in a particular way with the shutter speed as you would recognise it (50,125,250) etc combined with another number that is sequential but reduces by 8 (or something, I havent got my laptop to hand) between each step. Maybe, there is some mileage in seeing if changing the second number to something less than a difference of 8 is a way to set it between the cracks. So, in summary, the answer is a hesitant maybe but I haven't got a GH5 and I can't look at the other method until I'm back off this trip next week.

Indeed

If you look at the X-T2 and X-T20 as the barometer for it then its just slightly less of everything in each department. https://mirrorlesscomparison.com/preview/fuji-xt2-and-xt20/ Less robust, less custom functions, less magnification in the viewfinder, less FPS, less boost functionality as it doesn't have the grip, no F-LOG, less record time and so on. But if you can live with that, you're getting the same image for a hefty saving. The compromises they've made on the junior model are smart ones and don't make it any less usable (i.e. they haven't buried everything in menus) and its small form factor is actually a plus for me for some stuff. So, for me, if they could just continue that process of giving you most of the good stuff into the H range then I think if they made an X-H20 that had IBIS, the new film emulation and F-LOG external then that would be a good compromise. If they made you buy a grip (which they don't make for the X-T20) as a dongle of sorts to unlock F-LOG internal and higher frame rates then it would offer the option to add a bit more if you needed it without cannibalising sales of the bigger one unduly. They need to get people in the game really and like the GH5 has a lot of ex G7/GX80 owners who traded up then Fuji need to build that pathway as well as its still not a goto brand for video shooters and whilst its very competitively priced its a big commitment if you're already invested in another system. For anyone who is looking to get into the system, the X-T20 at some of the used prices I've seen them going for is a bargain.

I'll take app and zebras for $200 Jon

The battery grip gives you the headphone jack and extends the record time to 30 minutes like the X-T2 though. It boosts the AF performance and reduces blanking time as well and having the extra 2 batteries are a bit of a must if you're using it heavily. I was a bit skeptical at first about it for my X-T2s (read 'annoyed at having to pay more money') but its been a boon and the extra advantage is being able to take it off when I don't need the extra horsepower and making the camera smaller. Another bonus is it has the 9v input for external powering. I'd consider it a must have if you were buying the X-H1 to be honest.

I meant to ask you this before but on a related note have you ever tried the Techart Leica M to Sony E AF adapter by any chance? True and I'd completely missed that it was shot using the Eterna preset. Not sure about if it was recorded using the 200mbps codec or externally though. Anyway, the IBIS thing is covered well enough for me in that other video that I've just noticed further up in the thread. I really need to pay more attention before posting !