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It certainly enjoys consuming batteries when its in boost mode thats for sure. The good thing about the grip though is being able to power it externally if needs be. They make the AF pretty tuneable so hopefully they might do the same with the IBIS but there is a danger with that much tweakability you can end up in a bigger mess so I could understand why they wouldn't.

Indeed. I wasn't expecting miracles from it but I suppose the rule of thumb is if you can see it working then its not really working as you need it to and its just too jarring for me. The IBIS has gone from a deal maker to a deal breaker for me when it comes to switching from my X-T2 as it was really the single most compelling reason. Still, its Fuji so it ain't over til the firmware fairy has been!

Yeah, the second one was one of the ones I saw where I thought "Have you actually got IBIS enabled on the A7iii ?" and looking at the comments, I wasn't the only one ! In the first video though, whilst it obviously canes the A7iii again, I can still see the same sort of coarse changes. If you look at between 2:07 and 2:10 just as an example, the water pipe does an abrupt move to the left from one frame to another. I've pulled three frames here and done a difference overlay to show how it is transitioning from the first two frames (where nothing much but the bush is moving) to the one where it has to do some work and makes the jump. In the brickwork, there is slewing as might be expected but also some scaling changes that all adds up to a bit of a mess that I think is what is making it so jarring. I'm not some mad pixel peeper as a rule but some of these transitions I'm seeing are very rough as are the less than subtle scaling changes even when its not being taxed too much. Its like a Scooby Doo transition at times though

For £26K I think I'd go for the Hasselblad H6D-100C and get some medium format RAW 4K. I reckon it probably takes decent stills as well Now DJI own them, I do wonder how long it'll take to filter down to an Osmo !

All of his stuff is straight out of the camera so I think IBIS, rolling shutter and lens correction got together and had a party.

The A7iii looked abysmal in one side by side I saw so, yeah, even accounting for the different sensor size the Fuji fares well in comparison. I just don't like what I'm seeing it doing when it does hiccup though in that its almost like an entire frame has skipped. I mean, obviously it hasn't but its a similarly jarring thing. There are a whole lot of things wrong with this Cameralabs test (not least the shutter speed) but watch for example from 18 seconds onwards at the blue wall on the left. I've pulled out a sequence of frames here and there is a fair degree of sliding and warping in the image that troubles me and when I saw it in motion it looked like an unnatural jump between frames 2 and 3. Yes, its not something I would do with it myself but I've seen quite a few examples of it doing this on less extreme motion. I'm going to have to try one myself and see what its like.

I think this Fringer EF>FX with AF adapter (when its ever available in stock again!) and the upcoming Kipon version with the focal reducer will make a big difference. I have to say though that the IBIS on the X-H1 bothers me more every time I look at demos on YouTube and is making me sit it out for a while yet to see how it progresses. It concerns me more than the AF issues actually. With those you can always workaround it (by using your own eyes ) but some of the coarse corrections I've seen on people's demos are terrible and, of course, permanent. Of course, I'm basing this purely on watching other people's footage rather than personal experience so thats a big disclaimer right there and I'm hoping someone who actually owns one can contradict it. There is a lot of curiosity about whether Fuji will do a firmware update for the X-T2 for internal F-Log and/or Eterna and I have to say if I was them I would steer clear of that for a good while as, for me at least and I'm sure a few others, if it has those then I can't see enough in the current IBIS performance to make me upgrade to the X-H1.

Probably because they've had RAW on the NX1 as far back as when they were building the pyramids.

Epic, Raven, Monstro, Scarlet, Weapon, Dragon, Helium and now Gemini. I'm no fan of the boring naming convention of other cameras but that sounds like the lineup at an 80s heavy metal festival.

Why not make it international and semi-virtual ? Get 10 films from your local area and 10 from other countries that are submitted electronically. Get a Skype connection to do a live Q&A with the international film maker. Then we could all reciprocate by hosting a similar event where we live. A whole international circuit of interconnected independent festivals at minimum expense.

No. Haha....yes, of course. I just like the drama

MTF Services were doing an FZ adapter for them a couple of years ago. https://www.newsshooter.com/2016/02/23/bve-2016-mtf-mounts-for-veydra-prime-lenses/ I don't see it listed on their site but it might be worth dropping them an email https://www.mtfservices.com

Best be this type in this thread.

Whoah, hang on a minute there. EDIT>>>>> Nope, I probably got the wrong end of the stick <<<<EDIT

@jonpais has got Veydra's Fuji X adapter for his set. He's threatened to shoot some stuff on his X-T2 with them but I think he'll have to hold his nose when going back to shooting 8 bit video, eh Jon?

Unfortunately not. For auto-focus (not manual focus) and stop/start you can use their app but even then it comes with that massive caveat of only being able to record 720p as when it comes to wifi and video, Fuji cameras are unable to walk and chew gum at the same time. The USB options are as a lightroom plug in but that is stills only. Its a pity they offer such woeful remote options, particularly as that cheap new 15-45 power zoom lens with OIS would be useful on a gimbal.

Yeah but you didn't see me 10 minutes later when I logged into eBay and found out I hadn't been outbid on all 17 NX-1s that I was hoping to turn a profit on next week.

25fps according to the manufacturer. It'd be a fun (if expensive) project to tinker with but you'd have to be keen !

With its spin off 70s themed detective series The Rockford RAW Files and Kojakrome no doubt.

Its meant for people using seriously, seriously, seriously long telephoto lenses normally but if you have a Windows tablet (and some gaffa tape), you can roll your own c-mount RAW cinema camera with that sensor in it for under £800 with this https://www.firstlightoptics.com/zwo-cameras/zwo-asi-294mc-usb-30-colour-camera.html

Hmmmm.... Can I just clarify that I brought those two images up for comparison as I knew someone would search his posts and come across it and would, in all likelihood, have not couched it in, shall we say, quite the same terms. There are very plausible reasons why those images are as they are that wouldn't disprove a RAW breakthrough. Just as there are very plausible reasons why those images as they are would not support it. However, I wasn't just going to ignore the comparison between the images because it didn't suit my suspected - and hoped for outcome - that this is indeed for real.

Thank you??? Hahaha

Ah-ha Yes, I should have read your post more carefully I wasn't as specific as that in my search.

Not that it matters but there are numerous NX-1s for sale from Europe on eBay. Including from Poland and Italy. If anyone does want one or a lens for one, this video game shop in Germany seems to have bought a job lot. And no, its nowhere near Frankfurt. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Video-Game-Source/Samsung-NX-/_i.html?rt=nc&_fsub=18346352017&_sid=17190217&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14&_sop=3&_sc=1 You did see that it was a quoted post, right?

It is definitely 'a thing' with Fuji. Precisely how much of an issue it causes depends on what you are doing with it. Just to illustrate eliminating a couple of variables (sensor size and lens), I've just done this little comparison shot for you with an X-T2 against another APS-C camera (Nikon D500) and the same lens (Sigma 35mm f1.4 ART) in manual exposure (ISO200, f1.4, 1/800th). Profile wise, they are both set to Standard which, of course, is not completely common but those differences aren't the major player here. The top picture is the jpeg from the D500 and the bottom one is the jpeg from the X-T2 and the one in the middle is the X-T2 with a 2/3 stop boost in post. I deal with this issue when I'm working in stadiums under floodlights when I'll set a manual exposure on my Nikon bodies which will be common across all of them but the same setting on the Fujis will look underexposed. I leave it as is though (as I don't want to reduce shutter speed just to make it look 'right') and I have an automatic preset on import to do the adjustment because I know that (as in this example) I can pull it up without any discernible noise. So, for me, whilst its 'a thing' it isn't an issue and, of course, there is one obvious advantage when you think about it....