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It’s the international break. The world turns to shit when there is no club football. There is only so much England vs Andorra that people can take. Everything will be OK again on Saturday.

Here is the trailer for said documentary. Not sure the title “No Guarantees” refers to the outcome of when you go fishing or the outcome of a using a £17000 medium format cinema camera to film it. I’m thinking it might be both. I’ve seen some fantastic footage from the Fujifilm 100mp GFX variants. This wasn’t it.

This was at the top of my YouTube feed today. Genuinely thought at first glance it was going to be Mackey’s review of the ZR. Maybe the world has got so twisted around that Depp is now cosplaying Mackey.

And that mount. Megadap will be rubbing their hands at the amount of E mount lenses that may well be finding a home on this camera. Not just from Sony defectors either but from new owners of the ZR who look at the plethora of appropriately sized E mount lenses on the new and used market and will consider the ZR as a de facto E mount camera.

A good video showing real world ice cream. Sorry, I meant real world usage.

All aboard the good ship Shill for a BTS about using it for an as yet unreleased documentary.

Here is a run through in the style of a product presentation at a local garden centre. Most notable for the less than convincing “it’s really almost the same size as the GFX100” comparison.

That’s the end of an era right there. I’ll have to part ex my S5ii and some lenses to get the Z8 like I should’ve done two years ago. Less the end of an era and more the end of an error.

I was exactly the same watching the CVP review. And then right at the end they showed some Z8 clips. The one I’m least arsed about is the HDMI port as no matter the size they can all snap off if you hit them. Theres an argument to say the Micro version is preferable because it’s a smaller target 😂

In the CVP review, they made a point of confirming that the sensor can NOT be locked.

And with the Techart Pro MZ adapter you can have them autofocus as well.

I like this camera. The problem is I like about twelve other ones as well. The indecision is saving me a fortune.

I’m not convinced that the processor type is the first port of call when someone is wondering whether a camera supports BLE time code. Particularly when they aren’t au fait with recent Nikon releases. Having said that, they DO actually list it on the spec tucked away in other options so I was wrong anyway.

OK, I’ve managed to do spot it in a flash of a menu jn a non-related part of a ZR review. They’ve gone for the weird to have it but then not mention it route.

If it is the z6iii underneath then that has wireless timecode over BLE from the UltraSync/AirGlu eco system. The specs of the ZR list that it has BLE but makes NO mention of it using it for UltraSync/AirGlu. Weird if it didn’t have it but also if it does have it but they have left it off the specs. I’m sure one of the many extensive in depth launch day reviews on YouTube will clarify it.

While all the rumour sites sites try and flex about who was first with the leak about the C50, this guy is sat there quietly with a TWELVE YEAR lead 😂

The L Mount Alliance is actually governed by Leica though. Leica accepted DJI into the alliance over three years ago now. Whether there is a covenant limiting DJI to only ever using it on the Zenmuse X9 is open to interpretation I suppose but I would be surprised if it’s limited to a single camera. If there is a DJI mirrorless about to be launched then we will soon find out how much of a “full” member they are. https://leica-camera.com/en-GB/press/dji-joins-l-mount-alliance

Oh… On the surface this could appear to be the first step on the slippery slope but at least in this form it’s actually potentially a possible positive move. Its difficult to get the detail as their link provides no further information but my reading of that tweet is that if you are working on something and need an additional seat for a collaborator then you can rent it for the time needed without having to buy them another full license. Of course all of that still ties you in to having the paid version of their cloud account if you want to do collaborative working so there is an underlying subscription element involved albeit one with a useful every day function of storage. Based upon the comments under that tweet, Blackmagic will be in no doubt from their users about any progression to a full subscription model for Resolve. It might well be that this method of rented functionality tied to the Cloud account may be the way they go for access to what they consider premium new features in the future. Time will tell.

Neither was I. However much of an obnoxious tit he is, relationships breaking down are never nice. No joint YouTube videos in months. Wedding rings gone in the videos. Posts under every video from their devotees crying about it. His location in his Instagram now being NYC. Could all just be coincidences of course.

Yes.

On the subject of the thread title of YouTubers fighting, it appears that two prominent ones have been fighting so much that they are getting divorced. But sharing custody of the YouTube channel.

Now confirmed officially by Leica. https://leica-camera.com/en-GB/press/viltrox-joins-l-mount-alliance I was hopeful that Viltrox getting involved would bring a Nikon F to L Mount adapter with AF as they would now have both ends of the puzzle but then you remember that Leica are the gatekeepers of the alliance so I suspect not. Let’s hope Viltrox are a bit more committed to making a go of it now they’ve been accepted than Samyang who started with a bang with the 35-150 after they joined but have released fuck all since in L mount.

Today might be an interesting day as apparently in a few hours time Viltrox will be announcing that they have now officially joined the L Mount Alliance. Good news for L mount owners in general but particularly so for those with an S9 as some more size appropriate (and low price) primes should become available.

I can’t remember but did they get a lot of negativity when video was included in the X1D range so left it out of the X2D and haven’t bothered putting it back in? It was a period of photographers whining about any sort of video sullying their purist fetish but most of that noise has died out these days. Possibly literally in many cases. I suspect it’s only a (paid perhaps) firmware update away from being included, particularly as the collection of bros they gave it to to “review” are hybrid shooters who would welcome the chance to generate some more “This changes everything” fluff a few months down the line. I suspected the inclusion of IBIS was originally to facilitate a pixel shift mode for when 100mp isn’t enough (!) but that’s not in there either. They just say it’s there for handheld shots of blurred streams and nighttime traffic streaks, which has it’s place I suppose.

I was pondering going to the IBC but decided against it yesterday. If this date is correct (2 days before the show opens) then it is a fair bet that it will be on display at the Nikon/RED booth. Might change my mind now.