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I suppose it says something about the degree of mistrust of Canon's motives and excuses that even jokes like that have enough of a whiff of authenticity about them to be taken seriously  

I suppose it says something about the degree of mistrust of Canon's motives and excuses that even jokes like that have enough of a whiff of authenticity about them to be taken seriously  

Unless Panasonic's Headquarters is all of a sudden Studio 111 in Hamburg then you're wrong.
And although both places begin with an H, Hamburg is not Hawaii. It's a 2 hour train ride from Berlin where I am visiting my girlfriend.
The original plan was to go to L.A which would have pissed you off even more. But I chose to spend time with my girlfriend instead.
For me this was like visiting a camera shop, and I don't do that unless the camera is worth a visit.
If those specs are disappointing in your world you must be an insufferable fucking brat. Disappointing compared to what? Did a RED 8K handout land on your doorstep or something? Did your $4k go towards a stolen Alexa off the back of a van?
Some people have been reading EOSHD for longer than 5 minutes and actually realise how far I've gone out of my way to keep the PR influence over this blog as low as possible, and I'll point you to all those adverts I don't have.... Anywhere.
No sponsors, no paid ads, no content paid for and no shoots 'embellished' with Hawaiian scenery or Canon topless models.
But yeah, I'll take your word for it... The image is spectacular but the specs disappointing. The 5m dot EVF and 5 axis IBIS are top notch but the specs still disappointing. The tilting screen is a great evolution but still your disappointment overwhelms you. Maybe you are better off using that "real cinema camera instead", you know, the one with the "proper ergonomics", that shoots 6K full frame for $4000, with a built in ND, a 5 million dot EVF and IBIS.
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That is my reading of it from the document itself as well as their FAQ.
Worth bearing in mind that h.264 is licensed in really cheap stuff like the Raspberry Pi where margins are tighter than a duck's arse.

I don't spend £7.99 including postage lightly so they need to earn their keep somehow  

The digital calipers for the win. 
Sigma already have some FP accessories listed and the basic grip doesn’t add much horizontal size to the dimensions.

works been a bit slow which has constrained my purchases of late. I have bought a few cheaper items like some uv filters and a cheap hood for the tokina 28-70 some smaller step up rings for a project i have in mind but more about them once they turn up. i did get a hoya digital filter for the tokina. The interesting thing about that was i found a lens rental review on 21 different protective filters from 2017, some being uv, i guess most of you would have seen it however it was new to me. there's a link to it here  for those that want to peruse it.
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2017/06/the-comprehensive-ranking-of-the-major-uv-filters-on-the-market/
ots. i probably need some time with full sun to compare filter verse non filter. Its spring in a couple of days here and the first flowers on the stonefruit are out.

I don't have an F8 but the Pocket 4K does jam sync to LTC.
Just to check that the BNC converter cables aren't an issue, you can test it like I've set it up here with a free LTC app and a simple 3.5mm stereo jack to jack cable.

Make sure you then press the screen where the timecode is displayed (as it defaults to showing record time so should be 00:00:00:00) and if the camera is receiving a valid signal the EXT and TC indicators should light up and it should start displaying the incoming timecode.
If they don't light up, you can monitor the signal by selecting the 3.5mm mic input as the source in the Audio setup to make sure its getting in and tweak the level at the phone end if needed.
If it works in that test with a phone then at least you'll know the camera end is setup correctly and then you can start troubleshooting the F8/BNC converter end.

I don't have an F8 but the Pocket 4K does jam sync to LTC.
Just to check that the BNC converter cables aren't an issue, you can test it like I've set it up here with a free LTC app and a simple 3.5mm stereo jack to jack cable.

Make sure you then press the screen where the timecode is displayed (as it defaults to showing record time so should be 00:00:00:00) and if the camera is receiving a valid signal the EXT and TC indicators should light up and it should start displaying the incoming timecode.
If they don't light up, you can monitor the signal by selecting the 3.5mm mic input as the source in the Audio setup to make sure its getting in and tweak the level at the phone end if needed.
If it works in that test with a phone then at least you'll know the camera end is setup correctly and then you can start troubleshooting the F8/BNC converter end.

Sony.
There, I said it.

It's to stop people polluting the forum with clickbait, rubbish and zero rated rumours, with one-link posts that have no other purpose than to just draw my visitors out to some shitty rumours site.
We are a better community than that.

I think its a bit like the Pocket6K launch which made the "enoughness" of the Pocket4K and £1200 to spend on lenses look like a better bet in many respects.
As much as the S1H does, I gulped a bit at the price and considered whether the now heavily discounted S1 and the big chunk of change would be the better play.
I can't help thinking that it would probably be possible to hustle a deal and get an S1 and a Pocket 6K for not far off the same price. 
Keep the faith, the FP will save us all !

I've been there variously as an exhibitor, journalist and a visitor on and off for the past 20 odd years.
Its never exactly been a riveting experience in any of those capacities to be honest.
If you can get there for the day and don't have to deal with the eye watering hotel prices in Amsterdam for the duration its on then its just about worth visiting but unless you're into broadcast/transmission stuff there's probably not enough to really justify doing two days there.
I'll be going again this year though obviously  

Yeah the Z6 is getting stupidly low in price. I’ve always liked Nikon but with this ProRes Raw fumble, I think they may be better off bringing internal Raw to the camera to try and save the entire Z lineup. 
The Panasonic S lineup isn’t knocking it out of the park, either. I think they really need to release so close after announcement before BlackMagic figures out how to bring IBIS to their next camera in October... hahaha.
Honestly, if the 90D ends up with 24p, it’s as exciting to me as any of these other cameras. Lol. And although, I am one of the few that thought Canon had some decent innovation with the EOS-R, if they don’t up their game soon... then they may as well become a 3rd Party lens manufacturer... a $20,000 cinema camera that doesn’t have Alexa or Red in the name, seems a little pointless when compared to what the other manufacturers are doing for a few thousand dollars or less.
As of now, the FP is the only interesting camera for me. Hopefully, it lives up to the hype I’ve built it up to be. 

Yeah, my friends used to call me 'Inspector Gadget' as I was really into tech, gadget, doing product reviews and what not (mostly good value Chinese brands). Then one time I decided to attend the Hong Kong Electronics Fair/Electronic Asia (previously only been to car shows, not a convention like this) and hop over the border at Lo Wu into Shenzhen, pretty but boy that wasn't the revelation I expected. Most of the original Chinese quality brands I'd come to know weren't represented and people never heard of. Instead it was shiny plastic fantastic underwhelment. That taught me to just stick to online resources. Much easier to weed out the silly schtuff and find the kind of stuff you're able to appreciate.
Still though, if I'm not a total zombie I'll check it out. Might turn out to be fun. 

I think if you are in the area then there should certainly be enough to keep you amused for a day, particularly if you go and watch a few of the booth demos of editing/colour correcting/lighting stuff but just be aware with it being a broadcast show its obviously heavily biased towards that.
Have a look at the exhibitors list and make a plan though as its a lot of halls to be traipsing through if you have no interest in broadcast encoders, cloud playback servers etc !
https://ibc19.mapyourshow.com/8_0/explore/exhibitor-alphalist.cfm#/
NAB is similar in a lot of respects with it being a broadcast oriented show but traditionally has had a better balance of things that will interest more people on here and has a lot more product launches and small booths with quirkier products.
Again though, I'm not sure if in this more connected world where there are so many "accidental" leaks and you can watch product launches live on YouTube I'd be inclined to make the trip over there any more.
Photokina has got more to offer these days, I think.

I think its a bit like the Pocket6K launch which made the "enoughness" of the Pocket4K and £1200 to spend on lenses look like a better bet in many respects.
As much as the S1H does, I gulped a bit at the price and considered whether the now heavily discounted S1 and the big chunk of change would be the better play.
I can't help thinking that it would probably be possible to hustle a deal and get an S1 and a Pocket 6K for not far off the same price. 
Keep the faith, the FP will save us all !

After today’s Panasonic announcement, I found solace in this thread...
Although, I am certain the S1H will be an amazing camera, I am so glad that Blackmagic recognized the desire for good old fashioned 1080p raw and ProRes over 5 years ago.
But times change and sadly spec wars have become the norm for the foreseeable future.
Oddly enough, I kinda smiled when I learned there wasn’t internal Raw in the S1H because even at $4000, these large manufacturers cannot offer what BM offered 5 years ago at a quarter of the price or what the Magic Lantern team figured out 6 years ago in a full frame camera.
I will admit that the first company that can offer internal raw and IBIS or DPAF, for less than $2500 will get my money.
And here’s to hoping that Sigma will sell the FP for less than $2000, even though I suspect it will be closer to $3000.

I've been there variously as an exhibitor, journalist and a visitor on and off for the past 20 odd years.
Its never exactly been a riveting experience in any of those capacities to be honest.
If you can get there for the day and don't have to deal with the eye watering hotel prices in Amsterdam for the duration its on then its just about worth visiting but unless you're into broadcast/transmission stuff there's probably not enough to really justify doing two days there.
I'll be going again this year though obviously  

The S1H is the best featured mirrorless camera on the market for filmmakers - just to put it into perspective, let's start by summarising the entire competition as quickly as we can.
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I suppose it says something about the degree of mistrust of Canon's motives and excuses that even jokes like that have enough of a whiff of authenticity about them to be taken seriously  

The standard Peli that can just about fit size wise for most carry on allowances is the 1510 but its 6kg before you put anything in it so it can easily fall foul of the 10-15kg allowance.
If they then make you put it in the hold then you have a potential new problem because baggage handlers see them and almost see it as a challenge to see if they can break them.
There is also the conspicuous nature to them that says "expensive gear in here" which means you need to make sure you get to the baggage carousel first but also marks you out as a bit of a target for theft in a lot of countries.
All those factors ended up progressively making them more trouble than they were worth for me as time went on and I stopped using them on most trips.
They make decent temporary seats whilst sat in accreditation queues though.

So, the list of 487 ongoing projects can now officially be reduced to 486 with the launch of this new app for Android.
Whilst the 3C app offers Comprehensive Camera Control of all of the parameters of the BlackMagic cameras, there are some users who just need a Bloody Big Button to control the record start/stop so welcome to 3B.

Intended for handheld or mounted via a phone adapter on a rig/gimbal/tripod handle, 3B is a simple way to activate and monitor the Record Start/Stop on your Blackmagic camera but also provides a live status view of the following parameters from the camera.
Aperture ISO Shutter Angle Temperature Tint White Balance Preset 3B is a single screen, no menu app and features an oversized record button to enable easy activation and the screen provides high visibility confirmation when the camera is in record.

As 3B provides a much reduced feature set compared to 3C, it also comes with a much reduced price and is available for €1.99.
So if you don't need all of the bells and whistles of 3C and just need a simple start/stop controller and monitor for your Blackmagic camera that has a record status indication that is visible from the moon, 3B is now available on the Play store on the following link.
https://tinyurl.com/CDATEK-3B
 

This is a great idea. Any recommendations for a small, easily mounted to body but still usable Android device?

ok i bought it,  have my camera with me as im about to go up to the local look out to test a uv filter i bought  will give it a go.  
by the way does it allow the taking of stills instead of using  the kinda annoying hard to depress on camera button (well for me anyway ) ?