
MurtlandPhoto
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MurtlandPhoto reacted to MrSMW in Mirrorless cameras with personality
Not sure it qualifies as a mirrorless though! 😘
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MurtlandPhoto reacted to Davide DB in New L-Mount Lumix (cinema?) Camera
As usual, Media Division has one of the best review
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MurtlandPhoto got a reaction from eatstoomuchjam in New L-Mount Lumix (cinema?) Camera
I'm seeing folks on other forums say in VLOG it's 640/5000
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MurtlandPhoto got a reaction from newfoundmass in Panasonic Lumix S1R Mark II coming soon
Wide range of reports from folks in wedding videography forums especially. The overheating issue varies camera body to camera body and isn't always predictable. Not a good combination for wedding shooters. I don't shoot weddings anymore personally, but my gear needs closely align with wedding needs. Most importantly, I need to know I can hit record and walk away without fear of problems.
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MurtlandPhoto reacted to Walter H in Panasonic Lumix S1R Mark II coming soon
I opened my box. I'm keeping mine & here's why: perhaps 80% of my income comes from clients that want a mix of still (heavy on the stills) and short video content. In this use case, the camera excels.Â
It is very fast to use. A Panasonic that finally tethers to Capture One. Gorgeous, robust stills. Very good AF (although I am awaiting that first dimly-lit event). Fantastic IBIS in cropless mode - no more need to bring a gimbal for 60-90 second clips and walking shots (this was a serious knock against the Z8 for me). Nicely implimented, mid-range codec and the CineA2 is my new Eterna (when I don't want a Vlog workflow). Slightly better ergos and good in its own right mechanical shutter.Â
I do not think I would keep this as a video-first camera body, which I think will doom it to irrelevance in this forum. I've had no issues in my limited time but the overheating that I am also reading about leaves a bad taste - more so than the rollign shutter concerns. I will experiment but for now, I wouldn't trust it filming 10-25 minute takes continuously over 2+ hours in a warm environment. Maybe 4k/24p would be ok and maybe all would be ok recording to an external SSD? A lot of variables would need to align.
I also note the "crunchiness" from the S5II/x in the video - slight and I need to spend more time with it. @ita149Â Any further insights re reducing NR in Vlog? Regardless, for client work, it will NOT be an issue and for flimmaking primarily, I'm keeping my S1.Â
Some bitchy posters in other places were droning on and on about how it should have been named the S5RII. Well, bitchers be right. It's a good-feeling camera but it takes more from the S5 line that the S1 series for sure. Rather than an S-Pro lens, it feels more like the 20-60. @MrSMW The shutter is not that wonderfully damped shutter of the S1 but it is a significant improvement over the horrid clatch of the S5. I don't love it, but I'm comfortable with it.Â
I greatly disliked the S5's ergos and the S5II/x was better. This is better still. Other than the weight, I love the S1 and the best feeling small body to me is the X-H2s. But this new camera is good, and I may get the grip to help that pitiful battery and for better support with larger lenses.
But again, once I started working with the stills from yesterday's product shoot, no looking back.Â
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MurtlandPhoto got a reaction from Walter H in Panasonic Lumix S1R Mark II coming soon
Wide range of reports from folks in wedding videography forums especially. The overheating issue varies camera body to camera body and isn't always predictable. Not a good combination for wedding shooters. I don't shoot weddings anymore personally, but my gear needs closely align with wedding needs. Most importantly, I need to know I can hit record and walk away without fear of problems.
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MurtlandPhoto got a reaction from eatstoomuchjam in Panasonic Lumix S1R Mark II coming soon
Wide range of reports from folks in wedding videography forums especially. The overheating issue varies camera body to camera body and isn't always predictable. Not a good combination for wedding shooters. I don't shoot weddings anymore personally, but my gear needs closely align with wedding needs. Most importantly, I need to know I can hit record and walk away without fear of problems.
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MurtlandPhoto reacted to Phil A in New US camera import tariffs - 25-50%
They're not.Â
Source:Â How dependent is France on Niger's uranium?
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It's 2025. Nearly everything is using globalized supply chains. Even local agriculture that produces food will use machinery, fertilizer, pesticides or something else from abroad. The ship for economic isolation has sailed, it's not the 19th century anymore.
While I'm sure there are things that need to be fixed about the world economy (e.g., labor practices in developing countries, adherence to environmental standards, etc.), this current disaster is not how anything good will result.
We truly live in the dumbest timeline.
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MurtlandPhoto reacted to BTM_Pix in New US camera import tariffs - 25-50%
They must be considering that the expected release date is far enough away for sanity to prevail and the additional tariff is removed by the time they are actually available.
Its not beyond the bounds of possibility that BM delay it even beyond the expected date of July for the same reasons.
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MurtlandPhoto got a reaction from andrgl in Blackmagic NAB 2025 Preview - 4th April 2025 4pm BST
Wow It looks like every product on their site has a new, higher price in the U.S. Even Resolve! I wonder if folks that preordered already will have their price honored. B&H is still showing the original price.Â
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MurtlandPhoto got a reaction from majoraxis in Blackmagic NAB 2025 Preview - 4th April 2025 4pm BST
Had to listen to the livestream while on the road for work. Man oh man does Grant love his broadcast stuff. I drove my full nearly two hour trip before he even hinted at cameras lol. Anyways, the Pyxis 12K is super exciting to me. It makes sense that its price is exactly halfway between the Pyxis 6K and Cine 12K…. But $4500 USD would have felt worlds better to me haha.
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MurtlandPhoto reacted to eatstoomuchjam in Blackmagic NAB 2025 Preview - 4th April 2025 4pm BST
If you can wait 2-3 months after it ships, you'll find it barely used for that much or even a bit less. That's the nice thing with YouTube-popular cameras these days.
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MurtlandPhoto got a reaction from eatstoomuchjam in Blackmagic NAB 2025 Preview - 4th April 2025 4pm BST
Had to listen to the livestream while on the road for work. Man oh man does Grant love his broadcast stuff. I drove my full nearly two hour trip before he even hinted at cameras lol. Anyways, the Pyxis 12K is super exciting to me. It makes sense that its price is exactly halfway between the Pyxis 6K and Cine 12K…. But $4500 USD would have felt worlds better to me haha.
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MurtlandPhoto got a reaction from majoraxis in Blackmagic NAB 2025 Preview - 4th April 2025 4pm BST
That 12K is glorious. If this new Pyxis is the right price, it will sell like CRAZY
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MurtlandPhoto reacted to KnightsFan in Blackmagic NAB 2025 Preview - 4th April 2025 4pm BST
Oh, cool! I'm super excited! One of my primary hesitations about the Pyxis was rolling shutter, but CineD tested the 12k sensor at just 5.5ms in 8k and 4k, more than fast enough. My writing partner and I are considering the UC 12k for our next project, but frankly, a Pyxis body fits a small crew better. If it's identical to the Pyxis with that sensor for $5k or less, it may be a winner for us!
(Our other ideas at the moment are: used Red Komodo for ~$2.8k, or C500 Mk II for ~$5.2k, with the obvious benefit of the C500 being NDs + included EVF)
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MurtlandPhoto reacted to Andrew Reid in Panasonic Lumix S1R Mark II coming soon
The JPEG engine seems to be about as competent at handling sensitive details as Trump's defence pick.
The artefacts also depend on what the ISO is. Big difference between even just 80 and 100...
Keep your eye on top-right square...
ISO 80
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And now at ISO 3200 the lines come back but still with smudgy areas where you'd least expect them to be.
So odd...
One thing present in all the pixel shift high-res shots is a horrific amount of over-sharpening compared to the OG S5, causing the dark black outline on text for example below...
And all this on a photography orientated high-res model.
Although to be fair the original S5 JPEGs have this as well in pixel shift mode.
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MurtlandPhoto reacted to BTM_Pix in Fav "Art" cameras
After being in a pretty heavy accident on Saturday that has written my car off, my new favourite art camera is the Ring Doorbell camera.
My car was hit at a 90 degree angle from the side by some clown who sped out of their driveway and across an empty bus lane flipping my car round and causing the rear tyre to blow.
The art that the Ring Doorbell camera produced was in two parts.
The first being a beautiful record of my hitherto unknown stunt car driving prowess to correct the induced swerving to avoid the trees on the pavement side and then the oncoming traffic in the other lane and bring the wreck to a controlled stop.
The second and best bit was when the homeowner of the Ring Doorbell came outside and showed the footage to myself and the other driver who had thus far ludicrously been somehow claiming it was my fault.
Upon which the other driver, faced with the reality did their own rendition of the Larry David fake fainting.
As the Ring Doorbell was still active, it caught that too 🙂Â
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MurtlandPhoto got a reaction from IronFilm in Fav "Art" cameras
My latest fun-factor obsession is the Epson R-D1. It's the closet thing to a film-like shooting experience you can get on digital. As far as I know, it is the only digital camera in which you must cock the shutter manually... for sure it is the only digital rangefinder in which you must do so. Seiko made the automotive inspired gauges at the top, which are very fun. To me, it's the full, unapologetic ode to film cameras that Fuji wishes it could do. It's feeling very old at the moment though at 6MP and the images themselves aren't particularly spectacular on their own SOOC. Â
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MurtlandPhoto got a reaction from Simon Young in Fav "Art" cameras
My latest fun-factor obsession is the Epson R-D1. It's the closet thing to a film-like shooting experience you can get on digital. As far as I know, it is the only digital camera in which you must cock the shutter manually... for sure it is the only digital rangefinder in which you must do so. Seiko made the automotive inspired gauges at the top, which are very fun. To me, it's the full, unapologetic ode to film cameras that Fuji wishes it could do. It's feeling very old at the moment though at 6MP and the images themselves aren't particularly spectacular on their own SOOC. Â
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MurtlandPhoto reacted to newfoundmass in Fav "Art" cameras
For me it's the original Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. That camera, and all the wacky c-mount lenses I used with it, was just so much fun to use and everything I got out of it looked so much better than it should have, at least to my eyes. I FELT like an artist using it, as opposed to a videographer. That was such a special sensor, and to this day I still don't understand why every camera manufacturer hasn't switched to a menu system like it (and the other BMD cameras.)
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MurtlandPhoto reacted to PannySVHS in Fav "Art" cameras
Could be the sensor from the Nikon D60 btw. @MurtlandPhoto I used to fancy that Epson camera years ago.
For photography I love a plastic fantastic Canon Autoboy, a Oly 35RC or a Ricoh 500G and other ps and fixed lens rangefinders. I had a great summer with the mju II, XA and 35RC Olys when film was still affordable. I had so much fun trying out an Oly 35 SP or a Yashica Lynx 14, which I have sold since then.
I love using the og pocket for the image, for the size and the whole feeling. The quirks are fun and a great challenge to grow on, though I would not include the battery in this category but rather name it what it is, a nervewrecking flaw.
I love to combine things in ways that exite in regards to handling, artistic possibilities, the right strokes with the right brushes, like the og pocket with an AF 14mm Lumix lens or a S1H with a 35mm C-mount Zeiss, making me feel an artistic rush and sensation.
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MurtlandPhoto got a reaction from PannySVHS in Fav "Art" cameras
My latest fun-factor obsession is the Epson R-D1. It's the closet thing to a film-like shooting experience you can get on digital. As far as I know, it is the only digital camera in which you must cock the shutter manually... for sure it is the only digital rangefinder in which you must do so. Seiko made the automotive inspired gauges at the top, which are very fun. To me, it's the full, unapologetic ode to film cameras that Fuji wishes it could do. It's feeling very old at the moment though at 6MP and the images themselves aren't particularly spectacular on their own SOOC. Â
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MurtlandPhoto got a reaction from mercer in Fav "Art" cameras
My latest fun-factor obsession is the Epson R-D1. It's the closet thing to a film-like shooting experience you can get on digital. As far as I know, it is the only digital camera in which you must cock the shutter manually... for sure it is the only digital rangefinder in which you must do so. Seiko made the automotive inspired gauges at the top, which are very fun. To me, it's the full, unapologetic ode to film cameras that Fuji wishes it could do. It's feeling very old at the moment though at 6MP and the images themselves aren't particularly spectacular on their own SOOC. Â
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MurtlandPhoto reacted to KnightsFan in What is the maximum number of cameras you need
It's more depressing than embarrassing being American. Helplessly watching government institutions crumble one by one. Republicans have become the doublespeak party, talking about rule of law while favoring criminals, talking about freedom while banning parades, talking about balanced budgets while having the largest deficits, complaining about "mainstream media" from the largest broadcast company, and so on. And as much as Trump was the worst possible outcome, Biden being the actual candidate for so long shows that we have no one competent to turn to.