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Nice! It seems the GX80 is the perfect camera. After all these years, it's still being used to great effect and by the looks of things, it's only getting better. It really is a shame Panasonic didn't give it an audio input. I regretted selling mine within a week, my favourite photo I've ever taken was with it. Will you release these hacks for free?

Thanks for correcting me, but please don’t cut out the ‘From my limited understanding’ caveat. But that also proves my point of not releasing my vibe code projects. And leaving releases to experts who know what they’re releasing.

I never disagreed, just trying to look at it from all sides. Like I said, it’s an interesting topic. I don’t have to explain my thoughts on whether ML came with a price tag or not, because it didn’t. If it did, I may not have used it, or I might have bought it and then become an astronaut 15 years later… who knows? You're right about vibe coded software, but there’s either very little or no peer review. I’ve vibe coded stuff that I’ve passed on to friends and colleagues. I know 10 people who use one project daily and reliably, but I wouldn’t dream of putting it online publicly, let alone for a fee. I’ll leave that to the experts who actually know what they’re releasing. From my limited understanding, Switch and Mac Mchips are almost identical hardware. NXNative doesn’t work on Windows or Intel Macs. https://github.com/seedds/nxnative

Maybe becoming used to low effort software has also taught people to be skeptical when the real thing shows up. As you said, pros used to load ML on the camera they used for a real income, myself included, but there's no way I'm putting someone else's vibecoded mod on my P6k Pro. I guess ML came (comes?) with a comminuty that help troubleshoot and support which felt exciting to be part of. I did however do that hardware mod for my P4K, which puts a V-mount on the back and moves the monitor to the top. It was made by someone who put in real knowledge and thought, and that's what's worth paying for. But of course it was a lot more effort on my side than simply loading up an SD card. Last thing on the Switch comment - the software used to play them on Mac doesn't supply any keys or anything, they all come with the game when you buy it. You could equate it to burning CDs. If you own the original CD (or in this case, game) you can make a usable backup. It's only when you start distributing or illegally obtaining that music that problems could occur. Whether people actually buy the Switch games or find them elsewhere isn't in the NXNative dev's control, so how can they be liable?

You are right about emulators and keys, however you don’t need emulators to play Switch or Switch 2 games on Mac anymore. They run natively using NXNative. It’s now the same as opening FCP or any other Mac app. I understand hard work should be rewarded, but I’m also of the opinion that putting a price tag on a hack will attract legal attention. Whether that’s a legitimate legal claim is besides the point, it’ll be expensive to test and to prove. On top of that, there’s also audience expectations to manage. Being able to use a hack for free and then the dev suddenly asking for some money doesn’t leave a nice taste.

It's certainly an interesting topic, but I think there's legality issues with selling 3rd party hacks. I also feel like selling a hack sucks out all the punk. Imagine if Magic Lantern came with a pricetag! Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 games have been hacked to run on Mac hardware as though native apps - you can also load them onto iPhones! The tools to make that happen are completely free - although you do have to provide your own game file. If the dev of the tools put a price on it, Nintendo's famously agressive lawyers would shut it down very quickly. Lots of websites that host the games for free dispaear all the time. Of courses they do, that's stealing! But the github for the tools to turn those games into native apps is being updated very regularly.

Have you also seen someone unlocked open gate on the BMPCC6k? It apparently also works on the BMPCC4k The same person is also working on getting 4 track audio and continuious AF on that same camera. There are samples in the comments - here's the link: https://onedrive.live.com/?id=%2Fpersonal%2Ff4ef3cccd6a0c849%2FDocuments%2Freddit&listurl=%2Fpersonal%2Ff4ef3cccd6a0c849%2FDocuments&ithint=folder&e=1qTGIJ&migratedtospo=true&redeem=aHR0cHM6Ly8xZHJ2Lm1zL2YvYy9mNGVmM2NjY2Q2YTBjODQ5L0lnQW5ZcThfZHlMdFNxNGRyR2VqR09xaUFkczFqT1pFZVBENVlWUUwwa2lFYkJBP2U9MXFUR0lK&ga=1 It seems manufacturers can't really keep features back for more expensive cameras anymore. Be gone, Cripple Hammer!

Isn't the internal 10bit cDNG? If not, then the camera loses it's main headline really.

Most importantly, but missing off these lists is internal L-log and internal 10-bit. Two really key things that were missing on the original. Also 32bit audio! It's a shame the pin connections on the side are different from the original though.

Unless you desperatly need build-in NDs, internal prores or EF lenses without an adapter. I would have retired my 6kPro a few years ago if the FF camera had ProRes, or even a good h265 codec.

Just chiming in to say I was working with someone recently who was extremely happy with his Osmo 4p. Never having to balance a gimble ever again etc.. However, they said the one problem with this cameras is they're too light, which makes it more susceptible to up and down movements when walking. Their solution, which really made me laugh, was to mount it onto their regular camera, Blackmagic 6kPro, and use that as basically a paper weight. I'd stupidly assumed they were getting double angles of everything!

There are already wide converters to put on the 20mm lens. How long until someone releases one for the 60mm tele. You could sell a set of 30 / 40 / 50mm attachments. Or a tele converter to turn the 20mm lens into 60mm and then you can keep D-Log2.

The 'Enhance' feature on CCTV is not longer reserved for detective series.

Looks like they’re reading this thread.

There’s a new kind of tiny camera that doesn’t have a screen and will easily fit in your pocket. You might even forget it’s there. in one of the comments - The C100 features a 2MP sensor paired with crisp 1080p video recording. We deliberately chose this setup to embrace our 'Vibe Over Pixels' philosophy. It gives you that effortless, nostalgic snapshot texture and lightweight file sizes without any tech-spec anxiety!

have you guys seen Spektrafilm? It now has an OFX plugin, and possibly an ios app on the way too, and it's free! https://spektrafilm.114c.de/

A quick headsup with the Viltrox adapter. Years ago, I hacked a Canon 10-18mm to make it fit, which it did. However, one day, I took it out my bag and was getting some really crazy lens flares. Turned out, the back lens element was touching the glass in the adapter when at around 12mm. In my bag, it cracked the glass in the Viltrox, and I learned there's a pretty good reason the combo didn't work without being hacked. So if you get any EFs lenses, be careful - or you'll end up with a one of a kind, megaflare adapter (I've used it a few times since because of the 'creative flaring', so it's not all bad) This photo is from the moment I noticed something was wrong. Luckily, it was on my GX85 at the time, which I was using for behind the scenes stills. So nothing was lost or ruined in a 'professional' sense.

Defintely check out and test the rotating thumbdial on the back. It's not specific to the FP, but I've bought second hand cameras where those things became glitchy and register as spinning one way when you spin it the other. Or flip flop between left and right if you rotate it too fast. It's probably not going to be an issue, but is the only thing I'd double check on top of what you said already. Maybe also look for damage on the pin connectors used for the EVF by the ports.

I love the sigma 30mm f1.4. When I was using the GX80, it was pretty much the only lens I used.

Is there really no electronics on the lens mount? That's a bit of a shame. Is there any info on crop factor, as I understand it's not an MFT sensor, only MFT mount.

We went to the moon in 1969 and it's obvious that people would eventually want to build a base there. So there's no need to get excited about the company that makes that possible. Even with the associated motion sickness and jarring take-off.

'I can't believe a company would release broadcast equipment and try to get ahead in a new broadcasting industry at the National Association of Broadcasters.' I work in video and it's annoyed me that Canon keep releasing new printers! What do you mean Panasonic has a new microwave, I need faster AF! I don't need a PS5 for God's sake, why won't Sony give me better menus! At the very least, BMD is keeping within the same field and pushing the boundaries throughout the whole workflow as much as they're able to. Parts of this technology will eventually come to the more 'interesting' products and while we're waiting there's plenty of choice from other brands. It feels like I'm defending the brand, which I don't mean to do, but damn. Complaining that groundbreaking products don't fit your own expectations is pretty wild to me. If it's not for you, it's not for you. No need to get upset. My intial point remains, the amount of times Grant says things like 'but there's a problem with this process, so we've also created this solution' is very promising. I don't see many other companies thinking so far ahead and getting around problems that don't even exist yet.

They invented, solved the problems of and instantly became a leader in a whole new industry. Live, multi-cam immersive production. That's the closest thing to teleportation you can get without the risks of becoming half man half fly. Imagine BBC's yearly Glastonbury coverage being shot and broadcast live with this immersive workflow. You'll have the whole festival in your living room, with clean toilets just through the door. Arri and RED have film, Panasonic and Sony have indie and YouTube, Blackmagic stands alone on the forefront of a sci-fi world where the competition aren't even looking.

This guy has made a great tool to make Resolve super easy to use. In his examples he makes pretty great looking grades within seconds, and it's all done inside the EDIT page, using the viewer as a slider canvas. Drag up for more, drag down for less.

Preview can crop and gives you finer controls for the size of the file on export. I think it can be used as a fairly usable, basic and lightweight photo fidgeter. unless you need to straighten your image But a similar type of idea for video seems to be missing. Aside from trimming and rotating individual clips.