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More lenses have been arriving.. Super-Takumar 35mm 3.5 - ebay auction specified fungus: and some with fungus that didn't specify it in the ebay ad.... I figured there's always a chance of them having it, so it's not a problem, but buyer beware! Minolta 135mm 2.8: (Note that the little 9-dot pattern is from the LED torch I was using, so they're just reflections, not fungus colonies!) The Minolta 200mm 3.5 also has some patches that look like greasy smudges on the front element, but further investigation shows they're on the inside of the front element, so I suspect fungus with that too. I tried taking a photograph but couldn't get the angles right, it's quite faint and you need light from a certain angle etc. My hygrometer says that my lens storage drawer sites between 65% and 40% humidity, even though we have refrigerative air conditioning on many hours a day (it's peak summer here). I'm not sure if that's acceptable, but the Zeiss page here says: These seem a little contradictory, so I think more reading is needed. Once all my lenses arrive I'll begin the cleaning process in earnest. No point cleaning a bunch only to have another one arrive and you have to set it all up over again.

I heard that Green Day named themselves that after their teacher or school principal said it would be "a green day in hell" if they ever amounted to anything. Not sure if it's true, but it makes a good story to tell on the internet like I'm doing right now

A really senior former work colleague had spent a lot of time in the armed forces and talked a lot about "time in rank". As far as I could tell it talked about the dangers of promoting people too quickly, and that you needed to spend "time in rank" to really learn how to do things properly. I suspect that for some people who never rise through the ranks that's because they haven't worked out the things you need to learn at that level, so they never advance. I take this to mean that there are key skills to learn before you can progress (and still do a good job) but that if you learn fast then you can progress steadily too. This has been my experience. When I was young (which saying makes me feel like I'm 80 years old!) I was frustrated about being underused and that I had so much more to offer and could do a way better job than the people running things. In a sense that's true, but it's also like when you watch someone playing a game and you see things they don't, but what you don't take into account is that they're seeing things you're not. Also, the easier something looks the more likely it is that the skill of that person is what is making it look easy, rather than it actually being easy. Now when I look at younger generations and I think about them being in charge, the sheer weight of what they don't know would make me very reluctant to put them in charge of anything. It's a balance I think, but hard work and learning as much as possible is what will distinguish you in the long run.

We'd either be shooting on handicams or ILC video cameras like C100s. There might actually be more action in those sectors as there would be more money. I saw a guy vlogging in public with a little handicam and it was covered in stickers that said 4K and Stabilisation and things like that. We might be talking about which handicams have 10-bit, and if the C50mkII would have C-Log, and if the FS3 would have internal 10-bit, and the P4K thread would probably still be talking about battery life, strange bugs, and shipping delays

Same for me in my day job. If I come across potential work and I think "wow, that seems like it might be beyond my skill level" I stop and think about the alternative, which is someone else doing it. That usually 'inspires' enough confidence to jump in and do it My advice if you're contemplating taking on jobs you're not sure if you're up for is this: Get as much experience as you can in your own time When talking to potential clients, highlight your strengths and previous experience, but be honest and don't promise anything you can't be 100% sure you can deliver If the client takes you on, work your ass off to make them as happy as you possibly can (both by how you conduct yourself as well as the quality of the work) - even if you don't care about the work or the client this is the strategy to learn the most from the job Leverage that successful work to 'level-up' and get better work next time (if you deliver a $2K result on a $500 job you will have an example of $2000 work and can use it to book $2K jobs, etc etc) Opportunity looks a lot like hard work. I've had a lot of growth in my career because I took on jobs that stretched my abilities. I didn't get those jobs because I'm great at selling (I'm not) - I got them because they were awful jobs that the more experienced people didn't want. I took jobs where everyone else would suck air into their mouths when they heard about them, I took a job where I was the fourth person to do it and the previous person quit after the first day. I've gotten lots of experience because of this and learned a ton on basically every job. By being humble, asking for input from others (when appropriate), and focusing on the work instead of yourself, you can build trust with people. I've been on jobs where everything went sideways because that was just how the situation was going to go, and the people around me saw that I was making the best of the situation and didn't blame me, in fact they had a higher opinion of me for keeping calm and keeping focussed on the work. People will re-hire those people that they like to work with because they have the right attitude, so that's the best long-term strategy.

It turns your Canon camera into an iPhone with Portrait Mode!! (just kidding.. ?)

Yeah, I keep telling people that there are two types of cameras, those with IBIS and everything else. If you can't work with tripods or "professional rigs" then your choices are IBIS, the 1% of lenses that have IS, or making every video with the aesthetic of a 60s 8mm home video. If it wasn't for IBIS I'd be in the P4K thread hanging out and complaining about how I haven't received my P4K yet with everyone else ? IIRC it does Prores HQ, which is 10-bit. Is that supported by P2K? 10-bit would allow a lot more DR than 8-bit, so maybe the DR is ok in Prores? You could even rig it up with a tiny fan - for a wide shot for a wedding you don't need sound, and this isn't the camera for recording sound anyway! Yeah, and even if you broke it you just replace the cable and the camera is still fine. It's great to have options like this.

ProAV on YT did an interesting video showing the EOS-R as a B-cam to a C200 and it looked like a reasonable option. The crop was even a feature as it means you can get a bit of extension on a shorter lens for a tighter portrait shot. If the P4K thread is any indication, let's reserve the next 80 pages of this thread to BATTERY RAGE!! As a consolation the contrast / saturation controls might have some decent leeway in them? With 8-bit it might be preferable to allocate more of those bits to the middle parts of the exposure range. I did really like the Normal profile on the XC10 which provided the same DR as C-Log, it just had a knee at a higher point so it was only compressing the highlights. (From the XC10 EBU Test Paper - Normal = Look1, C-Log = Look 5) As far as I know the XC10 is the only camera that had this feature - the rest just clipped highlights. For an 8-bit codec this would be a spectacular gamma curve, and it wasn't something that Canon or anyone else seemed to make a big deal out of, so although I'm not optimistic for the RP, we won't know until someone tests it.

@leslie Wow! I bet that would have been a pretty nerve wracking few days!

I used to be an IT technician for a small organisation with a modest IT budget, so we used to try and solve problems ourselves. We'd often clean keyboards, printers, and other hardware when they went a bit funny because often a good clean can get something back to working well. What was quite common was when me and the boss would pull apart a laser printer or something, there were almost always parts left over. Sometimes they were parts where both of us would look at them and think "I've never seen that thing before in my life!". Funnily enough we never pulled something apart and had it not work again because we stuffed it up - everything always came good. I think they just put spare parts in there so that there will always be parts left over and you'll be less likely to try and service things yourself next time

Hi A1ex!! Keep up the great work.. we appreciate it! ??? (https://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=22770.msg211977#msg211977) I have had a recurring thought that ML would make a spectacular project for someone who wants to work in PR to get real-world experience and actually make some kind of difference by making ML much more accessible to people who don't want to trawl though threads about registers to understand how to turn on crop-mode or similar things like that. The information is around, and even just collating it and providing some instructions would make a huge difference. I think one of the main issues is that people want to record in some combination of RAW, 4K, and >30fps so the challenge isn't installing ML, it's installing the right build, installing the SD-Card hack, working out the menu system (that keeps changing faster than the blog posts can keep up) to enable the right modules, the button combinations for preview modes, and potentially other bits and pieces as well.

OMG - that brought tears to my eyes!! How funny! Let's hope A1ex has seen the other nice things I say about ML!! ???

I agree.. However, in my experience it's sometimes hard to see who is a spammer and who might be a newcomer who is potentially from the instant-messaging generation, or doesn't have English as their first language, or both. Film-making is a pretty complicated topic and it's pretty easy to ask a genuine question that seems inflammatory or non-sensical, so apart from posting links, it can be hard to tell.

We're going to try and make P4K footage have the same "look" of the OG Pocket camera, so that should tell you something about how well regarded the images from it are. I was seriously considering buying one, but I wanted something small and it seems that the P2K works best when you can rig it up with external power and audio. Weren't you going to stick with Fuji as a C-camera? Or is this for a different setup?

Or we don't want to be limited to minuscule and rather bland selection of Canon-compatible IS lenses. There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of different aesthetics available from the different lens designs, materials, coatings, and manufacturers throughout the history of photography. I personally think that the ability of mirrorless to adapt every SLR lens ever made is potentially the biggest advantage of taking out the mirror. The fact that IBIS gives IS to every lens ever made is a real game changer for those who don't (or can't) always shoot on tripods or larger rigs.

Brandon Li is a famous travel film-maker who has made a number of viral travel films, with all of the special effects we associate with the genre. His latest project went beyond that and included actors, a storyline, dramatic tension, as well as being a travel film. Tom Antos interviewed him for a BTS look, and he talks about process, equipment, logistics, editing, the balance of control vs improvisation (there wasn't a script), and other interesting things, as well as showing some BTS footage. I think it's an interesting crossover between fully planned shoots and completely unplanned travel films. Here is the final film, and the BTS interview:

Actually, no chance of being disappointed. Since buying my GH5 I haven't been genuinely interested in any of the newer releases. At least for my particular needs, nothing out there really comes close, and there isn't a lot with the GH5 where you think "gee, I really wish that it could..."

Man, I read that whole thread thinking AA was an Anti-Aliasing filter, which even made sense in the context that it's in the filter stack!! Too many acronyms! ???

Interesting. I was just going to say that if it had 4K with only APSC crop, Canon colours, and 10-bit C-Log then it might be the first camera since the GH5 to tempt me.... but then realised it probably wouldn't have IBIS. For non-handheld shooters though, and depending on the final specs, it might be an offering to attract jaded Canon shooters back into the fold.

Worth watching. It's partly an ad for his course, but there's also lots of useful stuff in here.

It looks nice to me To give any criticism I'd have to know what you were trying to accomplish.

Wonderful videos! I know my GH5 is so much better than I am 41K.. screw 8K! Wow!! ???

Thanks, just got time to watch that. I like how he starts by saying something like "let's get through this as quickly as possible" but it then takes 45 minutes I found the Contax Zeiss Survival Guide on Reduser and was heartened when the guy distinguished between "Vintage" and "Organic". I'd noticed that when people were talking about the lenses they were talking about how that more organic look could be had from certain lenses, and that those same lenses might also be super sharp, whereas Vintage seems to indicate a softness that is at the expense of sharpness. To my eye there is something that some lenses do that is similar to the effect of shooting in RAW, or even shooting 10-bit colour instead of 8-bit. I think whatever that thing is, it's the thing that nasty kit zooms tend to have the opposite of, which is why they don't get a lot of love, despite often being sharp and optically quite good performers. You mean, you're doing it the right way around? ???

Take twice as many batteries as ... just kidding! Have a checklist of some kind so you don't forget things. It can be written, it can be filling each pocket of your bag, whatever, but have a system. Have a process when you get back to base (your room, your office, whatever) and be sure to include: Putting everything back on charge Downloading and backing up media Cleaning things After getting back to base take 5 minutes to think about what worked, what didn't work, and what you might change.