newfoundmass

I'm not sure how you'd test this, but I have heard that certain channels, particularly ones with a lot of subscribers, get higher quality encoding and improved audio quality. If true I wonder how much of a bump those channels get?

I appreciated the cagey responses to some of these questions... Me thinks they've got some interesting things cooking!

Shameful.

I have no problem if the GH6 is $2,000 as long as it has the features to justify the price tag. If Panasonic ignores/abandons their loyal M43 user base, particularly those of us in the enthusiast and professional community, I would also likely end up with Sony or Fuji, instead of their full frame offerings, out of principle alone. I couldn't justify supporting a company that abandoned me; I see people that stick by Canon no matter what and that will never be me.

I cannot fathom wishing violence on someone because *checks notes* he believes accusations made against *checks notes again* a glorified YouTuber and influencer he probably doesn't personally know. That is not a reasonable reaction to any of this and is disappointing to see.

What on earth do Arabs have to do with anything? And you're advocating violence? You're out of line, @User.

People in this thread: judging Ed David and his "strange needs" more than PB, accused by multiple women of abuse and whose reaction to dumb JOKES about his cats is to involve A LAWYER. Like, c'mon people. Like, if you don't think we should be talking about this at all then fine, but what are we doing when people are going after Ed more than the dude accused of abuse and that is involving lawyers over cat jokes?!

Frankly all @User did was cause more discussions about the accusations against PB. Which, good! The accusations themselves, his reaction to those accusations, along with his reaction to obvious jokes about his cats that has allegedly caused him get his lawyer involved (?!) makes me believe that PB is someone that likes to be in control and will use any means at his disposal to assert it. We saw that when he used his status to silence his accusers and got threads / comments deleted from here and, presumably, other forums. Why @Userdecided that PB was a hill to die on, I'm not sure.

Dude you're embarrassing yourself.

I have common sense and common sense dictates that it's highly unlikely that two of his exes conspired to make up lies about him. It's much more probable that they are telling the truth, given they gained nothing but scorn and further abuse by speaking out. Their names were dragged through the mud, his supporters vilified them, and they were harassed and gaslit into oblivion. I've worked in professional wrestling for 22 years. In those 22 years people I've considered friends have turned out to be awful human beings. I used to speak daily with a guy named Chuck Williams. When I was in the hospital for 3 1/2 months he checked in on me constantly, and went out of his way to raise my spirits. I knew this man for years and traveled with him. Then 2 years ago he murdered his wife and then killed himself as their 10 year old twins slept in the next room. https://www.dailylocal.com/news/abused-for-decades-woman-who-was-murdered-by-her-husband-was-in-process-of-obtaining/article_2a435a8a-6a05-5a0a-866b-ade7354d495f.html You don't know Philip Bloom. You don't know how he is in private. All you know is the carefully crafted persona of someone that is trying to make money and business deals. Do research, read up on domestic violence and see that his pathetic, vile statement is straight out of the Abusers Playbook. I believe those women. And I'm sorry that they didn't receive the support they deserved all those years ago from this community.

You're literally the only person that has a problem with it in that link? If you're going by people's reactions from 5 years ago... Society has moved forward and learned a lot during the last 5 years. I wouldn't count on people being so willing to dismiss the accusations now given what we've learned. Of course, there will always be those that think women willingly lie about being abused, because who doesn't like admitting their victimization and receiving the inevitable backlash that comes with telling your story about a public figure who has legions of supporters? 🤔

You're really holding something from 5 years ago against the dude? Because of Philip Bloom? I don't know fuck all about Ed David, but a basic Google search says he won an Emmy and was the DP for a Cannes winning film; why do you keep asking what Philip didn't do for him? Cause, idk man, the only awards Mr. Bloom has won are ones I've never heard of? Like, maybe dude really just doesn't like people accused by multiple women of domestic abuse and there is no other agenda? Either way, it's pretty shitty to accuse him of being "maniacal" or whatever other terms / words you wish to use to try and insinuate that he's mentally unwell, cause best case scenario you're attacking a dude dealing with mental health issues, which isn't a good look, and worse case you're trying to gaslight him and adding to the stigma surrounding mental health. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Idk where Peter Bloom came from, but fuck Philip Bloom too.

Actually, I take back the insult to his cats, they never hurt anyone. But fuck his love of cats.

So your issue is over how he treated Peter Bloom? Because honestly, fuck Peter Bloom. I believe his accusers, especially after revisiting his statement that every abuse counselor/expert would rip to shreds. Frankly it reflects poorly on the filmmaking community as a, whole that the entire thing was hushed up, that anything referencing the accusations got deleted after Mr. Bloom used his influence, and that it was never re-examined following the #MeToo movement. Frankly, fuck him and his cats.

I don't understand any of this

The A7siii is $1,500 more. The S5 is going after the same market as the A7iii

After watching Max's AF test... The auto focus in full frame is your typical Panasonic AF, but the auto focus in APS-C is actually pretty good. It actually was quicker than the A7 III in some scenarios. It seems to be a processing issue in FF, since it's working harder. The mini HDMI and recording limits though are deal breakers for me.

I highly recommend the 7-14 f2.8. The only complaint I have is you can't put on a filter. But for real estate and landscape it's incredible.

I see a difference between segmentation and crippling. Both can be frustrating, but segmentation can be fine as long as it's not abused. Panasonic has always done a good job, I think, when it comes to segmentation. That 2016-2018 period specifically saw a variety of options, at a bunch of reasonable price points. The G85, which is still a very good camera even today, was fairly priced, and was a great value for the time with excellent features. If you needed more control, etc. you could spend more and get the GH5, but you were still capable of doing maybe 80% of what the GH5 could do with the G85. While some would argue the GH5 was priced too high, especially once the A7iii was released, those features the GH5 had were unmatched at that price point.

I'm in agreement that the GH6 needs to continue leading the way to remain relevant, and one way is through progressive features that Sony and Canon might be able to match, but will be very hesitant to do because of how protective they are of their cinema lines. Making the GH6 into a true M43 powerhouse would likely not affect their full frame and cinema camera plans too much, and might even help by being credible b or c cameras for them. Given the trends though, I don't think releasing a forward thinking and powerful M43 camera would negatively impact those because, simply put, there are going to be people that just won't entertain using a M43 camera no matter the features. Fuck em, I say, and reward those loyal M43 shooters and those that aren't opposed to "downgrading" with something really special and forward thinking. We don't just need higher resolution. Functionality is what's most important. Wanna give us 6K? Fine, but don't just give us a 6K version of the GH6. Woo us like you did with the GH4 and the GH5. Exceed our expectations in the functionality department.

That's kinda what I mean though when I say that most of us don't really see the full benefits of 4K when it comes to regular viewing. I think my viewing distance is a pretty common distance for most people that have TVs in their living rooms and bedrooms. I don't really know anyone that sits, say, 5 feet away from their TV. It's not really practical in most homes, unless you live in a really cramped apartment or something. I'd have to have my sofa (or TV) set up in the middle of my living room to do that!

It's funny because I see very little difference on my 55 inch TV sitting about 10 feet away. Only when I'm within 2 or so feet do I see significant differences, even when factoring in just bit rate. If I'm looking on a monitor up close, I can definitely see a difference, but when I'm doing casual viewing? Not so much.

I don't have it myself but I've heard very good things about the Portkeys monitors, since they can control most cameras (start and stop recording) and can apparently completely control all Z-Cam features and menus on them.

I've heard this before. And I know a lot of channels upload in 4K even if the source footage isn't 4K. But I also have heard more popular channels get better quality transcoding overall, which is to say a file uploaded on a small channel might not look as good as if the same file was uploaded to a larger channel. I'm still of the opinion that most of us don't own TV's that are capable of truly displaying the benefits of 4K, even YouTube's highly compressed 4K, given the size of our TVs. On most things I can't see a ton of difference between 1080p and 4K unless I'm right on top of the TV.