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No one that has actually seen S1 footage would call it "unbelievably bad." What a weird thing to say, even if trolling. 

What are you shooting? Is there a lot of quick pans and movement? That can cause issues: more deliberate movement with two hands on the camera can help cut down on handling noise as your body acts as somewhat of a shock mount. Using your body to point and move, as opposed to just pointing the camera in a direction, will give you steadier footage and can help eliminate handling noise. 

Buying or building a better stock mount is also a very good idea. You still might get some handling noise though if you do rapid movements; unfortunately that's kinda unavoidable. 

Peter Gregg seems like such a nice, jovial fellow. Makes me feel bad I'm such a cynical asshole. 

Honestly that Sony needs to even add a setting where you can adjust the heat level allowance says all there needs to be said about their overheating issues. 

I haven't but this lens is interesting. 

https://youtu.be/qvF8AkR8BDs

10 hours ago, IronFilm said:

Not everyone wants raw. 

I work on tonnes of sets, and I very very very rarely see raw used. (as in almost never, I can't recall the last time! I guess the last shoot I did with a RED? Although those are often highly compressed raw, not too different overall quality than someone shooting ProRes XQ etc)

The Z Cam E2C is unique as there is NOTHING ELSE on the market which can do 4K 10bit internally for sub $1K
 

I get all that but I think I'd just get a used GH5 at that point, if only for the better sensor. Or the Pocke4K.

Don't really see the advantage of this over those two, outside of it being a couple hundred dollars cheaper. But by the time you add an external monitor, mic, etc. you're in the same ballpark as the others really. 

Eh, hard pass then.

They really need work on their marketing. Keeping track of all the variants is confusing. I also don't think we needed a stripped down cinema camera with a five year old sensor, maybe that's just me though?

It doesn't seem that much more advanced than the E1 that they ran a fire sale on a year ago. 

Ah, I didn't see anything about raw shooting, just pro res, but that would make sense since, as it is, there's not much of a market for it given the Pocket 4K. Z CAM really needs to get better with relaying that info. Promised features they discuss on the Facebook page (where I guess that info comes from) should be on their other platforms. 

I think I'd still probably go with the Pocket 4K for the couple hundred more. 

I've launched multiple VOD websites with AWS as the back bone and it's not the ideal solution honestly but probably the most cost effective. It might've gotten better since I last did it a few years ago! It also might be easier if you're using it as a simple file host. 

Just saw Z CAM E2C is now on sale and I'm kinda confused: who is that camera for? Am I missing something from the specs? 

The G7 is one of the best low budget cameras available right now. You can get some real deals on the used market. If you absolutely can't afford to spend a little more on the G85 it's a great option. 

1 hour ago, BTM_Pix said:

If you are looking for a (much) cheaper option to the RX100 that can match the colour profiles of your other Panasonic cameras then the LX10/15 (unlike the LX100) can use the Cinelike D hack made by that Focus Device Prototype Guy™.

Its f1.4 on the wide end as well so its faster than even the Mark V.

Still the same no microphone input bullshit though.

I've noticed, on the used market, a lot of these have dust behind the lens. Is that an issue with that camera in general? 

7 hours ago, xiaoen said:

It's not just photography, film, and graphic artists... the whole "printing" industry relies on Adobe software... magazines, packaging, trading cards, playing cards, games... you name it... If it has nice designs on it in more than 2 colors... odds are it passed thru Adobe software on the way to the press.

And I doubt any other software company is going to break into that market with 100% needed features for the printing business anywhere in the next 10 years. 

Don't believe me?  They killed Flash in 2011 caving to Steve Jobs and his Fanboys... and in 8 years no one has come close to building an equivalent tool as the Flash / Animate product, even though it would be helpful in both web and game development.

Animate/Flash is still the best at what it did... Whether you want Flash animations, or HTML5 garbage animations, or easily made games, or other stuff.

Adobe does need to accept responsibility for insuring their software provides all these markets the tools needed.  Your markets didn't force Adobe to monopolize... But you helped by your choices.

(Like every one shopping at Wal-Mart and then Amazon helped kill off mom-and-pop and brick-and-mortar.)

Adobe needs to realize they need to stay in business and maintain all this software for DECADES!  These markets NEED their software to do business.

But they are pretty good at making poor business decisions though which is what's scary.

Like devoting HOW MANY people and labor hours to try and copy what Flash could do using only JavaScript... And they STILL haven't finished reinventing that wheel!  (And they can't.)

They should have pushed Flash and their other products for building Internet Apps... which people want... and also worked to kill off HTML+CSS+JavaScript which has been a Frankenstein nightmare from HTML 3.2 thru HTML 5+.

BUT NO they kill off their own products, and the internet is no better than it was in 2011... worse actually... 

Oh by the way... If you threaten to cancel your CC subscription... They might give you a year at $35 per month to keep you.

Demand they do better.  But don't expect to find any better software anytime soon.

As someone that had to work with it, Flash sucked. I'm glad it's gone. Streaming video has improved greatly because of it. I don't know anyone that misses it. 

On 7/26/2019 at 6:16 AM, IronFilm said:

Nearly four grand for a small chip camcorder, guessing you're earning a healthy amount from your sports filming?
 

Sensor size really isn't important for most event / sport shooting. If I could afford a second set of cameras to use for sports I'd go the same route. I love my GH5 and G85, and they get the job done, but they're not the ideal solution for sports shooting. But they handle everything I throw at them, from weddings to corporate to sports. 

9 hours ago, IronFilm said:

Yeah wasn't the update to the LX100 mk2 even more lame than the latest RX100 update?

 

From a feature standpoint, yeah. It was an incremental update for a 4 year old camera, which is kinda ridiculous. I was ready to give them my money and then... "nope." 

Give me a pocket camera that I can carry at all times, or put in places that are too small for a regular camera, that has comparable IQ and colors to my regular cameras, isn't ridiculously expensive and TAKE MY MONEY! 

This wedding season I've seen quite a few Nikons, enough for me to feel like they're doing okay. Their users are very loyal, more so than Canon I think. I've seen more Nikon Z's than EOS R's too, though Canon overall still dominates. It's an informal poll based on my experiences, but the doom and gloom seems to be a bit over exaggerated. 

I've seen very few Sony's and no Panasonic full frame offerings. 

5 hours ago, GreekBeast said:

Whats with the anti-premiere topics lately? If you don't like the product don't use it. Premiere has it's flaws like all the video editing programs but it's still reliable and has been solid for me tbh

You really don't understand why people complain about Premiere? 

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I've ditched Adobe completely. The only thing that is causing me issues is the lack of After Effects competitor. Fusion just isn't clicking with me, it goes against how my brain works. I've tried and tried, to no avail. 

I really, really hope something comes along soon. 

The frustrating thing about these releases is my YouTube main page being inundated with these shills all posting at the same time their "reviews." Even the more thoughtful, non-shill reviewers rush to get their video out instead of putting together a more thoughtful, comprehensive video because everyone has gotta get those hits! It's why I like someone like Three Blind Men and an Elephant. Even when I don't agree with him, his videos are very thoughtful and thorough. They also aren't rushed. He was at the reveal event, and gave some of his first thoughts in videos he posted, but he just released his more thorough video today, and whether I agree with him or not I'm sure it'll be more insightful than most of the videos that came out immediately. 

Most people don't want 4K60 to output to 4K60, they want it for slow motion. 

48 minutes ago, chrisE said:

The only thing you can do is complain and whine. Is that what a "wanna be" needs to hopefully grow up one day? Disappointing. Following your blog for quite some time now, but it get's worse post by post. Could you please stick with productive things instead of bashing companies (especially Sony) for new gear, you don't understand?

You can leave / stop reading. It's his site / forum. 

1 hour ago, Mako Sports said:

If I do go off to college this will probably be my vlogging camera ?

Your not gonna get 4K 60 with a pocketable camera that has a 1 inch sensor.

4K60 should be easier to do on a 1" sensor, no? I imagine it'd overheat though, given I think the last RX100 could only record in 4K for a couple minutes before overheating. 

17 hours ago, Mokara said:

Speak for yourself. I am asking for 8K. Because I know that will reduce artifacts that stem from shooting at high resolution.

Oversampled sensor cameras are shooting at 6K already, but we need more than that, especially when we start having 80"+ panels becoming commonplace. Personally I would rather be able to do that downsampling myself in post, than have the camera do it and just have to take whatever it produces. There are compromises made in that process, and the further you can put those compromises off the better it will be for your final product IQ.

If you are interested in maintaining maximum IQ you will want 8K.

80"+ TVs won't be commonplace anytime soon. How many people really have the room in their homes for one, whether it's mounted on the wall or on a stand? 

Most of us can't really see the full benefit of 4K on our TVs and monitors unless we're literally right in front of them. 

Most people that think they NEED 8k really don't. 

It's funny because I'm in the camp of disliking Sony's colors, but I feel like this lens compliments them pretty well. And it not being so sharp gives it character. 

Mathieu Stern is one of my favorite YouTubers because he collects weird/old lenses and adapts them to use on mirrorless cameras. My Papa used to have this same camera so this was so cool to see! I actually think it produces a really elegant or ethereal image. Good stuff! 

Anyway many of you are probably aware of Mathieu but for those that aren't I figured I'd share! 

8 hours ago, webrunner5 said:

How do you know what it is even going to be?? Sony as of now has No 8K camera other than the old F65 sensor, even the Venice is not one. So they are not going to let Sharp and others out do them.  They Have to come out with something.

https://nofilmschool.com/Sony-8K-Sensor-Rumors

I imagine they'll come up with a higher level camera over a small mirrorless hybrid to film the Olympics.

3 hours ago, webrunner5 said:

Sony is going to Have to come out with a 8K camera of some kind for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Maybe the A7s mk III might be one?

They're not shooting the Olympics on a A7Siii!