MrSMW

Is it a full frame camera though as all the chatter seems to be about a crop sensor?

Interesting… Fairly soon, I need to invest in a few small light primes, specifically for full frame 6k video for my S9. Sirui might just be a little too late to the party however because I am looking at the Lumix 18, 50 and 85 which can all be had at decent used prices and are actually available. I hate mixing brands for this kind of thing and if they were launching a trio of maybe 24/50/85, I might have been more interested, but with only an 85 announced…

It's very good. OK, it's a bit plastic fantastic, but otherwise does the business I need it to do which is to make my Zf a fixed lens walkabout

Also, there is digital stab for video it seems but not the crop mode.

If it is, then 🥰 I've watched a couple of early reviews now... Jonas Rask, who produces great photography work, has a TERRIBLE piece on t'internet. Looks like it was all shot with an IG filter as one commentator mentioned. I agree. It was also very boring. And then Gordon, good old Gordon, gave it to us straight and in his usual methodical, drama free, presentation...and now I need to find some funds, a pre-order button for France and work out the rest of what I am going to do.

I'd be interested! I was very interested in the A7CR except for the not so great rear screen and a couple of other things so went with the A7RV which IMO, other than size and form factor, is quite a big step up. Especially as the A7RV with a trio of compact zooms is my main stills camera with a sidekick Nikon Zf with 40mm f2. I love my Zf and use it as a fixed lens camera, but it's not that compact and something like an RX1R, but preferably more modern, would be able to better pairing. Maybe I should actually go and look up used RX1R's myself...

All I have ever wanted really was a medium format/or high MP 'X100' as a 'one & done'. I've looked at other options such as my A7RV with a compact zoom and it's kind of in the ball park, but not quite. It's always the longer end I'm going to struggle with, but actually something like my A7RV with 28-75mm gives me a full frame + APSC crop focal range of 28-110mm and using 61-26mp. The GFX100 by comparison using FF terms is 28-63mm (using it's crop function) albeit with more MP at the wide end (which I don't care about that much) but less at the far shorter long end, but in a lighter, more compact and waaaaaaaay more sexier unit. But slightly less DOF.

All true. How is easy is it to flip between photo and video mode though? Slightly rhetorical question I will look up myself...

Is it a ‘video camera’ though? I’d argue not. I wouldn’t even call it a hybrid but rather a photo-centric camera that can do a bit of 4k if you really didn’t have anything else with you. But no one in their right mind would get one of these for their video kicks. Surely? The lack of IBIS for one thing… For stills though, one of the best bits of it for me is leaf shutter. That pretty much eliminates any need for IBIS or OIS other than in some extreme use case. I think I will go watch a few videos…

It's all happening, everywhere, all at once. It's like a Daniel Kwan movie title out there in Cameraland right now...

Stop it!

Siblings actually and their names are SonyA7RV and NikonZf 🤪 OK, not quite for sale just yet... First of all, yes, I think I *need* this camera, but also it cannot be in addition to anything else and I need something else for the longer stuff and that also probably needs to be Fuji. Second, availability date is too close to my first job of the year and I'd need to trade a few things for it which I can't risk at such a critical time and it would involve MPB and umm, yes, MPB, let's not discuss that any further here! Third, although I think it looks FAB-U-LOUS and the size & weight are just bonkers, - it's basically the same weight WITH it's built in lens as my 24mp Zf WITHOUT a lens. Or grip. It's smaller and lighter than most of the more pro X cameras which is also a bit nuts considering that 102mp sensor. Fourth, that lens. Aesthetically looks great, but still f4 for light gathering if f3.2 for DOF wide open which...not 100% convinced at this time, especially when I can put the f2 Sigmas on a pair of A7RV's and arguably have a better set up and system with far greater focal range, greater DOF and probably better AF, but... It looks stunning though and I am 👏 Fuji.

I now have a child for sale.

If the other news is a focal length increasing adapter for the new RF a la X100, it will get a whole load more interesting for me… Anyone have a spare granny I could sell because mine are gone and I’d rather keep my kidneys. Going for a run. When I come back, I want solid info!

The only camera so good, I bought it 3 times! And then went on to the S, the T and the F. After that, I flipped to X Pro2. I do miss those days and it’s a scenario I have considered many many times and may go back to next year, ie, a pair of small, light bodies with a pair of primes or a single do it all such as this new Fuji which screams to me, OG X100 on steroids. Only 3 Q’s really: 1. Is that enough lens for me? I would have preferred something a little faster and a little longer. Had it been f2 and 40mm full frame equivalent, it would be perfect for me. 2. Can I live without IBIS and/or is there any electronic stab? Probably yes because none of my cameras up to and including XT3 had it except the XH1 and that was very basic. 3. Could I justify trading pretty much my entire stills kit for this and also factor in having to buy a Fuji X camera with a longer lens for a couple of things I where even with 100mp, it would be a crop too far. Possibly yes is the answer. Would it be a fun camera? Fuck yeah. And then some.

I’ve never seen the end of True Lies. I was at the cinema watching it but at the time a firefighter and on call and my beeper went off and I had to bolt. I reckon Arnie probably won? A TikToker would have lasted 2-3 minutes max.

The digital Xpan is exactly what I am thinking so interested to see some real world reviews on this one!

For me it would have to be either the Nikon Zf with the 40mm f2 SE and/or the Hasselblad X2D with the 55mm f2.5. I wish the Zf was. bit more compact, but for what it is, that is my only real gripe. I wish I had the funds for the Hassie. But I don't. The about to be announced new fixed lens Fuji medium format might be an interesting contender...

I thought at the time and still do, that the S1Rii was and is a 50:50 hybrid in every sense of the word. Not the absolute cutting edge for video and nor is it for stills, but one of the best to date for both. I will be interested of course in what this new more video-centric thing may be, plus anything/everything else and shall talk about it as so many of us do, but as there is nothing I am especially looking for...

Not necessarily...if you batch run them through something like DxO PureRaw...which is what I do, and then import the results into Lightroom... All my cameras and lenses are covered on V2 as things stand and I think they may be up to V4 now? V3 at least and whatever V they are on, probably doesn't do S1Rii files yet? And if not, they will soon. But for me, it's just a no-brainer, - batch run an entire folder of raw files which get spat out the other end as DNG's. OK, the DNG's are bigger but I eventually chuck away the raw files and just keep the DNG's and the finished Jpegs after I have then personally fiddled with them in Lightroom. I prefer Lightroom's cataloguing system and interface, but that might be because I have been using it for a decade or so!

Vs the Sony A7rV. I would take the Lumix EASILY over the Sony and the Z8 as things stand because…

Yes, Sony A1 a better option for video and not far off the A7RV for stills. Mackay did a Z8 vs S1Rii companion piece to this one.

Interesting and will add it to my list. Thanks

Summary = prefers the Lumix over the Sony and will be selling the Sony as a result. To be fair, he also owns an S5iix and an S9 so makes sense. Prefers the Sony (just) for stills but the Lumix for stability and video plus the 420 Lumix footage looks better than the 422 Sony. And I would agree. For me, my A7RV is very much a photo unit but as invested as I am at this time in L Mount, a S1Rii would make more sense in my line up, but not enough to warrant change for change sake at this time.

1980’s for me and not necessarily all ‘blockbusters’, in fact most were not but ‘just movies’. I didn’t give a fig then what they were shot on and still don’t. It was about how they made you feel then and still do now. Yes, it’s nostalgia now but so many movies back then were just fun without being the utter crap so many are today.