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The wait for the A7S III goes on!

Apple targets RED users, Hollywood and corporations with controversial new $10,000+ Mac Pro system and 6K display

June 4, 2019June 3, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

Few the full Apple Press Release for Mac Pro and 6K Pro XDR Display here.

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Apple have been criticised in the past for being too consumer focused. Nobody can accuse them of a watered down approach when it comes to the new Mac Pro. It’s an outrageously expensive machine aimed at businesses and Hollywood. The new Mac Pro also features Afterburner, which is a FPGA hardware accelerator card exclusive to Apple. This custom hardware with over a million logic cells, handles no less than 3 streams of 8K ProRes RAW and up to 12 streams of 4K ProRes RAW.

Apple expects significant bulk orders from corporate clients with this new machine. Movie studios, companies like Adobe, Pixar and CGI firms will be top of the list.

Those hoping for a $2k-$3k machine to compete on value for money versus top of the range PCs can forget it.

Canon EOS RP and Fuji X-T30 announced – a Grand Canyon sized gap in 4K technology

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

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Oh look! It’s time for Canon to roll out their old chips again! The EOS RP has an identical sensor to the 6D Mark II, with a micro-lens array design more suited to mirrorless lenses. Canon openly admit in interviews that the RP cannot even do cropped 4K/30p without overheating. Even the modest bump in frame rate would have necessitated “a larger body design”, they say. Not sure I believe them, but clearly the technology is behind the curve.

Most disappointingly of all, it turns out that the EOS RP lacks Dual Pixel AF in 4K video mode, like the M50, which means it’s a “no-buy” from me and better to stick with the EOS R until the pro body is released, which perhaps, is the intention.

Fuji on the other hand – an even smaller, lighter (380g) and cheaper camera has a full-width 6K sensor readout without overheating and most of the 4K video features of the superb X-T3 for under $900, with F-LOG, 120fps 1080p and bonus 10bit 4:2:2 external output.

There is a GULF between Canon and Fuji in their video technology.

Canon EOS RP video specs leaked, shoots 1.6x crop 4K 8bit but NO C-LOG – $1299!

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

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Now this is a bit more like it. It isn’t quite a Sony A7 III but it is definitely the most interesting full frame camera for $1299.

Back from the dead? 8 reasons why I am warming to the tiny Canon EOS RP

February 13, 2019February 12, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

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Like the scene in Carrie where her dead hand violently springs from the grave, below the stone which marks CANON EOS RIP a more generous hand is about to protrude.

Canon EOS RP specs leaked, features 26MP sensor and 4K video for $1699

February 2, 2019February 1, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

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RIP, EOS R.

Olympus E-M1X – is it worth $3000?

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

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The E-M1 II is one of my favourite cameras. Now the high-end version has been officially unveiled, I have to say I am a little bit disappointed. I had expected an all-new technological marvel to justify the price tag… Instead the E-M1X is very much based on 2-year old technology from the E-M1 II.

It is a little bit like an E-M1 II with a firmware update and vertical grip.