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I need to stop reading about Fuji GFX100 cameras and checking prices on MPB… -
I don’t understand why they haven’t already. It’s not as if they are a small company and I think are actually even slightly bigger than Sony? Surely with the boffins that they have, it’s a case of reverse engineer someone else’s internal ND and one of Sony’s sensors and then make your own version? Isn’t that formula exactly how Japanese companies got their start after WW2 by making knock off copies of Western manufactured items and in more recent times, China has taken over that role? Of course Japan has moved on to now make exceptional quality items and China is not far behind, but they started out a lot of their bigger manufacturing companies by copying. Or is it a case with Panasonic that their camera division, LUMIX, is too small and does not have the R&D budget for this? And if that is the case, sometimes you have to speculate to move ahead, ie, gain more market share and momentum. I have a theory about business that I have applied to my own for over quarter of a century and that is there are 3 types. Those that don’t do enough. They were and are fucked from the moment they started up. Those that give it 100%. They will never go beyond a certain point and sometimes even backwards because… The third type gives more than 100% simply in order to stand still and maintain market position and it’s only those that go well beyond 100% that actually truly succeed. Other than by chance (such as they are a bit shit but get a lucky hype break anyway). But what do I know…
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Sure, I know that, but also the terms are kinda interchangeable-ish, especially when talking about the low end of filmmaking such as FS5/FS7 cameras. The majority of the lens I use myself on my FS7 would be marketed as APS-C not exclusively as S35. Why use the photographer's terminology of FF rather than saying VV / LF? Same point here as with APS-C vs S35. The terminology is kinda-ish interchangeable, and we all know what each other means when one or another is used. And in the professional world of filmmaking, then S35 is still reigning supreme. ARR 35 is the dominant preferred choice when possible. The older ARRI ALEXA Mini is still very popular. Even the Sony VENICE still gets very frequently used in S35 mode, to ensure compatibility with S35 lenses. And when it comes to RED, then I personally by far see the RED Komodo (or Komodo-X) used far more often than I see RED's VV cameras on set. Has Sony ever made any Super 35mm lenses?? Aside from their sadly discontinued PL mount lenses (a pity they discontinued them! Prior to the explosion of chinese PL lenses on the market, then the Sony PL lenses were the best value PL lens set you could buy. So I wish more of them were still being sold, so thus more of them would exist on eBay, and it would be easier for me to get more lenses to further build up my set), and discontinued 18mm-252mm, and their still current 18-110mm lens (which also gets branded as APS-C) then I don't think Sony has made any other lenses which are explicitly marketed as S35? Sony simply has never been a big maker of cine lenses, in any format. (but yet, they've made more for S35 than they've made for VV/LF) I wish! But then I can't shoot 4K with the FX6, if a S35 lens is being used. That's curious it's still listed there. Anyway, you can't buy a new in stock FS7mk2 from B&H, Adorama, AbelCine, CVP or anywhere else I tried to look. Image quality is kinda lacking by 2024 standards, can't even do 4K 10bit internally. While the likes of a Sony PXW-Z90 has some overlap with the FS5/FS7/FX30/"FX60" user, they really are quite different! (heck, these users also have some overlap with VENICE & ARRI 35 users. Doesn't mean one of these cameras are always an appropriate substitute for the other) It's Canon, not Sony, further proving my point Sony has kinda abandoned the S35 / APS-C filmmaker. -
That was a very brief timeline indeed! No mention at all of GH1/GH2/GH3/GH4/GH5/GH6/BGH1/E1/E2/E2-M4/BMCC-MFT/BMPCC/Kinefinity/BOSMA/Chronos/etc? I couldn't imagine ever discussing the history of MFT and not mentioning any of them at all!
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By John Matthews · Posted
I think most would agree that Panasonic's underperforming given their technology. Personally, I think they're in year 2 or 3 of a five year plan to find a direction for M43. M43 needs a smaller, great-performing body. This could be a money-maker opportunity for them. L-mount is their future, like it or not. They might not be that far off from the holy grail of the internal electronic ND filter. We'll see. If they can, it's not going to be with a Sony sensor. They'll need to design it themselves. I'm fully behind the idea that those Chinese Amazon specials are really just scammers/slave drivers and e-waste abusers. Amazon and/or government should crack down on them. It's not right or fair. They're taking massive amounts of money away from the camera industry and the used market. I do think there should be some cheaper options for consumers, but this is why we have used cameras. There are so many sub $100 cameras (with lenses too) out there with less than 10000 clicks on them. All of those blow away this unethical e-waste for photography; for video, use your phone.
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