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From new thread recently opened by Don (thanks @webrunner5) I found this interesting release: https://www.43rumors.com/kamlan-announced-two-new-mft-lenses-50mm-f-1-1-and-28mm-f-1-8/ https://www.sainsonic.com/collections/manual-prime-lens/products/zonlai-22mm-f1-8-large-aperture-manual-focus-lens-prime-lens https://www.sainsonic.com/collections/manual-prime-lens/products/kamlan-28mm-f-1-4-standard-prime-lens https://www.sainsonic.com/collections/manual-prime-lens/products/kamlan-50mm-f1-1-prime-lens Take a look on this 9-months teaser...

https://www.ephotozine.com/article/sainsonic-kamlan-50mm-f-1-1-lens-review-31408 Kai tested it as well

I keep hearing how everybody just comments on trivial things and complains these days so I thought I'd go ahead and make a thread where I post my creative videos (maybe some of my paid stuff too). I make video's on a fairly frequent basis, so I thought it could merit a thread. Anyways here is a short I posted on youtube recently. I am liking the super short video format lately. Have a bunch of 1 minute short projects planned for this month (for the film riot competition).

If you have ever taken a photo on a street or made a video in public, the European Union is opening you up to copyright claims by - get this - the owners of advertisement posters, shop fronts and building facades, as well as GDPR privacy violation claims from the general public. Is this the beginning of the end?! Read the full article

Very, very good video.

I note some error from your keyboard though, Don... you mean "...Arri Alexa image quality..." instead? LOL ; -)

We surely didn't think we were going to get an Arri Alexa build quality, specs wise for 1300 bucks including Studio Resolve did we LoL.

Sounds like we're getting too spoiled these days.

Just can’t believe how cheap this camera is. Pop it in a cage (I’ve got the 8Sinn one) and it feels absolutely fine. And it’s still cheap!

Yeah I was actually thinking about getting a Oly EM1 mk II for some birding, photography work. Probably the Nikon D500 would be better, but man so big on the lens side compared to m4/3. Even a Fuji XT-3 might work, but i have no lenses for one, and it has no IBIS like the Oly. But I am going to hold off and see what it ends up being and costing. Interesting to say the least.

I would imagine over 90% of the people that buy the camera will leave it on the default settings. I wrote about that in another thread. The average person doesn't know shit about CS and Luts, Raw, on and on. They just turn it on in auto mode and away they go, especially in Video mode. And 98% shoot JPEG so that is auto mode also. That is the Factory CS. And that is what they like or they would have bought another brand. I would bet 99% of people Never change anything on an iPhone Photo, Video wise other than maybe from 4K to 1080p or vice versa. Turn it on and go. And on a iPhone, Apple has it down to a tee right out of the box for damn near perfect stuff right OOC. Heck even I probably shoot 95% of the time in dummy mode on my iPhone. When I want to get the best I use Filmic Pro, but not very often to be honest. Stuff is damn good now right out of camera on most of them. They know what the clients want, and they deliver.

All cameras have their own character, what a person should understand first is that we see results in front of a Monitor (many times it's cheap) ... So the result is compromised by the monitor, as well as the display software (vlc is correct), a good video card, etc ... To demonstrate this in the link, the colorist uses Eizo pro series ... This is to say that the tests are useless because each of us has very different equipment and tastes not comparable with each other, but even the final result can be comparable starting from the same camera. To tell the truth I do not find any camera with the wrong colors, different, but corrected in post, through a good monitor. I shoot with Sony A7rII and I have a Lg31 and a BenQ 27 ...

Dedicated server will be more expensive when you run into problems you cannot solve. I monitor and fix servers for corporations and you get these problems: hardware failures or O/S problems or you cannot access your server remotely to fix it (requires a visit to a DC if you want to do it cheaply, rate for remote hands fix is over 100gbp/hr and you have to buy and ship the part to the DC if it is a hardware problem. Check the cost of the parts for the dedicated server you are buying. O/S troubleshooting if something stops working, well, if you can fix it yourself then that is fine, some problems are easy to fix but if you cannot fix it then you have to pay someone or learn how to fix it. If you do not mind having your server down for long periods of time and spending days/weeks learning how to fix an issue then fine. I am not even mentioning standard things like patching stuff that messes things up occasionally and application troubleshooting. If it is just for sharing videos for micro public/friends it might work but forget the exposure you get by using big established sites. With cloud storage you just do not care about those things. Just to give you a picture. There is a DC team of several people fixing issues and separate teams handling issues that can be fixed remotely in the background all the time 24/7/365. General overview: dedicated server = most control = most problems. VM = A lot of control and at least you do not have to worry about the Layer 1 (hardware). Cloud = least control. Ideally to compete with Vimeo you build your own network with dedicated servers, your own VMs in your own cloud and on top of it you build a web application to access it from the Internet by people

Yeah that Gaming Box is a great buy for what they are. Turns a mediocre computer into a really decent rig. Sounds like a winner.

I have an external GPU for my laptop. I added this to speed up rendering video files in Adobe Premiere Pro, once I started working with H.265 HEVC about a year ago. It made a huge improvement in the time rendering files when doing export media in Adobe Premiere Pro. My system: Lenovo Yoga 920-131Kb, 16 GB Ram, Intel i7-8550U, CPU 1.80 GHz - 1.99 GHz, Quad Core, x-64 bit processor. Internal GPU is on the motherboard. Intel UHD Graphics 620. EGPU is Aorus Gaming Box with NVIDIA 1080 GTX graphics card, 8 GB Ram. Very portable system, works well with Adobe Premiere Pro CC, H.265 HEVC files. All of it no more than one year old. Have a few scratch disks including external Samsung 1 TB SSD plus internal SSD hard drive, 4 K screen on the laptop plus 40" 4K Samsung TV for an external monitor. The TV is not very portable, of course. Everything else can go on the plane easily in my carry-on.

Yeah you look at this graph and it is sucking hind tit pretty bad. Well it is actually F ing Terrible. ? I really doubt if you have that GPU on a mother board that motherboard is going to be worth anything on upgrading to a better GPU. But you seem to have a pretty good CPU on it so maybe it might work? What type of Ram you using? 16 Gig is probably enough for now if it is good, newer spec Ram. And the new GPU Needs to have at least 6gb of ram. 4gb doesn't cut it for 4K stuff in these days. More Cuda Cores is what really makes GPU's kick ass. https://benchmarks.ul.com/hardware/gpu/AMD+Radeon+HD+6450+review

Prores data rates are based on the frame rate and resolution. 24 fps 1080p is 117 Mb/s on normal prores, or about 3x the data rate you have. That means you would need about 11.1 TB to store it. Prores lt is smaller. If i were you, i would convert one or two files and judge the quality difference yourself, but i imagine its fairly similar.

Very well @andrgl, it is the second time at least (I only recall my positive remark on Sareesh aka wolfcrow you certainly don't share) you downvote me from your customary reaction towards some members over here when you don't like anything, so I suggest you spill the beans this time... I am all ears to see your visual : D and factual evidence that we can't have hope on Panasonic firmware updates or you will only downvote me once again instead...? LOL : ) PS: Because if it is for my OT discussion with @thebrothersthre3 once you've downvoted his entries as well or you are virgin over there as we all : -D let me remind you something to our -- mine and his defense in behalf of the fact that P4K is the resurrection of MFT to mismatch the Northrup's death proclamation ; ) I see nothing but useful to not presume the Queen of the format (GH series) is already outdated. Even Fuji's for its price range and segment, let alone questions on reliability and so on, they also converge to be related to this new Pocket 4K camera, obviously (just my 2 cents, fellow : -)

I noticed today that when using the external usb C drive (at least mine) it takes some seconds before it is available to record on. After booting/turning on the camera! The more full the ssd is, the longer it takes. With 350GB occupied it takes the camera around 6s extra to calculate available recording time and indexing clips or something. So the 3-4s startup time suddenly gets 2-3x longer. That should (hopefully)be fixable with a firmware update. is the behaviour the same on big SD/CF cards? Update: My ssd is ExFat formatted, Will try with HFS+ and report back it it acts different.

I was as well but I left as Auto focus wasn't good enough for me. Their bodies were really great though. Can't beat the feel and size of the GH5. The GH4 was really nice too.

Thanks @dslnc, my next purchase! : -) ...and end of crying babies over here whining on lack of power solutions (doesn't make any sense) Anyways, much better to put a few inside your bag or pocket, than actually this -- at least to me: (for continuous recording take a look on the first page of this thread!)

Funny, I think exactly the opposite. This camera is already outdated from the scratch... Remember, it is MFT : D Well, to my eyes otherwise, it will be much hard to be beaten. To take the previous example(s), not even when BMD will launch a substitute ; -) I never had a single problem with Panasonic gear BTW... I guess that's why I don't mind to be called a Panny fanboy : -D

I've heard reports of Canon and Sony cameras dying abruptly too. I am not really worried though. I always bring back ups in case of such a thing. I've heard of RED cameras abruptly going bad, its just the nature of tech IMO. If you really need 100% reliability you just have to be prepared for such a break down. I guess its always possible that your main camera and 2 back ups all break down, but its a freak of nature. I'll definitely be getting the BMP 4K though I feel like it will be outdated in a short period of time. I guess that is the case with all cameras though.

To me IQ and reliability is everything I guess we can't complain about ; -)

The image is there. Definitely. Good ISO performance too. We all are going to buy one. This is going to be a standard in our trade, either as A, or B, or special cam, or whatever. Also one can adapt whatever lens, so anything is possible. With 1500 total money you have everything you need.

Sure, even though fair reports on lack of reliability for X-T3 should concern much more than plastic because it doesn't look like very likely PRO... Sigh : ) I am a PRO because that's what I proudly do for living from a plastic camera ! This even makes me a better PRO... LOL

Well of course. I don't think the body being cheap is uneducated though. You could take bodies in the same price range that are much nicer. But yes its a revolutionary camera. You can say the same about the GH5 though or the Fuji XT3 etc...

People tend to forget when this same camera outcome didn't exist at all for any price actually... Nothing at all. Closer only into the $100,000 realm without mention studio recorder and player to add a post production suite to double or triple the six digits investment. I am just done with so picky and uneducated complaints. People need to get scope before start shooting without perspective at all from absolute ignorance, bad memory or simply lighthearted distortion of reality.

Batteries: I bought two Dynacore LP-E6 batteries however they last less than the BM battery since they are 7,2V / 1800mAh / 12,96Wh and not 7,4V / 2000mAh / 14,8Wh as the BM battery. So they last less. Buy quite a bit. At least it feels like that. Not recommended (the shop recommended them for the BMPCC4K so I didn't double check the specs...) However at least they show linear % value in the camera ( not like the BM battery that gives a super odd and jumpy readout without % ) Thinking of trying this: (25% extra capacity than the BM battery) https://www.amazon.com/Opteka-2600mAh-Capacity-Battery-Digital/dp/B00CHT37LQ Storage: Besides a couple of 64GB V90 sd cards (great for up to 4K DCI 25fps prores HQ/ 1080p120 prores HQ) I have a Sandisk Extreme portable SSD 500GB. It works great with raw as well up to 4K DCI 60fps 3:1 raw without dropped frames. (400+MB/s write speed)

I just did a quick search on dedicated servers & pricing. Prices start from 8 bucks/month to 100 for a dedicated server (dual core Atom, 2 TB of storage and unmetered traffic for the cheapest option) and there is also the solution of a virtual machine where your data are being copied to different machines and stay intact in case of a hardware failure. You can rent a virtual machine with 18 bucks/month for 100GB of storage (again with unmetered traffic and 100mbps speeds). It seems like a solid solution. A little more expensive than vimeo but definitely cheaper than Wistia, Vzaar etc. You can always split the cost between associates. We just did a test by uploading an HD clip on our site's host and playing it through a free video plugin for wordpress and it worked fine. The video plays instantly (i can't say this for vimeo) and you can upload three different versions for different devices.

Sorry to hear that. Had to change all my project's extensions once. Couldn't find a workaround.

Are we judging what people do with their free time and their money? Do we criticize a man taking photos of his family? This is not a wide-forum phenomena, we can not characterize a whole forum for some immature people's comments, especially when other forum members talked back with common sense.

I don't think that Graphic Card is going to get the job done especially doing 4K.

A few SOOC frames from the a73 using EOSHD Pro color. Lens is Tamron 28-75/2.8. Chris

I just did 8 hour event with ronin-s and a7iii Quite tiring!

They try everywhere to stop you. I have been challenged several times even in Texas. In most Texas cities, there is an unlimited right to film or photograph in a public place. But there are numerous busybodies out there who come up and ask, "Do you have a permit?". My first reply now is, "And you are...?". If they actually have some authority, I answer yes and refer them to a city official who actually knows what the rules are. If they interfere with my process, I call the police. If the police give me trouble, I refer them to their police legal advisor, which every Texas city has. When a logo is prominent in the background, I take it out in post. First, it seems like common courtesy, and second, why should I provide free marketing?

Yeah I actually laughed when the Canon came in last yet was voted to have potentially the best. Michael the Maven always does blind color test when comparing cameras. Good comment someone left on the video "This is a great video, really shows that people are loyal to the brand, not the color!" Can't wait to hear/read all of the salt and anger this video brings.

But you illustrate a good point. Lots and lots of shooters aren't good colorists, for various reasons. That's why good color science can be very helpful for some people.

Yeah, that video is interesting.. that's a few from him I've found useful

The last update brought some new outcome from there: Interesting approach... this last one up there BTW ; -)

Wow. The EU are so progressive...

Although already posted in the other thread, seems interesting to add it here on topic as well: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00S5FN0UO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_ARn1Bb6FDE4NS https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Replacement-Coupler-Battery-Cameras-ACK-E6-Dual-USB/dp/B07C3FP2FL/ Some other useful information: Some other V-mount plate: https://www.indiproco.com/v-mount-battery-mounting-plates-with-15mm-rod-system/v-mount-plate-to-canon-lp-e6-dummy-battery/ And now chargers: (posted earlier by BTM_Pix now with link) https://www.ravpower.com/ravpower-lpe6-camera-battery-charger-2000mah.html & https://www.tomtop.com/pt/p-d4656-1us.html Some other one by courtesy of BTM_Pix: Once here by the way, last but not least, affordable cage solutions to accessorize it on budget: https://www.smallrig.com/search.php?search_query=pocket+4k

I think this camera is a disaster, except for the fact that it makes the best looking footage. Best color, best tonality, but the specs are terrible. I guess if all you care about is the best looking footage then it's great.

Heard there's some problem with the Atomos and Fujifilm with using vlog and lut. I think there's a thread here and dvxuser about that. Can't confirm though but just a heads up

Indeed. Even though the results I've seen they have impressed me. They should be working hard to address the issue, isn't it? No GH5 here now. It only remains my four G7 units, so I am unable to see by myself. Hey, I am a believer, though! : -)

Sure, if someone shows the GH5 beating an XT3 or A7III I'll believe it. However just because panasonic releases a new firmware addressing auto focus doesn't automatically make me think its now operating as well as the two previously mentioned cameras. They've already made like 3 firmware updates addressing auto focus.

Nothing against. Let's put our money where evidence is, though : ) I'd sincerely appreciate to see AF comparatives. People talk, talk but from theoretical presumptions... Facts are beyond that.

There is such a thing as a logical assumption. The XT3 has better high speed video then the GH5 or S, so I am content regardless.

And today? ; ) Well, 2 million dollars won't make that 100 bucks dinner less expensive than your million... ; -)

None of the tests I've seen show auto focus that compares to Sony or Fuji. So there is no reason to believe a contrast detect system is going to magically beat systems that have inherently superior hybrid contrast/phase systems in them, especially in low contrast or back lit situations. The last firmware I had on my GH5 was a lot better, usable at least. But its way behind the fuji. Its not prejudice. A system with only contrast detection is lesser technology then one that has both.