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Only until the S1 mk2 / Z6 mk2 gets released a few months later....

A lot of what most everyone wanted improved on the X-T3 were features already on the X-H1. So I guess they decided they need only one professional stills/video hybrid moving forward that has everything, rather than artificially segment two flagships. I just hope it’s not too much more expensive than the X-T3... Maybe then they can beef up the X-T40 abut you close the gap that a supercharged X-T4 will make.

These staff comments give an insight into what it is like work for the camera companies and for those who stayed many years, how their career prospects fared. For Blackmagic and Canon around 40% of the reviews are very poor. Some real horror stories here... Blackmagic https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Blackmagic-Design-Reviews-E967090.htm "Not worth the free lunches" "The CEO boasts of running an efficient company thanks to its lack of middle-management, but from what I saw during my time there this is a lie. The department sits idle the majority of the time, paralysed due to the CEO's lack of time, and refusal to delegate any decision-making to the department heads. Projects are worked on in a completely linear, unconnected way due to his intractability, and inability of department heads to use their own experience to push work through. Despite having 30+ staff in the department, there is nothing on the walls, no brainstorming sessions, not even magazines or books to look through for inspiration. Competitor research is banned, and ideas are meant to just appear out of thin air. No market research, metrics or measuring of campaign effectiveness is done. Results are graded purely on the CEO's gut. Anyone with talent is marginalised in favour of the "old guard", which means nothing modernises or changes with regard to working practices or efficiencies. I saw this company repeatedly fire (sorry, "make redundant") their most productive and liked staff members without any explanation, plan or even apparent realisation of how integral they were to both the actual work and the working environment. God, the way they let them go was appalling too - so little respect or even understanding of what a redundancy process requires. Public floggings of reputations after staff have left the buildings are common, alongside grandstand speeches from the CEO which display his clear lack of knowledge of the departments day-to-day reality. They have no HR department, so mistreatment and inappropriate actions by senior staff are commonplace. Complaints cause much consternation within the management 'cabal' but really go nowhere as they aren't empowered are trained on how to deal with them. Promotions are really on the whim of the old guard, who will build a human shield around them that they can blame for their own failings. I know this sounds like the rantings of an incredibly bitter former employee, but I've waited a long time to write this review to ensure it wasn't written in the heat of the moment. If you're an Industrial Designer, then you'll be on a good wicket at BMD - that department is well resourced, well run and well respected within the company and by the CEO. But if you're unfortunate enough to be in the Marketing department, you will be the company whipping boys. Worked to the bone during tradeshows and product launches, and left to languish the rest of the time." Other reviews of Blackmagic follow similar lines: "Blackmagic Design has no HR department. Many young woman have been bullied to the point of quitting by their direct manager with no repercussions despite it being a known fact by other staff." ... On autocratic leadership: Very little opportunity to progress your career. You will sit at your desk and be given little chance to use your talents. Management motivated by self interest rather than shipping great products. Except for the CEO who is a talented product visionary but poor manager that rules with an iron fist. CEO can only concentrate on one thing at a time. If there is a problem somewhere, the rest of the company sits idle waiting to get decisions made. ... And complaints of a lads club culture: "Morale level of many people is rock bottom a lot of the time. If you're 'one of the lads' or 'one of the girls' then you stand a fighting chance. Definite lads club culture" ... And complaints from the sales office too: "Newer products not as innovative as they used to be. Wasteful of money. Sales offices being squeezed hard on margins. Most lower level employees complain of low salary." ... A member of staff in Singapore where Blackmagic manufactures the Pocket Cinema Cameras: "If you're younger and more capable the old vanguard will reduce your role and have you fired and ask you to quit... Good place to retire and leech money." ... A senior engineer in Melbourne complains: "I worked at Blackmagic Design full-time for more than 5 years... [Blackmagic has] a CEO who does not know how to manage a company and is a bit full of himself, now focused on solving "old" problems in media (albeit successfully.) There are a whole host of new problems upper management fails to see. Salaries are not competitive to industry standards (far low-end)." Canon https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Canon-Reviews-E3522_P6.htm Like Blackmagic, Canon has an overall review rating of 3/5 stars meaning that nearly half (40%) wouldn't recommend a job there to other people. A complaint that comes up at Canon time and time again is how slow the company runs, which perhaps explains their camera release strategy of the last few years. "If you don't want to get anything done in a hurry then this place is for you. There is a lot of red tape, unnecessary hoops to jump and inefficient meetings. HR don't protect employees so trust is a big issue here and need to be challenged... Pros - Working hours are good as you can leave at 5pm. ... Although the hours are typically 9-5 in the US at Canon, this review from the Melville, NY office complains of a lack of flexibility: "Working moms dropping off kids at daycare and need five minutes of flexibility? Forget it. Work from home ? Forget it? Take a late lunch so you can leave early? Nope. Ten minutes late due to a personal problem? You are on a LATE LIST subject to disciplinary action. Wanna take a coffee break? Nope---better be back in five minutes or less! Sandals in the summer? Better not show your toes! Wanna take a walk to stretch your legs? Nope. Considered AWAY FROM YOUR DESK and SUSPECT. Ridiculous rules from the 1950s." ... And there are complaints of a stubborn, risk averse culture: "Too conservative and stubborn. Unwilling to take risk, afraid of taking new challenges." ... But it gets far worse: "No core values. Fire you if you report sexual harassment. No loyalty from Company and you are treated as just a number." "Boys club at the top. A company that believes it's logo deserves respect." "Extremely cold environment and I’m not just talking about the air-conditioning. Stifling environment." "Worst company I have ever worked for!" "Pros: Good quality product in the camera division! Cons: - Poor senior leaders! - Poor Culture! - Very poor employee engagement! - Top Heavy! - Stuck in the past and still think they are market leaders! "Terrible creative thinking environment. Extreme hierarchy." "Camera company should be more creative and flexible to think about the next gen of photography market. The equipment itself is not important at all because more than 80% of people already have a camera on their hands in this era. To be survived, Canon should transformed more to be a photography and platform service company, not just a camera maker." ... But perhaps the most revealing review of Canon comes from their main US headquarters in Lake Success, New York: "Remember in college when the white kids and the black kids and asian kids all sat at different tables in the cafeteria? Well, here at Canon it's exactly like that. The Top Management Japanese congregate together, speaking Japanese. They are imported from Japan (expats) and get better benefits, pay, etc. They even have a separate benefits package. They email each other in Japanese and are even sat in the same cubicle areas together. "There is a Japanese side and American side. "All the lower employees are American, thus creating an atmosphere of gossip, backstabbing and jockeying for recognition from the Japanese. Middle Management try to secure their positions by limiting your access to upper management. Management tries to encourage an atmosphere of cooperation, all new employees are subjected to a week long brainwashing orientation, encouraging kyosei, teamwork and team spirit. Great philosphy, but you find that once you get back to your small cubicle, that other employees are not buying it. "Work load is tremendous and at the same time HR sends out numerous mandated online course requirements, with deadlines and even encourages you to complete them on your off time at home. In fact, certain courses are not allowed to be completed during work hours!!!! and you are not paid for this. Also, imagine working for a camera company and not being able to buy one for a discounted price? "They run "camera" sales for only certain models at only 1 -2 times a year for 2 weeks. However, the Spring sale was cancelled unexplained.... I needed a camera and bought a Nikon. 🤣😂 "How stupid of management not to promote their camera through their employees. Big lost opportunity. Also Japanese renegs on the "rewards". About 100 people given rewards for outstanding performance with a trip to Japan, but after a month, half were told that they couldn't go and perhaps they would go next year.... huh? What if you're not here next year! Bogus. Cafeteria closes sharply at 9am! and 2pm to encourage you to go back to your desk. Arcane software that was written by Canon for their operations in 1982 and is still being used. Original programmers from Japan was called back 2008 to "retool" the software because of its bugs, redundancies and basic uselessness. Advice to Management: Stop importing your top management with Japanese expats. They don't know the culture, speak the language well enough. New expats rotate every 2-3 years so you have lower management training top management all the time, causing resentment and ineffectiveness. Of course not all the reviews are poor for Blackmagic and Canon...But the figure of 40% very poor reviews doesn't reflect well at all. When spending such a large amount of money regularly on these brands, I want to know it is going to support an ethical workplace where staff are treated with respect. A LOT of room for improvement, I think.

If Panasonic can ever get their auto focus together 🤔

Man this camera is going to be a banger. Can we get ProRes 10-bit 422 and a mini-XLR on this thing, or is that a dream to far?

That's why I said GHx and SxH cameras. If you care about photography so much that a moderate hit in quality in extreme conditions bother you then buy a Panasonic G9 / S1R instead

10-bit 422 internally is a must from now on for any higher end mirrorless body. I’d much rather have that than 5.5k raw.

Fuji made this X100V advert featuring an artist who breaks Japanese social norms. They pulled it due to adverse hysteria on the internet (not real world) His technique (filmed from 00:45 in the video above) produces very interesting art with the best intention... Documenting the normal in a cinematic way. If the subject sees the end result, they'd approve 9/10... But in the moment, it just seems intrusive and a bit weird. Poor them. Their poor feelies, big frowny face, boo hoo! What a violation of privacy, blah blah blah. Art is bigger than that I'm afraid. Dear Fujifilm. Put the ad back up and stand behind your artist! His work: https://www.tatsuosuzuki.com DPReview pixel peeper comments (gives me a fucking headache) https://***URL removed***/news/6165309898/fujifilm-pulls-controversial-x100v-promo-video-due-to-the-featured-photographer-method

I'd rather not feed that (tag 'childish' and my name and you'll easily find it though), hence that trailer... ; ) title's not innocent either ; -) Robert 'Butch' Haynes : Hey, you ever ridden in a time machine before? Phillip 'Buzz' Perry : [shakes his head] Robert 'Butch' Haynes : Well sure you have, what do you think this is? Phillip 'Buzz' Perry : A car. Robert 'Butch' Haynes : You're looking at this thing bass-ackward, this is a twentieth century time machine. I'm the captain, [taps Phillip on the head] Robert 'Butch' Haynes : your the navigator. Now out there that's the future [points out front windshield] Robert 'Butch' Haynes : , back there, [taps on the rear view mirror then points out the back windshield] Robert 'Butch' Haynes : well that's the past. If life's moving too slow, you wanna project yourself into the future just step on the gas right here, [steps on the gas pedal] Robert 'Butch' Haynes : see? [giggles] Robert 'Butch' Haynes : If you wanna slow her down, well hell you just step on the brake here and you slow her down. [car comes to a stop] Robert 'Butch' Haynes : This is the present Phillip, enjoy it while it lasts. E : -)

I don't recall that. If there is a link, please post it. Thanks!

Two of my fav cam companies. Don't want to add a negative vibe on here. Do you remember when I was somehow reprehended to eventually embarrass BMD staff over here...? ; -)

None of this is surprising. This is what you get when you have narrow minds at the top. Hope the employees are not suffering too much. It's obvious that BM's CEO has one of those typical personalities that adores "ID" -- which means that he has a pedestrian view of design and that his company puts stylishness/form over function. That attitude shows in their cameras, as almost every model has at least one major functional design blunder. We've seen this malady in other organizations, such as Apple. Stylishness can certainly sell products regardless of functionality (or regardless of the lack of functionality), but sometimes stylishness isn't enough (AJA Cion). Of course, the fact that BM's cameras are priced lower than their competition doesn't hurt their sales. There's no question that, performance-wise, BM cameras are one of the best values in the market. The BM CEO (and other manufacturers) need to realize that function should rule completely over stylishness in the professional camera market. Is the Alexa Mini stylish? ... how about the Sony F35? ... the Panavision Millennium? None of these cameras would be highlights at fashion shows, yet they all function well and can produce exquisite images. Let's say that BM offered a second version of the BMPCC6K with a non-stylish, blocky, but more streamlined form -- like the Kini-Mini. Both versions have the same capabilities, except that the second, blocky version also featured a shallow, interchangeable lens mount (with EF lenses performing just as well as on the original BMPCC6K). Both cameras have the same price. Now, which would you prefer: the original stylish BMPCC6K; or the second, blocky but more streamlined and versatile version? By the way, the BM CEO boasted that his company produced the BMCC because none of the camera companies would listen to their requests in camera features. Ironically, BM exhibits more hubris and "NIH" syndrome than any other camera company that I have encountered. They are dismissive and condescending regarding outside suggestions, and they don't take criticism very well. In regards to Canon, who would have thought they were steeped in corporate BS? /s Go to the Canon booth at a trade show and see how one of their sales people react to the mention of MagicLantern promoting their brand by unlocking amazing features in their cameras. I have heard nothing but hostility from Canon regarding ML.

My wife and I shot a doc with the G85 as the b-cam, was not disappointed at all. If I was told to go out in the field and use this as my only camera, I'd be okay with that.

@androidlad Any chance of improved rolling shutter performance on the updated sensor?

The Isco 2000 is not focused to infinity by default so it requires modding. I sold all of my Isco 2000's before single focus solutions were a thing, so I never tried it.

I have a 27-inch 2019 iMac and it's no problem cutting 4k50p 10bit footage. I think it's mostly 200mbps Long GOP. In Premiere, it can run very smooth on 'Full' quality even with a light grade in Film Convert, so I guess 60p would also be no problem, especially if you knock it to 1/2 while editing.

10-bit internal C-Log, IBIS, and 4K no crop with decent rolling shutter And DPAF and I’m in for less than $4K. Dont care about 8K. 5.5K RAW is a “nice to have” but mostly likely impractical with media storage costs but could change.

This is sounding way more like an X-H2 than an X-T4.

For sure it's going to work. One thing to note is that adding anything in front of your scope will make it less sharp, a vari-diopter will also make it less sharp.

Interesting numbering going on... R6 = aka 6D / low-light, 20 megapixel-ish body R5 = aka 5D / higher res all-rounder So Canon is sticking to their lucky numbers, with same meaning. I await the R1 (pro sports body for speed), and R7 (high-end APS-C)

I'm also a fan of the g80. Got it for 400eur, been using it for 2 years I think, previously had the Samsung NX1 and still sometimes use it. But most of the time it's sitting in the bag, because of how much more versatile the g80 is to me. I also don't think it can be beaten for the price. The ibis is just awesome, 4k is great, the crop doesn't bother me nearly close to what I thought it would. 1080p is usable (very similar to a6300), not great, but that's subjective probably because of the NX1 I have, which has amazing 1080p. I really like how the camera handles highlights, much better than the NX1. For 300 I would be tempted to grab another one 😄 Here's a music video I shot last year with the g80 and NX1. Everything is handheld with just the camera, no rigs, 1080p 50 fps g80 with 25mm f1.7, except for some 100fps shots of the NX1 and Canon FD 35 f2 and 50 f1.4.

Only available in virtual reality?

Slowmotion with autofocus, main reason why I'm still with Sony

Maybe a chance for Canon to get back on top with the EOS R5 or R6? 10bit internal, raw internal, Canon colours, and that ND filter wheel = why bother with A7S?

Goal is to buy nothing but lights this year. I have a great image maker already, and access to other cameras. I really just need to up my lighting skills and kit. I'll see if I can stick to it.

Another excellent release from media division. His stuff is on the level with most TV show productions in all honesty. Same length too.

1) True. 2) Well, the LCD screen is so bad, it's probably a good thing that the LCD screen doesn't flip out. Helps prevent you from being blinded by the sun reflecting off the mirror-like LCD screen surface of the a6500. 3) Actually, a6500 has a mic input (but no headphone jack) and the preamps are pretty good. Not spectacular, but pretty good. And the a6500 also has the multi-interface shoe so you can use a Sony mic in the hotshoe and connect directly that way, since you know as well as anybody that the BEST mic placement for good audio is on the top of the camera

I don't know why people didn't reacted on my post, not a big deal, the important thing is really how Canon is confident and how excited they are about their new products. I've never seen it (from them) before.