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Just had it powered up and walking round the house filming absolutely nothing. - Easy to use and setup. Menu’s are well organised. - The touch function to change settings like frame rates is incredible. I hated this on the EVA1. It felt like an eternity! This is super fast. - Digital IS is actually very impressive! On my Sigma 18-35 it was very steady. - DPAF works well with the standard EF adapter and my Sigma. Not quite as snappy as my Sony A7SIII does wish native glass but very, very usable. Only bad thing is it makes quite a bit of noise when changing focus. I can’t afford RF yet. - Sometimes like you get with IBIS, with DIS the image doesn’t feel robotic. Looks natural. - Some of the buttons are hard to reach with your right hand on the grip. Maybe I’ll loosen the strap more. - The joystick takes some getting used to. I keep making navigation mistakes. - With an EF lens like Sigma 18-35, somehow I felt the focus ring was too far for me to reach when hand holding. I think this is just that I’m used to other cameras, and this form factor is new so I just need to adjust. - More pleasurable time hold than the A7SIII, however I’m still stunned what that tiny body can do! - Camera doesn’t feel heavy at all with lens and battery. They’ve done a great job.

I got my R5 10 days ago and did many tests and then did 3 photo shootings and 1 photo + video, here my observation so far: Regarding the photo part is simply the best camera I had so far, very good resolution, AF, FPS, very quick in all the operations. The EVF is quite good but could be even better in term of color representation there is quite a bit difference between the EVF and the LCD. EVF with a bit more res would also be good. The 1DX III is still better in initial AF acquisition, panning fast and balance with big lenses as with the 200-400 is not that great with the R5 probably a battery grip would help. For the rest the R5 is better. Need to do a side by side scaled down at 20mpix on high iso to see if there is an advantage on the 1Dx there. On 1-1 pixel noise is better on the 1Dx but equalized not sure the difference is so big. On the video side 8K RAW is just incredible and a tad better than 5.5K 1DX RAW, good RS, good DR and great sharpness. 8K RAW is easier to edit in Resolve than 4k h265 10 bit… form factor is great and for gimbal is perfect with the swivel lcd. VND adapter is just so much more practical that front screw ND and VND. Not telling something new here. AF is also great, animal AF is ok with horses but not great did not test with other animals yet. Did test on the Ronin S with IBIS on and off and definitely with on is better still sometimes I have the impression is fighting a bit against each other but need to test more. Strangely the wifi live view on the R5 there is way less latency and more fps than the 1Dx III, the app is the same but is much more usable. 1Dx is basically unusable. For the photo plus video I did ca. 45 min of pictures (380 frames taken) and then switched to video and did capture around 18 min of 8K RAW in the remaining 1h in 1-5 min takes. Had to change the battery almost at the end and no sign of overheating but condition were ideal 12 c°. I did not turn off the camera between takes but I had the LCD timeout set at 1min. Things that they should improve via firmware: The resolution/framerate menu I thought it was better than the 1Dx but actually is bad as if you have on or off the high quality mode it blocks out thing. Why on earth I cannot move from 8k RAW to 4K HQ directly there. The 120fps should also be there and not a separate menu. Zebras and peaking cannot be active at the same time Zebras are not available in 8K RAW with Log on, it is with Log off Histogram while recording would be good but still is not for Canon, even better vectorscopes Clog 2 & 3 as promised Cinema RAW Light as promised (here I expect 20-30% size reduction) H265 10bit 4:2:0 or XF-AVC for easier editing HFR should be with audio and not already conformed to 25 or 30 fps You should be able to assign the audio gain to one of the settings wheels, really annoying that you need to press q, press the audio chart and then you can use the wheel. Improve further the overheating issue Things that could be better but not fixable via firmware : No overheating at all Bigger LCD Even less latency and more fps over wifi I would prefer a dedicated switch for video/photo, only button that you can assign for quick switch is the m-fn VND Adapter should have a way to lock the wheel it is a bit too easy to bump on it Full or at least mini hdmi instead of micro one I would prefer dual CFexpress but I get why they put and SD instead Some frames grab

It’s arrived. Just charging batteries but first impressions of the body... - Great form factor, makes total sense although could be nice to have a compact EVF somewhere. - It’s much more lightweight than I thought. Doesn’t feel that much heavier than the A7SIII. - Body is solid, but the material is definitely a bit more budget than other C-series. - LCD is larger than I thought, although it’s on the flimsy side. - Button layout is great. Everything is there although the “media” button is almost impossible to press with your right hand on the grip. - The top handle is neat however the texture feels weird. Others might not mind, but I think I’ll have to wrap some extra material round it, haha. In conclusion, Canon have stripped back the premium feel a little to give us a camera with great features at a great price point. The form factor makes sense and they’ve done a great job of fusing these bodies together. Now, let’s see how it does on the field.

Actually, a correction: ARM is not making these chips for Apple. ARM actually doesn't make chips at all, they license their designs in two distinct ways. The first way is licensing a full design of an actual chip, so all someone like HTC or LG has to do is pay the licensing rights, send the design to a Fab (where chips are built) and they are done. The second (and much less common way) is that they license what's called an "ISA" (Instruction Set Architecture), which is basically (to put it simply) the words/instructions that the "language" of an ARM architecture speaks, and then someone like Apple can license this ISA and then design and implement its own chips designs *from scratch* implementing the ISA, and this is where things get interesting as Apple has world-class leading-edge engineers designing from ground zero its own chips. So although Apple's chips are "ARM-based", they are not the generic chips most other manufacturers buy, and this is where Apple shines. A great thing about this approach (which as you can imagine, is very expensive) is that Apple can modify the chip as fit, and add all the extra circuitry to it to optimize it for specific things (like macOS acceleration, encryption in real-time, video encoding and decoding, Machine Learning, etc). Bottom line: Even if you try to compare two ARM-derived chips running at the same frequency between say a generic Android device and an Apple-designed one, it is highly-likely that Apple's chips will be more efficient in real-world terms. For those interested in this topic I wrote a lengthly article about Apple Silicon. I offer below the original link (in Spanish) and the Google-translated version of it in english (the translation is surprisingly good): http://eliax.com/index.cfm?post_id=11569 https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Feliax.com%2Findex.cfm%3Fpost_id%3D11569 Hope that explains a bit what's going on here (as a Microprocessor Engineer and Computer Scientist I know a bit about these things and the industry as a whole, and love to share my knowledge in layman terms).

It was also shot on the R5, so its hard to judge the C70 on this video. I'm not sure which clip is which, when watching on via YouTube on my phone. Some colours look great, others less so. Some handle highlights better than others.

Sorry my first sentence wasn't clear. ARM outsources its production and designs chips. Apple Silicon uses elements of a the ARM architecture, but the chip is designed by Apple. For those who are quoting specs like "only 16gb of RAM" and you cannot add more, I don't think it matters quite as much because everything (CPUs, GPUs, and RAM) are located on the M1 chip itself, rendering the chip much more effective at handling processes. Also, RAM and SSDs are becoming closer and closer to similar speeds. In short, this would not stop me from buying one of these machines. Remember what Alan Kay once said: “People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.” This had been quoted by Steve Jobs many times. A slower spect machine can outperform the higher spect machine, given optimized software. I'm not a Apple software fanboy, as they've dumbed-down so many of their products in recent years, making them much less capable (i.e. FaceTime, iTunes), but they'll always have a serious advantage over Wintel and AMD, especially performance per watt.

This process has been happening for 8+ years. iOS and OS X have essentially merged. OS X is no more. It is now MacOS and it shares architecture more in common with iOS. Apple is the master at architecture changes. They’ve done 3 in the past 15 years. PowerPC -> Intel -> ARM. They have had universal binaries for years now starting back to the PowerPC to Intel switch. Universal binaries ship native code for both architecture in one “app bundle”. The result is native performance. For app developers that don’t recompile their code to universal will have to use Rosetta to translate the code on the fly. This sounds bad, but it ties into their “clang” JIT compiler that have been developing for years. It’s world class and one of the fastest JIT compilers in development. Apples move to Apple Silicon is very much been in play for many years and finally a return to Apple developing both hardware and software from the ground up. Which can be good and bad depending on your perspective (increased performance versus lock-in). I am quite impressed with Apple’s stead fast march from acquiring an ARM cpu chipset developer to now leading the world in designing the fastest ARM cpus out there. Fast enough to blow past even Intels best desktop CPUs at a quarter of the power and thermal envelop. Pretty amazing win for Apple and RISC-based ARM CPUs.

After using my old one for 4 years I replaced my 13" MBP with a new one only a few months ago. I did this deliberately, knowing that the new architecture was coming, because I didn't want to be a beta tester. I haven't read in detail what was in the announcement, but assuming that it was anything close to what was predicted, it's an interesting thing. The things I think are most interesting are that by transitioning all the Apple hardware to ARM: they can optimise the hell out of everything as they'll have control over the whole software/hardware stack it essentially merges the hardware platforms of phones/tablets/computers, meaning that they would go to one App Store, app developers only have to write one version of the apps instead of two all iPhone/tablet apps could be run natively on the computers potentially all the computer apps would be able to be run on iPhone/tablets The reason I waited is that it also means that they'll have to re-write OSX from the ground up, potentially putting into place a huge backlog of fundamental architecture changes that have been accumulating since OSX went to a unix platform, which is going to be a huge and very messy process. Also, that means that every OSX program will have to be re-written, or will have to run in an emulator. That's not something I want to beta test on something as sensitive to performance as video editing. The end-game of this technology choice is that your phone will become your computer. I've said this before, but imagine coming home, taking your phone out of your pocket and dock it which provides power and also connects it to your monitors / peripherals / eGPU / storage arrays and it goes into 'desktop' mode and becomes a 'PC'. This might sound like science fiction, but I've seen someone actually do this years ago running linux on an Android device - it had tablet mode and desktop mode, similar to how modern laptops with touchscreens now have a tablet mode and a pc mode. Modern processors are good at being efficient while they sit almost idling in the background, but then turn into screaming power-thirsty race-horses when asked to do something huge (anyone that has had their phone crash will know it can drain the battery before you even notice that anything is wrong). When you dock it then full-power becomes available and only cooling may be a limiting factor. The other aspect that supports this is the external processing architecture that has been worked out. OSX supports having many eGPUs and Resolve will happily use more than one, although currently you don't get much improvement by having more than a few of them. It's not inconceivable that in future an eGPU will be available that will appear to the OS as a small cluster of eGPUs, and the computer simply becomes a controller. When I studied computer science we programmed software for a couple of toroidal clusters, one of which had 2048 CPUs (IIRC). The architecture is getting there and video processing and graphics is a perfect application for it as you can just divide up the screen, or separate tasks such as decompressing video / rendering the UI / scaling the video / doing VFX processing / colour grading / etc.

I agree. @IronFilm will give us some insights we may have missed. I do with it had a fint little LCD. It makes me worried about battery life or some other things one needs to check. Probably which track is being played back or something else.

I wouldn't call it a hidden cost, your gonna need NDs with any camera that doesn't have them internally. Its just about getting the best ones for the camera!

I have managed to shoot just fine with the internal battery, metabones speed booster and EF lenses, recording to cast cards. I also rig mine up for professional work to record to SSD via Tilta cables and rig, which has never once let me down. And the SSD drive is so much quicker to download or even work from if needed. Plus storage space saves so much hassle. The image and editing workflow with BRAW puts it miles ahead of other cameras with H264 or even worse H265, both in adjusting exposure and colour. Evem today, working with both BRAW and H264, I struggle to accept the limitations of H264. The BM image is so much more gorgeous to work with. In an ideal World I would own several C300, but I don't live in that World. For me, the BM Pockets are the next best alternative. Combine BRAW with Davinci Resolve and you have a wonderful setup for filming and editing. Its not perfect. Nothing is. There are some risks, but I've shot over a hundred of Weddings with them plus countless Corporate shoots and not had an issue that has prevented me from getting the footage I needed.

Yeah I mean Z-cam is doing it almost. They just need their E-ND to be widely available.

Plus I think the S5 really has the nicest image on the block atm

Another example. There are tons of hidden costs and not even Black Magic documents issues like the IR pollution. True, but all of those cameras are ergonomically beautifully designed. Even a simple Bolex has a view finder, drop in NDs (which Canon just now is utilizing 60 years later,) and 50d stock that make shooting in daylight actually possible at a reasonable shutter speed without NDs. For better or for worse, the Black Magic pocket cameras are very much a stripped down sensor in a box. If it had NDs, XLR, a flip screen, and a view finder, it would cost just as much as the C200. This sounds like I am anti Black Magic. I'm not. I own the Micro and the original pocket. Both are beautiful cameras, but have lots of flaws and quirks that took me a while to adapt to. The studio I work for has two C300 Mk2s and they're about 100x easier to setup and operate.

I guess more information on the SoC will slowly start trickling in, and we'll know specs and performance figures. I am guessing their graphics processing should be enough for most tasks too. I personally want a huge tablet (18 inch?) on which desktop grade editing would be possible. Retina means it's a fancy name for not even giving customers 1080p and covering it with wordplay. That was smart, but dishonest.

@Emanuel That looks great!

I posted some frames above. The one in the middle is the R5. I am almost certain. The color is more accurate and the skin tones pop without the need to shift everything towards red/pink. (look at the dress.) No. I notice the exact same issue with the C300 Mk3 as well. (same sensor.) I though this example was pretty nice. The skin tones look very clean. That being said, there is something about all of the examples that have this very video looking feel. If you don't know what I mean, watch some Komodo footage.

Oh ok. I am guessing that it probably implies that it has a smartphone setup, instead of a laptop or desktop type, in terms of s processor. It's an SoC, instead of merely a processor. One cannot really change the RAM on a smartphone. I obviously could be wrong, but, Apple usually exaggerates things. Their Retina display was like 720p, when many smartphones were offering QHD and more. So they're probably just selling smartphones SoCs like they invented the wheel.

100% go CFast, it's so much less hassle and you don't have to worry about bad cables or securing the cable/damaging the port. Even with Tilta's screw in cables, I had 2 break on me in a year. 2 128GBs shooting 6K Q5 get me through a day of shooting. Search the used market for approved media easy enough to get great deals nowadays. You'll want an IRND on the Pockets, I got significant IR pollution with the Tiffen VND. Currently using Hoya ProNDs the IR is correctable but still apparent. Nisi make affordable circular IRNDs, I haven't tried them but they review well. Id go for the 3 and 6 Stop. If your only shooting 4K ProRes i've used Sandisk Extreme Pro SD cards that worked flawlessly!

Good to know about the 24-70 f/2.8. Of course it is all subjective. I only own the Panasonic 24-105 f/4 (and a Canon EF 16-35 f/4 L on the MC-21) and I think I like the rendering from the Canon a bit better than that of the Panasonic 24-105 f/4 for video. For stills though probably the other way around.

I dont like the high shutterspeed + looks oversharp to me + due to the lowlight a lot of the footage looks weird/mushy(maybe could be solved by crushing the shadows/blacks a bit more).

Shit, don't look at my most recent wedding video on-line 😂

There is an in-depth analysis of the M1 on Anandtech here - https://www.anandtech.com/show/16226/apple-silicon-m1-a14-deep-dive It confirms what the Apple presentation suggests (if you look very carefully at the diagrams/images) - the DRAM is not part of the M1 SoC itself, it's alongside it, with the M1 and DRAM placed very close together inside a single multi-chip package. Given the chips they've been designing for years (for iPhones & iPads), I assume that Apple have an (expensive) ARM 'architecture license' so they can design their own CPU cores that conform to ARM's architecture and instruction set standards. Some of the other big ARM-based chip suppliers do the same - it means they can design and produce chips that lower-level ARM licensees don't have access to, thus potentially gaining a competitive advantage.

I keep getting a bit worried/distracted/obsessed by the highlight rendition with this camera. The wedding film, above, doesn't look as nice overall as the previous stills. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice piece, and I'm sure the families will be delighted, but the highlights do look quite abruptly clipped in places, and it does lend it a bit of a DSLR-y feel. Am I being paranoid?

Interesting. Was this in the presentation? ARM designs the cores. They also have designs for the (multi core) processor function, but which is limited to connectivity architecture and instructions (DynamIQ vs big.LITTLE for example). So SoC designers (such as Samsung, Qualcom, Apple, Mediatek etc) actually mix and Max combinations of ARM processors, laying them within the processor, based upon the budget, power and processing requirements, product which is made for etc. Most of the engineers figure out what the best combination of cores and instruction for the job is, the size of the node, size of the various cache etc). Apple isn't probably doing anything significantly different form the othe processor designers. Apparently the McBook Air's (performance cores?) were running at 3.20 GHz. I am wondering how many Cores are running at that frequency. I would guess 4, at Max. Which is similar to Smartphone ARM processor structure where the cores are divided between efficient ones (mostly for browsing and other non-demanding functions) and performance cores (used for shooting photo and video, editing work and everything else requiring processor heavy work to be done). https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/4648107

same lol

Unfortunately its only eliminated with Prores RAW not regular prores.

Be cool, if the P6K can handle a whole feature film -- shot in Japan, co-produced by me: Be ready for what that baby can give to you if well handled by you ;- )

I think it's important to note that although ARM is making these chips for Apple, they are still Apple designed (1000+ engineers only for that). I doubt similar chips for Windows will be made. These devices are going to trash similar setups in the windows world in terms of performance per watt. It's about time they came back with something good, but I'll wait a while before buying anything myself. They'd better get their shit together when it comes to keyboards too- the main reason I haven't upgraded anything. This is really good news that it's using integrated graphics. I lost count of how many laptops Apple has screwed up in their designs (incorrect transistors, etc.). I'd think they'll do better with integrated graphics. Also, I'm tired of the iPad stuff- it's just not as capable without doing hurdles. We STILL cannot sync external audio and video automatically!

Lets hope so, I want to get a good deal.

Waiting for our sound specialist @IronFilm to give his remarks. 🙂 But really, no audio level monitoring needed? "Clipped audio could be recovered", is it real? (my interest is for record concert audio, high SPLs)

I am very positive towards ARM CPUs. My biggest question mark is whether they are able to get graphic solutions that compete with nVidia. ARM's earlier graphic solutions have been power-efficient, but not really comparable with the Geforce series. I hope the new relationship between nVidia and ARM means they will end up with nVidia GPUs as well. I have only had bad experiences with Radeon/AMD gpus.

So all three Macs share the same M1 chip...wouldn't they all perform roughly the same? Also, sad to see the Mac Mini top out at only 16GB of ram and drop the 10-bit gigabit ethernet.

I'm not sure how many people will either so the primary purpose of a lot of the static stuff is to illustrate speed and accuracy. From a low level system point of view, the sensor doesn't differentiate as it is always in continuous feed mode to the processor which then acts on it based on the current mode and settings that the user has active. The target motor positioning is fast enough to cope with big distance changes but also extremely accurate in terms of repeatability to deal with smaller movements. More videos soon though as its easier to show than tell !

I played a while also with the Samsung S9Plus... with the latest firmware it is absolutely amazing (I guess it is about the 1.5 fixed aperture)