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Wow Tested on my Poco X3. TLDR: barely functional but promising. Settings: anything aside RAW10<->RAW16 show little effect on performance. "Raw video memory usage" seems to benefit from being maxed out but it's more a feeling than fact. You'll have to select "raw video" and exposure settings every time you switch from app's main screen (like switching between apps or entering settings). OIS can be activated but doesn't work in my case, thus the image is shaky. Focus control is kind of distributed strangely: 90% of slider is mapped to nearest 1m, the rest of focusing range is cramped in the tiny space at the right end. Nice for macro, I guess, not for anything else. AWB should be locked or it will affect the image otherwise. Raw: I was able to get mostly reliable recording in all conditions at max crop (40% H/V, 2772x2082) at 24/25 fps for durations about up to 1-1,5 min. Was not testing for longer times because of huge file sizes and some quirks. I was able to record 4K-ish resolutions (4112x2082) outdoors (it's about 0°C now) but it drops frames starting from 15-20s indoors. Overheating? No framing guides for crop area - use your imagination looking at full sensor image feed. Raw images are initially written in chunks of 900 frames as zip archive somewhere in system folders (haven't found location yet). You have to manually unzip and transfer them as dngs in "manage videos" by tapping "queue" button. You can set the destination folder once at first conversion, I was not able to find this setting anywhere else, the only way to change this directory was to reinstall the app. And yeah, no sound at all yet. Processing: transfer times are huge on my phone mostly because of USB2 transfer speed. Files are bulky, I filled 60GB of free space just with a dozen of clips. Considering buying TF card to unzip dngs and swapping it out to card reader (if projects goes well in this direction). AE2021 and Resolve 17 work well with dng sequences, Premiere 2021 refused to import. I had to rename dng sequence according to unique folder name manually because they were named with same base name - frame-#####.dng. There is some glitchy "transitional zone" between two 900-frame chunks where frames are randomly tossed to different chunks. At first I thought it was just frame dropouts but later I was able to reconstruct frame order manually at post - see image. Image quality is much better, especially at moderately high ISOs (800-1600). Compressed image degrades at this range - details are getting mushy, colors - muddy. Raw on the contrary has very manageable grain structure and highlight rolloff, lacks any sharpening. DR is better in a sense that you're getting more usable DR but it's far from being cinema camera wide - you should be careful with highlights, and the absence of any exposure assisting tools doesn't help at all. Is it worth trying? Yes, I think. It's not the way you'd shoot something for fast turnarounds, or for a long duration. It's more an artistic experiment. The project is in a very early stage now but it's all about polishing interface and performance, adding useful features, improving general stability - the core idea is functional. I'm really happy to stumble upon this project - I haven't feel such joy and excitement since shooting photos with Nokia 808. Basically it's a 8mm raw camera you have no excuses not to carry with you all the time.

Officially announced now. https://www.intopix.com/blogs/post/TicoRAW-technology-added-with-High-Efficiency-RAW-recording-of-Nikon-Z-9-flagship-mirrorless-camera

I love the idea of the C70, in fact I pre-ordered it when pre-orders were available, but then the S5 was announced, and I cancelled my pre-order. Who wouldn't love ND filters and XLR inputs in a gimbal friendly format? Not to mention the C300's sensor. I am pretty fed up with no CAF with the S5 so I started considering the C70 again. The lack of IBIS is the biggest show stopper for me. I know no other C camera has it but they also aren't really meant to be handheld like a DSLR. I still don't like the speedbooster approach, if I were to get an RF mount camera I would want to be able to at some point go 100% RF mount but that would turn the C70 into a S35 and it would lose that light advantage. So yes, overall the C70 is not for me but it came so close it is disappointing that it didn't go the rest of the way. I'm guessing in 2022 a C90 FF camera will be released with an RF mount or maybe they will wait a yr after releasing the R5c which on paper could be the perfect camera until the Canon cripple hammer strikes again. The R5c probably won't have XLR inputs or ND filters.

@projectwoofer i really enjoyed the images and the color palette. Especially liked the shots at 1.04 and the ones right after, great muted tones and lensing. What aperture did you film these with? The Mitakon seems like a winner. I didnt mind some blown highlights, as I really digged the overall palette and mute you achieved. Keep em coming.

I use this all the time, I shoot about 10+ fashion shows a year and as a OMB I am commissioned to do both the photography and video so for the walks there's really no other way to do it. I also use this to punch in and out when doing an interview without using two cameras. I will frame it so that its a medium wide shot at 4K but later I can punch in to make it a tight shot. The only annoying though is that without CAF you really need to nail that initial focus manually and use a wider aperture such as 4.0 to ensure that the subject is still in focus if they move forward or backward slightly. I have shot razor thin before at F1.4 but with that tiny screen and no CAF its pretty much impossible to keep the eye in focus if the subject moves at all.

BMPCC6K is kinda a low bar. I think it lacks in build quality compared to the other C cameras. The screen hinge is weak and can easily become floppy. The distance pin on top can break easily. Some of the buttons are just sloppy feeling. For $5,500 they can at least fix these things. It's a pro tool it should feel solid and reliable.

My GX85 cost me about 30% of what my GH5 cost, but the more I use it the more impressed I am by it. If I didn't have a GH5 for some reason, I could get by with just this camera, and would enjoy the process too.

Oh yeah.. I guess I was so amused by the USD$6,000 R3 that while not rendering me completely speechless, it did befuddle me significantly! Getting smacked in the face with the Canon Cripple Hammer is likely to leave you significantly dazed....