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First glimpse of Canon's true flagship mirrorless slated for 2022: 54MP 9000 X 6000 resolution with 4um pixel size Quad Pixel AF 1/450s sensor readout (2.2ms rolling shutter) Dual-15bit Sigma-Delta ADC Fully electronic shutter with no mechnical component (same as Z9).

Hi guys ! At start sorry for my English. I'm first person in my city who rent a a7iv for test (Poland), Warsaw) and start talking to people about overheating problems In my opinion a7iv is good camera but have few problems which will be out soon. All reviews are wrong and they lie about test and time of long recording. I didn't have much time for all test but few my test bellow!. Please do your own test and write in comments tripod + open screen, temp set to HIGH 4k HS 200 Mbps 50fps (AF-C when nobody sitting on front of camera) Nothing bad happened and first original battery finish after 1h:34min and i change to second battery and stopped the test after 1h50min > I got a better time than stated by SONY ( +25min) I wait until camera cold down (30 min) and start another test with fresh battery tripod + open screen, temp set to HIGH 4k HS 200 Mbps 50fps (AF-C when my friend was on the front of camera for all the time and eye tracking need to work ) Camera show after 35min overheating icon and turn off in 55min > I got a worse time than stated by SONY ( -15min) * For sure the time of recording with active AF-C is less then on SONY website https://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/2110/v1/pl/contents/TP0002922662.html?fbclid=IwAR0-7-VTkXG6ENh9aArqD8eGcJccNib5I7KEBP_Avchury7Z2dl_BijEKvM **I'm afraid it will much worse in summer when we gonna run and gun with AF-C and IBIS. Hand-held will accelerate heating issue (what do you think ?) POWER USB DON'T WORK CORRECTLY TEST 1 POWER USB tripod + open screen, temp set to HIGH 4k HS 200 Mbps, 50fps record 25min and turn off (overheating) (AF-C when my friend was on the front of camera for all the time and eye tracking need to work ) > I got a worse time than stated by SONY ( -45 min) !!! * Time between POWER USB 30 min and always fresh original battery TEST 2 POWER USB tripod + open screen, temp set to HIGH (AF-C when my friend was on the front of camera for all the time and eye tracking need to work ) 4k HS 100 Mbps, 50pfs record 17min and turn off (overheating) > the shortest time I got. I have problem with my a7iv or SONY screwed up * Time between POWER USB 30 min and always fresh original battery TEST 3 POWER USB tripod + open screen, temp set to HIGH (this time i check manual focus MF) 4k HS 100 Mbps, 50fps record 17min and turn off (overheating) > I got a worse time than stated by SONY ( -105 min) !!! The same setting like above but without POWER USB , and on AF-C, (fresh battery) tripod + open screen, temp set to HIGH 4k HS 100 Mbps, 50fps record 1h 30 min. and turn off (overheating) (AF-C when my friend was on the front of camera for all the time and eye tracking need to work ) > I got a worse time than stated by SONY ( -50 min) !!! But after 5 min cold down and changing battery he record again 1h and sd card v90 finish. >>>My conclusions and thoughts<<< 1) All tests carried out by YouTubers are wrong. They record record the wall (item) not human (AF-C and eye tracking) , so should should not be taken seriously. ( You know $$$) 2) Generally, the shooting times of 4k 200 Mbps where the AF-C really needs to work are below the guaranteed times. 3) The shooting times 4k HS 100 Mbps, 50fps where the AF-C really needs to work are HIGHLY below the guaranteed times. 4) USB POWER DON'T WORK CORRECTLY 5) I believe that the results of shooting by handhald may be even worse because there will be a problem with the cooling of the a7iv in the hands 6) I believe that the situation with the overheating of the a7iv in the summer could be much worse and we need to have that in the mind before buy. So far, I cannot perform any more tests and I would like to remind you that such results can only occur with me! However, I will be pleased to know your results, provided that you do not record the wall and you do not work for SONY. XAVC HS 4K 200 Mbps 50fps - record 55min (tripod, af-c) (sony write 1 h 10 min) XAVC HS 4K 100 Mbps 50fps - record 1h30min (tripod, af-c) (sony write 2 h 20 min) USB POWER - max 25 min record Is it ok and worth buying? Is it better to wait and see how the situation unfolds? I leave it to you, but one thing is for sure, the Internet reviews sucks and you shouldn't trust the reviews and read the comments with caution and an open mind. .

As usual in recent years I have been making a Christmas video for the police force where I work. This year with more sense of humor, parodying Breaking Bad. No professional, all who appear are police officers. GH5S + Sirui Anamorphic 35mm. Hope you like it.

So, I recently picked up a Pixel 5a on sale and gave the Motion Cam app a go on it. I've been having some fun and finding some fairly consistent results with the full sensor (4032X3024) @ 12FPS. I think the sensor size comes close to super 8mm sizing and the results definitely have an 8mm vibe. The screen grab below is from a cinemaDNG sequence dropped into Resolve on a 1080p/ rec709/ linear timeline -> color space transform (which I didn't even know you could use in the free version) ARRI LogC output gamma -> ARRI Alexa LogC to rec709 LUT -> bumped up the saturation a bit and brought the shadows down with the log wheels Be gentle; what I know of a RAW workflow has been learned in about 2 hours this week. There's no noise reduction applied, but it seems like the downscale helped clean things up and give a more film like quality. The app is a bit clunky, but is obviously in beta and can't be fully criticized yet. Manual focus would be amazing and there were some exposure shifts that may or may not have been my fault. If someone sold this technology with a MFT lens mount on it as a modern 8mm camera I would for sure buy one. It's been fun and I'm enjoying learning about RAW correction/ grading. There seems to be a few people catching on to the app on YouTube. People with more powerful phones seem to be having better luck with things. Hopefully development continues with success and RED doesn't interfere!

Here's my contribution......I put together a fun shoot with a local model for Christmas. Equipment used was two Panasonic S5s, one with the EF adapter and Sigma APS-C 18-35 F1.8 lens and the other with the L-Mount 45mm Sigma F2.8. The drone used was the Autel EVO II 6K and the gimbal was the Ronin S. Edited and color graded in Davinci Resolve. The studio cover photo was with a Canon 5DIV and the Canon 24-70mm F2.8. The rest of the studio photos were shot with the 5DIV and a 70-200mm F2.8. The concept was to showcase the best Christmas lighting displays in my area along with one of our local models.

@PannySVHS you're right and those 5 minutes just to include any further edit are short for the sake of our communication too! : ) BTW loved those flares and the suitable creative editing from, that sounds beyond the skilled professional TBH ; ) so here's re-posted with my kudos: :- )

Some DR tests on rare sunny winter days - raw images vs. native camera app video recording. No detail enhancements for raw (no NR, sharpening, dehazing and such), just shadows/highlights and gamma curve adjustments in ACR to get the better idea of what's going on. All shots are in native resolution, 1:1, no scaling. I'm still not confident about exposure settings because of live feed high contrast. I tend to check the overall image with AE on and then dial manual settings to nearly same looking picture. Native video is shot in auto mode. It actually represents well in terms of contrast the image you see in live view shooting raw. So, as you can see there is no big difference in DR (like you may expect comparing raw and "baked-in r709" footage from cinema camera). "Bridge" scene got a bit overexposed in video compared to raw, I have a feeling that it was possible to bring back overexposed building in the back without killing shadows with minor exposure shift. What makes the difference for me is highlight rolloff - it is natural and color consistent, just look at snow in front in "hotel" shot and sun spots on the top of "bridge" shot. Shadows are more manageable for me, too. Yes, there is a lot of chroma noise but it's easily controlled by native ACR/Resolve tools, luma noise is very thin and even, so you can balance between shadow details and noise suppression up to your taste. But the most prominent difference is due to zero sharpening. Just check small details like branches, especially on contrast background. It's not DR related, but I can't avoid mentioning it. Is raw a necessity for such result? Dunno. Maybe no postprocessing, log profile and 10bit 400Mbps h26x instead 8bit 40Mbps will give comparable results. If you have a phone that is capable of such recording modes I would love to see the compare.

Great video!