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And it is sooo much better than Filmic Pro. https://www.eoshd.com/news/apple-event-was-shot-with-blackmagic-camera-app/

1.5x APSC crops and then there is the clear zoom crop? Turns any prime into a zoom.

Ok. I've decided to wait a little longer for the G9 ii. I want to see how things shake out. Also, this camera is so popular that I'm fairly sure demand will be high and I won't even get it till mid November at the earliest... when I'll be heavily into work. I'll just go a little longer with the E-M1 ii and GX800. Other than the slow motion, they fit the bill for me right now. Make no mistake, I really want this camera though. It'll be available soon enough.

My thoughts: https://www.eoshd.com/news/apple-positions-iphone-15-pro-as-a-cinema-camera-wants-a-share-of-the-mirrorless-market/

Sorry I wasn't clear. I feel like there are more problems with moiré in 1080p than with the GX800. The 4K is fine, except for the crop. The EVF is bad, only due to its optics. The EVF is sharp only in the center; everything else is slightly blurry. I've have many EVFs and the G100 has the worst, including the one in the GX80. I really hope Panasonic ditches the poor EVF.

What's the problem with the viewfinder? Is the moire mainly producing 'false colour' or just patterning (like the 'jeans' example you posted earlier), and is it an issue in both 1080p and 4k?

Ricoh GR3x would be my pick of today’s crop. Not too tiny but still pretty small, 40mm equivalent fast enough lens.

The viewfinder royally sucks- might as well not have it. I also had many moiré problems with it. IBIS is better than what people say with IS in the lens. Colors are wonderful. IMO, the cameras that are truly small for what they are: 1) GR, 2)A5100, 3)GM1/5. I just want a GR that does video, even better with a zoom and IBIS. It won't happen though. To be really small, it needs to be a POS; although the GM1 + 14mm f/2.5 comes really close.

The only other problem I have with these smaller cameras and Sony is a prime example, is low quality rear screens. I think you need to get to A7RV before you get a half decent screen with a Sony?! My eyesight is not what it once was and when I got my S5ii which is 1.84 million dot, I was disappointed, mainly because I had been spoiled by my S1H rear screen which is 2.1 I think. Doesn't sound much, but in reality, it's pretty huge. Another reason why I have switched from S5ii to Zf for stills is the larger and far better clarity of the 3.2 inch, 2.1 that the Nikon has. Pity it's not a tilt and is a flippy, but it is what it is... I can put the two side by side right now (keeping one of my S5ii's for video) and the difference is appreciable. I had the ZV1 and didn't really get on with it, nor the RX100V I had prior to that, - just too small and light. I guess I just prefer a bit of chunk in my hands which is probably why I prefer bodies of around the OM-1/XH2/Zf/X Pro2/S5ii/FX30 size & weight, albeit, not with large zooms which for me, anything above about 900g, ideally needs a battery grip. Pretty much nailed it down going forward now to: S1H with Lumix 70-200mm f4 on sticks but waiting to see what the next Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 is going to be. If they can get it in under 1kg, I'll go for it. If it's over 1kg, I can't see any point in trading. It only has 2 jobs to do; record full length ceremonies and full length speeches and in between/after, goes to sleep in a corner. S5ii with the Sigma 28-70mm f2.8 lens. The 'Art' lenses are supposed to be a little sharper and if this was a photo unit, then maybe I'd be looking elsewhere but for video work, IMO, it is superb. Relatively compact, barely extends much when zoomed out and if shooting in S35 mode, is like having a 40-105mm. I have always liked my S5ii's for video work but just nit got on with them for stills/hybrid work so for now, separated my kit into 2 systems; stills and video. I could easily flip both of the above two around in their roles of static and roaming units and though the S1H has a nicer output, it makes more sense to use the S5ii in the run & gun role, plus the S1H has the bigger battery AND the battery pack, so something like 4 times the duration whereas anything over about 40 mins gets tricky with the S5ii... For stills, we don't care what I am using do we? 😉 A pair of Nikons and 3 prime lenses, enough said other than I will be and already am using them like slightly larger fixed lens compacts which is my preferred method of shooting stills. Glad to be rid of the zoom approach I was using all this year! No more 2.8kg unit! 1.4kg is my heaviest new friend!

The LX100 size comparison is interesting (I own the original version, but usually use a micro4/3 ILC instead): From L to R: Sony ZV-1, Pana ZS100/TZ100, LX100 and G100+12-32mm The LX100 is actually quite chunky in comparison to the ZV-1 and ZS100/TZ100 (the LX10/LX15 is about the same size as the ZV-1 and shares it's lack of viewfinder). I think the LX100 is a very nice stills camera, but the video C-AF is poor, the OIS is only 'OK', there's noticeable aliasing in 1080p, the power zoom isn't very smooth, the rear screen is fixed and if you look at a spectrum analysis of the audio it's got a deep, narrow notch in the mid-range. But at least it has a viewfinder. I'm actually quite tempted by a used G100...but it's probably just GAS really...🙂

I did the same. I'm pretty sure the camera will be available very soon and I prefer to wait for more users reviews. The price is relatively high for a M43 camera so I want more information on the DR, RS, and if they removed or not their digital low pass filter (intelligent detail filtering) like on the GH6.

Its great to see this happening but, of course, I did beat them to the punch for incorporating the Nucleus wheel into a phone app by over five years so I feel seen 😂 What isn't so great, though, is it has the frequent propensity for it to zoom the camera in to a very specific (and unusable) 13.9x during movements of the focus wheel. When it works its good but I'm getting this issue at fairly regular intervals. I'm using an antique by their standards iPhone 12 Mini so it could be that. Anyone else tried it and got similar issues ?

Not much in it… X100v vs LX100ii vs Sony A7CR with full frame 61mp sensor and massive ability to crop in camera or post. Plus the ability to switch out that pancake walkabout lens for anything that takes your fancy. Pound for Pound performance, I’d take the 61mp full frame sensor every single time.

The lens itself. The compact body was just a bonus.

Of course, there is a third option beyond smartphone and normal camera. That option would be to leverage its existing tech but compromise on the thickness of the device, and include multiple cameras with various different focal lengths, light the Light L16 did. (The L16 tried to stitch the camera images together, which didn't work well, and isn't what I'd recommend. But it did show that you can get 16 smartphone sized camera modules into something very compact, with potentially spectacular dust and water-proofing.) As we saw from the Venice video I posted yesterday, the main camera is broadly a good option but the other cameras tend to suffer significantly from lack of light. If they had extra thickness they could use the same size of sensor for all the cameras, and combine it with faster lenses. There are F1.4 smartphones out there, but we all know that lenses can be built much faster than that. Imagine a device that's sized like a large smartphone but with the thickness of a modern camera body without the lens, and has an array of cameras including 16mm FOV, 24mm FOV, 50mm FOV, 100mm FOV, and 250mm FOV, all capable of 8K60, and all at F0.8. Shooting all resolutions and flavours of Prores in Apple Log of course. If Apple made a dedicated camera, it would have to be completely superior to their flagship phones, and would also have to appeal to the masses who want improved imaging and are willing to pay for it, BUT would have to fit the Apple philosophy of being elegant and simple to use. I don't think an FX3-ish or Alexa-ish device with Apple written on the front would do that.

Like every production with a real budget ever. Alexa Mini camera packages are around from $200 a day... on any set whatsoever that's less significant than the catering budget, the fuel budget, etc and absolutely dwarfed by even the vehicle rental budget. It's why there's precious little great-looking footage from all these mirrorless cameras - if you were going to go all the trouble of making a real film then why would you skimp on a camera package? It makes no sense. My sister and I shot a short film in the late 90s when she was in film school, it was self-funded for $2000. We borrowed everything and our largest cost was catering (feed people well and they'll be happy). It was a 5 minute final film, we had 20 people on set, and my estimate was that in total it had thousands of person-hours put into it, including pre and post. Even if everyone gets paid minimum wage, the camera rental cost is inconsequential.