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It's a spec war; they'll have to, regardless whoever says what. Of course, the same argument could have been make about PDAF and it too them how long? I guess we'll soon find out if they learned something from all of that.

Its secondary to its stills use and hence there isn't that much example footage from it, but the Q3 has 8K video. Which is the expected nod to it arriving in an arguably overdue refresh of the S1 range in the not too distant future. My guess is that is what this gathering is for rather than a GH7. Unless its the bi-annual meeting of the Shocked Face Clickbaiters Association.

I am still fancying to do shortfilm with a GH3. I want to find out about my minimum regarding image quality for personal narrative work. It seems promising due to its moderate 50mbit codec and a rather robust image without artefacts. I have a GH4 i bought a few months ago. Should be the same as it has a 50mbit option beside the 100 and 200mbit ones. Just have to stay away from the cine profiles to simulate a GH3 well enough.:) Codec from my G6 back then was ok but not as strong as i wished under more harsh conditions, still pretty good for its time and bandwidth. G7 had my favorite HD image, even lovelier than from the GH5, almost as high resolving but a bit more gentle on textures. By a relevant margin better sensor and pipeline than in the G6, same codec though. I still have it but wanna test a adequate minimum data rate. So a simulated GH3 it will be.😊 Just saying in regard to kyes and Emanuels posts above.:)

No idea if anyone has already found dxomark's evaluation entry on this one, here is: https://www.dxomark.com/apple-iphone-15-pro-max-camera-test/

About 8K, from Camera Beta: The news about the previously registered Leica new machine has been updated: it is rumored that the new machine uses a 60 million pixel sensor, which can achieve 240 million pixels, equipped with 6.5 levels of anti-shake, equipped with phase focusing, a continuous shooting speed of 9 frames per second, and supports 30 Frame 8k video shooting.

On the spot, my friend : ) Reminds me some very recent conversation I had with a customer found online willing to buy both units of a Zenfone 7 Pro I have for sale. The man wanted I could accept some Flip model as trade-in only because it was a newer release and allowed the last Android updates. Struggling to figure out why I don't give a damn. Stuck on phone specs like they could tell me anything sorta my dick is bigger than yours, the year release of the thing, oh God, had the need to be patient... I had to tell him: "Don't piss me off, don't underestimate decades to learn what a device is, part of a whole craft, mine for the record!"

So, now that even a phone is a capable camera we'll have to stop obsessing on the specs and learn to make engaging films? ........NAH!!!!

I think it's 1 to 3 months. There's a possibility that it's a high-speed shooter of sorts, just in time for the Olympics, a common release version for manufacturers in General. Then again, it would seem rather late for that as photographers and videographers would want ample time with the camera to see any bugaboos.

Obviously the price makes this more a dream than reality but goodness me am I impressed with it. Some observations: Very light, much smaller than GFX 100, much better build quality and top screen vs GFX 100S, feels like the sexiest camera ever made to be quite honest and really has a beautiful look and finish. Autofocus is much improved over prior GFX cameras especially original GFX 100, it seemed closer to X-H2, maybe not quite as fast but MUCH better than before, although I only tried it with the 50mm pancake. Video mode has so many crop modes. Rolling shutter in 8K is not great. 5.8K mode is interesting. 4K mode is plenty detailed even though it's pixel binned. There is a 2.35:1 crop mode, which looks like cinema on a stick. Anamorphic modes. Fantastic codec too with ProRes. I was able to try out the Full frame 35mm crop mode, also a PREMISTA one for your 40 grand cinema lenses from Fuji. Didn't see Super 35mm? I don't think I did anyway. EVF is still detachable. Very very good view of the action through it. Ergonomics and outstanding. The chunky high quality feel of everything about it and that top LCD panel is just incredible. Absolutely enormous and dominates the top plate of the camera. I want to pick one up but at 8000 euros, will have to wait. The Sony a1 does have a few advantages but I do love the look of the larger GFX sensor especially with vintage glass. The a1 has a faster rolling shutter at full resolution, and in 8K. It has a more flexible lens mount with a wider range of adapters including the lovely Leica M Autofocus adapter. In general, it is the autofocus king really, whereas GFX 100 II I would be mainly sticking to just one or two Fuji lenses for autofocus and the rest manual focus Canon FD / Minolta MD / etc. You can now pick up a Fuji GFX 100 about 4 years after it was released for $3500 / £3500 and going down further with the release of the new one. This was £10k when it was announced! So hopefully in 2 years we can pick up a GFX 100 II for around £4k or something, which is still a lot for most people, but it absolutely will make sense for many, it's just so good.

Every single stacked sensor has reduced DR compared to their standard BSI counterpart, for example, X-H2s vs X-T4

thx boss. i finally figured it out. in qrcode app, there is a tab called extension. there are many items in the pull down menu. the description can be found at th gp labs website. all of these are advanced features. gp is very smart, this way isolates experts from green hand totally, minimizing complaining and liability. now gp 12 even has a live histogram, basically i can do manual exposure. and the tonemapping, etc. these features make gp12 very interesting now. i will enjoy playing this little toy for a long time.

FWIW, I found the 50Mbps HD from the GH3 to be far better than the GH4 with the same settings. In general, I found the GH4's HD modes to be very poor compared to its own 4K or the GH3's HD.

LOL You look like a tough poster as you probably already know but in the end, you're one of the most valuable contributors with your real footage posted over these pages... You know something? I'd like to see your tests as you've usually offered us every time there's a new one just arriving to the town. Pity my subjective entries on this one don't incentivate you to go and bring us your street videography on low light shots BTW as usual coming from your NY walks. Osmo Pocket 3 is also welcome, speaking of devil : ) As well, your thoughts on your findings to compare the most sainted trinity to my view nowadays: Z8 (you already have) / Osmo Pocket 3 / Ace Pro :- )

I can't argue with subjective opinions, to which you are certainly entitled!

5k? It's not even 6, never mind 8k 😜

Not sure what you mean here but in my post I was just gently pointing out that you had posted a link to a FedEx package tracking page rather than a link to what I presume you meant to of some footage from an Ursa12K ?

It's hipster heaven. Will look great sitting next to my wooden headphones!

They shot a parcel tracking web page in 12K ? Thats some resolution overkill right there.

Here's a BTS and sample footage of a music video shot on the Pro model... It shows some temporal NR ghosting in this footage (which admittedly is a bit of a torture test in this regard) but still worth noting (linked to timestamp):

I would rather see a Super 16mm Digital Bolex CCD type camera than Super 8mm film bodies, but yes it should be kept alive. Kodak will do a good job of killing it with products like this though.

I do that on my Z9. Shooting bank A is 8.3K60p and B is for 4.1K120p both RAW.

Can't wait to have the pleasure to watch it! : ) You know you're one of the most skillful shooters over here I invite everyone to find BTW :- )

Puh, maybe I am not keen on new tech reviews at the moment, but it was no fun trying to read that test. Their photo sensor tests had been a joy to study, but this one, not for me. Electonics fetichism. Tired of witnessing that.

FIXED! Latest firmware adds 10bit color and choice of Dlog M or HLG for 4K 120P.

I'd go for a high-res S5 ii, as they've already done the video-centric 'x' version of the S5 ii. If it is that, any bets on it supporting 8k video?

There is 4K 120P RAW on the Z8/9, but cropped.

A dream come true of the Italian neorealism... think about it : X To those who are used : D to complain on crappy YT entries, here's something... (Marty @PannySVHS, this time, starts with my beloved Rome found now right after when arrived to that earlier Lisbon clip of before ; )

But I hold you personally accountable for the entire content of the internet! Well, except for when @BTM_Pix makes funny jokes or posts ironic pictures of spam - that's all him.

GH7 or S1 replacement for sure. I hope it’s the latter because it’s far more interesting. To me anyway 😉

Thanks for the promotion to colourist @markr041! It seems like we need to get a handle on what the relative strengths and weaknesses are across the options. Certainly, lower DR in a camera used to record outdoors in uncontrolled conditions with a wide-angle lens likely to have the sun in-shot is a long way from the ideal situation... and just for your information, I am currently revising my setup to include a second camera to my GX85 because I want something with more DR for exactly these reasons. Realistically it's going to depend on what you're shooting and how that aligns with the relative strengths/weaknesses of the different models. So far we have what... iPhone 15, GoPro 12, Insta360 Ace (Pro), DJI Osmo Pocket 3, and DJI Osmo Action. Are there others in this fixed-lens / super-compact / small-sensor market segment?

There are lots of caveats and asterisks there. In Mac terms, the most powerful mini is available with M2 Pro. It comes with a maximum of 32GB of memory. Depending on needs (10gE for a NAS, the more powerful M2 Pro processor?), by the time you upgrade it, it will cost about as much as an M1 Ultra with similar specs and potentially a bit better performance. If not looking at a Mac, as Jedi Master said, there's a lot more bang for a buck in a desktop PC. For about as much as you'd pay for an upgraded mini ($2100-2400), you can get a 16-core AMD processor, 64GB of RAM, a couple of blazing fast NVMe 2TB drives, and a 3080ti or 4070ti (maybe even a 4080?) which has a lot more raw power than the Mac. Though it'll also be big and a bit noisier. This sort of choice may also depend on the price of power in your area, as it's like $0.11 per kwh in Oregon and $0.47 per kwh in Britain right now. At almost 50 cents per kwh, you might want the computer which draws less than 200w when fully loaded (and is totally able to do everything you need) and not the one which draws 700-1000w.

On the colourist forums there's a sample test project and users submit their specs and FPS on the various tests, here's the M1 and M3 - the numbers are FPS: Each colour is the same test between them. The jump up from the Intel Macs is enormous - mine gets about 4FPS on the light blue test and about 3FPS on the lighter-orange test, but once you're on the Apple silicone there seems to only be incremental improvement. Those tests above are pretty brutal by the way - the light blue test is a UHD Prores file with 18 blur nodes, and the dark blue is 66 blur nodes, and the orange ones are many nodes of temporal noise reduction! The differences between the Pro, Max, and Ultra chipsets is much more significant though. I found that the Resolve results correlated pretty well with the Metal tests in Geekbench: https://browser.geekbench.com/metal-benchmarks

50% video, 50% photo work almost all action related. Paid, YT + social media + local TV, professional level: Equestrian, Ice hockey, MTB, Trial bike, Ski & Snowboard alpine/freeride, motorsports GT & Rally. Hobby: Wildlife, Aviation, Family A cam: R5c B cam: R5 C cam: Insta360 1 inch, Insta360 RS and Insta360 GO, iPhone My biggest usage for the iPhone is on top of my R5c especially when I’m using long lenses >=300mm to have a wider pov, for equestrian it is my standard setup. Or in places where a normal camera is too cumbersome e.g. some b-roll inside a cramped helicopter. Btw I’m pretty sure that all the “YT guess iPhone 15 vs best camera in the market” they start with the best conditions for a phone, then grade what the iPhone can take and then have the more pro camera match it. The inverse would show a different story imo. Again, it is incredible the progress that iPhone had in the last years but still not comparable to a good camera. Imo it sits closer to a Gopro than a mirrorless camera. Super useful feature are the 3 focal lenses, good stabilization, log and you have it always with you.

I got my iPhone 15 Pro Max (upgrade from 13 Pro Max) and some early observations: Quality is good when in shooting good conditions but breaks quite quickly if you miss exposure, in low light, etc. Log files can be graded easily and have no over-sharpening, can take some post processing but way less than R5c RAW files, the difference imo is night and day as it should be. The same for details compared to R5c is just worlds apart. BMD does not allow you to use 2x lens, zooming 2x with the 24mm lens the quality is quite bad (very blotchy, full hd at max). I did not test yet with the apple camera and the 2x “cropped” lens to see if is better. No Log + Cinematic in either Apple Camera or BMD H265+Log is a good compromise size vs. Quality and you can record all fps internally. 120mm lens I find it a bit better quality than the 77mm of the 13, and a more useful focal range for what I normally cover. I have BMD set to save to Files, then I connect a USB-C CFexpress or SSD and move the files in Files, is the quickest and easier method for PC users. Much better that the previous phone that was a nightmare to get the footage out from a PC. Action button is useful as you can set to start or even start recording in the BMD. Still need to get use to the BMD UI, with no hw button/wheels changing things rapidly is a bit of a pain for me. Overall, with Log and the 120mm is big update and I will use it even more than my previous phone, especially as B or C cam. Using it as a main camera is a big stretch and I think I will be mostly disappointed. Frame grab 4k Log 120mm.