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He could probably save himself all these headaches by giving more context in his videos if he feels that they are being misconstrued or misunderstood. It's hard to feel too sorry for someone who created the problem he now has. He pigeonholed himself into being THAT guy because it was what got the most views aka generated the most revenue, and now he hates it. Seems less like "Rise of the salesmen, Death of the artist" and more "Rise of the salesmen, Reaping what you sow."

I’m in the middle of overreacting to Nikon implementing something on my camera that I was using on a competitors 8 years ago and they have stuffed it. I know this shouldn’t be bothering me as much as it is. I really need to get out more. Nikon: the Microsoft of cameras 🤦 The fact you can only use shutter angle in manual mode. Why? Or at least let us set the minimum shutter angle in those modes ffs. Because otherwise the camera will happily shoot unusable 360degree shutter angle video in those modes. (Please don’t post any variety of “real men only shoot manual”. For what I do shooting in aperture priority is essential. It lets me get shots that would be impossible unless I’d have another operator ramping exposure. I’m not shooting drama. It’s not controlled. I could do this on the gh5 ffs).

Just seems like a massive chance to make money to me. The smartphone market has peaked, and the high-end phones succeeded in selling at $1000+ by differentiating themselves mainly on the camera specs. Now all the flagship phones are pretty much similar, not much innovation and Apple especially under Tim Trump have not come up with a new idea for ages. It strikes me that if the camera is the most important thing about a phone, it should be a sign that maybe Canon, Nikon, Fuji are missing out on some hefty demand. Canon should have a Powershot branded phone running latest CPU and Android, 1" sensor and a ton of features from their serious cameras on it, plus Canon's colour science and picture styles, which leave the Chinese phone manufacturers for dead. Fuji should also do a similar thing, one with more style and imagination than whatever iterative shit Tim Woke But Trump is flogging year in year out. (Japan used to the lead the high-end phone market before Apple came along). Sigma as well, aiming for a more Apple-like high-end product with amazing build quality. So far camera companies in the smartphone market has been a branding exercise. Leica with Huawei and more recently Xiaomi, but the actual hardware is all China. Sony are the only camera company to have their Alpha features and software on a mainstream Android phone... Xperia 1 & 5 series. But in typical Sony fashion these are general purpose daily driver phones that try to do a Samsung, rather than really pushing the camera forward into a new realm or the smartphone onwards into a new concept. In fact they have on recent flagships given up trying to be different at all and just gone full on samey. Panasonic you may remember gave us the CM1. This had the right idea as far as software features and sensor size goes... Terrible implementation in terms of naff build quality, a screen that would scratch if you so much as sneezed at it, and a slow lens with even slower autofocus. Nowadays the thin optics on a phone like the Xiaomi 14 series are capable of amazing things, like the really close-focus telephoto lens they offer on the higher-end models, and the very fast wide angle lenses that are super thin but cover a 1" sensor. But if they really wanted to be brave they would come up with a camera-first, phone second product. And that's where Fuji, Canon and the rest could really make something special.

I mean, she can stand up in a car, but she ain't Sydney Sweeney.

"Rolling shutter doesn't matter to me" "Dynamic range doesn't matter to me" It's like the Pope breaking down and saying Christmas doesn't matter to me!

Exactly…!!! Whether he likes it or not, he’s become a YouTube personality everyone trusts and goes to for “scientific results” and there are a lot of people that misconstrue his results. With the S1Rii all he had to do was say something like, “rolling shutter isn’t great, about the same as the other LUMIX cameras, turning DRE off will help a lot. This is a common trait of high res sensors like the A7RV and the SL3 so 8k readout speeds will be slow” A line like that would have literally saved so many stupid comments and made this thing much less of an issue. He’s trying to blame LUMIX fan boys for people complaining when he really needs to check his ego and learn how to take constructive criticism.

Still posting on the main blog and plan to pick up the pace from now on, also with YouTube. Social media isn't my favourite media. So you can forgive me for not posting constant drivel for the sake of it everyday. It's still fun you just have to pay $3000+!!!

Sorry guys, I had to do it. I really don't get this guy anymore. This video would be perfect for the "Rise of the salesmen, Death of the artist" thread. @Andrew Reid feel free to delete this post

I’d rather have a phone inside the Sigma BF. But I bought a RED Hydrogen so what do I know…

Exactly. He has almost 500K followers, he is part of the problem, he helped create it and now he is playing the virgin. It sounds to me like a butcher lecturing on veganism. This is the second whining he has done in a few months and both times it was because of a Lumix review. At this point I don't think it's a casual thing. Yet if you read the comments to his whining, everyone agrees with him. Maybe all the loser haters are here.

It's a really entitled video, all about him. A lot of people would be very happy to have his job and his money. He doesn't have to shoot anything, doesn't have to chase clients and he often doesn't even have to buy any gear, it comes from marketing. I don't mind that he's rebutting criticism, it's the way he does it that annoys me - Saying he doesn't care about dynamic range and rolling shutter, after spending the last 10 years and every video advocating such stuff to us and measuring it... that is just highly fucking disingenuous, not to mention hypocritical. And I do think that lacking the artistic perspective matters in camera reviews. He needs to go out and shoot more. Instinctual talent and creative ability is one thing, you either have it or not. But it's as if he doesn't even try at it. No wonder he sounds so jaded. There's literally no point in camera performance, dynamic range and so on if you yourself ain't going to use it creativity. I think he's bored. The pivot to Apple products isn't far off.

@Emanuel I also love my FX-30. It just came back from 2 months in the camera hospital (a whole other story) but I just love that thing. A beautiful sensor and lovely ergonomics. And so relatively cheap! The C100 of its days.

Interesting fact - everybody thought they did the billboard stuff with Ai, but in fact they had to do it frame by frame themselves. Nice bit of film making, in my always humble opinion.

Gerald DOES get a lot of dumb criticism, but he also uses that to deflect valid criticism by lumping it all together. This thread, which also is related to another time Gerald got upset and decided to rant to his subscribers to make himself feel better, discusses most of the criticisms and his hypocrisy. He helped create the beast that bothers him so much today. I remember making this post in October 2022, which is around the time I kinda realized what Gerald really is about. It still rings true, too.

Right. I just use this as a quick reference guide and then do like you and set custom settings. It’s nice to see lens coverage though.

There's only a minimum shutter speed in the ISO settings for Photos. The ISO settings in the video menu lacks it. Definitely a firmware fix for Nikon to consider here.

That Osmo Pocket 3 is one of the most interesting devices I've ever owned, practically with me for everywhere and always ready for a ride like a crazy bitch! : ) Don't quote me, just a bot! ;- )

It's not really a 180 degrees firmware update problem. It's the missing feature of setting minimum shutter speeds in Aperture Priority. Just set it to 180 degrees in manual mode with base ISO in N-LOG and use a variable ND. Or set it to 180 degrees and auto ISO in manual mode when you're in low light and it is forcing 1/25 on you. I agree that in Aperture Priority mode there should be a way to set the minimum shutter speed to 1/50 in video mode but it's quick enough to override. Either with a quick mode-switch or hiking the ISO.

DJI do make cameras, they don't just try. The Osmo Pocket 3 is, from what I've heard, one of the most popular cameras on the planet these days. The Ronin 4D is also pretty excellent and the "chicken head" camera is becoming a staple on productions, both from low budget scrubs like me to Hollywood films that will play in theaters nationwide.

Even a Viltrox lens looks good thanks to her!

They confirmed open gate in the CineD interview, it’s based on the binned 4K mode, so roughly 4.5K? Readout would land around 20ms and DR will take a hit, but if they’ve got that mode? I’ll desqueeze that sucker myself. Pretty sure Atlas Mercury sneak by on the GFX sensor.

Yeah pretty wild that in 2025 Sony only offers it on their $60K Venice 2. I’d hope that would change in the FX replacements or even some kind of update although Sony are terrible in that department. There is a rumour Canon will introduce open gate in an upcoming R5 mk2 update. It would be a smart move because that camera isn’t getting much love and no one aside from Panasonic is doing it on a hybrid (would be a direct S1Rii counter strike). Plus if Canon add it, it might push Nikon to do so as well.

ProRes Raw/BRAW is what probably bypasses most of the rubbish processing, artifacts etc as with S5ii

Though not as popular as Space Karen thought they were.

My Nikon 28mm F1.4 AF-D will like that. AFD still very popular in Germany.

I'd take 4k120 over 60p for slow-mo any day

I think certainly for stills, at least at ‘ordinary’ viewing levels which for 99.9999999999999% of all viewing these days is on a device and mainly a phone…and with compressed images at that! The artist/craftsman in me still and always will fight back against that even if I am the only one that sees or even knows about it. It’s one of the reasons I am chasing more megapixels. It’s not because I think it improves the image in any way as such, but because I can crop ever harder with a lower loss of quality which means I can use smaller and lighter kit which has so many benefits including enjoyment. Tech for tech sake no. If it’s just data on a spreadsheet, who gives a shit, but when that tech relates to real world quality of life…

It was the $1500 fire sale on the Cine 6K. Picked that up plus an S5iix and S5ii. I got three great cameras for less than $4500. I’d been teetering on switching back to Panasonic, and I’ve always loved Blackmagic, so the stars aligned to make the switch back from Sony economical.