Andrew Reid

Exactly. Fuji are wrong. The whole thing is a travesty. They are dragging his name through the internet outrage machine, too scared to defend him in case they lose a few camera sales. If they really stood up for artists, rather than abusing them for profit, Fuji would defend him. As usual it tells us far more about Fuji's marketing men than it does about Suzuki's supposed "predatory" behaviour. Again we see, sadly someone (@barefoot_dp) stating the obvious and because they consider it normal, it is somehow justified. Sure, companies can do whatever they like for profit. That's not news. Is it right? If they perceive edgy art to be a PR gaff all of a sudden is it ok to chuck one of your best known Japanese street photographers under a bus? When will you people get it, christ fucking wept. In reality is not a kill-switch controlled by the company at their advantage, it is a reactionary hysterical kill switch controlled by a few outraged idiots on the internet. Companies need to get a fucking GRIP IMO.

A lot of modern get rich quick schemes centre on content creation and YouTube. Snake oil, the lot of it. There is only one general rule and that is the relevance and quality of the content. You are right there are a ton of variables too. You can put out absolute shit and see it rocket in popularity - look at all the clickbait out there - but these channels are fads, 15 minutes of fame, and don't sustain a career for 10+ years.

The real challenge is longevity and to avoid being jaded by your own content and subjects, honestly that is a big challenge after a few years, as is burnout, because YouTube (and blogs) all have a relentless pace, it never ends and takes over your every waking thought. It's easy to turn off from a normal 9-5 job but not if you are a YouTuber. If you can keep the hit videos and passion flowing for 10 years without a break, that is honestly a miracle and almost never happens. I sometimes tune out of the camera world completely and stop blogging on EOSHD for months. This isn't because I've lost interest or no longer want to talk to people I know and like, sometimes it is as simple as wanting to do something else, not having anything to shoot, but then coming back refreshed with new ideas. Well done @DaveAltizer with how the YouTube channel is working out for you, it's great. And we should do the podcast soon as well, when I am back more regularly in world of cameras.

Hysterical, just a bit. "Predator"... There's nothing to suggest he photographs non-threatening subjects and if he is eventually unlucky enough to encounter somebody who is prepared to violently physically attack a photographer because he briefly invaded his personal space it speaks more about their values than his quite frankly. "Scary"... I don't think it's scary having your picture taken. Surprising maybe. "Victims"... For me it would be a privilege to be in a piece of art. They're not victims. Some of the people may even be looked back on in many years time as famed examples of life in this era of history, like the famous subjects in Henri Cartier Bresson's shots. Not everything has to be safe and not every space a safe space for your individual rule. If people tried to understand one-another's actions better, shared the streets and weren't so insufferably selfish and sensitive, street photography wouldn't be seen as the borderline criminal offence it is today. It's a huge loss to us as filmmakers and photographers.

Maybe RAF camera can do something? Very good quality and good prices too.

Canon and Blackmagic have the most cinematic image quality out there for the price. Yet there is always something to spoil it. With the 1D C, we had that ridiculous $12,000 pricing and for so long they paid lip service to EOSHD users and readers with crippled DSLR video at the "real" market prices, so what use is that colour science, that beautiful creamy C-LOG, if for the past 8 years we've been fobbed off with cropping, rubbish ergonomics, low-end mirrorless cameras that don't move the market forward, and so on. So it makes sense that there are multiple whistleblowers on Canon's organisational failings. What I am saying is, if used constructively, critics and whistleblowers are the best thing to ever happen to a failing company. Blackmagic... Another damn sexy image, mind-blowing pricing, truly great touch screen menus, but tell me what this means exactly when their head of PR is having a blood vessel bursting argument with me at IBC 2019 because I dared to pull them up on a few bugs and poor quality control relating to the 6K which I just put down 2700 euros for. The arrogance is seriously off putting at a lot of these companies. He really gave it to me in the neck, saying I was an amateur who didn't use the right tool for the job. Patrick Hussey, is the guy (based in the UK). Head of marketing and communications for all of EMEA. I should publish the whole conversation verbatim, you'll be shocked at the vitriol. Afterwards in a fire-fighting attempt their head of technical support fobbed me off with a load of old bollocks about the courier damaging the camera mount through a pristine box and lens cap... and no they wouldn't refund a penny. The dealer ended up refunding me partially for the Pocket 6K when I returned it so I lost money. These people honestly do treat us for fools,. If you haven't experienced it yourself, you're one of the lucky ones and you probably won't be so lucky with the next camera. It makes it hard to recommend either of the two company's products, no matter how interesting they are from a filmmaking perspective. I'd encourage more staff and whistleblowers to step forward with their mistreatment... and customers too.

Is this the larger 49mm medium format CCD, or 44mm?

The ultimate sell everything camera, and stick a Canon FD adapter on it. 85mm F1.2L is very nice on medium format

Shot by the Lumière Brothers in 1896 this is some of the first footage committed to film. There is now a technique to upsample this footage to high resolution 4K/60p using neural networks. Here it is in action on the piece “Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat”. Read the full article

Curious enough to look and observe people... While all around him, they look inwards at their own feelings and personal privileges. He gets my vote. And fuck the people who want to introduce a legal aspect or red-tape to an art as important as photography.

How much is the GFX 100 in Japan?

It's almost as if you feel the need to excuse it, as if it being normal makes it ok to run a shitty organisation that could be far better if the ethics and management were improved upon. Canon and Blackmagic have been the biggest disappointments for me both in terms of how they treat staff (and myself included even though I don't work for them) and their products.

We had lens rehousing, now we need camera rehousing. Let's see a Chinese company take the inside out of the Pocket 6K and put it all in a different body... Adding the hinge to the screen, don't forget.

The H has less moire and almost as much detail as a 60MP full frame CMOS... Not that I really need it, but wow. Sigma Quattro SD H. View full screen version - click image and use left/right cursor keys A7R IV (view full screen version)

If anyone reading this has access to a CNC garage of some kind in Berlin let me know, I will ask them nicely to make a prototype. I used to know ReWo with one, who occasionally did stuff on request for free to see if it would work. Unfortunately they don't have it any more.

I was looking for the H but still around £1200 and not so rare. Maybe Sigma will continue to make that throughout 2020 then do the full frame version in 2021 if they don't decide to can Foveon altogether or move onto a different sensor tech. Maybe they have something better up their sleeve. The Quattro was always a superb ISO 100 camera... After 400 it started to go all a bit wrong.

Yeah possible, just needs a manufacturer to get them made... I have plenty of manual focus E-mount lenses (Voigtlander, Mitakon, etc.) and adapters, that I'd like to use on X-T3 / X-T4. I reckon demand would be there. Anybody have a CNC machine in their garage?

Canon latest APS-C sensor (32MP) vs Sigma Quattro SD-H APS-H FOVEON CMOS

Sounds like it - https://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2020/02/07/full-frame-foveon-sensored-camera-from-sigma-no-longer-close-to-market So the full frame Foveon camera is cancelled, and they are going back to the drawing board. This doesn't bode well for Foveon's future. Must be tempting for Sigma now to call it quits and put out a higher-end full frame CMOS mirrorless. I am quite sad about this. Sensor market needs more competition and variation. Sony can't be allowed to dominate the market. Closing thoughts: Maybe a good time to pick up an APS-H Foveon Sigma Quattro. Last ever chance and rare future collector's item?

Sorry mate it just isn’t. Morally he is valuably documenting and creating photos for the preservation of an age, which will be looked back on by mankind in 100’s of years to come as rare examples for their candid, non staged nature. Morally the photos portray their subjects in a compelling and flattering way... Sometimes with a weathered and unflinching edge to them, yes, but I wouldn’t mind looking as cinematic and interesting as his subjects if I were one. Morally his intentions and use of the photos is good. And realistically you can’t expect absolute personal privacy in public... Why should you? It’s a shared space you’re in! You’ve gotta share it with artists when you step out of the door and try not to get butthurt if you’re in a work of art... I know this is the tricky part for most people as they don’t know what art is. Ironically the biggest philistinism of all comes from the German government with their privacy laws designed to ‘protect’ the individual, but it actually trampled all over a major art form and individual freedoms... That the lawmakers didn’t realise this when they came up with it shows what philistines are in power today in supposed “liberal” democratic countries.

If it is a 10bit Canon 1D C RAW doesn't matter. The 1D C had a talent for nailing the Hollywood look in any light. Bullet proof white balance. Cinematic colour science with silky warm tones and dramatic cool tones in one shot when asked of it. No weirdness. And this was in 8bit! It takes years of experience, not to mention talent to grade like this but 1D C did it in-cam in real-time. Imagine how good it's going to look in 10bit. Sony you are finished

Fuji made this X100V advert featuring an artist who breaks Japanese social norms. They pulled it due to adverse hysteria on the internet (not real world) His technique (filmed from 00:45 in the video above) produces very interesting art with the best intention... Documenting the normal in a cinematic way. If the subject sees the end result, they'd approve 9/10... But in the moment, it just seems intrusive and a bit weird. Poor them. Their poor feelies, big frowny face, boo hoo! What a violation of privacy, blah blah blah. Art is bigger than that I'm afraid. Dear Fujifilm. Put the ad back up and stand behind your artist! His work: https://www.tatsuosuzuki.com DPReview pixel peeper comments (gives me a fucking headache) https://***URL removed***/news/6165309898/fujifilm-pulls-controversial-x100v-promo-video-due-to-the-featured-photographer-method

Every company needs to listen to the staff, and nip problems in the bud. Unfortunately there is more butt covering than nipping going on. Imagine the cameras Blackmagic and Canon would be making if they solved the issues raised above! In the end everyone would benefit. Including even the customers, not to mention the staff!

These staff comments give an insight into what it is like work for the camera companies and for those who stayed many years, how their career prospects fared. For Blackmagic and Canon around 40% of the reviews are very poor. Some real horror stories here... Blackmagic https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Blackmagic-Design-Reviews-E967090.htm "Not worth the free lunches" "The CEO boasts of running an efficient company thanks to its lack of middle-management, but from what I saw during my time there this is a lie. The department sits idle the majority of the time, paralysed due to the CEO's lack of time, and refusal to delegate any decision-making to the department heads. Projects are worked on in a completely linear, unconnected way due to his intractability, and inability of department heads to use their own experience to push work through. Despite having 30+ staff in the department, there is nothing on the walls, no brainstorming sessions, not even magazines or books to look through for inspiration. Competitor research is banned, and ideas are meant to just appear out of thin air. No market research, metrics or measuring of campaign effectiveness is done. Results are graded purely on the CEO's gut. Anyone with talent is marginalised in favour of the "old guard", which means nothing modernises or changes with regard to working practices or efficiencies. I saw this company repeatedly fire (sorry, "make redundant") their most productive and liked staff members without any explanation, plan or even apparent realisation of how integral they were to both the actual work and the working environment. God, the way they let them go was appalling too - so little respect or even understanding of what a redundancy process requires. Public floggings of reputations after staff have left the buildings are common, alongside grandstand speeches from the CEO which display his clear lack of knowledge of the departments day-to-day reality. They have no HR department, so mistreatment and inappropriate actions by senior staff are commonplace. Complaints cause much consternation within the management 'cabal' but really go nowhere as they aren't empowered are trained on how to deal with them. Promotions are really on the whim of the old guard, who will build a human shield around them that they can blame for their own failings. I know this sounds like the rantings of an incredibly bitter former employee, but I've waited a long time to write this review to ensure it wasn't written in the heat of the moment. If you're an Industrial Designer, then you'll be on a good wicket at BMD - that department is well resourced, well run and well respected within the company and by the CEO. But if you're unfortunate enough to be in the Marketing department, you will be the company whipping boys. Worked to the bone during tradeshows and product launches, and left to languish the rest of the time." Other reviews of Blackmagic follow similar lines: "Blackmagic Design has no HR department. Many young woman have been bullied to the point of quitting by their direct manager with no repercussions despite it being a known fact by other staff." ... On autocratic leadership: Very little opportunity to progress your career. You will sit at your desk and be given little chance to use your talents. Management motivated by self interest rather than shipping great products. Except for the CEO who is a talented product visionary but poor manager that rules with an iron fist. CEO can only concentrate on one thing at a time. If there is a problem somewhere, the rest of the company sits idle waiting to get decisions made. ... And complaints of a lads club culture: "Morale level of many people is rock bottom a lot of the time. If you're 'one of the lads' or 'one of the girls' then you stand a fighting chance. Definite lads club culture" ... And complaints from the sales office too: "Newer products not as innovative as they used to be. Wasteful of money. Sales offices being squeezed hard on margins. Most lower level employees complain of low salary." ... A member of staff in Singapore where Blackmagic manufactures the Pocket Cinema Cameras: "If you're younger and more capable the old vanguard will reduce your role and have you fired and ask you to quit... Good place to retire and leech money." ... A senior engineer in Melbourne complains: "I worked at Blackmagic Design full-time for more than 5 years... [Blackmagic has] a CEO who does not know how to manage a company and is a bit full of himself, now focused on solving "old" problems in media (albeit successfully.) There are a whole host of new problems upper management fails to see. Salaries are not competitive to industry standards (far low-end)." Canon https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Canon-Reviews-E3522_P6.htm Like Blackmagic, Canon has an overall review rating of 3/5 stars meaning that nearly half (40%) wouldn't recommend a job there to other people. A complaint that comes up at Canon time and time again is how slow the company runs, which perhaps explains their camera release strategy of the last few years. "If you don't want to get anything done in a hurry then this place is for you. There is a lot of red tape, unnecessary hoops to jump and inefficient meetings. HR don't protect employees so trust is a big issue here and need to be challenged... Pros - Working hours are good as you can leave at 5pm. ... Although the hours are typically 9-5 in the US at Canon, this review from the Melville, NY office complains of a lack of flexibility: "Working moms dropping off kids at daycare and need five minutes of flexibility? Forget it. Work from home ? Forget it? Take a late lunch so you can leave early? Nope. Ten minutes late due to a personal problem? You are on a LATE LIST subject to disciplinary action. Wanna take a coffee break? Nope---better be back in five minutes or less! Sandals in the summer? Better not show your toes! Wanna take a walk to stretch your legs? Nope. Considered AWAY FROM YOUR DESK and SUSPECT. Ridiculous rules from the 1950s." ... And there are complaints of a stubborn, risk averse culture: "Too conservative and stubborn. Unwilling to take risk, afraid of taking new challenges." ... But it gets far worse: "No core values. Fire you if you report sexual harassment. No loyalty from Company and you are treated as just a number." "Boys club at the top. A company that believes it's logo deserves respect." "Extremely cold environment and I’m not just talking about the air-conditioning. Stifling environment." "Worst company I have ever worked for!" "Pros: Good quality product in the camera division! Cons: - Poor senior leaders! - Poor Culture! - Very poor employee engagement! - Top Heavy! - Stuck in the past and still think they are market leaders! "Terrible creative thinking environment. Extreme hierarchy." "Camera company should be more creative and flexible to think about the next gen of photography market. The equipment itself is not important at all because more than 80% of people already have a camera on their hands in this era. To be survived, Canon should transformed more to be a photography and platform service company, not just a camera maker." ... But perhaps the most revealing review of Canon comes from their main US headquarters in Lake Success, New York: "Remember in college when the white kids and the black kids and asian kids all sat at different tables in the cafeteria? Well, here at Canon it's exactly like that. The Top Management Japanese congregate together, speaking Japanese. They are imported from Japan (expats) and get better benefits, pay, etc. They even have a separate benefits package. They email each other in Japanese and are even sat in the same cubicle areas together. "There is a Japanese side and American side. "All the lower employees are American, thus creating an atmosphere of gossip, backstabbing and jockeying for recognition from the Japanese. Middle Management try to secure their positions by limiting your access to upper management. Management tries to encourage an atmosphere of cooperation, all new employees are subjected to a week long brainwashing orientation, encouraging kyosei, teamwork and team spirit. Great philosphy, but you find that once you get back to your small cubicle, that other employees are not buying it. "Work load is tremendous and at the same time HR sends out numerous mandated online course requirements, with deadlines and even encourages you to complete them on your off time at home. In fact, certain courses are not allowed to be completed during work hours!!!! and you are not paid for this. Also, imagine working for a camera company and not being able to buy one for a discounted price? "They run "camera" sales for only certain models at only 1 -2 times a year for 2 weeks. However, the Spring sale was cancelled unexplained.... I needed a camera and bought a Nikon. 🤣😂 "How stupid of management not to promote their camera through their employees. Big lost opportunity. Also Japanese renegs on the "rewards". About 100 people given rewards for outstanding performance with a trip to Japan, but after a month, half were told that they couldn't go and perhaps they would go next year.... huh? What if you're not here next year! Bogus. Cafeteria closes sharply at 9am! and 2pm to encourage you to go back to your desk. Arcane software that was written by Canon for their operations in 1982 and is still being used. Original programmers from Japan was called back 2008 to "retool" the software because of its bugs, redundancies and basic uselessness. Advice to Management: Stop importing your top management with Japanese expats. They don't know the culture, speak the language well enough. New expats rotate every 2-3 years so you have lower management training top management all the time, causing resentment and ineffectiveness. Of course not all the reviews are poor for Blackmagic and Canon...But the figure of 40% very poor reviews doesn't reflect well at all. When spending such a large amount of money regularly on these brands, I want to know it is going to support an ethical workplace where staff are treated with respect. A LOT of room for improvement, I think.

Interesting numbering going on... R6 = aka 6D / low-light, 20 megapixel-ish body R5 = aka 5D / higher res all-rounder So Canon is sticking to their lucky numbers, with same meaning. I await the R1 (pro sports body for speed), and R7 (high-end APS-C)