Andrew Reid

What you could do instead of being forced into a daily edit, is to simply convert the RAW to a LOG format, and archive the files on a 4TB drive for after the holiday. Or try SlimRAW transcode app. Uncompressed 4K RAW is always going to be challenging for travels and shooting a lot... It's meant for sparing use on an art project or short film.... it might even be better to shoot 10bit LOG when the next firmware update comes out because there are times when the sheer file sizes of RAW are just going to be a headache. In same way there will be times when an X-T3 gets a shot that the Fp's autofocus would be too much of a slouch for, but conversely times when the Fp will give you a wow factor that APS-C is too limited for. In terms of the stills I like the Fp as a gentleman's 'artist's tool' but one that is down to earth... practical.... taking it slow, not too showy. Bit like a Leica M, but way more flexible. In terms of the video I like how unique it is. A mini S1 with RAW. How great is that!! Cinema DNG 4K is real RAW, and it's full frame, and it's there on my SD card or SSD when I want it. I had the X-T30 briefly and it's a bargain. However, the X-H1 is so much more. The feel when you pick it up is amazing, really high-end, and ergonomically it's Fuji's best camera aside from maybe the GFX 100. The X-T30 feels REALLY cheap in comparison. I can nail manual focus all day through the EVF on the X-H1 even at F0.95, and I can reel off handheld shots as if it's on a tripod. For locked-down handheld shots the IBIS is even better than the best (GH5 / Olympus) You can tell the X-H1 was a narrow margin camera for Fuji and that they make more money on the X-T3... The way it is engineered, the springy almost silent shutter, the quality of the components is out of this world. It'll be a tragedy if it does not get an update in 2020 with the X-T3's sensor.

We enthusiasts and pros are the success story of the entire camera industry. The entire DSLR filmmaking, and now mirrorless video revolution happened on a big downward slope for the a camera industry battered by smartphones. Now, with the not very passionate consumers gone, there's only us left...and now the central focus of ALL the camera companies, big or small. We are not a niche any more, and Nikon in their latest financial report expects enthusiasts, hobbyists, artists, filmmakers and pros to account for 90% of sales in the mid to long term. Going to write a blog post about that soon. We kept the passion up, when everybody else was losing theirs.

RIP my Aussie friend. May you enjoy the afterlife and start filming that Clive James Postcard wherever that may be... Here is his incredibly dry and witty portrait of Berlin, one of the TV shows that inspired me to go there in the first place. I ended up spending nearly 8 years there. Clive James was huge in the UK and his programmes were a weekly must-watch for millions of British people. I recommend checking out everything he did - be it the books, which are fantastic, his poems, his TV shows and documentaries.... he's one of my all time favourite writers and wits. He leaves a big hole in British culture, much missed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13437293

How about the X-H1?

That's enough now.

Really should lock up Hilary for that evil email server first though of course.

Now that would be a great reality TV show

no of course not!

If he's impeached and no longer President, can he be charged then (in criminal courts)?

Not sure if you think Trump is playing me or whether Wikipedia is, with their brutal facts. Then again if that muck-spout Trump set out to fool me, it wouldn't be a very good tactic, as a Brit who can't even vote in the US election... I am shocked looking at the TV coverage of the impeachment, how partisan both sides are in a judicial setting. In a criminal case, you would have the police and witness evidence. That should be happening here in a court with an impartial judge. Where I don't agree, is that I do think he has a case to answer. What he is alleged to have done fits perfectly with his character and tactics overall. Quid pro quo got Trump to where he is today. Well I suggest you start paying attention. You can't argue with the facts. Facts are not a matter of opinion or bias. If I were to say the earth is round, you don't argue with it. Same when I say Trump is a brighter shade of orange than a tangerine or an international embarrassment for the United States. These aren't opinions.

High irony. It's you he's playing. His own supporters. He plays you like a fiddle, plays to your needs. You needed an alternative to liberal elites, socialism and you wanted someone to stand up to China, bringing back the blue-collar jobs in the process. In principal there is nothing wrong with this. Trump supporters are a bit like Brexit supporters, as in some had heartfelt concerns, genuine needs not being met by the current system, genuine reasons for voting "out" of a globalist system that wasn't working for them. The tragedy is nobody really stood up for these people in a constructive way, and then social media came along and really fucked things up further, polarising and distorting the truth. Hipsters all over, in gentrified neighbourhoods, in every coffee shop, self obsessed, never looking up from their Macbooks to even notice there was a problem. Ignorance all around. A complete failure on both sides to see the point of view of the other. Divided we fall. So when Trump comes along he fills the vacuum perfectly. Like Boris Johnson in the UK, he is patriotic, he's a fixer, he wants to get things done and unite the country, and he wants to win big. The art of the deal, not a politician, not a robot reading from a script about LGBT+ rights, someone who you could imagine actually running a factory, defending a house, or fighting off a communist invasion. Like in the good old days. Someone you could imagine walking in through the doors of a factory like Apple's, giving a rousing speech about how the US is the most powerful country on God's green Earth, and then overnight the profit doubles and he goes for a beer with the workers done the pub. Trump. HAHA Fooled by a gameshow host. Pretty much everybody internationally laughing at you, pointing, saying "how could you be so stupid to elect this guy". How does it feel? I'd be angry too. It's a massive let down. Not just for you as a Trump voter but for me as a Brit, with the close relationship and culture we share as two powerful Western economies. We are going to fall like Rome. Trump filled a dangerous vacuum left by Obama, and he did it 100% for self-serving reasons. Supercharged by the internet, a faction on both sides has become radicalised. In the UK we have the Labour party's swing to a hard-left, socialist party. The Conservative centre-right has been shown the door, and we have our own far-right movement at the heart of government to contend with, along with the same kind of corruption to go with it... The Russian inception deep into business and communities. I am in the centre. You can't be played if you arm yourself with the facts. But it is a lonely place to be in the world today. Nobody wants to hear you. The system is broken. People died to defend our democracies, but now we've been disenfranchised from within, locked in a Hobson's choice death spiral where no third party or independent can break through or turn things around - no evidence based or factual based running of the government is possible any more. It is the same in the US, and it is clear even after a few years in a chaotic and corrupt self-serving government that Trump still has millions fooled. That is extraordinary to me. Where are you getting your news from? Social media is now the largest and most powerful publisher in the world. So probably from that. It was a social media phenomena that first got Trump's campaign noticed and the traditional media talking about it. It is social media that keeps him there. If you are rich and powerful enough, and opportunistic or famous enough, as was Trump, then you can come in and pretend you are out for the workers and the patriotic, wave the flag, lie a lot, grab pussies, throw up the reality distortion field, take the Russian money, smash the government and claim the credit for Apple building computers in their existing 2013 factory. In the UK we throw rocks at politicians at every turn, rather than nurture strong and honourable leadership, we don't encourage talent to go into public life, they earn far more at private companies, in scientific projects, running their own business, creative sector, filmmaking, you name it... We need more good people in politics but it is not happening. The tribal arguement between left and right makes a collaborative cross-party atmosphere where good ideas on both sides can be executed, impossible. We have had this for decades. Then when the system turns even more toxic and tribal we double down with aggressive questioning, asking why nothing is performing, why the health service is broken, why promises keep getting broken and on and on... until we end up with such a poor calibre of politician they end up doing severe harm to the interests of the country, then we wonder where it all went wrong. The US and UK are a democracy and we, the people, get what we deserve. Wake the fuck up.

Still looks like a game show host to me!

Why don't you focus on the facts. The factory first went into production for the 2013 Mac Pro. Trump is claiming he is responsible for opening the factory in 2019, so he can take the credit for other people's hard work, making his 'economic policies' look like they're working (they are not BTW). Who has a log in your eye?? It's not me in England I can assure you of that. Let's see if you can make one single follow-up post that addresses that fact of the factory opening. Let's see if you can do it. I don't want a load of emotional hurt posturing or diverting tactics. Just answer me a very simple question. Did your President intentionally mislead - yes or no?

A nice surprise. Phase-detect AF? Global shutter? $5000? I wasn't expecting that.

Read all about it https://www.eoshd.com/2019/11/apple-factory-in-austin-open-since-2013-singapore-multinational-flex-builds-the-mac-pro-why-should-trump-take-the-credit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flex_(company) Watch the video of Trump on the factory tour. The workers wear the logo "Flex" Flex built the Mac Pro from 2013 in Austin. Apple are simply continuing what they started in 2013, in the same factory, with the same contractor. Flex are a multinational. A multinational builds stuff in more than one country. That is what "multinational" means. Flex has chosen to locate it's HQ in Singapore. Since 1993. But yes, it's all Trump.

Our Dear Camera is a false hope. Sell it.

Wonder if Tim Apple thought the same thing about his customers before deciding to give the most divisive President in history a factory tour? Good to have a fact check. A proper one, not the Tory party one obviously. SO yeah, let's look at the facts. First let's define facts. That's for our Russian readers. Actually that got me interested... what IS the most commonly known fact about hedgehogs? ILLEGAL?????? Fuck me, you are carrying guns but can't carry a hedgehog? Anywhere where was I... Oh yeah, the truth, reality, actuality. Apple's factory was not opened by Trump today. Tim Apple gave him some easy to understand Apple propaganda on a tour, in an effort to stop Donald putting massive tariffs on all the stock coming in from China. A smart move from Apple, but at the risk of wading into politics. Sometimes better not to bother. It clearly pisses people off. Especially people who are constantly fed fake facts.

From John Gruber (Daring Fireball): “This is how Apple chose to unveil the packaging for the Mac Pro — in a poorly-shot overexposed propaganda video by the White House, scored with bombastic music that sounds like it came from an SNL parody of a Michael Bay film. Think about how it feels to work on that team at Apple.” “A low moment in Apple’s proud history, and a sadly iconic moment for Tim Cook. I hope avoiding those tariffs is worth it.” BEAUTIFULLY GRADED! Apple’s latest ad is a brave new direction for the Cupertino tech giant’s brand. To celebrate, I have created the EOSHD Tim Apple LUT. The favoured look of the US President is perfect for factory tour videos or nationalist propaganda. The LUT has a muted, washed, bleached contrast with no life and no joy in it. So if that’s what your scene demands, be sure to use the EOSHD Tim Apple LUT today. Download the Tim Apple LUT (.cube format, free of charge, but at cost to your soul, 100% tested with Final Cut Pro X, Premiere and Resolve) "I Can't wait to see What you guys creates [sic] with this fantastic LUT" - Donald

Psychologically three figures appeals more than 4. Although it's usually two figures I give to Canon.

I would far rather shoot with the Fuji X-H1 in that price range. FAR more fun and much higher quality feel to it, much high-spec all-round.

Yep he's a top bloke and knows his stuff. I am a bit jealous of that Cooke anamorphic in the video. Perhaps the stilted performance is down to internally thinking HOW we can make off with this lens afterwards. That's what I would be thinking.

Incredibly close between these two. I have a Panasonic S1H with me at the moment, and am getting to know it. Meanwhile the Z-CAM, I had the briefest of hands-on at IBC and will be posting some footage from it. Both cameras are capable of 6K H.265 internal recording from a full frame sensor, and both are at the lower price-end of the pro-cinema market. Flannel Ninja’s video above goes into really in-depth detail about the two, so do give it a look. Read the full article

It's pixel binning in full frame so rolling shutter should be ok. In Super 35mm I'm surprised it is 10ms, seems optimistic to me!?

Thanks Keep the down-votes coming for these replicants, and I will get the forum to automatically ban anyone with -10 or lower reputation.