Andrew Reid

My guess would be the retailers aren't keen on Panasonic selling direct to customers and pocketing all the profit themselves. In return for widespread promotion of the upgrade, the retailers wanted in. Unfortunately the retailers and Panasonic didn't come up with a better solution than a bit of cardboard in a box!

Oh dear, does it?! Looks like I am going to have to migrate to Firefox then. Safari, you lose.

Panasonic Japan helped me out with a key, so I was not a "normal customer" in this regard. The packet they send out is same process as GH5 + V-LOG upgrade. I am sure it will arrive promptly in a lot less than 28 days but an AppStore with instant delivery would have been far preferable in my view. That £2349 is a bargain but yes it's grey import from HK I believe.

Some instructions and useful links here for getting the upgrade https://www.eoshd.com/2019/07/the-panasonic-s1-codec-upgrade-is-out-now-update-to-firmware-1-2-and-redeem-code/

Today the Panasonic S1 gets the new V1.2 firmware update which brings the capability to unlock the catchily dubbed DMW-SFU2 upgrade capabilities. Full V-LOG (not "L"), Cinema VariCam colour science (V-Gamut) and 10bit codec upgrade to 4K 4:2:2 150Mbit are the main features. As well as that there's LUT support in camera, high res 24bit audio and other exciting improvements. Read the full article

Try and watch any new 4K video, trailer or camera test on YouTube in Safari - you will see 1080p or 1440p max! Until Apple and Google stops ripping off their customers with silly codec wars, here is a solution I've found to get 4K YouTube videos working again in Safari. Read the full article

9 minutes 50 seconds record limit in 4K No 4K/24p No phase-detect AF (like RX100 V that uses same sensor) No slow-mo 240/480fps modes I am still interested in G7X III for the colour science alone, but that's about it vs RX100 series.

It certainly shows the importance of watching it in the right browser. And people seem to pay a lot of attention to colour grading and lenses, as far as the mood goes.

Unbelie-fucking-vable. It does indeed show in 4K in Chrome on my MacBook Pro 15"... And it looks WAY BETTER. Less compressed. Big difference between cameras now.

2015 sensor in 2019. Well done Canon.

This is what I get... Is it Google playing silly buggers with MacBook Retina display users?

Don't bother, I won't be wasting time reading what you have to say... And if you hijack another discussion and make it about me, you will be out with no further warning.

You seem to have an axe to grind Castorp. Maybe a previously banned member who has rejoined. Don't make every one of your posts about me, otherwise you will be out of this place faster than you can type Anthropomorphising.

DPReview say the GFX 100 is giving the best image they've ever tested... I'd say the S1R does even better in Pixel Shift mode https://***URL removed***/news/6009498706/fujifilm-gfx100-sets-new-benchmark-in-our-studio-scene Impressive stuff from Panasonic to better the resolving power of 100 megapixel medium format.

Ok, right. Hopefully, we can be on the topic of a certain Blackmagic camera from this point onwards... Plenty to talk about!

I only had the option for 1080p for it on YouTube. Perhaps Gunpowder sabotaged it after we degendered him?

It's hard to tell a dog's gender from the face.

Sony will start a web store instead.

Sounds promising. China giving South Korea some real competition in display market...

Grant Petty has nothing to do with the decisions made in PR in Knutsford. And to be fair to Blackmagic, said PR team were apologetic afterwards and in favour of reaching out. I believe it would be a very constructive relationship if they genuinely put some effort in. JB's rudeness on here is legendary, but it's in the past as far as I'm concerned, we as a community moved on from him. Hook contributed straight forward answers and good info. There are far more viewers than contributors in this post. How about some more constructive contributors to satisfy that audience of 1 million who have tuned in? Those people who are posting good info is what this thread and indeed whole forum are about. The bitching should always take a backseat.

How's it better than OLED?

Yes it would. But main purpose is to have voters focusing on the image and cinematography, rather than voting for their favourite camera!

Smartphones are the worst thing that have ever happened to cinema... And 40% our audience! But I do recognise what this test was primarily about... The overall colours and look of the lens. These can be judged from a smartphone. But if the camera sensor and codec is levelled out by YouTube and tiny smartphones, it doesn't mean to say they don't matter! I think the Pocket 4K's advantages were levelled flat, raised to the ground in fact, by YouTube compression & smartphone viewers voting... But does that mean I will stop using it for the incredible images vs something less capable? Nah.

Yes so am I. Just remember to reveal just the VIDEO first. Then reveal the EQUIPMENT at the next stage of the competition after votes are counted.

So would I. Good job I make my films primarily for me, not for some sucker who can't be arsed to watch them properly I'd also say that the kind of compression and mush we see in the otherwise lovely lake scene, isn't what any of us go into this passion for. I'd go as far as to say everyone here loves the look of film and cinema. We all have our favourite movies and cinematographers. If someone on YouTube, or some client, or some audience members can't get off their smartphone to appreciate our art, why do we owe it to them to dumb down our love of images?Why should we start believing that none of what we love matters any more? Why should we stop demanding more from our equipment and dumb down our craft? Why should we think that none of this technological progress matters, just because of a lazy audience, or a clueless clientele? In the end we all had fun with this test and it reveals something very interesting, but I'll continue to revel in image quality for sake of my own interests and art, even if it doesn't matter to a smartphone viewer on YouTube.