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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.
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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
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Thanks Keep the down-votes coming for these replicants, and I will get the forum to automatically ban anyone with -10 or lower reputation.
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Once again Sony fiddled with the colour science, so the whole thing has to be re-done. I bought an A6400, and started on it. Stay tuned for what happens next.
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43Rumours criticising Vitaily Kiselev for Clickbait
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
His powers of prediction failed him here though: I counted 34 adverts on that single page by the way, all with who-knows how many tracking cookies. 43rumours is like if I collected up all the Vietnamese spambot content and promoted it to occupy 8 tenths of the EOSHD home page. -
43Rumours criticising Vitaily Kiselev for Clickbait
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Not yet, but definitely before the Russian interference report which names 9 Tory donors! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50366956 -
Look at this pair of kitchen items having an argument http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/22998/olympus-closure-is-near-can-happen-in-less-than-8-months/ https://www.43rumors.com/fake-rumors-olympus-will-not-quit-the-camera-business-within-8-months/ Olympus shutting down apparently, according to our favourite GH2 ex-hacker. And 43rumours had the temerity to call someone out for fake news! ????????
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Jarred Land posted today on REDUser about REDCODE (RED’s compressed RAW codec) withstaning the patent challenge by Apple. Although the court documents haven’t been updated in public from what I can see, it does appears Cupertino have failed where Sony previously failed. Now the stage is set for some negotiations, with RED being in pole position. Read the full article
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Solid... More like amazing. Very generous indeed for G9 users. First ever firmware update to change a camera from 8bit to 10bit, I think, no?
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Big ole PDF on the camera from FDTimes here: https://2stxv23ezngh2b8peu3esf6u-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/98FDTimes-1.16-Leica-SL2.pdf • Frame rates for both C4K and UHD resolutions are 24, 25, 29.97, 50 and 59.94 fps at 10-bit 4:2:2. • Up to 29.97 fps, 10-bit 4:2:2 can be recorded internally onto an SD card. • 50 and 59.97 fps 10-bit 4:2:2 can be recorded externally via the full size HDMI output. • All 10-bit files can be stored in a .MOV container format at high data rates on the SD card with ALL-INTRA (low) com- pression. Every frame keeps all its information. This results in higher quality (but larger files.) • FHD is available up to 150 -180 fps, but only 8-bit. • The SL2 can record 5K in a 1.33:1 (4:3) aspect ratio in Super35 Crop Mode. This could be interesting for anamorphic lenses. Recording is 10-bit 4:2:0 on the internal SD card. (The HDMI output is not capable of 5K.) • The 10-bit 4:2:2 formats allow the use of Rec. 709, Rec. 2020 (HLG) and L-Log. Leica L-Log has been completely re-de- signed with improved characteristics. An internal and external LUT for preview is available. • The SL2 also offers more compressed 8-bit 4:2:2 Long-GOP files in Rec. 709 .MP4 containers for immediate distribution or proxy editing. THEY FINALLY FIXED THE LOG PROFILE The bitrate for ALL-I DCI 4K is 400Mbit 5K is 200Mbit 4:2:0 Long GOP (no ALL-I) No 5K over HDMI, it gets down-converted to standard 4K
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Recent high-profile criticism levelled at Leica, is that they’re becoming a 'software company' rehousing hardware from China and Japan. Although the Leica SL2 (“Made in Germany!”) uses virtually all of the internal hardware as the Panasonic S1R – sensor, EVF, stabilisation, along I suspect with most of the mainboard too and firmware programmed by Panasonic (with menus designed by Leica), I do feel it brings something very important to the artist’s table beyond numbers. Read the full article
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You are correct... And also the first posts are often cut & paste from Reddit, so I am doing Google searches now to screen those out. It's a pity the Google Captcha and email verification aren't enough to stop them creating an account in the first place. I'll see what else there is to make that more robust. One day I hope to leave my AI to fight off enemy AI, and leave us to get on with using the forum in peace!!
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Internet is going to be truly done for when AI progresses to next step. Maybe at some point they'll be so believable we'll all be rubbing our cameras in CBD oil.
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User acting suspiciously? They might be a replicant. Please report their username here and I will take them down.
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This is very strange. Every day I pre-vet new posts from new users, and every day I ban at least 2 or 3 spambots. So how they are getting through my approval queue, I don't know. Are they cutting and pasting believable posts written by somebody previously on the forum to get through that step? I don't know. I'll look into it. Just created a post where you can report bots here:
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You can bet your house that when we have 8K 120fps, people will be disappointed. Fundamental human flaw! Never happy with what we have, always want what we can't. I suppose in a way it drives progress and innovation... the restlessness... but it also creates a relentless pace in the world, where we don't for one moment stop to enjoy what we have. Full frame sensors have only just become fast enough to do 6K readout at 24p, or Super 35mm crop for 4K/60p. A remarkable achievement, let's remember that. I agree... Should be more funky RAW stuff around for artists to play with... Although the technology has always been around, the desire from major manufacturers hasn't. And perhaps it should tell us something that Ikonoskop and Digital Bolex both went out of business! It's not easy.
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On the Sigma Fp it is definitely worth shooting 12bit RAW to a USB C SSD drive, if you want to make full use of the dynamic range. If you don't need to boost the shadows by 3-4 stops, or under expose by 3-4 stops to prioritise a particularly bright part of the frame, the 8bit RAW to SD card offers beautiful results too. Read the full article