Andrew Reid

Seems he didn't check the date when he uploaded it on the 31st March

Aren't they entitled to do that?

Shot externally with an Atomos in HLG 10bit mode (higher bitrate than internal) Looks pretty good to me, and a hint of what the internal codec upgrade will look like. I also feel for a promo film it's above average, a very simple story but effective. A bit sentimental of course, and not perfect attention to detail in some shots, but it works. I hope one day when I hear a piece of music it will remind me of the Panasonic S1, when I was young enough to shoot stuff and not too old and crippled to use a camera

I like Wooden Camera's stuff and a sun hood is a good idea, working with what we've got. Problem is we've got too little. Price is good. Now let's raise it by $1000 and see a Pro version.

What's the point of the big bad screen on the back of the Pocket then? They may as well have left it off. It sucks up power and doesn't point in the direction you need it to, and you can barely see it in sun light. Of course, nobody in Blackmagic pointed this out to the design team!

It would probably just be easier to add ProResRAW internal recording to E-M1X or future GH6 40 minutes at best and sometimes camera turns off at 50% so hardly reliable YES to that. Where is a new Ninja Star?! If they can power it via USB C with no need for Canon LP, even better. Modern chips very efficient and at same time powerful.

NAB 2019 begins this weekend and exhibits open to the public on Monday 8th. One of the big talking points this year I think will be DaVinci Resolve 16 and hopefully we will see a big swing away from Adobe Premiere for editing as a result. Adobe will also unveil updates at NAB but I am uninterested, as I really do think their reliability isn't fit for pro work any more, or any kind of work for that matter. On the camera side it looks a bit quiet so far. Canon confused us all with the EOS R external RAW recording tweet, but it's entirely possible their reps don't know the difference between external HDMI recording and RAW any way. Read the full article

Nice shots, especially the first two. Why 4:3?

NAB starts tomorrow

I think that's bang on the money... I dare say Sigma designed or even manufactured glass in Panasonic's lenses and have been doing so for years. Whereas the higher-end optical formulas are Leica, I wonder if Sigma is a contract manufacturer even for those. So for Panasonic to be in bed with Sigma is very cozy, but it must give Leica a lot of pause for thought to share the L-mount license with a rival lens manufacturer. Maybe it will give Leica a bit of a reality check on their pricing. Leica L mount lenses have some real rip offs in the ranks, such as that crap kit zoom for the TL and even the 23mm F2 which is a nice lens but it's just an APS-C Panasonic / Sigma jobby basically, with a Leica badge. Leica need to get real there and unless it is hand made in Germany, a modern full frame or APS-C L mount lens should not cost the same as an M mount lens. I am sure internally at Leica not everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet in agreement over the alliance. First shot across the bow... Disable Sigma's Canon adapter. Bam. Hopefully this is not the case, but even if it is politics, I have a feeling they will dress it up sweetly as a little technological hurdle maid. Oh dear it doesn't work, sorry about that, but we have a lovely £4000 50mm to sell you instead. Maybe that Novoflex adapter was an experiment by the Germans... How shit can we make this adapter perform with Canon glass and what impact does even this shit adapter have on our native lens sales? Problem for Panasonic and the alliance is that a good Canon EF adapter exists on a Sony body. Sony don't seem to mind, and their native lens sales are fine. So is Leica just paranoid? Time will tell. In the meantime they have lost two sales or at least delayed two sales of Sigma's little adapter!! But not gained any Leica L-mount lens sales! What a great achievement! Besides Sigma have a range of those coming out!

I am no clearer whether I should buy it or not! May as well continue using my manual focus stuff until they can tell us what the heck they are playing at.

Let's hope they don't revolutionise editing too much. FCPX magnetic timeline anyone?

Good to hear. Is the 120fps 10bit or 8bit in H.265?

Did somebody just say Anamorphic Mode?

Anything's possible, let's see how it progresses. Still early days yet but I have Magic Lantern up and running on my M50 with a few modules... no RAW video module yet but should only be a matter of time now!

Does anyone have the full version of this post? Or is that it? What are the max frame rates on the full frame cameras? Seriously impressive stuff and the Micro Four Thirds version shipping already is a total bargain for $1999. 4K 120fps 10bit ProRes!!

B&H say the MC-21 is compatible with the Leica SL https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1463159-REG/sigma_sigma_mc_21_mount_converter_lens.html

I already said it first a day ago and again now. I also said it in the review. Set C3 with 4K & Canon LOG, hit record. But it won't maintain the mode you are in at that moment for stills... it will go to whatever mode you saved to the C3 preset. Canon messed the usability up of the one simple thing that people liked about their DSLRs... A simple stills/movie mode lever and movie exposure following exactly what is selected for stills and on the mode dial. The Sigma is sharper wide open but the FD 1.2 holds its own stopped down, especially colour and contrast... And of course wide open it has the wonder F1.2 look, remaining sharper than the less expensive FD lenses at F1.4.

Say hello to the Fotomax people for me. They helped me out with some real gems of c-mount lenses last time I was in Berlin.

In what context is 4K irrelevant in 2019? If you have a paid job and the client requests it to be shot in 4K, it's irrelevant? If you're an artist and want to future-proof your work so that it looks good on future large format display technologies in the home, it's irrelevant? If you're an enthusiast and you don't want the compromises to the image from pixel binning, with moire and aliasing in a soft 1080p image, are you really suggesting their concerns and needs are completely irrelevant, regardless of whether they need 4K resolution or will deliver in 4K resolution, that need for a cleaner image is irrelevant? Predetermined video settings on C3 triggered on movie record button is not the same as jumping into video mode from your stills mode and keeping same exposure and stills shooting mode for the recording, for all the reasons I explained in prior posts. Fact of the matter is you cannot even select Canon LOG in the menus when in stills mode. So let's suggest we are in Aperture priority mode for photos... And you want to record a 4K clip with Canon LOG... Only way to do that is to assign preset video settings to C3 and assign that mode to the record button. It will override whatever stills exposure mode you are in and might not match your intentions. It's shiiiiiit. I agree with you on a lot else but you don't have talk a lot of crap sometimes Mattias when it comes to video.

Is the MC-21 shipping yet? Panasonic told me it was on a few retailers already. I better have a look. I've spotted a used CL for £1500. I will pass on it for now, but just thought you'd like you know... It's at WEX!

Yup. There are two cockwombles involved here. One is Gannon at DPReview who wrote the original news article the other is whoever wrote that rumours headline because nowhere in the PDF or Leica info does it mention the MC-21 adapter!! I am trying to clarify things with Panasonic and will see what the real story is here. Confusion reigns supreme!

Magic Lantern on the M50 is real by the way.

Hype, much? It's a grip, and quite a normal one. Nothing outstanding. Other mirrorless cameras have more comfortable or larger ones, and sometimes both at the same time. Nothing about the EOS R grip is special or amazing. Flip screen outstanding? What's different about it vs the GH5's screen? Lens control ring is useless fly by wire setting roulette / wheel of fortune and totally out of place on professional lenses. There's only three. Screen / menus / control ring. Have we forgotten something more important... Hmm, let's see.... Full frame no crop 4K perhaps. How about a sensor that is this year's technology not 2014's.... Maybe an IBIS system of some sort like all the competition has already... X-H1 (Fuji), Z6 (Nikon), A7 III (Sony), GH5 (Panasonic), E-M1 II / X (Olympus) but oh no, not Canon! Because they are unique and special and wonderful all on their own island (Hawaii) Says hates mode dials... Says how much like modes. Not only no thumb wheel but no jog wheel either. 2009's 5D Mark II is laughing at you. Ah the vertical grip for portrait aspect ratio shoots, always a useful filmmaking tool!

DOH!! Why didn't Sigma mention that the Leica cameras would get compatibility before launch via firmware, if that's the case? We could have done with knowing. Panasonic in the UK have even been in touch with Japan to ask WTF is going on.