Andrew Reid

Let's be clear, if you use popular music for commercially paid work like wedding videos, that's another matter. You shouldn't do it. You got paid, and you owe the artist a percentage. If you're just sharing non-commercial experiments and artistic cinematography with friends, then that is different, ethically at least. No shit Sherlock ? The question here is whether it is good for their business and users to have a dumb 3-strikes DMCA policy when their main rivals don't. If they end up with everyone leaving or banned, Vimeo will close down. Nobody wants that, not even anti-social assholes like Dan Sherman.

I know recording artists, I know musicians and I know what the vast majority of them want - they want people to hear their music. They want it to be used by fans. They want it to be uploaded to YouTube with equally artistic pictures and for it to bring in streaming revenue for them - like is the case with YouTube and Spotify. For whatever reason Vimeo could not arrange this, so they are not just failing their own users but the musicians as well... Vimeo are denying them (collectively) millions of dollars in streaming revenue. "Made with ♡ in NYC!"

It's not that simple dummy. I won't bother repeating what I wrote in the article a second time. It was clearly lost on you the first time. You probably haven't got the talent to match music to images so you'll probably not understand what's at stake. Like freedom of speech there is such a thing of freedom of artistic expression, if I wanted to set some cinematography to a Pink Floyd track in the privacy of my own edit suite at home, and not release it, I am free to do that. So yes, pros do use copyrighted songs. It is when sharing the results with friends and followers where the problem is, because in order to do that in the age of the internet some form of 'publishing' has to happen and anyone can view it. You are not using it commercially, it's just for fun. Other pros have done it all the time, like Philip Bloom before the music bed, it's been very common and you Ben seem to ignore all the other issues and grey areas as well in an attempt to vote against your own artistic freedom out of some dumb attempt to simplify the subject down to either right or wrong, black or white. You are an 8bit binary thinker. You are worse than a GIF. If you were a codec, you'd be AVCHD. I was recruited by the DJ Paul Van Dyk once and he wanted to use my footage over his music. Boot on the other foot. I said yes. If artists don't share, they don't create anything. Not everything has to be about money or paying for a license.

The Nikon Z7 could well be the best ever camera for adapting manual focus lenses. Read the full article

I wonder if they end up charging for it like V-LOG at first? Or was that just a failed experiment. I can see RAW on the S1R for $3.5k. Not sure about for $2k on the S1.

Maybe there will be a cage with it's own replacement battery door, plus cheese plate adapter for a second battery, with a door, behind a door, within a maze. Spooky.

My experience so far also tells me the AF is one firmware update away from reliable Look at what Panasonic have just done with v2.4 on the GH5 - seems an impressive step. So I am sure Nikon can make an already good system more bullet proof. My strategy so far has been to use smaller manual focus lenses - Leica M and Canon FD - along with one Z mount lens (35mm F1.8) for when I REALLY need AF. I am enjoying the camera better this way, than with the FTZ adapter. Big Nikon F mount lenses just feel clunky on it some how.

So that's why Blackmagic shoots always have a gaffer on set!!!

I'll do it for you.

Be careful the battery doesn't fall out!!

The 1970's called. It wants Jimmy's profile picture back! SIMPLY THE BEST!

It's not that these things matter. It's only the battery falling out during a critical shot. Let's get it out the design room lads, we've done our job!!

Does it come with a free bit of tape to keep the battery door closed?

24hrs?? How do you download 10 years worth of uploads in that space of time? Do you get a refund for the Plus and Pro yearly fee or is that down the drain too? Surely under law you can request ALL data they hold for your account. It is your data. Stuff like analytics, video viewing figures, comments and user feedback, private messages, etc. Is there a way to back this up? Pretty serious situation I think.

It's a very anti-customer move. Sorry to hear of your experiences! I am moving it all to YouTube but I will seek out an alternative host for embeds with no ads and original file downloads. Keep the suggestions for those coming.

It is a really refreshing change after D850. Couldn't use much on that! I think the Z7 is flat out great. Once you dump the bulky FTZ adapter and old Nikon lenses and go with some more exotic stuff, it takes on a new life. Z6 should be a bargain when it comes out. Expect good things.

Well done @Jerome Chiu @noone @MattH Leica M9! Close guess on the 50mm Summicron. It's the "Japanese Summicron" - Canon 50mm F1.4 LTM (M39 thread to Leica M) I am amazed such an old 10 years+ CCD sensor and a 60 year old lens gives this kind of image in 2018 - looks pretty modern doesn't it? High contrast. Superb colour and dynamic range. Hardly any noise. If you have the chance to pick up either one - be it that lens or the Leica M9 - DO IT

Buh bye! Tomorrow I will start to pull all my videos from Vimeo and transfer them to another platform. That's not because playback performance remains a problem after half a decade. It's because Vimeo cannot even assure the safety of my account any more. It could be deleted at any moment. Read the full article

Yeah I saw that on the BBC iPlayer the other day. Was surprisingly tough questioning - he clearly knows his cameras!! I honestly hadn't expected it from a BBC tech journalist, but he was giving the Canon guy exactly the kind of hard-time I would have done!!

Kai has put it right now with the proper review. He's always done both stills and video side in the videos. The point is, initial info was missing during camera launch, swept under the rug by the marketing machine. Only now are we finally aware of several major flaws. Too late for those 2 million viewers, in my opinion. What kind of bullshit comment... You contradict yourself in the same breath. You're right, it's not a valid comparison. So why make one. Unless the pan speed, FOV and video mode are identical on both cameras, you may as well post a picture of a teletubby.

4K/30p isn't APS-C on the M50. It's 2.5x crop.

Nope. Not cost effective for 4K and high traffic.

Due to a couple of old DMCA claims against my Vimeo account from 2016 and older, they are terminating my account if another one is made. As these are quite common and often made in error, I no longer consider Vimeo a secure place for my channel and EOSHD embeds. I am looking for alternative pay-monthly video hosting sites to replace Vimeo. Must have no ads obviously! Support for smooth 4K playback and original file downloads. Any suggestions? Is there a way to pay for a YouTube account upgrade for my videos on there, so that the user experience is better for viewers regardless of what YouTube account they have? No ads is a must.

Yes there is shoot without lens in the menu but unless you are going to tape up the lens contacts nothing is going to help EF-S lens using 60p shooters here in terms of workarounds.

No you do not get 1.8x in 60p either. You will have to shoot full frame for 60p, and use the digital IS to crop-in to 1.2x and approx. 1.4x. That latter mode may get your Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 into service in 60p but beware the softness and artefacts from DIS. EF-S lens users are completely out of luck for 60p. As soon as one is detected, it locks the camera to 1.8x crop mode, 30p max. You cannot disable the 1.8x crop mode with one attached. IN SUMMARY: Full frame lens: FF 1080/60/50p and 1.6x crop stills. 1.8x crop 4K and 1080p up to 30p EF APS-C lens (Sigma): As above EF-S lens (Canon): 1.8x crop 1080/30p max and 4K/24/25/30p 1.8x crop In no mode can you actually record 1.6x crop video. The 1.6x crop mode is ONLY for 12MP stills. There is also a "Movie cropping mode" in the menus, but that is 1.8x as well. It is either: Full frame 1080p 60p / 1.2x crop DIS / 1.4x crop DIS+ 4K 1.8x crop 30p max 1080p 1.8x crop 30p max