Andrew Reid

Not to mention the whacking great MJPEG file sizes on the 1D X II. Killed it for video in long-run for me. Great stills camera though.

120p is 4x crop and no AF tracking. You can see THROUGH the camera from top to bottom - it has a HOLE in it. GOLD standard? Pity the early adopters, after I saw his 'problems' section. Squeals a high-pitched note randomly. Sometimes just hangs for no reason. No low battery warning or graceful shutdown procedure, just turns off and corrupts the ProRes file. The camera ain't finished.

I am just wondering how he can say it's the gold standard, in the same breath of "it's not a low light camera" It's not full frame either. "Fan a none issue!" It is an issue. It has a great whacking hole in the top!! I am interested to find out how they stop dust getting in there and onto the sensor, as the fan is primarily there to cool the sensor and image processor. I would also be frightened of a slight bit of drizzle or sand. You guys plan to use it in a plastic bag?

Some big claims "Gold standard for image quality for anything under $3000" Hmm.

Yeah right now it's a confusing jumble of new stuff. With the high-end stuff it's best to wait and see how the dust settles unless you're feeling adventurous!! X-T3 was a solid buy. I really enjoyed mine so far, and it's certainly the best value for money out of ALL the new stuff. E-M10 III at the low end is so cheap, a total value for money bargain too, though obviously not as future proof as X-T3, at least it packs IBIS Review of that is tomorrow on EOSHD so check it out as well. Will make great B-cam even for people already satisfied with their primary new kit.

I don't think AF has anything to do with the sensor readout speed. To do 4K/60p you need to run the rolling shutter scan much faster and that is a hardware limitation not software. Maybe it could do it for a short time but it would be pretty unstable if it did. X-T3 if you want 4K/60p. It's half the price. Or wait till S1?

It's not really a cinema camera though. It's going to be annoying especially with the low battery life, you will want to do a lot of power cycles in the midst of shooting with it. Now you can always rig it up with a big brick of a battery but you know what I think of doing that to "Pocket cameras".

It's a bit like doubling the horse power of your car through an engine mapping software tweak Not gonna happen. Anamorphic mode on the other-hand, perfectly doable!

Lens is so important but it's not binary, it is never one aspect alone. Codec and colour science still vitally important. 85mm F1.2L Canon FD is magical on medium format. Not so much on crop sensor. So it depends on the combination of format and lens, not just the lens alone.

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IBIS seems like an A7 III beater so far. Impressive. Regarding separate settings - I can keep 180 degree shutter on Manual mode for movies, and not have to worry about remembering to put it back to 1/50 again after shooting stills. Why don't Sony think of things like this? They are androids. Has anyone found out how to stop the camera using 1/25 in low light when using Aperture Priority mode with auto-ISO in video mode? Doesn't seem to be a minimum shutter speed setting like for auto ISO in stills mode.

Yes absolutely viable but Nikon's marketing department probably doesn't even know what an anamorphic is!!

Z6 has already been launched, it is a set-spec and they had the final production units at Photokina to try out. It won't do 4K 60p but it's a better camera than the already very good A7 III for similar money, which is why it's so exciting.

Please tell me more about this anamorphic. What's the price?

I am fine with adapters for the older stuff like Canon FD. It's when it has firmware bugs and crap AF when it becomes an issue. Thankfully the Sigma / Sony adapter was pretty good and Metabones firmware improves all the time, though still not great. There are some very good adapters out there, Kipon have such a HUGE range. I am keen to try their medium format speed boosters on this. They have German optics, and bring Pentax 645 glass into play.

Yeah wolfy I think that sums things up well. The Nikon seems like an all-rounder, whereas the others all have some kind of deal-breaker. 1.8x crop on EOS R Contrast AF on Panasonic Sony ergonomics, unresponsiveness and menus Samsung NX1 - pulled out of market Fujifilm comes out well but no IBIS in their 10bit video model makes us pine for an X-H2 Nikon... Hard to see a downside apart from the pricing and availability? Wait did I miss something?! Is there a hack to get it internally without N-LOG?

I was able to find a Nikon Z7 in Berlin and decided to shoot with it at least until the Z6 comes out, when I'll reassess whether it is worth 3800 euros. Read the full article

Same sensor, same dynamic range - I think it's to be expected it looks very similar to the GH5. I remember the BMCC also shipped with debris in the mount and over the sensor, so 6 years later still no clean room apparently!

Does anyone really think a Fujifilm sales ambassador is going to know where the sensor comes from, let alone tell everyone?! Remember that companies deny things all the time. Samsung denied they were leaving the camera market ?

Yes sure. I'll work on it.

Send me that video file Dave! By the way, apparently (don't know if this is true) the next Photokina is in May 2019 already. They are holding them every year from now on.

Cheers man. It was great fun! I'll be in touch about more stuff and ideas. I wonder if Dan will sell me his anamorphic. Surely he needs to get rid of some of those 300 lenses of his?

Certain a show highlight. There will be a whole article coming with that in. Berlin airport security - "What is this hand-made device with wires?" You... "It's a wireless trigger!" *Airport security stares even more suspiciously*

Yes I did actually haha! They didn't have any at the show. I don't think they are ready yet and might even just be for one customer - the South Korean film industry. I could be wrong on that. I hope they end up for sale and at decent prices.

On day 3 and 4 of Photokina, I collaborated with Dave Altizer of Kinotika to record the first episode of EOSHD TV and an EOSHD Podcast. We discuss insider topics such as a rumoured on-chip ND filter by Panasonic, Fuji's "super full frame" medium format strategy and round up some of the highlights of Photokina (including the Panasonic S1R). Read the full article