Andrew Reid

I was trying out the T100 the other day. It's a good idea, so you can easily tilt it up without swinging it out to the side, or you can swing it out and point it forward or even forward and up at the same time. But it needs refinement because the hinge mechanism is pretty complex and not very graceful. Surprised to see their most expensive screen mechanism on their cheapest camera

The cheap Fujifilm T100 has it!

Good news Geoff!! So the F mount adapter is pretty good then? Do you have the 58mm F1.4G?

We're all going to be shooting Brawley soon not just me!

Strange! 4k 25p isn't cropped on mine. I thought it's just the 30p?

They will probably give it SRAW, a new Sony RAW format that only works in Vegas

NAB and IBC have been and gone. No A7S III. In Sony's most recent marketing presentations, they outline a three-pronged strategy for cameras - "Basic", "Resolution" and "Speed". This is a change from the previous strategy of "Basic", "Resolution" and "Low Light + Video" and with the A7 III having such good low light and video capabilities, will Sony bother with an A7S III? Read the full article

Good point, may be quite processor intensive on the camera side.

Very well considered post, great stuff Joe. I think the "hyper-shilling" is indeed showing cracks. A lot of the newcomers don't even know that it's against the law not to disclose a financial relationship with a company and that a 'relationship' could be as simple as having your flight paid for by Canon to go to Hawaii. The FTC is clamping down on sponsored content as well.

Great to have the option. I hope it finds it way onto a small USB C Blackmagic ext. recorder as well. And is it going to be just an URSA thing or will the Pocket 4K be capable? Seems it needs dedicated hardware inside the camera and hardware acceleration on the edit side as well. It will be interesting to see how computationally heavy it is to edit vs other formats. Nice move Blackmagic.

I entirely missed the 3K anamorphic mode. When did that creep in? Why is nobody reporting on it? CHEERS!!

A new baby has been born! Read the full article

I'll print some for Photokina!

No, one is in the PR industry and I am in the camera industry ?

Yes let's!!

Why do you always have to make things personal? Can't I just be critical of someone's trashy K-pop video and not be jealous that he has a camera and I don't!? You are bringing ego into it where it doesn't exist. The videos he's doing just aren't my thing. Not art-house enough. It's pop tart trash. Has it's audience, but I'm not into it. I am sure he is a lovely guy. You are misinterpreting it then. Easy to do on the Internet. You're forgiven, but please... Get a separation between the criticism of someone's work and someone's personal character, ok? Two different subjects altogether!!! Blackmagic are in Knutsford, it's just where they based an office. It was before the BBC moved up to Manchester I think. Most of the camera companies are based in a small area between Reading / London. Just happens BM are up North. Good to see that. They didn't see the view count on the forum thread and I haven't been proactively boasting to them about my site stats Yes followed Alan Roberts for a while. Personally I think it's too science based and there is more to a camera image than just science.

It matters that they covered Blackmagic it in the past. The way the internet works is you cultivate an audience based on subjects. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is for the EOSHD crowd and the URSA is more in line for the Cinema5D audience. You only have to briefly glance at the front page of both sites to see that, don't you?! That's not in the UK so not expecting to be invited.

It's a clash of personalities and philosophies. It does happen in life. Shit happens. Johnnie puts a lot of emphasis on the STATUS of being a pro and not enough on the art-form. Nino once met me in Berlin and half way through the chat he broke off for 10 minutes to answer a call. Businessman first and foremost, friend second. They're not my colleagues, we don't work for the same company, and I am not out to please other bloggers who I don't respect. Only the ones I do respect. I care about my real life friends and readers

Yes exactly. Surely me and Philip together, have a much larger reach to GH5 / Pocket users, than Nino/Johnnie? Did Cinema5D even write any Blackmagic Pocket camera articles prior to this? It is all cine lenses, audio boxes, cages, pro cameras.

Yeah it's great. I think things can be sorted out very quickly on a forum. Imagine all those angry people PHONING Blackmagic pro support instead over and over again. You sort a problem out once on the Forums and everyone else can benefit all at the same time. If I ran a camera company I would 100% have a dedicated forum for the products and just be honest about having all the issues out in the open. OK the aim with the K-pop guy is that content is going to come out of it. So they won't necessarily be selling direct to his 300,000 subscribers but will have the tits and ass videos to sell the camera to US I don't necessarily agree it's a good strategy and think it's tacky when you could have someone like Darren Aronofsky use one instead. But taste is a pretty personally thing. Yuk sums it up LOL. I think stuff has gone out world-wide, tons of demo cameras seeded to influencers. We didn't get one here, and I think that is a miss. PS Don't ever become a psychologist @Kieran. LOL.

Yes I understand that from first hand experience but in an unconventional way. If I didn't shoot or were quite shit at it, EOSHD wouldn't exist! I would be completely broke. No food on my table. No. My art videos are my indirect living and my blog is my direct living (Pro Color, guides). So in that sense I am no different to you. We're on the same page dude.

Depends on the "art" Dan. I like a lot of stuff out there. Check out Kendy Ty. This is so motivating. We are all in the same boat! Just trying to share what we know. There are people who just want to self-promote and glorify themselves by cozying up to camera companies and getting views. I am glad you've actually been HELPED by the blog and enjoy the technology. Remember that article about the Samsung NX1 "the glory of technology", I think that's my passion rather than fitting into public relations expectations. I am a nerd. Not a social climber.

Do I constructively criticize you by starting with a string of insults? No!

I have zero to gain by talking to you Kieran. I know a troll when I see one! @seanzzxx That is true. Blackmagic have their own forum as well, which is good on their part but also reduces support costs maybe? RED also of course have a forum but's not on the official website. Canon don't have anything.

Yeah the Digital Bolex footage was inspirational. THAT camera was in the right hands, absolutely. I am bored over the over-commercialised, over-stylised trash. Interesting remarks. I once shot a video for the DJ Paul Van Dyk and got EOSHD mentioned in the YouTube description. Van Dyk has Millions of followers worldwide. I got like... what... 20 referrals? It's the RELEVANCE of the audience to the product that matters!!! This comment is a disgrace. Why do you expect to continue to profit from my site in terms of your camera knowledge, whilst being so personally aggressive? There is a big difference between critiquing the video of a music video producer on your own forum, to going into his house and calling him a resentful and spiteful person who doesn't show kindness or tolerance.