Andrew Reid

What's the crop factor for that 1:1 readout from 20MP down to 4K? Doesn't it make the 1" sensor essentially about 1/2.3"? And the low light performance will suffer in both modes. I'm starting to think I should have got the Zoom instead, for the extra creative possibilities, if the image quality difference is going to be hurt by the Pro 2 sensor quirks. Also, it was cheaper.

I assume those are converted from RAW? If the video looks as good as that I'll be impressed. I am sure it is pretty good though. The stills are excellent and will be using it for that as well. The 1" sensor is much closer to a DSLR smoothness and dynamic range than the 1/2.3". The difference was apparent even in 2012 with the RX100.

Are you going to attach it to a pistol grip and use it like a normal camera?

DJI probably have an army of Chinese bots on every forum! Thread locked.

10 years on, Panasonic should really be leading things out front. I don't know whether it is down to a smaller budget, or Panasonic upper-management not allowing total freedom, but it's sad that Sony and Nikon are out front when Panasonic were the ones to pioneer the entire market, at a time others were too scared to make the jump. If anything dude, you are the one turning into a fanboy.

Interesting that they have a follow focus gear on a fly by wire lens

Hah. It's so dishonest.

I would expect it to surpass it. Certainly does on paper. Apart from 4K 60P I see no reason to get the Phantom... I hate the form factor!

Should have been Z-LOG. I think most people will wonder why Nikon named their LOG profile after the N-word.

100% right on. Sony make a good all-rounder that borrows from everything else and maximises the specs on paper, with the largest possible sensor. Their sensor tech is excellent. Innovation wise, there are others who pioneer better stuff, earlier on... but don't manage to put it in such a well rounded 'greatest hits' package, because they don't have Sony's R&D budget.

It's a bit strange the old Phantom 4 Pro shoots 4K 60p from such a similar 1" sensor, maybe even same one, and this doesn't. Is cooling a problem in drones? Surely not. Other than that, I am in love with what it's capable of and form factor.

Nice video sir. How's compression in 10bit H.265? Are the lows blocky or do you just see a nice fine grain?

Maybe instead of making marketing posts on my forum, DJI can give me a drone?!

A pretty good launch video. I may have to order it.

This thing poses a dilemma for me, because the day it gets announced, my Mavic Air turned up! The image seems good in 10bit D-LOG from Bloom's video. The Hasselblad 'colour science' and association is pure marketing trickery by the looks of it though. What do you guys think? Return Mavic Air and get this?

Some nice close-up pictures here at ePhotoZine. There is already a cage https://www.ephotozine.com/article/nikon-z6-z7-hands-on-preview-32618

A top LCD Is great for video, it takes all that clutter OFF the main LCD. It's very nice on the X-H1 to glance at the aperture, shutter, settings, etc. without having them sprayed all over your picture. The 10bit 422 HDMI is nice but I can't see myself using it much. 8bit is enough for me as long as it's a good codec. Z6 will vie with A7S III for video crown of 2018. A7 III will continue to be close and have widest range of lens possibilities both native and adapted...but it is just not quite as good as the Z6 or upcoming A7S III. For a first gen camera it's pretty good straight out of the gates, remember Sony have had years to build up to the A7 III and A7R III... Nikon came straight out and are competitive to the point of possibly even bettering the mirrorless market leader. What's wrong with the Nikon D850 batteries?

That's a great name for a custom flat profile

I hope if it is more expensive than the already very expensive Sony RX1 II, then it is actually BETTER and not just a cash grab. Or high-value added... as a marketing department would say! It should have a better Zeiss optic if so...as the RX1 lens has been around a long while now... It's a great lens, but the AF mechanism is clunky as is the manual focus ring. I love the RX1 and RX1R II though... Not perfect, but two of my all-time favourite stills cameras and the most fun to use Sony. Oh and 4K would be nice. Otherwise, I will just stick to my Sony! Will be interesting to see what job Zeiss do on the ergonomics. German companies tend to be very minimalist, which is a good thing. Leica. Zeiss lenses have tended to be superb ergonomically and build quality wise as well... Innovative touches like the OLED panels on the Batis range are a good sign they know what they're doing in 2018.

How are the specs worse than the Sony A7R III? Apart from the card slot... everything else is either better or same.

Just a few hours ahead of the launch, we now know the first video specs for one of the new mirrorless cameras from Nikon. The Z6 and Z7 will both feature 4K video. N-LOG has been confirmed for the Z6 and of course should be in the higher-end Z7 as well. Hopefully the traditional Flat profile will be maintained as well, for those looking for something easier to grade. A very positive development is that the camera is confirmed to have a 10bit 4:2:2 HDMI output, a significant step up from the Nikon D850. Read the full article

I feel like they have sat on one of their best and most enjoyable to use cameras for 4 years, refusing to up-date it when Sony was updating their rival (RX100) every year. And then they finally update it and make it worse! Worse 4K crop! The GH4 sensor (or very similar) was in the LX100. Why put a low-end camera sensor in the successor and not the GH5 sensor, which would be in keeping with the previous strategy. And as others have pointed out, obviously the lack of other significant changes is really off-putting.

Nikon borrowed from the world of advanced mathematics for the design of the mirrorless camera badge. Read the full article

Imagine the GH5 screen. Exactly the same when folded flat against the body, but a bit taller. Except it unfolds and is now double the width, and OLED.

It's better to keep it as it is in-camera and tweak it in post to your linking (either up or down, both fine)