Andrew Reid

I did first hear about the new film's Cannes reception on the BBC News website so I guess it is officially newsworthy. Really though, my article is not a news story, it's an opinion and an essay on a subject quite close to the heart of filmmakers. Not all of us want to be entertainers. Read this article for example, which starts off by saying... "Lars von Trier's inclination to think and say things that seem unusual and insensitive is vital to the genius of a director who's here to trouble us, not entertain" https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/sep/22/lars-von-trier-david-thomson Exactly He is here to trouble us and to prod, to get us out of our comfort zone and possibly even to give a few of us nightmares. That to me is very exciting, quite thrilling.

I don't think the majority of his work is even meant to be enjoyed. However in all of the Von Trier films I've seen, I've felt an intelligence and deep layered meaning was there behind all of the graphic scenes. If certain things are to be censored like sadism, then it means certain stories can't be told and I don't agree with that. Of course, everyone is entitled to an opinion on a film and whether they enjoy it or not is up to them. It's hardly going to be a date movie is it? But to get hysterical about it and walk out of the cinema like those 100 at Cannes is more likely a result of these people not really seeing beyond the surface. As for left vs right politics, let's try not to get into that here, because it isn't really what the article is about. The left has gone more extreme, has gone hysterically politically correct, but the right has gone more extreme as well and both sides at their most extreme are as batshit crazy as each other. I don't support any form of political extremism either left or right. What I do support is the freedom of the filmmaker to make a film of his choosing without censorship.

Well Pro Res RAW is an Apple tech so Sony only have to go to Apple to license it. Atomos aren't the gate keeper for that one, however they do seem to have a pretty close relationship with Sony - maybe one day they will be bought by the Japanese company and their tech extended to more than just recorders / monitors, etc. Going to investigate this and get back to you!

Articles about creative processes are boring. Because they usually have absolutely nothing to do with creativity at all. If you really want to know how an artist's mind works, look no further than the highly controversial Cannes visits of Lars Von Trier. Read the full article

Great stuff. Looking forward to seeing what you can do with the A7 III

This is quite amazing. Congrats BTM_Pix! It looks lovely and ergonomic. It also has a bit of style. Looks like a Gameboy from the 90's updated for 2018 In a good, minimalist way. I am all for stand-alone physical interface to an app. Touch screen and apps in heat of the moment can let me down. May I ask how many have you made? Would you like a guest blog post about it on front page?

It sticks to the metering mode you select in the menu. Say, multi-metering. But it behaves differently with a mind of it's own and tries to pull your image down to protect the highlights whether you want it to or not. The only way to stop it from doing that is to go into full manual control, set the shutter and ISO and aperture, so it forces the camera not to bother metering the scene. It is annoying because in stills mode you have the exposure shift on P,A and S, whereas in movie mode you have no exposure shift between LV and recording, but no way to shoot damn stills! They need to get metering consistent between video and photos... And let us take photos in video mode. In fact I'd get shot of the mode dial altogether and do what the X-H1 does. Dedicated ISO and shutter dials, with option for auto on both, and auto ISO.

A fantastic piece of kit, but this camera is not without issues. Read the full article

Yes you can use it for photography if you want to colour grade JPEGs.

Considering the effort is meant to stifle innovation in their competitors, they don't seem to be doing a good job of that.

The dynamic range charts are meaningless because when you push for the maximum dynamic range, your colour falls apart and there's no contrast shaping the scene. High dynamic range makes flat lighting look worse. It is only useful in a handful of situations. The NX1's stills and sensor are just fine. I've had results from it to rival full frame. Considering the 5D Mark III has an absolutely enormous full frame sensor and only 22MP, you'd think it would be further ahead than just 1 stop difference shown in the ISO 3200 result above. I don't know what you're seeing, but I'm seeing a 28MP APS-C sensor in the NX1 with very usable ISO 3200 and much better resolution than the Canon... at one third the cost with added 4K video and OLED screen and EVF!

The Fujinon E-mount lenses are also very long, I'd say it would be a product along those lines. 10mm-ish corresponds to a Micro Four Thirds sensor cropped to 16:9 In 4:3 they are 17x13mm

If that is for a Micro Four Thirds sensor then it's a damn impressive lens spec. Very high-end optic. The Olympus 12-100MM F4 remember is the current state of the art zoom for Micro Four Thirds. This is a F1.85 to F4 and it zooms to 385MM?! That is equivalent to 24-770mm in full frame terms. Maybe they are speeding up the aperture with the Speed Booster optic at the back? I'd be tempted to say it is more like the spec you'd find with a high end Super 16mm lens... But 12mm would be 32mm so not quite wide enough. Would have to be 28mm at least. Unless they are using a 2.4x crop sensor.

My take on it - https://www.eoshd.com/2018/04/canons-rival-to-the-gh5-leaks/ Nope. Patent refers to "Imaging apparatus" as well - not just the mounting mechanism. It's not the XC10 body anyway. It has multiple ergonomic changes. And I don't think patents work quite like that - the camera body is described in detail, and the functionality of the mount is heavily related to the spec of the body and sensor size, in this case a small sensor.

Ah I have finally read the patent. It shows the XC-10 successor with interchangeable lens mount, but still looks like quite a small Super 16mm / 1" sensor inside. They have also tweaked the control scheme of the camera but it retains the rotating grip and fan outlet. The mount... It looks to me like a locking mount adapter. Not sure if it is EOS-M on the camera side or a new mount. On the lens side it appears to be EF. The camera itself is the main take-away from the patent document for me, not just the novel mount! Looks like their GH5 competitor will have XC-10 style form factor and possibly a similar sensor size... I hope it is not smaller.

It's better than both the A9 and A7R3 overall for video. Advantages over A7R3 is that it is a LOT cheaper and has the 6K full pixel readout, yet remarkably low rolling shutter. Advantages over A9 is of course Hybrid LOG Gamma and S-LOG, plus full suite of the other picture profiles (Cine 4, etc.) The full pixel readout helps image quality a lot in full frame vs A7R3... But ironically the A7R3 Super 35 mode is better than the A73... Bit of moire in that mode on the 24MP cam. 1080/120p looks similar on both. A73 is basically an A9 for half price. I am very surprised Sony were prepared to allow the A73 to come so close their two most expensive cameras. I don't really need 42MP for stills... And that is about the only difference between the A73 and A7R3 I can think off, off top of my head!!

It doesn't look like EOS-M mount from the patent images... It's EF. Would be nice if it comes to the market, as long as it is Super 35 and less than £2500.

Haha it is one thing getting trolled by a kid from Germany, quite another getting trolled by a chaebol that makes tanks. By the way for those interested just in stills... an NX30 is amazing value for money at £200 used... articulated EVF and smaller, lighter than the NX1 but similarly nice ergonomics.

Then it makes sense for Samsung to expand in the camera market. To sell higher-priced models to the millions of customers using their low-end cameras - i.e. smartphones. It is not about the existing size of the market as measured by CIPA. It is about the potential size in the future.

What source did you get these figures from? Don't seem right. Digital camera market as a whole is shrinking due to compacts. High-end mirrorless is a growth market. Canon/Nikon/Sony don't hold 85% of it. There's Olympus, Fuji and Panasonic with a large share of it. Samsung is always on the look out for growing markets to enter with their technology. Both Canon and Nikon are finally getting serious about mirrorless. Huge companies. There's a reason for that. It's seeing huge sales. Just ask Sony and Fujifilm. Besides, Samsung has left the camera market before and returned. The reason they left the last time was due to a poor product mix that was focussed on the low-end of the market which was evaporating. The NX1 was the right move but a day late and only one model. Besides to compete in the high-end of the mirrorless market which is growing (and where the high margins are) ideally you need a full frame camera, or a very specialised line of enthusiast / semi-pro models with special abilities aka X-T2, E-M1 II and GH5. Samsung only had the NX1... and literally nothing else. So they got out. They will definitely be back.

Film is in fashion and so are 90's games consoles. I'm wondering when fashion will reach 2000-2010 I think there are a few candidates for 'vintage' digital looks that will come back into use. Canon 5D classic for one. Some of the older CCD large sensor DSLRs (Nikon D1X) Medium format CCDs Perhaps some Digital Bolex style smaller sensors that have 'impressionistic' colours At least for stills... In cinema, it will be F35 and RED that stand the test of time but not much affordable stuff. Small chip camcorder? Nah. Also if you look at the image from the 24MP Nikon D3X of 2009... It holds up vs all the high-end cameras 10 years later. Dynamic range, colour, resolution hasn't moved as far as you'd think in 10 years... In fact even in low light performance there is only a 1-2 stop difference between the 24MP sensor in the D3X and the newer ones of today. Also check the D3S vs A7S II... That's a funny comparison The D3S actually wins!

I looked at the timeline of the NX platform and it was seriously short lived... 4 years, then they pulled the plug. This was 2010-2014 and so it was before Sony released the A7R II and more. Even Canon are now saying the mirrorless market is accelerating and they want in. Samsung will be back.

Most viewed thread in 2 weeks ever on EOSHD about a camera launch https://www.eoshd.com/2018/04/blackmagic-pocket-4k-watched-camera-launch-ever-eoshd/ Blackmagic are onto something. Begs the question why doesn't GH5S have raw, ProRes and baked-in LUT support? It should have done.

Discuss it here Cheers

So two ergonomic complaints, a complaint about the buffer and a complaint about low light performance. Yes, the dedicated ISO button is on the far left shoulder of the camera. But as he points out himself in the video, you can change ISO directly with the jog dial on the right - easy as pie. Or you can press Fn and use the thumb dials, if you're scared of accidentally moving the jog dial at some point. So the whole criticism is moot and he makes it moot himself. It's more of a handling tip than a complaint, then? But in the clickbait headline it's a PROBLEM. The other complaint is that the screen flips out, rather than be fully articulated like on the GH5. But the Sony screens do that as well, don't they, and he raves about them. The buffer section of the video I skipped... Can't comment. Not related to video whatsoever. The 4K video performance in low light... Well, this was before the high bitrate hack and NX-L adapter So I'll give him that. No, it isn't an A7S and never will be, but ISO 800 is cleaner than the GH4... Virtually noiseless... And that, at F1.0 on the NX-L, is not what I call "bad low light performance"