Andrew Reid

Yeah I should try it! I'll be up for giving it a go when I get my new anamorphic sorted out with a clamp.

I can feel my passion coming back for the GH5. I wonder if he used the SLR Magic Rangefinder on his Kowa 8-Z. This is my setup with the Kowa anamorphic. Really nice to focus. Will have to try and get hold of that Nikkor he used though, it clearly adds something dreamy and extra.

That is the Kowa 8Z anamorphic in action according to the guy who shot it. On a very old 50's Nikon lens. I think people notice things like that more than the codec. But what it also says, is how well 8bit stands up and that camera in low-light. Didn't expect such a creamy look to the shadows. Yes, all new cameras are a bit overhyped... but I can't wait to put my Iscorama on an X-T3 and shoot 4K 60p.

Why spend time pining for a Blackmagic P4K when the GH5 does footage like this in 8bit 4K 50p? Not even 10bit!! How can it get any better? Invest in glass!

Maybe you're just seeing the flaw in the ND for the first time due to extremely flat F-LOG and smooth 10bit tonality? Was it a very low contrast shot which had the shift? I've used a cheap vari-nd on my X-H1 and had no issues. Got a B+W nano coming soon, will try that on the X-T3.

It's unlikely to be the colour filter array of the sensor. What brand of ND and what taking lens?

*the same sensor* Yep!! Nobody has done the most obvious comparison yet!!

I can imagine it now Range of function buttons next to the OLED in the hotshoe. Instant toggling on/off of F-LOG (because you can't assign it to a fn. button on the camera) Hopefully a bluetooth / wifi hack can toggle between stills and movie mode too... To save us the hassle of that drive lever in the inaccessible top left corner! What's not working well about it? Colour shifts?

Yes. Only the Super 35mm crop.

Nice Lady Gaga Pusheen there.

You look at a top display to see ISO, shutter speed, exposure comp... Well those are clearly visible from the top of the camera because they are physical dials on the X-T3, so the top LCD is more a nicety than a must-have here. I do prefer the ergonomics of the X-H1 but they are both nice to be honest. Got the battery grip as well, it feels like a mini 1D X II with that attached.

It's hard to tell anything from YouTube, so compressed. A candle is not a good low light test either because you are either at full saturation of the pixel (bright flame), or barely nothing (black background). NEXT!

The 120p is very detailed. 1.28x crop though. Unless anyone knows a workaround

SPEEDMASTER F0.95 is a sharpness monster wide open. It's Leica-rivalling. And yes that crop is a 1:1 crop of the 4K image, ISO 1600. Classic Chrome, noise reduction not needed. Who needs 8K?!

Just picked up a Canon FD 24mm F1.4L and 85mm F1.2L also FD at Foto Mayer in Berlin! Have put them on the Zhongyi Turbo II for the full frame look. They are CREAMY and great manual focus. Aperture ring and hard stops unlike EF lenses. What a pair of bros... Click the shots to see sharpness (forum compresses to hell the inline previews) 24mm "Jerry": 85mm "Zowie": Those shots were all with the Zhongyi Turbo II (150 bucks)

Oh yes that one exists, but I've never been able to find one to buy. I'll have another look.

Yeah I'll upload some tonight. 10bit 400Mbit ALL-I H.265 is butter smooth to playback on MacBook Pro in Quicktime player BTW.

X-T3 in da house! Just a quick glimpse at the image, but I already have a feeling it's the best I've ever seen from a camera this price. Wonderful codec and detail. I am trying the Zhongyi SpeedMaster 35mm F0.95, which is also a positive first impressions, very clean bokeh and Noctilux-like rendering. I am letting that duke it out with a couple of cheap Speed Booster clones though, to see if it's worth the money over, say, a Minolta 50mm F1.4 + SB. Hey guess what - you can punch in to focus during 4K recording and the quality is incredibly detailed, unlike Sony. The EVF is better than A7 III hands down. I am using Film Simulation bracket-mode for stills which is right next to Movie mode on the drive lever, makes it a bit easier to switch. 1/50 assigned to "T" on the shutter dial. Just waiting for my B+W vario ND to arrive. It will be manual focus for now as I am away from my main base with all my fuji glass back there. Will be bringing this to Photokina with me and saying to Canon "why would I buy YOUR 1.8x crop mirrorless camera" GH5 just got beaten I think. All it lacks over A7 III is a way to get the full frame look with Canon lenses at the same time as AF. There needs to be a better range of adapters!

$30,000 for square-front LOMOs? I bought my square front 35mm T2.5 for 1000 euros. Ah, those were the days.

If this system turns out well, I am going to skip the Nikon Z7/Z6.

You can get a spare camera LCD panel for about 30 quid (I bought a Sony A7S one on eBay once). It's about the same size and weight of that mirror Now... imagine we take the LCD out of the camera and extend the wire. Put it on the end of that rod. There you have it, the perfect REAL articulated screen!!

Cheers. What is Aperture Shatter?

The 120p looks better than Canon's 24p!

Nice. Did you also try it in video mode?

I think we can safely put aside concerns about AF with a huge range of existing Nikon glass. That makes it a whole notch more exciting. Sticks like glue. Dual Pixel AF finally gets knocked off top spot? Frustrating thing is nobody seems to have a Z6! If that has the same AF engine in video mode then it will make sense to wait.