Andrew Reid

Oooo better hold onto mine, was about to let it go. Have the X-T20 now and it does pretty much everything the X-T2 and X Pro 2 do with no 4K crop. But I much prefer the lightness and ergonomic niceness of the good old X Pro 2.

Pentax 645Z is supposed to be quite DSLR-ish to use. I don't know why they can't get DSLR performance out of AF on medium format cameras and lenses... it is 2017 after all. Digital Bolex CCD had to be exposed different to CMOS... In the end the dynamic range was similar to the BMPCC, just differently spread.

I'll assume the 4K in both E-shutter stills / raw mode and video mode is pixel binned on the sensor itself like the A99 II, as it probably has similar Sony sensor technology. 6fps E-shutter gives you idea of how slow the 8K output is on this camera... quite far off 24fps. No reason they can't do 4K raw video to XDQ cards on the D850... oh there is... focus group didn't ask for it!

Park Cameras say the Hassy should arrive tomorrow and I found an 80mm F2.8 to go with it Should be interesting for some timelapses and photo shoots if it doesn't fall apart due to old age! I will also compare CCD colour to modern CMOS / Sony and see if there is indeed a big difference.

I am in the UK at the moment so thought I'd search for things to do I think one of the 80mm F2.8 might be a good option because the camera body is already 2kg and the zoom will take it close to 4kg! The 80mm is tiny however and I do tend to use 50mm equiv. focal lengths a lot. I had thought about getting the 50mm F3.5, as that pretty much gives you the look of 35mm medium format and 50mm full frame in one lens... just from a crop in Photoshop to get the full frame 50mm look. The dream lens seems to be 100mm F2.2 but starts at £1450 on eBay. The lenses have leaf shutters... Warranty says they will be guaranteed for 100,000 shots and should last close to 200,000 if you're lucky!

That's not bad is it?! Bought the Park Cameras H3DII-39. The lenses, not sure what to do... How much is the 50-110mm usually worth?

The A7R II sensor is 36 x 24mm. A high-end medium format CCD is 53 x 40mm. So it's a bit like saying, why not get Micro Four Thirds instead of full frame. Yes there are pros and cons but I am interested in medium format for stills and timelapse, not as a replacement for my Sonys The perspective of an 80mm lens on full frame draws in the background and is more flattering for portraits than a 50mm on full frame. Also the colour and skintones of a 16bit CCD sensor is far superior to even the latest DSLR CMOS sensors. The high megapixel count is merely a bonus feature. To look through that beautiful medium format viewfinder (enormous!) and shoot with a different look to any full frame camera will always be 'a thing' no matter how good the smaller sensors get.

I'm researching into what can be picked up in terms of digital backs and digital medium format cameras in 2017 and at what cost. Where is the sweet spot, ideally around $3000? Any suggestions and eBay finds welcome.

The internal codec is so good on the GH5 you don't need to record externally, so maybe get a monitor with minimal processing inside for fast latency. Some of the recorders might be doing more work, and deliver a delayed result.

The loss of detail is due the pixel binning method used on the sensor to increase the readout speed. It's not due to bitrate. 80Mbit is a LOT for H.265 1080p. That is equivalent to 160Mbit 1080p on the GH4!

Did you post this at RED User as well? I hope so They will be... ahem...GREEN with envy and cancel their pre-orders Does it have an 8K module coming 2047?

I have tried the D500, ended up giving it back to the shop, but the image in 4K is definitely good. Superb colour science and very good flat profile with clean codec. It is like a 2x crop 1D C. The problem is it is so expensive, you're better off just getting the GH5. The DSLR ergonomics of the Nikon get in the way of video a bit... No EVF, flippy mirror, Nikon mount. Although the feel of the body and the screen are very nice indeed. Your upgrade path from D5200 is quite simple... D750 or D5500. There's not much point going for D5300, it's too similar, although it does have cleaner shadows with less banding. The D5500 is a nice choice with the flat profile but again not too different. Full frame makes a big difference but you'd need good lenses so it gets expensive. I think you have almost topped out on what Nikon has to offer and you should consider the Samsung NX1. Same mojo as the Nikons in terms of colour, and superb ergonomics. Are you using 60p for slow-mo? NX1 has 120p.

My favourite Fuji is actually the X-T20 for video. It doesn't have the 4K crop and the image quality is very close to the X-T2's 4K for much less money, even at high ISOs. X-Pro 2 for stills has nicer ergonomics but only 1080p so the X-T20 has my vote.

Yes Leica SL is running V3.0 firmware. I think the 4K is excellent (not yet tried 10bit 4K via HDMI) but the compressed 8bit 1080p combined with the flatness and high black level of L-LOG = banding hell!

I recently decided to find out which of the current 1080/120fps capable cameras does it the best. Read the full article

Not all use line-skipping. Pixel binning yes, not line-skipping. The former bins pixels in groups, say 3x3. It subsamples the image more intelligently than skipping entire lines. 120fps full HD on the A99 II, GH5 and Leica SL is definitely not awful. It's almost as good as the 1080/24p. 120p on the A7S II does not have less aliasing artefacts than the A99 II's full frame 120fps. It is a 2x crop and still has aliasing. The A99 II has no crop in 120p and less aliasing. The GH5 has the best dynamic range on the market for the price ($2000) especially in the Rec.709 picture profiles compared to Rec.709 on other cameras. In V-LOG it is competitive with S-LOG on the full frame Sonys. You have so much more headroom in the highs and lows with standard colour in 10bit. Even in 8bit I think colour and dynamic range is massively improved on the GH5 compared to the GH4. The GH5 is superb in low light as well, again in part thanks to 10bit, and in part the new sensor. AF is fantastic in stills mode, but not in video mode, but then there are very few cameras that ARE offering very good reliable AF in video mode with 4K for under $2000.

In FHD it's the aliasing that causes the sharpened look, not the digital sharpening algorithm. This is all a bit of a pointless argument because in 4K on the NX1 you have the option in post how sharp or soft you want to go. The NX1 has a superb image.

Foto Braune is my favourite for curiosities, old lenses, vintage things. A great guy and he speaks very good English! Enjoy your trip. Shame I'll be out of town when you arrive!

Even if you do think it's over sharpened at -10 (I don't - it looks similar to a Canon JPEG on default sharpness and no photographers are rounding on Canon claiming their photos are 'over sharpened') then it is a rather easy problem to fix. Downscale to 2.8K then upscale to 4K again. And if you want to fix your shooting style to get a less 'sharp' result there are numerous techniques, easiest being - Black Mist Pro on the lens and softer light, more diffusion.

The thing with the aggregator sites is they tend to be very popular... but it's all built on somebody else's back. NFS barely had any original content of their own. Similarly 43rumors. I don't think it's morally right to base 100% of your business on the hard work of the crowd, doing the bare minimum yourself as a keyboard monkey to write headlines, a couple of paragraphs and the rest is cut & paste of text and URLs. It is killing the internet for the creator because the original content creator cannot maintain the same relentless levels of output and high traffic as the rumours sites and aggregator blogs, therefore can't compete. It's interesting that BMCUser has slowed down. I've not been on there for ages. Blackmagic have killed their mass appeal by doubling down on a pros-only focus. Reddit is fantastic. Thank you!!

16-235 in-camera stops the clipping so you should use that option like in my guide if you want to maximise dynamic range without having to fix the clipping problem in post. If you're going to fix it in post using 0-255 in-camera is ok. Smart Range + is a new thing, I saw the effect it had on JPEGs and realised it could be enabled in movie mode as well... I assumed before that it was some kind of Samsung TV thing!!

Apparently this thread is a place to call out a well liked member for his use of non-PC terms from South Park!! Maybe I should rename EOSHD to No Jokes School.

When the NX1 came out Philip Bloom bought it but didn't use it very much as he said the dynamic range was limited. I thought it was a bit limited too, turns out we were both wrong... Here is the effect of Fast Colour Corrector in Premiere changing output levels to 16-235 for NX1 clips recorded in 0-255 RGB range mode. Original file - blown out clouds... And here is an additional 1-2 stops in the highlights from enabling Smart Range + in-camera - I'd put this camera right up there for image quality now... Right near the top of the pile. Both sample images shot with the superb NXL adapter by the way with Canon 50mm F1.2L full frame FOV and DOF. Thanks Luca

"Meanwhile" leave it out. This isn't the place to be language police. It's a place to talk about the subject raised in the top post!

The audience shifts over time and keeps evolving with the site. NFS have written pretty much nothing but articles designed to reel in clicks so their audience has shifted to the lowest common denominator of people. It's what you get if you have to pay for your visitors or entice them with headlines, rather than building a community around real content and real filmmakers / enthusiasts. The people left online overall are the same as ever, not just trolls but real people - pros and artists still use the internet, they have not gone away! It's just that maybe they don't want to read or engage with a shit website. The problem is that there are too many shit websites around and it's hurting the internet generally. Most sites are completely under the spell of clickbate and bad content for hits and ad revenue... I have completely lost faith in pretty much all of the photographic / video sites to be honest.