Andrew Reid

Would be great to see a new Pocket Cinema Camera as the Micro was in no way a replacement for me. Not sure about 4K, as Blackmagic have a poor track record with their 4K sensor performance... their 4.6K sensor good, but not the 4K sensors they have used so far. I'd rather see a more modest 2.8K raw shooting camera and nice raw compression options.

Just look how close we are to continuous 5K RAW on this $2000 camera... Read the full post here

Haha I wish. No, like always I bought it at retail... In this case online.

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Depends on the card. It's solid state memory and all cards get warm just like RAM sticks in a PC or an SSD drive in your laptop... They are not moot at all. You're completely failing to grasp the basics of camera electronics. There are several different heat sources within the body: 1. Sensor 2. LSI 3. Battery 4. Memory 5. LCD Each contributes to the overall temperature of the body. By far the biggest heat sources are the sensor and LSI. ProRes is more demanding on the LSI - it takes computational effort to convert the RAW sensor data to compressed YUV video. RAW is only more demanding on memory throughput - both buffer DRAM and solid-state memory (SD or CF card). ProRes LT on a Blackmagic camera is certainly not the same data rate to the card as uncompressed RAW or 2:1 Cinema DNG. That is because of the card, not because of the processing or sensor working harder. Because 'plain' X-AVC is actually very complex and much more intensive on the LSI / CPU than RAW would be. The sensor is also doing a 6K full pixel readout in a very small body with no substantial cooling in the form of a large heat sink or fan. Go figure!

There are Hackintosh systems working with AMD processors... They run a customised Kernel. And a few updated KEXTs Harder to get working than an Intel rig, but still 100% possible for the hardcore enthusiasts to consider doing it

This is all bollocks I'm afraid The data transfer is only harder for the card, which gets warmer, leading to the upswing in temperature you perceive to be a camera and processor issue, when it is actually purely a card issue. Check out CFast 2.0 cards, they get very hot as well whether recording H.264 4K on the XC10 or RAW on a Blackmagic URSA Mini. The Blackmagic cameras record ProRes and RAW. In both modes they have the same giant heatsink and fans and same amount of heat. That's because compared to something like a GH5 they are using less efficient semiconductors for image processing and they have hot running sensors which require much more cooling than a normal Sony CMOS. I have never once had an overheating warning from my 5D Mark III or 5D Mark II when shooting continuous 14bit RAW at 1080p. By the way, even the 50D from 2008 shoots 14bit RAW at close to 1080p resolution, a camera which did not even shoot video on release and is mega old... That gives you an idea of how LITTLE processing power (and therefore heat) is required for uncompressed RAW video. Only with very advanced compression such as on the RED cameras do you need a hefty, hot running LSI. As for the sensor - you are not working that harder, as by nature the sensor is always outputting RAW data, whether in live-view mode for stills, or video mode (completely separate to whatever codec you're using).

Really? I thought they were both the same x86 and x64 architecture. As far as I know a Hackintosh can use an AMD CPU.

RAWis correct.

If you are reading this PR people... IMAGINE THE MARGINS!!! GOLLDDDD

It's definitely possible, so where is it? Read the full post here

Not with the latest firmware.

Nice rendering and it has the gentle focus roll off to the background that is very medium format-like, whereas at a fast aperture on full frame that background would be completely creamed out with no detail.

I am mega looking forward to how this turns out. Also there are some fast optics for medium format at F2, bucking the usual trend for F2.8 and F4, which should look amazing on full frame. But it isn't all about shallow DOF - lots of other benefits with the way the focus rolls off and how much depth you get to play with in your composition, the three dimensionality of it. The image circle you get from this adapter is enormous... larger than the Sony 50MP sensor in the Fuji GFX, Hasselblad X1D and Pentax 645Z. My take - http://www.eoshd.com/2017/02/sony-a7r-ii-a7s-ii-go-medium-format/

Shame I was out of town when you were in town Ed. A friend had a film in the festival, and I also missed that! He shot it on the 5D Mark II with Magic Lantern RAW... apparently looked just like film on the big screen. If anything, the small screen is more critical as you're sat so close to every pixel. What did you think to Berlin? Weird isn't it?

Apple's recent moves have been questionable indeed... The travel on the keyboard of the new Macbook Pro is awful, way less comfortable than before, for the sake of shaving 1mm off the thickness of the chassis. The graphics are under-powered vs a Razor and Intel have stagnated badly, but the improved screen and new touch-bar are fantastic upgrades. Overall nothing beats the design for build quality, style, thinness.... only on functionality. The missing SD card slot is stupid. The move to USB-C all at once - I can see why they want to push the industry to dump all the legacy ports and standardise around a truly universal jack, but it's very painful for users in the short-term. And the pricing is ridiculous... But you do get much better in-store support for 1 year than you would do with a PC. I see your point but... It does depend on the Razer you get... The GTX 1080 would surely have an Intel graphics chip to fall back on when it comes to real-world usage of standard every day tasks and if you are editing video you'd more than likely have it plugged into the wall... As you would a Macbook Pro as that would chew through the battery in less than 2 hours as well if doing intensive tasks as well. Maybe the SD card slot won't be more convenient after all

I was a Windows user for 10 years. Mid-20's, I just wanted to start getting on with what I use a computer for, rather than nurturing and babysitting a powerful OS and set of customisable options, custom hardware, etc. So far last 10 years I have been on OS X. The simplicity of Mac OS doesn't mean it's any less powerful than Windows, quite the opposite - much better memory management, less legacy code, better optimisation, better drivers and newer architecture all-round. The UX is more consistent and the presentation is less flakey. Across all apps, the user interface is familiar, similar and refined. Across all apps in Windows - BAM different every time. Windows slows down and starts getting unreliable after 6 months and you need to Google constant issues. Eventually it needs a re-install every year, whereas Mac OS will run for 5 years and be as fast at the end of it as it was at the start. The UNIX OS is it is based on is a fundamentally more optimised, minimalist piece of code than bloated Windows. You see it in Windows 10 - you have the new control panel interface, but the old one is still there under the hood and you can open that too. Also I fail to see what extra features Windows 10 actually offers over Mac OS to make it compelling... Aside from the Surface Pro tablets, which I've tried too and ended up returning eventually because touch on a desktop OS isn't all the way there yet in terms of how useful it is long-term for serious work... It is quicker for some things but holding a finger to the screen for hours of creative work is actually much more tiring than using a plain old mouse and keyboard.

Get a 70D then Already has DPAF and Magic Lantern raw. As of nearly 2 years ago. http://www.eoshd.com/2015/04/magic-lantern-now-working-on-canon-70d-both-versions/ I'd rather they cracked the EOS M5 or M6 anyway, as the mirrorless form factor is better suited to video.

You have to go into stills mode, do single-shot AF-S on your subject then hit the video record button (with 1080/120p set in the menus) Whilst it is recording, AF won't track the subject. I agree with the OP, Sony should try and get phase-detect AF working with 120fps... Can't see why it shouldn't!

I am getting some very good results from the Olympus E-M1 II in low light (Cinema 4K mode). If you avoid under exposing the shot, you can easily go to the max ISO 6400 and have a clean picture, and where noise does occur (only in the darkest areas of the shot) it has a pleasing fine grain. At ISO 3200, the image looks like ISO 400 over well exposed areas of the frame... super saturated and smooth. In the shadows, only a little bit of noise and again a pleasing texture. At ISO 1600, it looks super clean everywhere on a variety of shots. The main difference is not just much less noise compared to the older Micro Four Thirds cameras, it's the amount of detail, fine texture, fine grain and nice colour it captures at these high ISOs, whereas the older cameras de-saturated, became muddy, lost a lot of appeal. All the reviews have shown the RAW stills having same amount of noise as the older E-M1... So it is probably down to a cleaner sensor output in 4K mode and better image processing. The GH5 I am sure will do ISO 6400 no problem as well, it probably even has the same sensor. ISO 3200 (4096 x 2160), click for full res frame grab ISO 6400 1:1 crop of iSO 3200 1:1 crop ISO 6400

I am curious why you think it would be more of a 'perfect' Magic Lantern raw video candidate than the 5D Mark IV or 80D or even EOS M6. There's nothing even unique about the 77D, even within the Canon range. I can't speak for them but Magic Lantern would probably prefer to crack the 5D Mark IV before touching the most uninspired, basic, boring camera on the planet. 77D is practically the same camera as the 80D. I am shocked it even exists. The "5 axis stabilisation" is a con... it is the same old lens IS plus a digital crop, which softens the image even more. I can think of a million other cameras that are more interesting from a technology point of view. It's not even that cheap!

Something is up with that one... No way the GH4 is that clean at ISO 6400. Fake test?

Was the service centre in India an authorised Panasonic one? Doesn't sound like it. Sorry you had such bad luck with the faulty unit! Arikhan You don't have the figures to hand on what Panasonic spends on marketing and what they spend on support. None of us do. So you're speculating. There are always going to be parts of the world that don't have perfect service coverage. Same is true for every single camera manufacturer even Arri.

The 1080p 120fps is nearly as detailed as the A7S at 24p. Better than the D750.

Kodak went out of business. Big name!