Andrew Reid

Just like with the DL In the time it took Nikon not to bring out the DL, Sony brought out 5 RX100 models.

It seemed like when Nikon released the D750 and D810 they were on a roll and then THUD rolled into a ditch. They have done nothing interesting for 3 years. And between the D5300 and D-whatever they are on now, also nothing interesting. GoPro rival was a joke... Released just as the action cam market was over the hill... Yet to give the whole show to it at Photokina last year smacks of management issues too. Nikon could have entered the cinema market, they have the optics, sensors, everything... They could have gone into high end mirrorless market, the brand is stronger than Sony. Didn't... didn't... didn't. They won't survive like this... They are taking zero risks.

I agree. Edited the title!

Well it wasn't the fault of 8bit that V-LOG was noisy on the GH4. Canon LOG in 8bit on the 1D C is clean as a whistle. The GH5 should be a lot less noisy, it's a new sensor and seemingly a very advanced one. I'd shoot it in 10bit, but it should stand up just fine in 8bit as well for 4K 60p. But we don't know for sure yet as initial testers have been putting uninformative sales pitches out there instead of proper tests.

Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 is an APS-C lens, you are close to vignetting at 1.3x crop with the Speed Booster XL at the wide end. The extra movement of the sensor when the guy moves it crazily left-right reveals the edge of the image circle. Either he moves the camera gently or puts a full frame lens on it. problem solved.

With the GH5 it isn't just the specs, the whole package is much easier to use than a Sony or Canon 6D. Way better ergonomics for video than the Canon. Way better interface and button layout than the Sony, as well as better screen visibility in bright sunlight. The A6500 still has the rolling shutter problems of the A6300, whereas the GH5 has this truly sorted. It's well worth the extra $600 but if you think it is over-specced, you can save money by selling your 6D (which is absolutely crap for video quality) and getting a used Sony A7S instead. It may not have the 10bit, 4K, logical menus, etc. or refined ergonomics of the GH5 but it's only about $200 more than what you can sell your 6D for. Unless you need the 6D for stills (fast AF), get rid.

D750 in 1080/60p is sharper than the A7S in full frame 60p mode. But APS-C mode A7S gives better 1080/60p than almost anything else for the money and you have way more choice of lenses on E-mount than Nikon F-mount. Sadly no Speed Booster Not sure what happened to the custom one on this forum. So this is $999 used... anything cheaper? Cheapest would be a used Panasonic G6... 1.3x crop with Speed Booster and Canon lenses, so nearly full frame. Check out the quality of 1080/60p on the Fuji XT-20 though... and you can put a Nikon mount Speed Booster on it, but not Canon. How about forgetting about 60p altogether and going for a nice 120p RX100 IV if it is slow-mo you're looking for?

Regarding the EVF It is 4.4m dots (RGB), not Pixels as stated by Leica themselves on their website (cmd-f 'EyeRes viewfinder' http://us.leica-camera.com/Corposite/Photography/Leica-SL/Details) It is 1400 x 1050 so Eno is right about 1.45 megapixel. That's nearly double the 0.7 megapixel (approx 2.36 million dot) resolution EVF in the Sony A7R II and Fuji X-T2. The panel size for the Leica SL EVF is 0.66 inch compared to the usual 0.48 inch and 0.5" of Sony and Fuji. I am hearing great things about the Panasonic GH5 3.68m dot EVF though. The Leica Q also appears to have that same panel with 3.68m dots and since it is a smaller viewfinder the picture is even sharper to the eye than the Leica SL, and I'd give it the edge for contrast as well. Looking through the Leica Q EVF gives you an insane 3D effect to the 28mm lens and really nice colour, way better than the LCD on the back.

Japan and Germany are both top-teir manufacturing countries with the best and most advanced skills and factories. Even if it is thought of as a full frame Panasonic GH5 with Leica's ergonomic design and custom lens mount, that's fine by me. A lot of Leica's best lenses were made in Canada any way Noctilux among them.

The LAOWA may have a silly name, but it looks absolutely stunning. You're right, the Sigma 30mm F1.4 is a great bargain I have the Panasonic-Leica 25mm F1.4 DG and it's just ok. The original Four Thirds Leica 25mm F1.4 D, was better optically, better mechanically and had OIS. miss that beast I have the Sigma 30mm F1.4 on E-mount and even on APS-C there's hardly any distortion and the corners are tack sharp.

No religious talk on this forum, thank you.

Well people with 8bit displays have been raving about 10bit for ages now so it's time to find out the truth I can certainly see a difference with 14bit RAW but I'm not sure about 10bit vs 8bit YUV JPEGs are 8bit, nobody complains That said, the whole image processor seems to have had a hefty upgrade in the GH5 and I am still expecting good things from it

It's a Rumours website vs a Leica engineer What does God have to do with it you lunatic?

Well the differences in that video are so subtle I can't even see any The colours coming off the sensor though look fantastic, a big improvement in skintones for Panasonic this time round Is that the 180fps at the end? they didn't bother to label it... If it is 180fps that looksimproved over the pre-production model footage I saw before... not a hint of moire and very nice detail But the 10bit needs some proper evaluation once this marketing bullshit period is over, me thinks

Unless you need AF for video, which by that I mean the 1D X Mark II is literally the only good choice, then you will be manually focussing. Therefore you are going to be using the same Canon lenses on the Leica SL as you would be on the GH5 with Speed Booster or any number of other standard lens mounts. The SL lenses are incredibly expensive as I mentioned in the blog post, I am not tempted by any of them unless the used price of the 24-90 comes down to something sane! Having said that they are absolutely on the cutting edge of mirrorless optics. I knew this. Yeah it's interesting and I'm not denying it but a rumours site is not "proof" I just wondered if you had absolute proof or not. The spec does have the hallmarks of Panasonic But Fujitsu make their processors so it isn't that simple. Also the sensor and image processor are custom designs which Leica had a heavy input into. I wish Panasonic would make their own full frame mirrorless camera based on the same tech... but oddly they seem not to be up for it. GH5 might be great but it is no A7R II rival in the stills market and most photographers will go for the E-M1 II if they want a M43 body. L-LOG format is nothing like V-LOG... Leica seem responsible for the LOG characteristics and it is still not right. They should copy Canon LOG like me You are making out that everything is just a straight re-badging of a Panasonic product. Again things are not that simple I have had this lens in my hands. It says Made in Germany on the body. The electronics and AF systems very likely come from Panasonic. The optical formula is definitely designed in-house at Leica though. They have said so in interviews. I expect it is a joint effort between Leica and Panasonic in terms of design, speccing out, manufacturing and housing the optics. Correct, they also make the 3m dot EVF in the GH5 and Leica Q, which by the way is an amazingly sharp panel as well But the optics of the EVF are not by Epson, and are just as important as the LCD. There is no one single origin.

Does ANYBODY have a proper comparison video up yet? What about a direct split screen comparison between the 10bit and 8bit mode? And does 10bit make a difference in the grade? Aside from Neumann all the coverage this time has been total lightweight fluff. Really lazy. Quickly punted out, to collect hits. I honestly don't think any of the testers have put more than 5 minutes of work per video into what they have done. Can't find anything comprehensive at all. They really should have given me a camera, the retards

Looking forward to seeing how your medium format speed booster goes They make it in E mount and SL mount You're right, once you get bitten by the Leica bug you want more and more until you go broke The used price of the SL, I've seen as low as £4200 in the UK. Mine was £5000 new. With Sony churning out their mass market stuff for £3500 new, the price difference isn't as big as people think - you get a lot from Leica for your extra dosh The SL is a niche camera made in much smaller quantities and it is nicer in almost every way to shoot with especially stills I also like how you can enter video mode with a single press of a dedicated button and it can remember to stay in when you turn the camera off and on again, unlike the Samsung NX1. No dwiddling the mode dial. It doesn't even have a mode dial. Then you have a user favourites menu on one press, put the video resolution and frame rates as top option, so you can be in there changing between 4k and 120fps 1080p on one page in just 2 presses. Try doing that with a Sony It has the best joystick of any camera, it is like tweaking a nipple, on a very nice supermodel. RAW stills quality is similar to the 1D X Mark II. Low light performance is also very good.

Source? The electronics may be sourced from Asia and most likely Panasonic but you haven't provided any proof. The aluminium body is made in Germany.

I've seen conflicting reports of the M10 sensor's high ISO performance, either way there's not much in it. That camera sadly doesn't do video at all. The Leica Q has a slightly noisier readout in that small body, it is very nice but not quite Leica SL performance in low light for stills. For video the Q is nowhere close, it doesn't even have 24p. No 4K on the Q and its 1080p isn't as crisp as the SL. Yes I believe it is TowerJazz or their joint venture with Pana that fabs the Leica sensor (and possibly RED's), while the Arri Alexa is ON Semi. Will be trying the 10bit 4:2:2 4K with the Odyssey 7Q+ later.

What do you upgrade to once you get bored of Sony and Panasonic? I went to find out. Read the full blog here

Soon I will be moving EOSHD to a new server, so the forums will shortly show a message saying we're offline... Should only be out of action for an hour or so...

Nofilmschool can fuck off.

There's no point being anti-raw when you have it on something like a 5D Mark III, and it turns out to be a million times better than the compressed option on that camera.

This is a complete no-brainer. The 1D C is the one to go for if you want the best 4K. The sensor crop of the 5D Mark IV and poor low light performance kill it. The only reason to even consider it is Dual pixel AF. The 1D C is also a MUCH better stills camera, with a pro body - which means build quality is in a different league altogether.

In my experience, at least for video the low light is definitely not significantly better than the Panasonic G85!