Andrew Reid

Do you mean the BMCC and Pocket, or is this the case even with the URSA cameras? That would be short-sighted of the rental companies, but also a sign of how Canon and Sony have that market really tightly sown up between them. Even Panasonic have trouble with the Varicam at rental vs those two. I think it's a market which is too slow to change... a creature of habit. "C300 works so why change" This is why I wanted Blackmagic to stick to the BMCC and Pocket concept - affordable cinema cameras for the masses to buy in a shop. Instead they seem to think the pro and rental market is for them. Perhaps the consumer market for the Pocket was just too fickle, at the other extreme of the spectrum and the margins weren't high enough? Personally I think there is a HUGE pent up demand for RAW video and ProRes in a mirrorless camera. If Blackmagic put out a GH5 rival shooting RAW (DJI have proved it's possible already), they'd sell a boat load of $2000 cameras to almost everyone from beginners to pros. That would play well into the ecosystem they are building around Resolve too. Instead, I am just not that hot for the $6k URSA, however nice it may be.

It was a shame. They were on the way to a very nice market share They just didn't see it. And they probably saw the camera market shrinking due to their own cell phones and thought - WHY are we in a shrinking market AND why are we cannibalising our own camera-phones at the same time? Just doesn't make any sense. But there were so many creative solutions to this problem - 1. Having high performing and well respected cameras would have boosted the Galaxy brand in their marketing fight vs Apple for best camera 2. The high end mirrorless camera technology would have filtered down to their smartphones as well 3. It hurt the Samsung brand to suddenly end a large product line altogether, virtually over night, with their customer services even claiming the specs were crap 4. By all means get rid of the low end models but keep at least the NX1 team going and produce an NX2 5. Their huge investment in CMOS sensors now has one less sales channel it can access and other big camera manufacturers aren't buying Samsung sensors. Not good! 6. They completely wasted the technology developed for the NX1, it hit a dead end. Nikon buying that tech would have made total sense for both of them but for whatever reason they couldn't see the light. 7. What about the staff? Not a nice way to treat them. Not just the engineers but thousands of sales and marketing people representing Samsung NX range 8. I could go on.

Isn't a V-lock battery just as much hassle though? It weighs more It doesn't last very long on the Ursa It's pretty huge Just like an external monitor The C500 is fantastic but there is something about a mirrorless camera which turns me on.... I haven't used my C500 nearly as much as I expected to. Overkill maybe?

I doubt professional thieves can tell the difference between one set of ultra primes on one hand and other brand cinema lenses on the other. They probably took advantage of a security lapse or something and will get a surprise then they find that the lenses aren't 50,000 dollars a-piece. Anyway this is all speculation from us... I hope they get to the bottom of exactly what happened.

Ever get the feeling WE the people could do a better job of managing corporations and countries than the supposed experts who do actually run them... Ah no that would be too communist. I don't want to turn into Personal-View

Not watched Max Yuryev's video but it seems like he craptalks the E-M1 II a lot in it. The 4K picture is superb. Moire? Is he talking about the 1080p? The dynamic range is also very good with the flat picture profile. Worse low light than G85 - again doesn't correlate to what I see at all. Can't trust the AF-C - well you can't on anything. As for the codec I guess he doesn't understand how VBR works and hence a lot of other cameras with a H.264 codec. This camera has a ton of positives - Very good image quality in 4K. Nicer feeling body than the GH5, feels better built as well. Best rolling shutter and best stabilisation performance on the market. Ergonomics for video work nicely even though it's primarily a stills camera. Superb colour Superb skintones Excellent codec Very big EVF Amazing battery life Amazing stills features like 60fps RAW bursts at 20MP and very good AF (for stills)

I wouldn't like to penetrate that market

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Clearly C5D need to probe the ANUS in the lab and see if there are any black hole faults like previous Blackmagic cameras. I don't want to get my hands on one The GH5 on the other hand... that would be nice!!

Nope They probably left the filters or couldn't carry the rest Seems like they were in a hurry and knocked over the soda drink recycling bin as well! Maybe, who knows? Thieves will target anyone.

I've been holding back. Let's up it to 16bit the next time

Haha wonderful.

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Hehe. I seem to remember when the honesty doesn't work in their favour they just leave the glaring flaws out of reviews entirely And they have so many relationships with so many PR and marketing people at the manufacturers, you can never be honest while you're constantly looking over your back at a bunch of friends imploring you to be as nice publicly to them as you are face to face at trade shows. I know how this works, I have felt the same thing myself. It's not a pressure or a strict form of censorship - it's more about just common politeness and a good career move. But it makes for a bloody boring website, believe me. And they get very highly rewarded financially too, so they're hardly a charity. What do they want? Reader donations on top of their latest $40,000 commercial video work? $2000, a 6K H.265 mode, anamorphic support and much better low light performance than the GH4. Yet they didn't mention any of that. Far worse though is they chose to make a small flaw HEADLINE news - a ridiculous click bate headline out of a tiny flaw in compression... then to imply the 10bit implementation was faulty and V-LOG completely useable for serious work, which we all know is bullshit, was the final straw for me. BULLLLLLLLsheeet. Panasonic loaned them the GH5! I have some suggestions!

I hope this review doesn't cause a shit storm. I dare not even look at the comments ANUSUser amongst the ANUS fans on there. And I am definitely not going to type it into Google. He used a variation of the 5K1NT (SKINT) designed for the moon landings. According to the latest NoFilmSchool article, Kubrick alleged burnt his ANUS on a candle while shooting Barry Lyndon, and couldn't sit on his director's chair for 2 weeks. That's why some of the scenes are too dark, he had to stop using the Fuji lens and instead a smaller handheld Nikon 1 series zoom with an aperture of F22 to F32.

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Some things to know about this - Panasonic understandably were not happy with the flawed test. C5D - "We have decided to temporarily remove this content while awaiting further feedback from the manufacturer." Rediculously Seb is still blaming the removal of the test on "agitation from the community" rather than plainly putting his hands up and saying "we got it wrong", which I for one would have welcomed. Full statement: "Due to the agitated discussion and hostility arising from our test of the Panasonic GH5, and our commitment to re-evaluating our test methodology based on reader comments, we have decided to temporarily remove this content while awaiting further feedback from the manufacturer. We value feedback from our audience, and our common goal is to find the most affordable and portable cinema tools out there." Forgive me for thinking C5D's goal was to blog about professional gear, all $6000+

Hey Fritz Thanks!! Really looking forward to the GH5, my pre order should arrive on the 21st in the UK And yeah the temptation is always to make money from plonking 5 sponsors logos on the front of my reviews and videos plus a page full of advertising and tracking cookies... But I have never done that and don't get enough recognition for it. Just trying to keep the blog's content unmolested its a shame more rivals don't do this because I am on verge of turning off from the whole thing... internet in general! You're absolutely right i would have to water down all the jokes and jibes or remove them entirely if I were to please Sony, Panasonic, etc and the PR people all the time... What's the point?

Of course man! I am all for finding common ground. It's just that I'd like to keep the normal pre-conditions to actually liking the person first before seeing if we have common ground. I have met Nino in person In our very first meeting in Berlin he preferred to answer a business call and disappear mid sentence than be attentive to the person sat in front of him who he was having the beer with.

Thanks for all the posts asking me not to quit EOSHD. It's been a long time running this blog by myself - 7 years now! I am completely disillusioned with the industry, the direction it is headed in, the lack of creativity, the focus on pros, the lack of quality online rivals, the bitterness that exists in the blogging community and the amount of clickbate out there. It's going to take a miracle for me to get my passion back.

That article wasn't a review. It was more of a news announcement and an opinion piece. As far as EVFs go it's best in class. That is a fact! Nothing controversial about that. Zacuto never gave me a loan unit. Count the number of Zacuto articles on EOSHD - what is it - something like 1 or 2 in 5 years. Hardly shill like behaviour. And for internal recording I'd much prefer to use the Zacuto Eye on a small camera than a whopping big field monitor. The SDI input isn't a problem. You can get tiny HDMI to SDI converters for $70. Blackmagic do one. https://www.bpm-media.de/Studiotechnik/Konverter/Mini-Konverter/HDMI-=/X/Blackmagic-Design-Micro-Converter-HDMI-to-SDI::372209.html?language=de&gclid=CLa706XAztICFQIL0wodRvkFEg The irony is you critisise me for criticising C5D then call me a shill! But I'm willing to let it go as you were a great mod over at the Cinema 5D forums... You put a lot of passion into that place. Surely, were you not just a bit pissed off at Seb and Nino when they decided to offload the entire forum to Planet5D on the condition the idiot over there would monetise it? That community sold into the gutter for a penny. And I would never sell my members to anyone - they are not mine to sell. Like I say, you can use the Zacuto Eye on DSLRs with a $70 HDMI -> SDI I don't know why Seb thought he could trade people's forum activity for money... That's the crux of that little matter. Yes I do have a chip on my shoulder but in this instance mainly because they slated the GH5 without understanding the technical reasons behind the macro blocking in 10bit. Yet they are in direct contact with Panasonic about this and leading them down the garden path to announcements, firmware updates and god knows what else. Quality feedback is extremely important. I advised Panasonic not to put a statement out about it because it would only draw attention to a negative from a flawed test, which basically claimed the GH5 was unusable for professional work, when the truth is the opposite and it is actually an incredible piece of engineering with a few normal compression artefacts in VLOG if you grade it wrong. Facts bro. If you need the broader picture about my supposed 'chip on shoulder' then you need to consider the full history of what Cinema5D has done for the DSLR video community. Here's a brief outline - 1. Nino and the other Seb plucked out of obscurity by Philip Bloom to intern on the infamous Red Tails shoot. Nino and Phil have remained friends 2. The point being he did not get noticed out of the quality of his work, rather by association with who he knew. 3. Cinema5D started with Jared Abrams in L.A. covering DSLR video, hence "5D" in the domain name 4. Nino instigated the shift to professional cameras and a professional standpoint on everything, completely jettisoning the fun aspect and alienating enthusiasts, as well as damaging the democratic aspect of the whole community at that time. Meanwhile Jared was dumped out in the cold. 5. Nino gives seminars and talks for money at trade shows every year and has been at almost every one I've ever been to in some kind of manufacturer or dealer sponsored capacity... BVE, Photokina, etc. Nothing wrong with making a living of course but to then turn around and claim you're giving unbiased advice on Cinema5D is a bit rich in my view. You can't do both. 6. The forum was offloaded to Mitch at Planet5D, the most clickbate resource in the whole community, he of course made a huge fuck up and it haemorrhaged users. Seb I believe did this because he couldn't be bothered to maintain it despite the fact he had a team of mods to help him, and he wanted to off load it for cash. Disgusting. 7. The general content there is just so bland. Yet because of all their manufacturer associations it floats the public's attention like sponsored content. 8. Even during the years when we were on good terms, in the past Cinema5D rarely if ever mentioned my articles in their coverage... mean spirited. 9. Rather they saw me as a bitter rival to be crushed. 10. Way before my first ever article criticising their actions, they have been extremely rude to me behind closed doors... dismissive and argumentative.

Don't URSA Mini 4.6K EF owners get a hefty discount on the new camera, bringing it down to something like $3500 so I heard and you get to keep your existing camera.... bargain. 4.6K sensor looks nice, it's a custom design and not off the shelf scientific. And the old Mini 4.6K is still nice.... Pro is just the same camera with NDs and more buttons!

Nothing was hacked. I went through the list of spambots registered since 6th March when the wave started (around 40-50 accounts were registered) and banned them all. They can't post any more content but if you receive any PMs from spambots which I obviously cannot see on my side, let me know so I can ban them as a few may still be lingering. Forum software is already up to date. The domain name for notifications - what are you seeing exactly? It should be andrew@eoshd.com The Q&A is already there for new user registrations. Also Recaptcha is enabled. The bots don't get through very often... we've only had 4 or 5 spam attacks in the last 3 years and all completely resolved after 1-2 days. Thank you to Andy Lee and Jon for clearing up this one. This used to be enabled all the time but was relaxed to lessen the burden on mods and myself for approving new content and speeding up access to forum for eager new users. This had been disabled for almost a year without any trouble As we are now going through a wave of spam attacks it has been enabled again. I ALWAYS find the spam attacks coincide with me criticising another site. Someone is definitely putting me out there as a target. I just don't know who. No problem on the forum software side and it is advanced enough with spam prevention features. You won't be seeing any more this month, or the next.