Andrew Reid

No competition to the 1D X II and C300 II? Erm how about the Sony FS5 and FS7 II, which in the C300 II's backyard (rental) pummel it. The Nikon D5 is the main competition to the 1D X Mark II because it's a stills camera. For video of course the Sony A7S II and A7R II are the competition even though they are a different category of camera and much cheaper. The only area where there is not enough competition for Canon is with Dual Pixel AF, which I'd like to see perfected by Sony and Panasonic before much longer... They could have been quicker on the uptake with that.

It's a different sensor, you just need to look at the megapixel count (16 vs 20) There is a difference between 8bit and 10bit of course. Cinema5D's 'precise testing' wasn't so precise and they took it offline. How's it under your rock by the way? Cozy?

Bluetooth audio would be a good feature on future cameras because it would eliminate the need for the crappy 3.5mm audio jack and another cable coming out of your camera Monitoring on wireless headphones would be a pleasure There are some seriously good ones out there as well including the Sony MDR 1000X at $400 so sound quality would not be an issue, at all.

You can imagine how nice a 1D C would be if Canon got off their arses. They obviously didn't feel we were important enough a market and now their PR companies are warning them of the negative perception everyone has and they are trying to back-track by saying video improvements are top of our list, yada yada yada (while enlisting DPReview to come to their defence for money, churning out shit sponsored content video after video featuring EOS products) Time was when Canon did the only full frame video on the market, the best low light and the most competitively priced Super 35mm 24p starting from the T2i and now they have lost their status in ALL of that, in EVERYTHING apart from autofocus (Dual Pixel AF) which the others will get soon and Sony already has (though not to same level of reliability). For us at $3500 max, a 1D C style camera with articulated screen, the mirror and prism removed but still EF mount, the EVF from the Leica SL in its place, Dual Pixel AF, no crop in 4K mode, but the same ultra high quality stills body and functionality (minus the OVF, who needs that now you have Dual Pixel AF any way), rugged like a tank and of course full frame with beefy codec, would be magical. But that would take the world by storm and Canon don't seem to like too much excitement. Distracts from the much more important business of network cams It also takes INNOVATION and RISK, two things that scare the accountants who effectively seem to RUN THE COMPANY. I think they are headed for an obsolete status in the camera market long-term and they know it. They have prepared early by heading into other areas which are now more important. See ya darling, won't be missed.

Just a quick thanks for letting me know about this. Fixed now so emails should avoid spam folders more reliably. Thanks also... deleted the straggler.

That refers to the 1080p. The 4K is 10bit 4:2:2 from launch.

This is absolutely great. Does this feature get enabled with V-LOG only, or is it already in there? Does it just change the output of the LCD or is there an option to bake the look into the recording? It would be useful not just for LOG but for tweaking the Panasonic standard Rec.709 colour science AKA EOSHD Pro Color.

Wow that is sharp for F1.2, the replacement What focus distance was the panasonic logo shot at?

I added that for them

GOOD satire. He's too busy at the DPReview forums

Yes a lot for them to do. If anyone has the technology though, it's them.

The first actually useful GH5 review I've read comes from Amadeusz at the excellent Polish website VideoDSLR.pl (Google Translated here) He look at all aspects of the new camera in detail, including the quality of the promising 180fps slow-mo mode. Read the full blog post

Nah. It's not.

Even you who hate them this much has at some point handed them thousands of $ though. Canon is the one glitch in the matrix I wish they'd fucking fix.

So that's where my used one came from

That's exactly right, it's not just about me as a customer, it's about the millions of others who check this blog every year and want to get advice on what cameras shoot good video. Canon ignore them at their peril. Interest in DSLR and mirrorless video is not small. 4.6 million session on EOSHD last year from 1.7 million unique users.

It compares well. Much more bullet proof. The video quality isn't much a step up from the A5100 though, considering they are double and triple the price.

The 1D C telephone is actually what I am going to dial on to reach Canon. Some people just don't appreciate satire.

I've been totalling up how much money I've spent on Canon gear since starting EOSHD. Read the full post here

Well that is political bias vs science, and this is cameras. If only the camera review sites were weighted differently. They're pretty much all the same and doing the same kind of reviews with close relationships to the PR companies. That's understandable! Who says I told you to regularly buy and return? I just said try the GH5 and return it if you don't like. Regarding the Amazon deliveries unless you are regularly buying and returning porn videos, I don't really know what the fuss is about Amazon knowing you bought a GH5 and decided to return it. Besides the big USA Today logic fail is that the company already knows what you bought in the first place and shared that with a third party (it's in the small print). And even the regular return of any purchase is protected by law and rights of the consumer (distance selling regulations). The USAToday article is just downright paranoid and something you'd expect from Briebart - but hey - clicks. I wouldn't quit because of a single site dude....I'd quit because the industry as a whole in which EOSHD needs to exist is making me lose my passion. You shouldn't live in a bubble and ignore the rest. I have multiple stories about Canon's totalitarian PR as well... Slashcam in Berlin once got a 1D C and Canon were very over-protective of it. It's annoying as hell. At last year's BVE I was with SLR Magic and I went to talk to a Canon PR guy to try and get SLR Magic an opportunity to test the C300 II with one of their lenses. I said I was EOSHD and he says "oh, we know who YOU are" and gave me an icy stare. I don't think I'll be getting any demo units from Canon for the time being Despite being a 1D X Mark II user, a C500 user, a 1D C user, an ex-XC10 user, a 5D Mark III user, a 5D Mark II user, owning a ton of EF glass, and naming my site after them.... And spending all my own money on that gear... It's not enough... because I told it like it was with the negative aspects of what they do. Dishonest and unfriendly, in my experience. I don't think I've had a satisfying encounter with them... ever

Agreed but the NEX VGs were awful! I say keep it in the mirrorless / DSLR form factor. Much nicer handheld format for interchangeable lenses Camcorder bodies are needlessly long from lens mount to the battery at the back.

What is wrong with full frame? Pentax skip it and go medium format for their high end Fuji skip it and go medium format for their high end Only Sony and Leica doing full frame mirrorless cameras!

Yes Sony and Panasonic but huge effort into video and 4K. They also have TVs to sell, which helps, but the market for video around $1000-$3000 is much bigger than people think. It's also scarily competitive and doesn't have the high margins of the pro $6000+ stuff.

Who says it's a business? It's about highlighting the truth and putting good info out there. If a consensus builds and wrong information is accepted as true, like with the regularly bad tests Cinema5D put out ("A7S 14.1 stops dynamic range" - in 8bit codec!!) then it's worth correcting. No you can't be the internet police as there's too much crap out there... But you can at least do something about the murder on your doorstep. Himm bit cynical that. I bought the GH1 in a heartbeat after seeing Bloom's early Hawaii footage I'm not an idiot and back then I wasn't rich If you read multiple sources you will end up with the sum average of a big PR effort to sell you the camera. That's the way it is. Well done camera press. It's not quite as life or death as that. Ever heard of Amazon? If you don't like it you just send it back.

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.