Andrew Reid

The high frame rates aren't a patch on the RX100 IV but the colour, resolution, quality of the 1080/60p/24p overall is really very good. Dynamic range is good, more in keeping with a DSLR than a compact but there's no S-LOG, so 1-2 stops less than the RX100 IV can manage. Apart from that it is really like an interchangeable lens mount on the RX100 IV... and nicer ergonomics actually.

I am right though, it will be fixed in future and you will see the technology of stills and video merge, just not all the shooting techniques. Global shutter is here already, 24p 8K raw with Weapon Full frame is almost here already, as for OVF/EVF quality I know which I'd rather have... already. The small media is CFast 2.0, here already. Take the Samsung NX1 as another example of how close we are to 8K. It has an 6.5K image pipeline and SD card huge bandwidth to spare at 4K thanks to H.265 data rates of just 70Mbit/s.

Yes shutter speed is, but that part isn't hard to fix is it? If you're shooting stills with a video camera, just select the desired shutter speed. If you're not trying to deliver video, just stills, then it's not a problem. If you're trying to do both at the same time & you're using 1/50 for crazy fast action, it's likely the wrong choice anyway. 180 degrees shutter and 24p doesn't suit ALL. I disagree with you I'm afraid Ebrahim as like I said in the article I think the technology or stills & video will merge. Firstly it will be global shutter for both stills and video as standard soon and the mechanical shutter will be obsolete, as will a rolling shutter. We're nearly there... few more years. It won't hurt image quality at all in 2018. Look at the Sony F55 global vs F5 rolling for instance. We're almost already at a point where a global shutter's impact on low light is minimal. The sensor for that camera was developed before 2014. Again it depends on the technology of 2018 not of 2014. These are also all fixable in future. The technology is merging, like I said in the article, but the technique is not really the same for going about capturing the content. A7R II's on-sensor phase detect speed at it's best is easily a match for any professional DSLR! Panasonic GX8 contrast detect system is as fast as a DSLR with many of Panasonic's lenses. EVFs are coming that will blow your socks off. Seen the one in the Leica SL? The mirror assembly is definitely going to be obsolete soon. Nah it's not Again an easy technological problem to fix in future. Soon even REDs and Arris will have small batteries as their processing efficiency increases. You see how thin laptops have become? That is all due to lower power consumption. Same trend is seen across all semiconductor technology. Who says what Panasonic, etc. will produce will be huge? Might be a GH4 style body! Cost of storage is actually coming DOWN.

Nice work sir!!

That is coming soon as well! I am now using V-LOG, it's pretty good. When I find time will write more about it.

On performance grounds it does call for a full frame sensor really, although the Samsung NX1 at almost 7K is APS-C size (1.5x crop). Low light on a 2x crop M4/3 sensor at 36MP would not be ideal. It is certainly possible though. You can even go smaller. The approx. 1" Nokia 808 Pureview mobile phone sensor was 41MP, 8K stills at least if not video.

Ah, sorry. I lost interest when I hooked it up wit the Atomos, the image didn't really look different to the internal codec at all. The D5500 is another one where Nikon need to improve the HDMI.

The quality of 1080p had barely been made film-like before being cast aside for 4K and now manufacturers are racing to make 8K a reality, which is in the region of 36MP, before 2018. It seems the megapixel race has truly come to filmmaking. Read the full article

That was never a 2 part review Phil.

There's at least one major London based TV channel using Nikon D4s in the studio... can't get much worse 1080p quality than that but they seem to love it. Tape up the Samsung logo and just tell them it's a Nikon. It will be soon officially anyway!

Camera factory or sausage factory? Which is more advanced. And other stupid questions by Trifin Only kidding dude... By the way I see you are still shooting with the 5D Mark III. Raw?

Yes coming soon, just has been jostling with a lot of work. There's a ton of stuff coming up on EOSHD including DJI OSMO review, RX1 II, NX1 firmware update and lenses, Sigma 20mm F1.4 and a lot more! Anything else people would like to see?

The "acid test" has already been done tugela and the effects proven. I really suggest you get a bit more of a clue about what you are talking about, before embarrassing yourself.

Brian (designer of the Metabones Speed Booster optics for those who don't realise) is 100% right And I see it with my own eyes when I use the latest Speed Boosters, especially the XL-T on Micro Four Thirds. I will likely be selling most of my native Micro Four Thirds lenses soon, unless the manufacturers wake up!

Not with H.265 PS - if Panasonic froze sensor R&D since 2011 that would explain why Sony made the GH3 sensor, but who made the GH4 sensor and what about the new Varicam S35?!

Axel with LOG footage the grade has much more impact on colour than the camera does. Most grades are weird looking and prioritise dynamic range. It takes real artistic skill to do a good one. So judge the grade not the camera. The skin bug is interesting... does it only affect HDMI?

By 2018 computing power will be so fast and cheap that NLEs will cut through 8K H.265 like butter and the file sizes will be as small as 4K is now, thanks to H.265 but storage space will have probably tripped for the same price. Indeed it is about what's creatively useful though, not just outright image quality. I would prefer 240fps 4K and better low light performance than noisier 30fps 8K, although downscaling to 1080p or 4K would reduce noise, as we see with the current 8K camera, the A7R II's 42MP stills!! Also I believe the gains coming from organic CMOS sensors in dynamic range will probably eclipse the excitement for resolution in the coming years. So I hope Panasonic's R&D money can focus on more than just 8K.

I am talking about lens AF with the Metabones adapter, which isn't an Olympus responsibility.

Panasonic froze image sensor research and development in 2011 and have only now resumed. The company has committed $80m to revitalise their image sensors business in light of growing revenue from their imaging business as a whole and hot demand for sensors. One of the goals of the $80m investment is the creation of an 8K sensor to be released in Panasonic cameras around 2018. Read the full article

Who gives a toss? --- Ed - I am on V1.0 now. Seems to focus better with the Metabones Speed Booster & EF lenses so a bit afraid to update

Went and got the E-M5 II with version 1.0 firmware instead, will try shooting a test scene in V1 then upgrade to V2 and see what the difference is.

In that case I forgot Arri Raw, Red Raw and a lot of other cinema cameras too. I was of course talking about DSLRs!! Little know fact... EOSHD is a blog about DSLR and mirrorless cameras

Very interesting, what the source says about the FF Samsung sensor. Now I just hope Nikon will not mess up the video mode!

I started with Muted, and ramped up the contrast & saturation, then shifted the white balance colour hue away from green.

I would love that D7300, Ebrahim. Flat picture profile & codec are very nice on the Nikon cameras. One observation... Did anyone notice the excitement go up a notch with the mention of the word "Nikon"? It just goes to show the power of branding and gives you a clue as to why Samsung sold so few NX1s. That spec of D7300 would break the internet. People would sell the mum for one. In fact it already exists with the NX1 and you don't have to put up with a flappy mirror in the way, only the Samsung logo tarnishing it.