Andrew Reid

Image Sensors World spotted an interesting development from Panasonic in Japan which features 120 GH4 bodies assembled in an array to capture a person from all angles before software is used to develop a photo-realistic 3D sculpture of the subject. Read the full article

Market research from 2014 has surfaced from consulting firm FutureSource. The year-old report suggests a swing of 50% from DSLRs to mirrorless cameras in 2015 (for pro video users). The report predicts that in the coming years 4K mirrorless cameras will dominate the market for video relative to DSLRs and that sales of large sensor professional camcorders (such as the Canon C300) will continue to grow and occupy roughly a third of the pro video market with the mirrorless camera share at a respectable 20%. Read the full article

​Good question. I'm going to cover that in the final review.

  The slow-mo capabilities of the new Sony RX cameras are groundbreaking. I've been shooting at 100fps to 1000fps and everything in between. Here is everything you need to know. Read the full article

​That is a totally different mount.

C-mount and M43 don't go to Samsung NX mount.

I bet it has S-LOG 3 and 4K 60fps. Minus some of the other drawbacks of the A7R II... less rolling shutter, better in low light, crisper full frame 4K. But the Super 35mm APS-C crop mode likely will be worse!

Really we should be comparing the GX8 with the £1100+ stuff anyway.

​But it doesn't beat a £470 Sony A6000 for stills and therein lies the problem, if it's clearly aimed at photographers. Anyway the £599 Samsung NX500 arguably performs better in 4K mode than the GX8. 2.2x crop on the Samsung, looks like a 2.5x crop on the GX8 from a noisier sensor with suspect colour.

The 1D C has a better image and that is 1/4th the price used so may as well pick that up instead if you want a Canon.

Panasonic are in danger of being overtaken by competitors taking away their unique selling points. If the next Olympus OM-D E-M camera gets 4K as it likely will and with their market leading IBIS system, then the GH5 is going to have to do something pretty damned special (like go Super 35mm and ProRes) to make me want to use it over the E-M2. I'll give you another example... The GH2 used to have a big video quality advantage over Canon, Nikon and Sony DSLRs. It is why I bought it. Can anyone seriously with a straight face say that is the case now with the GH4 vs A7R II?

I just tried it and it's nice. Like a streamlined Premiere Pro. No 4K timeline support though on the Express version. Maybe the 300 euro Pro version has it. Also couldn't find a way to apply a LUT.

​At ISO 6400 the Mk IV clearly has less blue noise and blacker blacks, probably because the sensor's backside circuit generates less heat and there's a cleaner pathway between the sensor and image processor. But yes the Mk I does look a tiny bit sharper. Won't notice the difference in real life though. I'd rather have the faster readout and 4K than 5% improvement in stills performance.

​Better

Will be interesting to see what the new 20MP sensor is like and if it does 4K from the full recording area and not a 2.3x crop I also wonder if it will have V-LOG! If so then looks good.

​Yes continuously but not tried long runs 10min + yet. Might have the 29 min cap of the standard 1080p mode or it might be less. Never heard of a continuous slow-mo take that long though!

​Didn't say unlimited... "continuous".

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​That shot was pre-graded though and compressed for the web. I crushed the shadows 2 stops and baked that crush into the file. Wait till you see the original S-LOG.

The Sony RX10 M2 is our first look at Sony's new 4K XAVC-S codec at 100Mbit/s, the same which will be on the A7R II come the end of July. The RX10 M2 also brings 1080/120fps and up to 1000fps at lower resolutions. It features an extraordinary 24-200mm Zeiss lens with constant F2.8 aperture and built in ND filter. Is this the run & gun camera you've been waiting for? Read the full article

I'd suggest it is a bit of a stretch to compare the XC10's footage to other Cinema EOS cameras that shoot 4K like the 1D C I champion and the now available C300 Mk II... Just because it has a Cinema EOS badge on it doesn't mean it is going to match up in post to the 1D C. And certainly doesn't mean it will have a better image than the RX10 II... Well, we will find out... today. Just bought a RX10 II.

Well I have nothing against Ebrahim's passionate defence of Canon and who knows maybe the XC10's image has a big x-factor over the RX10 M2, we'll just have to wait and see. It's not a slight against Ebrahim's defence I just think Canon are almost bordering on indefensible. The margin on the XC10 must be astronomical. Let's look under the hood. The RX10 M2 has DRAM mounted to the sensor, it is stacked, it is backside illuminated, it is just about every expensive innovative CMOS technology out there all in one chip and the readout is mega fast. It does a full 5K pixel readout for 4K video from a 20MP sensor where the XC10 only manages a crop of 8MP from 12MP and let's not mention the slow-mo!! 1080/240p vs 720/120p for a start. ALL for cheaper, with that Zeiss F2.8 and EVF thrown in on top and Sony still manage a healthy margin... which gives you an idea to the extent that Canon are taking the p***.

The only question that needs to be asked is why buy an XC10 for $2500 when you can get an RX10 M2 for half that? Superior in more ways than just being more affordable: Raw stills and much higher resolution S-LOG 2 matches A7S in B-cam role 240fps at nearly 1080p and up to 1000fps in PAL for even more dramatic slow-mo Built in EVF (XC10 has none) Less reliant on touch screen for ergonomics Less ergonomic design flaws (better menus, more direct physical control) 5x cheaper media and 3x more space efficient 4K codec Likely very similar 4K codec quality and dynamic range Constant F2.8 aperture and very similar zoom range 24mm at wide end (XC10 crops in 4K mode from 24mm to 28mm) Considerably brighter long end at F2.8 vs F5.6 Everyone I know who has used the XC10 so far say it is a nightmare to use because of quirks.

The GX7 is nice. Definitely better quality video than the A5100, more detailed.

Looks like they have run out of ideas!