Andrew Reid

​8K is a while off and here's why... Hard to edit and store. Needs better compression and for H.265 to gain widespread support with editing software (Adobe, cough cough) No consumer 8K TVs on the market yet and people only just starting to get with the 4K programme. In terms of content it is only just reaching 1080p, there's hardly anything in 4K yet (on Netflix for example) and 8K... well... nadda. Then there is the processing power required to record it in the first place. Look at how big the cooling mechanism is on the Dragon for 6.5K raw. Now on top of that add the bump to 8K and compression processing. Storage to record 8K raw would not be in consumer price range. The battery would die and the camera would overheat even if the sensor could do 8K at 24p, which currently it can't. I think 8K is 10 years off at best and its benefits very questionable anyway (for the home & consumer market).

Just tested and yes can confirm that is the case. Crop is less in 4K than on the GH4! How weird!!

​I have seen the D5 rumours and they're a load of tosh this time. Even saw a post about Socionet which confuses an LSI (system processor) with a sensor. Panasonic are not making the D5's full frame sensor I can promise you that!!

So many serious replies. Bit of a shame really. It's only a satirical post, a joke!

Canon EF mount Super 35mm 4K solutions are expensive. Canon's only current solution costs $15,999. Here is an alternative for a fraction of the price. It's also great for those who can't justify spending $3200 on the upcoming Sony A7RII for 4K S35. Read the full article

Joke explanation alert! http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/business/media/taylor-swift-criticizes-apples-terms-for-streaming-music-service.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

Can Taylor Swift get us 4K on Canon DSLRs? Read the full article

Nice job!!

​Downsizing will help get it close to the A7S actually. I expect it to match it until ISO 6400. 42MP from BSI copper sensor downscaled to 12MP in Photoshop is going to make for great ISO 3200 results vs the A7S on older sensor technology at native 12MP. The new sensor has been engineered to beat the D810's sensor. That has the older Sony chip.

​Full frame is considered 1.0x crop (no crop factor) in 35mm photography terms. That's the crop factor we use most often. (Cinematographers would consider Super 35mm a 1.0x crop though). Super 35mm and APS-C are around the same crop factor over full frame - 1.5x for Sony. Canon APS-C is 1.6x. A 16:9 aspect ratio 1.5x crop of 42MP is 15MP. Plenty enough to do 4K which is just 8MP. E-mount of course. All Alpha 7 series cameras are full frame mirrorless, how did you miss that!? Full frame A mount is the A99 SLT camera. High ISO will likely be on par with D750 and better than the A6000. Will have the info in my review when I buy the camera.

​I'm not but that is how a lot of people use the GH4 with SLR / DSLR glass. Universal facts are your problem, not mine.

​Well Digital Bolex with tiny sensor does look great. It proves that a film like dynamic range (13+ stops), global shutter, etc. can be done with a smaller chip. But they need to give us the choice. Would Canon and Nikon be anywhere near as successful if they had never launched their digital full frame ranges and stuck to crop formats? It doesn't help that Micro Four Thirds is a non-standard as far as cinematography goes, either. It's not Super 16mm so out go most of those lenses (vignetting) and it's not Super 35mm so you miss out on the corners of your Cookes, etc. It's a very creative camera for adapting these lenses, yes... but not optimal. 2.3x crop is not my favourite look from my full frame lenses. There's always Speed Booster but if Panasonic did S35 we could use that for full frame... important thing is we'd have the choice.

Good to hear that Jordan ​Panasonic Canada clearly has more of a clue than Panasonic Germany has.

No the NX1 is 28MP and nearly 7K - Super 35mm (APS-C)

This is a fantastic Sony interview at Imaging Resource. Dave Etchells was able to extract an astonishing amount of technical info about how the new Sony sensors are able to deliver 4K video, less rolling shutter and better low light performance than the previous 36MP full frame and 20MP 1" sensors. Read the full article

Why did you buy an FS7 at all then? Just stick with the previous best thing?

Opinion piece, by Andrew Reid In only a few months, 57 new features have been added to the Samsung NX1. Meanwhile Panasonic have been more keen than many to evolve their products, adding a 4K Photo mode to the GH4 and 24p for 4:3 shooting, a nod to anamorphic filmmakers. But it isn't enough. No anamorphic de-squeeze for instance and now the time it has taken for V-LOG to reach us has been too long. Firmware is a new battleground and manufacturers must play the game better. Read the full article

Samsung have set the bar high with the NX1 firmware updates. Makes everyone else look lazy and more than a little stupid.

Well every other Jimmy post is nonsense and I don't complain!

​Yes specific to video (S-LOG 2).

​All else equal it makes sense to shoot on the best looking format available and I agree that 65mm is it at the moment.

How did the shoot go? Interested to see.

Blackberry were given about 2 years to 'do the right thing' as well and they failed.

​And these guys are on a 2 year delay... I think 2015 marks the tolling of the bell.

Ever considered it might actually be too late for Canon to get back into it?