Andrew Reid

  He's correct that now... works with every lens... you just input the focal length. Not practical for a manual zoom though.

The Sigma ART lenses in Nikon mount are a good match and you can control the aperture on the adapter.   18-35mm F1.8 35mm F1.4 50mm F1.4   Then add a Zeiss OTUS 85mm F1.4 and you are sorted ;)   All of those are better than Canon's anyway.

Long ago were rumours that Sony had licences 5 axis IBIS from Olympus. Well either way, they now have it. The Sony A7 II is the first to get it. If Sony can put an internal 4K codec and 5 axis stabilisation on the A7 S II then they will keep me as a customer for a VERY long time. How can anyone else really have an answer to that? So kick away your tripod and let's see what else the A7 II has for video shooters... Read the full article here

The cheap kit lens is a power zoom pancake, F3.5-5.6 with OIS.   The premium zoom looks very nice indeed :)   Here is one of my NX1 4K files converted to 4K ProRes LT. Take a look...   http://we.tl/m9fsASnpoF   Blog part 2 coming very soon

VLC Player does open the HVEC files on my Mac but won't play past 2 seconds without corruption and freezing.

  Haven't had time to test yet but will do soon, image has a nice feel to it so far though.   Using Handbrake as a replacement for the Samsung transcoding app. Works great. Giving me 200Mbit/s H.264.

There's no agendas just opinions.   There's definitely no anti-Nikon agenda. I have the D750 and love it http://www.eoshd.com/2014/09/nikon-d750-review-initial-thoughts-real-world-footage-ladies-gentleman-contender/   As far as Canon goes it isn't a secret, I am disappointed with them. Bitterly so. But I perfectly accept the gentleman's reasons above for wanting to shoot on a 5D Mark III. Shooting is personal, opinion based, needs based. Nobody will ever agree on the same thing all the time!   I can just shine a light on where a camera is better. Objectively and technically speaking, the A7S overall has more strong points for video than the 5D Mark III does. The ergonomics you will get used to. They are better for video than the 5D Mark III. It's smaller, lighter, articulated screen, EVF, list goes on.

I fully agree on the HDMI! Glaring omission for drone users and will hurt sales. Sure I can forward the feedback to Matt. They are on our side. It's just sometimes a decision is made in Japan for engineering, technical or marketing reasons that doesn't quite chime with the demands of filmmakers.

  Samsung NX1 review is evolving, keep checking back. The NX1 costs $1499 body only or $1699 with the 16-50mm power zoom OIS lens. Expected availability in the US: 28th November 2014. I've been shooting with the Samsung NX1, an absolutely massive leap for camera technology - even a leap too far? Take a cup of tea and enjoy my rolling review to find out whether the NX1 is a petulant robot here to make your life difficult, or pushing the bar higher for 4K and DSLRs. Read the full article here

    The chances of being a hoax are slim. The chances of the hoaxer having this much technical knowledge of sensors is even slimmer. The chances of the hoaxer having this much creativity with the technical knowledge of sensors is vanishingly small.

Really nice shooting sir. Some great shots in this. Fundamentally.   The bonus macro and slow-mo techniques add a lot to it and sound is on the whole very decent, nice and calm. What is the piano piece?   Only one criticism really and that is I think earlier on you could establish what the promo is for exactly, more clearly?   Some of the subjects speak more compellingly and atmospherically than others. I particularly liked the woman at 2.25 saying she finally had space in her head, in the calm environment, outside London. Would have liked to have heard more from her.   Overall, good job!!

The Sony F3 is another bargain. 444 output, great color, good in low light too... it's now $5k! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-PMW-F3L-Super-35mm-Full-HD-Compact-Camcorder-885-Hours-w-S-Log-Gamma-/331376366422?pt=Camcorders_Professional_Video_Cameras&hash=item4d27921356

  Hmm I don't know! Human vision!?

  Since when is a whitepaper from Sony on their real, actual technology 'hype'?

  Why? Because it does OK with stills (nowhere near the quality of an A7R though) and really shitty with video unless you shoot raw and have 10 million terabytes to spare?   And A7S in low light is another matter... way better stills than the 5D mark III can even dream of!

  Nope it's not as good as that.

http://www.eoshd.com/2013/01/sony-f35-reaches-12000-on-ebay-from-250000-in-2008/

  AF for cinema?... WTF? And it isn't actually bad at all. Pretty fast for stills given live-view on a full frame sensor. You want to see Canon's live view AF speed?... have fun with that.   And what Canon are we talking about here exactly? A DSLR? They have terrible ergonomics for video. Fine for stills.   When an idiot wanders onto the forum... I'm always wondering why they say the things they do... must be a reason. Weird.

  You got something wrong. I believe you didn't read the post properly, that may be where the error lies!

  So what's your point Matt, is it that 36000fps is useless?   I can tell you it isn't. In science it has tons of applications. And it isn't "inert" if you have an exploding missile shell in front of the lens.   It will capture motion so fast that it would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye.   That's why I think the sensor has two markets. Cinema at 6k, 240fps, 20 stop DR and the scientific market in a high speed camera. And who knows the 1" sensor might even enable clear low light pictures on a smartphone one day.   Good job Sony is pushing the boundaries, because Canon are not.

  It probably won't be outside of a scientific device but I expect Sony will sell this sensor to the science market as well. Anyway, the number is just a measurement. The take-away is that its a damned fast sensor. Let's not get caught up in the exact figures. 240fps in 6K is much more usable and a sensor this fast can do that....great.   Also it might be that at the very high speed modes, they are black and white & designed for science. It is the active pixel color sampling modes that are of most interest to me.

They are pushing the boundaries of what's possible creatively with this sensor. Look beyond the specs, impressive though they are, to what they will enable.   Completely agree with Rich... its going to be wild.

I am absolutely sure this sensor is a video sensor and not for stills capture. Why? Find out below... Read the full article here

  It's distinctly dead from my perspective! Still not working.

I'm going to change the annoying name of this thread. Bit fed up of seeing the word Messiah now :)