Andrew Reid

They must be involved in some way! Hopefully they'll be honest enough to admit that it wasn't entirely a "creative choice"?

$7K is an absolute joke. You are not getting a Leica, it's a Panasonic. The 28mm lens on the normal Q3 is really terrible, it's worse than a toy and relies on Panasonic's correction to get rid of the massive distortion and vignetting. Leica just need to be more honest... what is the $7K getting you in terms of engineering from LEICA? Cutting edge lens? No. It's very misleading marketing in my view. Leica Q 28mm RAW: With the built in software profile applied in-camera and Adobe Camera Raw:

4K/120fps but not much overall I don't think, the iPhone 15 Pro is better value now.

Sounds like you did the right thing and that's what matters. It's a pretty big red flag when mods of a site start to protect the manufacturers at the expense of their own readers and forum users, to act as cover for defects, which is the opposite of what journalism and community are about - to expose the truth. I could understand if you set out to criticise DPReview from the get-go and not Canon - but you were criticising Canon in a constructive way and campaigning for them to fix a genuine issue, much as I did with the R5 overheating malarky. So I'm sorry you had this experience with DPReview and yes... It is a dying site. Gear Patrol at the end of the day are in the business of advertorial not journalism.

I am curious how he came back to head the company? After all that's happened.

Fuji X-S2 or Sigma Fp-L For the most cinematic results. If you go even smaller, you have to make some compromises and go with a high-end compact camera... If you're doing that, it might be better to go with a high-end smartphone instead as the iPhone 15 Pro has an incredible codec now, and really good auxiliary lenses especially the 5x zoom.

I can see a Canon C80 type thing from RED / Nikon. I expect they'll follow the Cinema EOS playbook more closely than the past RED script. Being a corporate Japanese company now, and all that. Which means yes, mirrorless Z mount cinema cameras and hybrids.

It is crazy that they'd use a DOF adapter on a high-end production like this. The ground glass doesn't work very well and introduces all sorts of softness and corner blur. If that is the look they are going for, why the fuck are they using 50k ARRI primes? I can only assume it might be a specially modified iPhone from Apple with an interchangeable PL mount for modern Super 16mm lenses.

I seem to remember it doesn't work... It was designed to fit the Pocket sensor housing VERY snug. I have many a non-Pocket micro four thirds camera with war scars from putting that thing on it. The 0.64 XL T on the other hand should be much more flexible.

Holy crap did he put some effort into that. Quite amazing really isn't it? A bargain a7 iv just popped up for 1400 euros with the kit zoom... A may have to snaffle it up. Have you noticed that very few people have actually SHOWN the difference between the old and new colour science, or the old 8bit and new 10bit codec in any meaningful way. Could be an interesting comparison between the a7 iv and a7r iii to do a dive into that on EOSHD.

Going for today's small chip low-fi digital look, just as they did with the original 28 Days Later in the 90s. https://www.wired.com/story/28-years-later-danny-boyles-new-zombie-flick-was-shot-on-an-iphone-15/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Years_Later https://theasc.com/magazine/july03/sub/index.html But then... what's with the huge cine lenses on the front?

This is part of the reason Gen-Z are turning to old compact digicams, for a less processed look. The HDR smartphone look has become a boring cliche. I shoot RAW on my iPhone 15 Pro Max to get past the heavy handed processing. But Apple have always been better at doing realism in their processing than the Chinese smartphone makers, so by far not the worst offender! If Nikon is right and smartphones are leading into more camera sales, could we see the return of smaller high-end compacts?

What was wrong with it... mechanical issue?

Canon are a different company to who they used to be, they are closer to a Chinese OEM manufacturer now than a Japanese industrial giant in my opinion. How is it that such a mature platform as EOS R which launched in 2018 is having not-fit-for-purpose issues like this in 2024, when Canon has so many decades of experience in camera hardware to build on? It is because the engineering core of the company in my opinion has been gutted by accountants and clueless managers prompted from marketing areas, along with their best people retiring. You only have to pick up the EOS R5 series or R6 to feel from the look and finish of the materials that they are cutting major corners inside and out.

Where in Europe are you?

It's a good value option for many but FX30 doesn't cut it for stills duties... No EVF, no mechanical shutter, no full frame coverage. The 4K/120 comes with a huge extra 1.6x crop on top of a 1.5x crop. Aside from less rolling shutter, the overall image isn't better than the A7 IV for video - and that's cheaper used. Also the Fuji X-H2 is superior for less money too - you get a lot more features overall.

I have very mixed feelings about the OM-1. On one hand, it's a bundle of fun. On the other hand I have yet to see what the 10bit codec brings to the table over the old E-M1 II. Just doesn't seem to really up the ante for me. The other issue is that the noise is very blotchy and it tops out at 800 for clean results - after 1600 it's really pretty poor and 3200 is a bit of a shit show in 4K and fine detail has a pixel-binned or upscaled look to it, rather than it being oversampled as was the case with the E-M1 II. The E-M1 II was the GH5 sensor... And the OM-1 I am not sure what chip it has. But it ain't a GH6 that's for sure. I also find OM-LOG very iffy... It needs a lot of work to colour correct. The E-M1 II I find does 95% of what I need in the OM-1, and given it goes for so cheap, it's hard to justify the extra! Just my take anyway. And the OM-5 basically brings nothing to the table at all! E-M5 III re-issue with a small firmware update.

Does it play Holiday Lemmings?

First post is checked by me, and if I don't like it... banned forever 🙂

So I went with the A7R III of course 🙂 The reasoning goes like this... It was 1160 euros, and the A7 IV would have been 1750. Quite a big difference. The A7R III is a 2018 camera, and in those first EOSHD reviews it remember feeling it was a big step up from the already very good A7R II, because Sony had introduced new ergonomics, new battery, new colour science... And now they have done so again 6 years later, and the a7 IV of course has completely new Creative Styles and menus... plus 10bit and S-Cinetone, which you'd think I would consider a must-have. Thing is I don't. The new menus aren't a selling point, they're a bit of a mess. The new colour profiles are pretty decent, but I am more used to maximising what you can get out of the old ones with EOSHD Pro Color. And the A7r III when set up right has some serious mojo... Maybe a bit of a harsher highlight roll off than the A7 iv, and it doesn't grade as well in S-LOG3, but there is a part of me that doesn't care and just wants to shoot. I tested both side by side for about an hour in the shop, sat down around a table... The a7r III autofocus was as good as I remember it... Can't really see any major improvement on the a7 IV. I tried the Clear Image zoom for Super 16mm c-mount lenses and the Super 35mm mode on the a7r III and again there was no shortcoming, and no clear advantage for the a7 IV. That's quite an important feature for me as I like the look of my c-mount stuff. When it comes to 10bit and more dynamic range I have the GFX 100 and S1H. When I need really good AF in video mode and stills - the a7r III does the job admirably. My a7r III will be mainly for personal stuff, stills and video - with emphasis actually more on stills whereas the S1H takes up some video duties. The video mode on the a7r III really is no slouch... I find the image really very nice in 4K full frame and S35. It also has 1080/120fps which is a nice bonus for such an aging model. The a7r III also has a small edge over the a7 IV in low light, in both video and stills, even thought it has a higher megapixel count (42 vs 33) and is 6 years older... quite surprising. Ergonomics wise, the a7r III is smaller, slimmer, and has an equally good EVF - you don't notice the higher res panel in the A7 IV very much as the resolution of the live-view feed doesn't quite make use of it. So I feel good about saving the 500-600, and will one day get back into the modern Sony cameras... but for now the a7r iii does the job perfectly fine. I'd like to get an a1 again one day... When it comes down under 2.5k then I will strike. It's hard to see how they will ever better it, without a complete change in concept and technology. By the way, I really do prefer the tilt screen on the a7r III over the social media friendly twizzle screens of late. The a7 IV just didn't feel as good to shoot with somehow, when the screen is opened up at the side off axis. There's also no advantage in RAW quality for stills. I appreciate the image in video mode is that bit better... A bit more dynamic range in the creative styles, a better codec, and S-Cinetone is nice to have as well. So a pure videographer's needs may differ and that extra 600 might be worth spending. Let's see if I regret the decision by this time next week 🙂

I would go for a second hand E-M1 II over either of those. They are very cheap now and in some ways even better than the OM-1. The sensor readout is more detailed in 4K. The E-M10 III shoots 4K whereas E-M5 II shoots absolute mud. It was dodgy in video mode even for 2014 standards! If you absolutely can't justify an E-M1 II for 100 bucks more, the E-M10 III is the one to get. Canon Rp is a disaster, stay away from that for video. It feels awful to use and crops like hell.

Interesting. Have they officially announced the partnership? If anyone can threaten the Japanese camera companies it is indeed DJI. They even bothered to turn up in Berlin last week at IFA whereas the Japanese camera companies didn't... Well, Panasonic sort of did with ONE GH7 and TWO S9 in a tiny corner with some microwaves and washing machines. What DJI had on show was seriously impressive. It is however getting more complicated for Huawei and DJI to get the latest silicon. For me it is a no-brainer for DJI to do a mirrorless camera of some description. It could also be that Huawei will want to use the Hasselblad brand (currently licensed out to Oppo) on their smartphones. So the partnership makes sense on that front too.

I sold my a1 the other week, to raise some money which I immediately spent on sweeties and trawling Berlin for vintage PC parts. A fine investment if ever I made one. The problem is I now have absolutely no Sony cameras, at least no full frame ones. For some reason I refuse to part with my old a6500 as it has a nice wooden grip and feels funky. The choice now is between 1200-1800 euros on a full frame a7-something. I don't want to spend another 5 grand. So I've been eying up an a7 IV and an a9. The a9 for me is the better stills camera - it's way faster - however on the video side it only has the old Sony colour profiles and the lightweight 8bit codec. Actually 8bit I am sort-of-ok with, it is the lack of Picture Profiles that lets it down more. The a9 can be had for around 1500 euros / $ on eBay or £1300 in the UK in good condition. The a7 IV has a lot of rolling shutter, a rather clunky sounding mechanical shutter and quite a slow sensor in general so 4K/60p has to be a crop. It does however have a lot else going for it... And the new ergonomics are a big step forward for Sony. The a7r III is another I'm considering... Ergonomics are sort of half way between the older a7s II and new a7 IV - that is it to say, not bad but buttons feel worse and the grip is smaller. It has S-LOG 3 and HLG / REC 2020, fine for 4K/24p, the moire isn't that bad, it's great in low light considering the megapixel count, 12,800 very usable, S35 crop mode very sharp... Can't remember if it has clear image zoom in 4K for 2x crop Super 16mm c-mount lenses... Does a7 IV? Thing is a7r III is a bargain at 1200... So I am very tempted. Spend extra 500-600 for a7 IV or maybe get neither and go with something else?

I don't know... You tell me ChatGPT?

Does anybody know who is making their sensors these days?