Andrew Reid

Got the bang for buck 8K camera. Only had it for 5 minutes and noticed it has a stuck pixel on the LCD so better get it switched. Quite distracting. Seems on paper to be one of the most exciting cameras at or under $2k. (£1899 in UK) First before I get too far into praising this bargain cinematic beast, here's a few things that the usual suspects in the review / shill kingdom didn't tell you... Handling has some distinct steps back from my beloved X-H1. There is no more drive mode lever, but unforgivably no movies/stills switch either like X-T4! A very strange omission given the hybrid nature of this model. I can however assign custom stills mode to function button and tap in/out from movie mode without having to change mode dial through all the many steps from Movies to PASM. The finger gymnastics to reach the WB and custom buttons on top panel is ridiculous. Really bad placement. The overall styling isn't as nice as X-H1. It looks and feels cheaper as if some cost cutting has taken place. For sure it is an uglier camera. No more inward press action of the jog dials, quite poor dial feel, just in general a slow hacking away of what made Fuji bodies nice like the extra dials and nice styling. But when we get down to the nitty gritty I expect to be more impressed. S35 8K ProRes for $2K is pretty special. I have read that IBIS is better on X-H2 vs X-H2S as well. Any idea why that might be? I can't quite believe reviews have that right.

Very sorry to hear that Kaylee Tough times. Hope you have plenty of support. You certainly do here. Long to live in a world where the science community have cured cancer... They're making great progress. One day it'll happen.

Sorry to hear. One day we will beat it and make it a tragic thing of history.

Sorry to hear that mate.

All the best in medical care and luck for your father-in-law. Hope he wins.

Thanks for your message mate. And your email @newfoundmass and @Snowfun - wonderful. If I don't get back or reply much in coming days, sorry in advance for that. To all those with families affected by cancer, we will one day avenge it and eradicate it. And if it helps play our part to do a sponsored camera challenge for a cancer charity, could be something to look into for EOSHD this winter, if I can pick myself up and get back to work.

Sorry to hear that. Seems to be a lot of bad stuff happening at the moment. I suppose when in hell, keep walking.

Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers so far. I wish I had better news to share. Can only look forward from now on, work hard on EOSHD and try and do justice to all the memories of my sister with some fund raising in the future, because as Mr Freeze said above - fuck cancer is a sentiment we can ALL agree with!

To all my friends at EOSHD I have some very sad news. My sister has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. She is just 38. I have just brought the news to the main blog page here, for the full story: https://www.eoshd.com/news/my-sister-zara-reid-is-in-end-of-life-care-for-cancer/ I might need to rely on my friends here to get me through this very difficult time and keep working. Anyone who pre-orders my Panasonic GH6 Shooter's Guide will really be helping. I am in financial difficulties too, on top of this. I want to keep this blog going even though I am a wreak at the moment. I am going to miss my sister enormously. She was at the heart of my family. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you wish to pass a message of support onto myself, Zara or my mum. My email address is eoshd.com@gmail.com In the future my aim is to get back to work and carry on EOSHD. Sorry it has been so quiet of late. Thanks guys.

Thanks, I'll ban this user I think as definitely a bit suspicious!

If these witnesses come forward and she wins the lawsuit, Atomos are finished.

Sounds like a big culture and personality clash going on. But the harassment claims are on another level of darkness. Assaulting the victim at an Atomos work event. Probably has a lot of witnesses if true.

There is some absolutely shocking stuff in the legal docs https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2022/09/8.15.22-Complaint.pdf Sir Hossein Yassaie I have actually met (man on far right of photo) Seemed like a very decent bloke to me. Surprised his name is in the lawsuit. Jeromy on the other hand I have always thought he was a complete tit.

Pure speculation on my part but I could tell something might be off when I went to their IBC dinner in 2019. Extremely odd behaviour by Jeromy. Then of course the way he parted ways so suddenly after being the figurehead of the company for ages, all points to potentially quite serious stuff. I see she cited CineD in the lawsuit. Wonder if EOSHD will get any links as well 😆

Only the Komodo is RF, the others have swappable mounts. For instance one of the best mounts for RED is EF, so completely incompatible with RF or mirrorless lenses. That's the Motion Mount with electronic variable ND built in. So what use is RF for RED users who want to use that? You are far better off with either EF or PL lenses for the vast majority of RED's bodies, especially the proper high-end stuff. Komodo is entry level.

That is incredibly soft.

I don't know of any successful long established camera system that doesn't have a range of third party accessories and lenses for it. So for Canon to be blocking this, and presumably companies like Sigma as well, shows they are prepared to harm their own ecosystem in order to protect the rip off pricing of their native lenses. It really just boils down to that. I am glad you like your 70-200 though

For me it makes no sense to compare a prime to a zoom! Of course a 16mm prime is going to perform better than an old zoom that was never even that amazing to begin with. The old EF 35mm F2.0 is better for a start! AF is internal, stepping motor. The RF 35mm f1.8 has a front element that moves! I found it to be one of the worst mechanical designs and noisiest lenses I've ever used on any system. Also one of the most plasticy. Also had the RF 50 1.2 and preferred the old EF lens. It has more character. No, it isn't as sharp. But it looks far less clinical. I also hated how the RF 50 1.2 picked up marks from the finger like a magnet. It has that horrible super-fine texture that just gets ingrained with dirt. You have to handle it like a lab techie. 17K is not exactly cheap is it. In fact $2500 for the 50mm 1.2 is completely nuts. For a lens that probably costs $200 max to make.

The Canon RF lenses are a big turn off for me. On E-mount there is more choice of native lenses. Sigma to name just one. Similarly with L-mount there are many ways into the system. The native Canon RF lenses are almost all massively expensive and enormously heavy, and not a single one is really much better than the EF equivalent it replaces. In fact if it wasn't for the popularity and dominance of EF & some very good adapters, I dare say Canon wouldn't have sold quite so many camera bodies. However they have always been a lenses company first and foremost, it's where the big profit margins are. It's just that they prefer to line the pockets of their shareholders, through us, whereas Sigma prefer to focus on engineering better lenses than Canon at half the price. Different company philosophies.

What about adapters with electronic connections, also banned by Canon? They are a very litigious company.

Maybe they just don't have the resolving power for 30 megapixels? So when you view it close up 1:1, you see more of the softness of the lens than you would on the A7.

It looks pretty good for an F1.2 lens at F1.4 Obviously would be much crisper at F2.8 or 5.6 I wouldn't have it any other way - don't like cuttingly sharp digital images. It's very un-cinematic. Which is the Minolta that showed the poor result on the A7 IV on other page even when stopped down?

How is the C70 mojo vs 1D C Dave? Just as good, maybe even better? Or does the 1D C still hold up pretty well

Well here is my test with the A7 IV Original RAWs are here: https://we.tl/t-6sae7A5zAH I compared it to the S1R. Same lens, Canon FD 50mm F1.2L @ F1.4 The A7 IV does look a little bit more veiled. Ignoring the difference between 30MP and 47MP, there is definitely a fraction more softness but it doesn't seem as soft as your tests above.

Yeah, the only problem I have with using custom modes is whenever I change something it reverts to the preset settings whenever I exit and re-enter that mode. So having to dive in and save the new changes every time you tweak a setting is a bit annoying. The good thing with the 5K is that it has a dedicated codec setting (MOV) and the full frame 4K/60 is MP4. So tapping between those two (ignoring AVCHD of course!) on the function button I found the quickest way to toggle between them!