Andrew Reid

Thanks dude. Also see here... [url=http://www.eoshd.com/content/3576/re-wrap-avchd-clips-to-quicktime-in-no-time]http://www.eoshd.com/content/3576/re-wrap-avchd-clips-to-quicktime-in-no-time[/url]

Exactly the same.

Underexposing on the GH2 is not recommended unless you are going for a silhouette or rich tones in a sky or in a sunset. In low light it is better to boost the ISO than to under expose at a lower ISO. The codec does not handle the lows that great compared to other DSLRs, and all CMOS sensors show more fixed pattern noise when the signal is lower... i.e. exposure, amount of light entering the sensor. Hope that helps.  :)

Every site seems to be in on the act of predicting 5D Mk 3 release dates. I don't predict stuff I just report what I hear. This isn't a credible source I don't think. However there IS a new 24-70mm coming out and there is a 5D Mk 3 coming pretty soon. However be prepared that it may not be until Photokina in September. Ditto GH3.

[quote author=Simco123 link=topic=243.msg1634#msg1634 date=1328369834]Unless you are shooting at base ISO in good lighting I suggest people who shoot above ISO 800 to avoid the NEX 7 like a plague. Even at base ISO the higher resolution NEX 7 lacks fine details compare to the 5DMkII and that is not good. [/quote] Your view is extremely extreme! You seem to be mistaking 'close' with 'bad'. The NEX 7 is not 'bad' at high ISOs, it is close to the 5D Mark II since it has gapless micro lenses and a 3 year more modern sensor design despite having a smaller pixel pitch. Believe me it doesn't look like the plague. Also... Try one before judging.

Cool test. But remember guys that is only really showing resolution. Moire and aliasing is not as bad on the NEX 7 as on the Canons. That kind of deep depth of field architecture shot is better suited to the GH2. The NEX 7 has different strengths, gladly those strengths are pretty much where the GH2 has a few weaknesses. Namely, 1080p slow mo, sensor size, dynamic range and colour. The NEX 7 is a very handy camera, trust me... If you can afford both and need two cameras for your project, they accompany each other well. This is a case of take the test with a pinch of salt.

[html][url="http://www.vimeo.com/36214357"]http://www.vimeo.com/36214357[/url] I have the idea to make a tense but beautiful low light, budget thriller with the Nikon J1. It is ideally suited to it. It has the least amount of rolling shutter for handheld camera movement of all the DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, and the smaller sensor (2.7x crop) makes it far easier to focus at fast apertures like F1.2 for low light. At that aperture on full frame you will have a nose in focus, but eyes off! Not much good. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/6997/playing-with-hitchcock-and-the-nikon-j1-with-16mm-c-mount-lenses/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[quote author=Simco123 link=topic=243.msg1627#msg1627 date=1328326804] "The quality of stills on the NEX 7 are astonishing and at the 5D Mark II level. It is like an APS-C version of that camera image quality wise." Get lost!!!! The samples I've seen from the NEX 7 doesnt come close to the 5DMkII. You can compare RAW samples on dpreview. NEX 7 ISO 400 noise is about the same as the 5DMkII at ISO 1600, a 2 stop margin but despite the Sony's higher resolution it is not as good as the Canon on finer details [url=http://***URL removed***/reviews/sonynex7/page27.asp]http://***URL removed***/reviews/sonynex7/page27.asp[/url] [/quote] I don't know what you are seeing, but to say the NEX 7 doesn't come close to the 5D MkII for stills is just plain wrong! At base ISO it is giving more detail, in RAW and JPEG. At ISO 1600 again in RAW it is only *slightly* noisier and yet STILL resolves more resolution and is less soft. In JPEG the noise reduction engine is more advanced in the Sony since it is far newer in terms of image processing. Also an APS-C sensor is less demanding on your lens in terms of coverage, vignetting and corner sharpness. Plus you can adapt more to it. The NEX 7 beats the 5D Mark II hands down for stills. Probably will write an article about this since I have both and do actually use them for stills as well as video. [img]http://www.eoshd.com/uploads/iso100.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.eoshd.com/uploads/iso1600.jpg[/img] By the way, the manner in which these sites (DPReview, etc.) test ISO is really silly, under bright studio lights. All the results above are much noisier in REAL low light shooting than they appear there.

[quote author=jimmiesner link=topic=216.msg1620#msg1620 date=1328310633] When this lens comes out it would be great to see a comparison between it and the Nokton 25mm. Jim [/quote] Chalk and cheese mate. The Nokton is not a full frame 24mm wide angle. It is a characterful and beautifully built super fast F0.95 portrait lens for the GH2. The Samyang is a crisp, sharp (hopefully) fast wide angle for full frame, suited to low light landscapes and run & gun.

[quote author=ChrisJ link=topic=243.msg1623#msg1623 date=1328318627] Pentax have just unveiled a mirrorless version of their K5 called the K-01. The video on a K5 was pretty much an afterthought, it will be interesting to see what they have done with this new mirrorless version. [url=http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-k-01-officially-announced.html]http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-k-01-officially-announced.html[/url] Chris [/quote] I want it to be good. But it looks like a Lego Brick and has no unique technology in it. Sony, Canon and Panasonic develop their own sensors, Canon and Sony develop their own EVFs. Pentax don't even have an EVF on the Lego Brick and their sensor is from Sony. Ground breaking? Doesn't look like it but I will be over the moon to proved wrong....

[quote author=tungah link=topic=243.msg1618#msg1618 date=1328308091] I really like the image of this camera. The tone gradation is lovely. Hey Andrew, would you say this camera looks "more professional" to show up in a paid gig than, say, the GH2? I know this can be a dumb question, but unfortunately, showing up in a paid gig, looks matter too... at least for some clients. How would you compare this camera's "pro look" to a Canon 7D? Really wanna know your opinion. Love your site. Please keep it up! [/quote] Hey my Borat bro. If you turn up to a pro gig in a mankini, it won't look good no matter what. I think the camera if it is anything less diminutive than a FS100, C300 or AF100 benefits from an external monitor, cage, and rig. Then the client will think it looks pro. The client of course should be more bothered about what kind of video they get at the end of it.

[html][url="http://www.vimeo.com/36117747"]http://www.vimeo.com/36117747[/url] Thanks mainly to the unexpected success of their NEX line of consumer mirrorless cameras, Sony are probably the only company to realise the truth about mirrorless and its future direction. Namely that it is the future, especially for video. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/?p=6990/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

Yes to all.

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nikon-j1-c-mount-lens.jpg[/img] Consumer 4K is on the way, it is now as inevitable as the first 1080p stickers were on your TVs and cameras of 5 years ago. In an [url="http://***URL removed***/articles/6531373190/interview-tetsuya-yamamoto-of-nikon"]interview[/url] with DPReview, Nikon’s Tetsuya Yamamoto says that the Nikon J1′s (Aptina produced) sensor is already capable of a 4K horizontal resolution in video mode (although he doesn’t reveal the vertical resolution which I suspect would be lower than 2K). [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/6983/nikon-may-add-4k-video-to-future-cameras-j1-sensor-already-capable/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[quote author=rj link=topic=218.msg1557#msg1557 date=1327698859] There's so many camera angles to look at in the "WHY" video including many wide shots. There's cars, kayak, road signs, metal watches, many fabrics, hairs etc.. I can't see any aliasing or moire. A lot of shots in this video would have looked terrible on 5D and they look incredible here. [/quote] Said it before, will say it again. WHY was SOFT! Incredibly so. Just take a wide frame grab from WHY and compare it to something you've shot at wide angle on the GH2. Massive difference.

Some lovely shots in there mate!!

They can't update the C300. The sensor isn't capable of 4K. Yes it is a 4K sensor but the pixels resolve colour (red, blue, green) and when combined without interpolation produce perfect 1080p. It is designed for that, and not 4K. No firmware / codec issue can turn it into a 4K video feed.

The analogy is very poor because word processing and binding techniques add nothing to writing. Gear is part of the language of cinema. The lens, the camera, 8mm - for example - is a shooting style. Each has its own feel, its own soul, its own poetry to add to the story. I really do get tired of hearing that it is all about the content, it plainly isn't.  :-X

You are defiantly missing shallow DOF and low light performance at anything other than wide angle. The 20mm will be a good buy, but there are other alternatives. 25mm F1.4 c-mounts 35mm F2 Canon FD 35mm F1.4 Samyang 25mm Lumix Leica F1.4 Voigltander Nokton 25mm F1.4 Lots of others... Search between 25mm and 35mm on eBay with aperture better than or equal to F2. The 20mm pancake is very good, but quite clinical - not as characterful in the bokeh department as others.

Yep. You need a copy of the 1.0 firmware, and to load that onto the GH2 the normal way. Then apply the PTools hack and load the firmware. I tried it, works fine.

It shows an intent. Hopefully, the execution of it will be sooner rather than later!

Very interesting, thank you for bringing this here... Did you find anything else filed by Canon, published on the 26th January?

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/canon-4k-eos-dslr.jpg[/img] Canon are developing their own RAW codec for 2K and 4K video. In a patent filed in July 2010 and published yesterday, Canon describe a codec which stores raw sensor data from a 12bit high resolution RGB sensor with Bayer colour filter array. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/6976/canon-developing-4k-raw-video-format/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

ALL of it?  ::)

Didn't Sony collaborate with Zeiss, not Leica? Panasonic collaborate with Leica. Make a good enough product and you will be taken seriously, who gives a shit if the Japanese industry doesn't take you seriously? If a new Japanese company entered the photographic market and outsold Canon, wouldn't they be taken seriously? Sony bought Minolta because they needed the expertise.