Andrew Reid

AF is a real shot getter. Every time I go without it for run & gun I regret it as a shot sails past the frame out of focus. The S1 would be your first choice if it had decent autofocus. The Nikon Z6 and Fuji X-T4 are much better choices in that regard and the X-T4 has some very good native zooms for documentary... the 18-55mm 2.8-4 and 18-135mm both superb with very good (and silent) AF. The native zoom lenses for the Z6 are much more expensive. It does however have very good AF with the Fringer EF adapter, so you can use something like the Canon 24-105mm F4 on it, no problem, or a Sigma zoom. No 10bit on the Z6. Lowlight is good on both the Z6 and X-T4. I'm leaning towards X-T4 personally. More features than the Z6 and you can make up the sensor size difference with 1 stop faster glass.

Let's get this straight. So your contribution to camera nerd land is to bring the place into disrepute on so many occasions you get banned multiple times, but keep creeping back like a virus, even today opening an account only out of vindictiveness to your host, then you expect me to allow all this of course, otherwise it's censorship and hypocricy. When you get arrested for a theft, do you shout censorship too? I am not censoring you, I am protecting my property and other users. Looks like another Trump apologist has come out the woodwork! Who'll miss you?

Well that's a cynical way to look at it. How did you think Steve McCurry started photojournalism? Are you really suggesting there is something wrong with anyone photographing what's going on in their own towns and cities... their own country. If they want to use an ND let them. Let them use anything they like, I don't see the problem with it. You don't know the most important thing - their intention. If some of them are 'tourists' out for social media likes, then so be it... people are people... but you can't tarnish everyone with the same brush.

So many examples of that. This scene is from a river rave in Berlin, found on Reddit here https://old.reddit.com/r/berlin/comments/gui77y/peak_slacktivism_i_cant_breath_banner_on_a_party/ I suppose it makes them feel better doing jack shit. There's even now a name for it... Slacktivism! Words must match actions. You are out there packing food and household supplies. A wonderful deed and a reminder that sometimes humans actually do something good without expecting a pat on the head or a lot of social media likes for it. Those who aren't there need the pictures to know what's going on in a different country, the rest of us need those photos and videos. So keep these coming too.

It's hard to understand why people are so divided. Half of them voted for having a racist, nationalist, facist dictator as President, that's all. What's divisive about that? I can't see anything wrong with that! Must be all my fault. Is it me doing the provocation perhaps? They have done their country proud! 😂

There are some exceptions to the free speech rule actually. Racists or apologists for them, lose their right to a voice. So just so you know why, if I do have to delete posts on this topic it'll be for those reasons. Same with the "America first" MAGA nationalists. Fuck off.

Looks like some people need to learn what’s censorship and what’s standing up against immorality, racism, nationalism and worse.

Yup. Medium format and Leica forums do tend to be more civil, I find.

Again another example of the hypocrisy of this. Standing up for anti-censorship on the front page, while censoring their users on the back pages. https://***URL removed***/news/9338848714/sony-world-photography-awards-receives-backlash-over-censorship-of-hong-kong-protest-images

I see where the FPS shows up now. It is around 7fps with Metal. Real-time 24fps / 25fps with OpenCL. So the problem is Metal. Not the only problem mind you - there is the H.265 / Fuji shadow clipping issues that make all the files look like trash! Definitely all needs to be looked into by Blackmagic.

I am censored in effect by many of my colleagues but I don't censor you lot. If you want to post a link to Cinema5D or DPReview that's your right.

Photo by Fibonacci Blue Will Smith said recently that racism isn't increasing - the difference is that it's being photographed and filmed - now we realise just how much of it there is. If it wasn't for the filming of George Floyd's murder by a policeman, it may never have come to light in public. All of us who have a camera, smartphone or online presence should keep this flame alive and shine a light on the truth wherever it confronts us. Important photos and videos must never be censored. However when a long-time DPReview forum contributor tried to share his photos of the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis, he was immediately censored. I have also been subject to censorship on the DPReview forum (my URL is banned completely) so I know what it's like to have your voice silenced from a community. New blog post: https://www.eoshd.com/photo/dpreview-censors-frontline-riot-photographer-photos-of-george-floyd-protests/

For those that do go there, I want them to be able to have freedom of speech. Not much to ask.

Hello everyone, I need your help. I'd like everyone to write to Scott Everett at DPReview about the forum ban on EOSHD URLs and politely ask for them to stop doing this. I think it's been 5 years now. There are users who post in both places and want to reference a topic here, or reference in this forum a topic at DPReview. So it is not nice really, is it? Last year I had a big clear the air talk with Scott, their general manager. Unfortunately since, he has done nothing to stop the ban. So here is the address to email for him... https://***URL removed***/about/staff/scott.everett scottev@dpreview.com Please be polite and ask him to stop censoring you.

They are not STILL doing that are they? FFS

Can confirm this is a bug on mine too. Did you ever find a fix? It happens to me no matter what video mode or settings are used. Reminds me of the similar issue on the Nikon Z6 which has a similar sensor!

The ALL-I codec on this camera is REALLY good. Maintains a LOT more in the shadows than the Long GOP IPB mode. It is 400Mbit so quite big files but a lot smaller than RAW at 1800Mbit. This is one of those occasions where 400Mbit is worth it... (Shadows pushed up approx. 3 stops in Resolve) 4K ALL-I 4K Long GOP IPB

The S1 battery is absolutely enormous. Here's me wondering how the Sigma Fp has no problems with it's GH2 battery from 2011! It even powers an SSD while doing 12bit 4K RAW

Yes the autofocus is pretty, erm, shall we say... Hybrid. Somewhere between contrast detect AF and phase. It hunts. Not sure why. It's extremely unreliable in video mode. 32-64mm zoom has internal stepping motor, silent, fast, but the camera does not make the most of it. The X-T4 is far better for AF. Some lenses like the 63mm f2.8 are incredibly bad on the GFX cameras and it's not much better on the GFX 100 with phase-detect AF on sensor. I am hoping for a firmware update that dramatically improves it as I can see no good reason why it has to be so bad! Reminds me of the X-Pro 1!! Apart from that, it's my favourite all-round camera right now. Love it. You can put a £20 lens on it and it still looks like medium format. So cinematic.

I get better performance with OpenCL than Metal, so it's the other way round. Running Mojave. Hackintosh is working flawlessly. Resolve 16.2 Can't figure it out at all yet.

I seem to remember the NX1 did limit controls when connected to a monitor. The firmware updates addressed it only partially. It is just a video feed via HDMI, it doesn't matter what monitor you use. To be honest I would use the NX1 without one as it has a great codec and very nice OLED on the back.

This is also interesting. Thanks.

OK, I think the best solution is to buy a new battery (at least temporarily and return it to Amazon if it doesn't fix the issue). This will illuminate the possibility that it's just a faulty battery. If it is proven that the problem happens with the new battery too, then we have a situation and I'll notify Panasonic. It may be that the cameras are very marginal in their peak current requirements, so any degradation with the battery as it ages causes an issue. This isn't good either and Panasonic should investigate like Leica are doing with the SL2.

A question for Resolve users... Is it still possible to display the fps in the viewer? I used to have this in the Canon Magic Lantern RAW days but it's vanished and can't find the option. I have an RTX 2080 Ti in my PC and will see what performance is like on that. Nvidia cards no longer work with the latest Mac OS verisions - so that's why there's a Vega 64 in my Hackintosh. It has excellent compute performance even though it's not as powerful for games as an RTX 2080. Will ask Blackmagic support what the problem might be. The crushed blacks in 10bit H.265 is also an issue with my Fuji footage in Resolve, and it badly needs a solution... Will see if this happens in Windows or if it is an Apple thing. By the way I think the reason the 1DX3 doesn't allow autofocus in 4K/60p is the battery can't handle it... Peak power requirements. Driving that sensor in turbo mode, and image processor at 100% utilisation, along with autofocus just doesn't sound like something you'd be able to do on a battery like the 1DX3 has.

I have edited 4K DNG RAW on much lesser systems without a hitch. Back to the store for the 1DX3? Looks like it.