MattH

You are responding to a comment I made about 360 degree VR as if I was talking about VR in general. I wasn't! Just 360 VR! Is that 'being clear enough'? You talked about 360 VR being useful for porn. I playfully and humoursly and accuratly shot down your Idea ( I even included a fucking smiley to make it clear I was being jovial). What you should have said if you had an ounce of good humour and humility. is "ha ha ok, your right. 360 degree vr porn would be useless, I guess I was talking about VR in general with relation to porn." Instead you went full defensive, and now you're acting as if I'm the dumb one? And to answer your hypothetical, you seriously think someone would use 360 degree virtul reality so they can crank their head around and look at who is doing them from behind? HaHaHaHaHaHa!!!! Rather you than me mate.

Right, but 360 degree VR was what I was specifically refering to wasn't it?

I agree with all of these points. Was exactly what I felt trying the oculus rift beta. It just wasn't something I wanted to do longer than 5 minutes. I obviously get what you mean about the picture, but I think it would technically only be FORCED perspective if you used a large man and/or a small vr unit. I can't see how 360 degree VR would be usefull for porn. What is happening behind you? If the sex is happening in one direction, why am I going to want to look around at the room? To check out the decor?

Exactly! Anything that is positioned in 3d space infront of where the screen is must not intersect with the edge of the screen. How stupid and offputing is it when something goes behind something its meant to be infront of. The only was around this is to make the viewing field of view much bigger (there are imax cinemas that are like the inside of a sphere) or vr headsets.

The kit lens has mega OIS. Unfortunately the video doesn't specify whether this was turned on or not.

Thankyou for agreeing. As you say youself, you put a negative association to scepticism. It isn't in the definition itself. I don't apply a negative association to it in the slightest. I'll take the wikipedia description. The one in bold is so negatively opinionated it looks like it was written by a 13 year old. I'm surprised you included it. As for getting the toppic back on track: Pending further relevant information, I will remain sceptical/agnostic as to whether kinfinity can produce, within the scheduled timeframe, a camera system with a build quality that is worth 6000 to 9000 dollars that doesn't have buttons that spin in their sockets.

I thought so. You are applying the subjective connotation of negativity, when in fact there is no intrinsic link to negativity in the definition or theory of scepticism itself.

How would you differentiate scepticism and agnosticism? I would think they are close enough in meaning (especially in this context)to be synonyms. But perhaps you know more than myself. Scepticism is a concept regarding how to think about things. It isnt an opinion.

In the face of the unknown, being sceptical is the ONLY intelligent position. Only with knowledge can you make accurate conclusions. That is my counter opinion.

12 bits has 16 times the number of values per sample as 8 bit. So I doubt the raw issue with the fs7 was due to that reason. And haven't the raw issues with the fs7 been fixed? This article seems to think so, although it doesnt show details of a re-test. https://***URL not allowed***/sony-fs7-firmware-update-30-released-fixes-raw-issues/

Anyone who isn't sceptical of any new camera is, well I dont want to be insulting here, but lets just say it's perfectly reasonable to be sceptical. The flaw of buttons being rotated and even upside down is an embarrassing mistake that makes your product look bad even if it is just a mock up. Red or blackmagic, canon or anyone would get called out on that kind of thing. Would the new iphone ever have writing upside down? I don't think so. Im glad it was pointed out, because it does matter if you are considering spending $6000 on one.

The modules are definitely cool looking, but it looks like most of the time you will need all of the main ones anyway. Looks like there isn't even a 3.5mm jack without the audio module. You are always going to need the card module unless its a studio set up. You will always need the battery module unless youve got annother battery solution which will be bigger anyway. But I guess its good as an option to be able to get rid of stuff you dont need.

Cool. That answers the question nicely. For those that cant see the picture for any reason: The FS7 directly outputs 4k bitstream data via 3G-SDI that can be interpreted by a compatible recorder, as long as you have the CBKZ-FS5RIF firmware update.

Correct but its actually the next day 1 nanosecond after midnight (or whatever is the smallest time period you can measure) You don't have to wait a minute. The first second of the day is 00:00:00 or 12:00:00 AM.

Can anyone confirm whether all you will need for this is the paid firmware update and an external recorder? So you wouldn't also need an interface unit like you do with the FS700 and FS7?

I did too. I wasn't being pedantic. I was evolving the conversation.

Cinelike V isn't a log profile. It's baked in high contrast. Looks pretty good but the other profiles aren't that much different. Cinelike D isn't log either. Log pushes the shadows and then rates it as a higher iso to try and force you to expose for the highlights. Im not sure at the moment, but I don't think Cine D has a higher minimum iso does it? Its basically just a normal profile with the contrast turned way down so that it looks flat. Doesn't actualy increase the dynamic range. To me its always seemed pointless to shoot with no contrast and weird tonality, bake it into an 8 bit delivery file, then add the contrast back in in post, usually badly. Im not saying there is anything wrong with having Cinelike V and D in the camera. But personally I dont care if they are there.

The op isn't even talking about equipment.

Democracy of film making sadly also comes along with democracy of film viewing. There is just so much content out there that who is going to care about your movie enough to pay to watch it? And who is going to care enough to pay to make it. Evidently batman vs superman is the level of moronity you need to delve to get people to come to the cinema and pay a rediculous price. When you see previously A-list stars do TV, netflix and comercials, you know the game has changed.

Unsuported doesn't meant it wont work. Just means that if you get hacked it's tough titty. Basically if you need prores just keep using quicktime and dont care, or edit on a pc that isn't connected to the internet.

http://www.adorama.com/CAMEC200SPC.html?utm_source=rflaid67913 A bit pricey as usual. Should have EF-M mount. Is this canons surprise for NAB?

This is blackmagic. Nothing is around the corner. Even if they anounce it tomorrow you wouldn't get your hands on one for another year. I think the differences are pretty surface level. The pocket can be used on its own, the micro needs a monitor or viewfinder (unless you're using it as a go pro or crash cam). The micro does 60p, In the future it may do global shutter. The micro has a bigger battery. The micro has an expansion port that someone might design a remote control for at some point. The micro (I think) has slightly less rolling shutter. I think thats pretty much it.

I don't like to take sides in bitch fights, but I believe you will turn out to be correct. You see the exact same thing DSLR raw files at native resolution when pushed. Chroma noise reduction is needed at the very least. People forget that "low light" cameras like the A7S will have a shit ton of noise reduction applied. And unfortunately I seriously wonder whether black magic would test a new pocket cam before they send it out. They are probably just taking the customer at their word that their is an issue and rolling the roulette wheel with a replacment. There is a good chance the replacement will be just the same or even worse.

Yeah, quite a lot of people think IS is a steadycam, when it is just for hand vibration. Drives me mental when I see reviewers jump up and down and walking slopily to test IS. I want to say to them: "How do you think that the small movement of the sensor or the lens can compensate for you jumping up and down? You are a moron!" Edit: I thought you were replying to someone else.

Could they actually do anything about raw? I mean isn't the whole point of raw that you get the image before the camera maker has done anything to it?