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Couldn't agree more. PDAF can give Panasonic even better autofocus (on par with Canon and Sony). 24MP MAR Sensor for GH6, and an even larger sensor 12MP for GH6s (than the GH5s).

It's all in the head. One of the issues that M43 must sort is the pipeline. It should either be 14-bit, or better still, 16-bit. It may help with the whole highlight rolloff (apart from reworking the algorithms and changing rhe VLog to the full version). They have way better rolling shutter, way better battery life, and generally much higher reliability. And frame rates could be pushed, even beyond what the GH5s and XT4 do (they do 1080p at 240fps). Most people agree that PDAF is the biggest shortcoming right now. In pretty much everything in Mirrorless, M43 has been the pioneer.

Yes, that also could be a huge factor. It seemed that was with the lensrental glange distance consistency measurements. In which even cinema cameras (not Mirrorless ILCs), were terribly inconsistent, across the same camera lineup too.

Whoa. That's probably the most controversial remark yet. You could be right, though. A few changes to the GH5 and GH5s, starting with PDAF, and everyone would rush to Panasonic.

I thought the cineform codec on the GoPros was like 12-bit in an 8-bit or 10-bit wrapper. That's why the ability to push it is pretty amazing. Was this photo a screengrab or a screenshot of a photo you took with the camera (12MP RAW or JPEG pic)? I mildly edited the photo and saw that it had way more detail that is seen without editing it.

Yes, it would. And it would mostly likely flame the Ninja too (pun intended).

I tried to edit my comment, but some glitch happened and it didn't allow me to post it. Gerald clarifies that his 3 hours comment is just rubbish. His camera shut down after 1 hour and 14 mins, even though he wasn't recording anything. https://twitter.com/GeraldUndone/status/1286422353107464192 Also the quality different between regular 4k and HQ is Enormous.

I am not sure the battery would last for 3 hours. It appears that most of the issue have to do with the processing (both Sensor and Image Processor), more than anything else. A smaller node size (7nm?) may have greatly helped with heat management, and a proper passive heat sink, with the heat being transferred into the body away from the internals could have helped. I am suspicious of reviewers saying they can record for hours and days. Despite the low quality of non HQ video. Though the RAW and HQ modes (?) are apparently the absolute worst.

You're right. The video is pretty mushy. And the sharpening doesn't seem to help.

what resolution video were the screen grabs taken from ?

Canon's 8 stops of stabilization due to the new IBIS (and lens combo) also seems greatly exaggerated. Would love to see a face off between it and Olympus.

I suspect the same. Sony is trying to brand this as the king of video shooters, but it may come with a lot of riders.

And at 1:21 he hints about the M43 and GH roadmap. That they will speak about it at the appropriate time and that they have a roadmap for M43.

Don't know why certain bitrates and gramerates are overheating more than others. Btw, in the last video I thought he said it overheated in 8k at 9mins. And many of these videos are shot in very cool temperatures. At 35°C and over I am guessing the camera is going to stop shooting very quickly and take very long to be ready to shoot again.

Please read it again. And don't assume you'll get 29, 28, 27 or even 26 mins. You'll only get 1 minute. Hopefully that's all you need. 😂

Hahaha. You can't turn turn hope into dreams. The camera heats in many modes, not just the absolutely best quality and bitrate ones. I wouldn'be surprised if it heats at 1080p too. After the first 30 minutes.

A lot of people are unable to understand the implications of the overheating. The poor heat management means that each consecutive shot will be for a shorter duration and cooling time necessary, will be longer, after every shot. By your 10th shot you may get like 3 mins of recording time with a cooling period of 20 mins. Both figures are random estimations. Maybe at temperatures above 30°C, it may be worse than this.

I saw the video. For anyone interested, it's near the end. Last 1-2 mins or so. But the heat management is really terrible. Canon probably expects all users to carry an ice box with the camera, filled with ice cubes, and the camera has to be thrown into it, after every short take, to cool down. In anywhere over 35 degrees centigrade, I am guessing this may even burn the sensor or possibly explode. Scary. Not just unreliable.

I am guessing the partner (Jim Zhang) stole the designs and sold it to one of the mass scale IP replicating manufacturers in China (possibly different from the original manufacturer, who was still fine tuning the lens quality). When he got sued, and lost he promised to share profits (with partner Ryan Avery). What started out as theft, ended with better lens design (solely because the Chinese manufacturer probably had copied others for a very long, and probably got the basics right, and costing too). At the end the price also came down substantially, and hopefully they're both sharing rh profits (Jim and Ryan). I hope they also commission the 8.5mm prototype into a cinema lens. That would be great. https://thecinelens.com/2020/04/18/rip-veydra-2014-2019/

I liked how it wad shot and the fight choreography is pretty neat.

Interesting. I have to try it then. Thanks

Ok interesting. I should probably use it on an older iPad or iPhone. That should help me get an idea of how it works in the field. I've just used the Panasonic app a few times or used an attacked monitor. Maybe this would be similar.

I checked the reviews for the (Accsoon Chengdu) CineEye App, and it has mixed reviews saying reliability is low(for the app). One had to buy a receiver (and transmitter?) for it to work, and it's faster and smoother on iOS. It's pretty good for the price (about $220). I am not sure why ILC manufacturers themselves don't ensure that there are a lot more accessories that do the job, way better, at good prices. And this can be transmitted to multiple devices simultaneously (upto 4?).

I read the comments below this. As with a lot of cable into smartphones, unless they are optimised for this by software and hardware there is always a lot of lag. Plus the screen resolution is low and frames keep dropping. Unless this replaces a proper monitor its not an easily usable idea.

They want us to hone our colour correction skills further 😉 On more serious note, I guess Blackmagic needs to figure this out. And check whether the reviewer's monitor wasn't calibrated well (or at all), or is it a genuine issue.