sanveer

There is a lot of random moderation happening all over. I see it in youtube too, all the time. I feel, every story needs to be covered, neutrally, and every voice should be heard. Also, at the end of the day the masters of the planet aren't seen or heard, and yet they influence the major decisions, everywhere. We common folks shouldn't let the trillionaires affect our judgment. Least or all to burn bridges and cities

Once discussions become outright political and solely about left vs right, the entire discussion become about something else. The purpose of the original post and discussion is lost, somewhere in the entire vitriolic.

You're lucky it's a right winger country. I know a few friends who've lost family members in communist countries. Genocides are common there, and nobody dares to report things. Much like China and the whole curious Covid-19 story. Nobody in the media has lived to tell the tale.

Would you know what Signal to Noise Ratio, DXO records its tests at?

Very interesting. I suspected that RED cheats with their figures in many different ways. The highlight recovery on the RED was pretty bad, compared to the Alexa. The RED cameras also have strange flaring, maybe from poor coating applied to their sensors (along with the AA Filter). In a way it appeared to spread out the dynamic range wider, though only in appearance. The actual usable dynamic range may be much lower. I've seen such flaring from lenses which have poor or no coating (like the Mitakon 25mm f/0.95). In the 3 and 4 stops of overexposure, the RED made the skin look like plastic, from one of the very low quality cameras from 10 years back, with low bitrate and very low dynamic range. If the Alexa is 14+ stops the RED is probably 12, at best. Maybe lower, if one pushes it in post. Also the % of the grade was lower on the RED. The colours appeared to be more muted on the RED, and that's why the difference didn't appear nearly as much as it actually was.

I am curious. With the emergence of so many different VoD platforms globally, hasn't breaking into the industry become easier? Like many low budget films or series for VoD? Especially since there is far greater demand for content and far lesser content actually available.

This dynamic range chart seems curious. Usually the industry standard Xyla charts are available in 15, 21 and 26 steps. But this one seems to be somewhere in between 15 and 21 steps. Maybe RED invented their own chart?

I feel people underestimate the effort that goes into good photography. There is a lot of cropping involved, a lot of touching up and post work. Plus very few of the photos we took, actually make it to the final cut. This has been the rule since the days of B&W analog cameras. Plus studio setups and even so called street photography has to be put together, painstakingly. And the much of news photography, especially in war zones, is similar to studio setups, with actors being asked to do multiple remakes and makeup and touching up. Much of what appears, isn't really like it is. It's like Boney M and Milli Vanilli. About filmmaking, the so called greats of cinema, especially the ones who started by making low budget undies and/or who wrote books about their great low budget experiences, either befriended the sons of city and district mayors or found producers who handled all bits of production. Many of them also befriended great cinematographers early in their careers. They basically exaggerated their own struggles to glorify their journey. Filmmaking is tough, because it's a team effort. The director must be a master of management, more than anything else. He needs to hire a good writer, a good cinematographer, a good sound recordist, a good editor, a good music and foley composer, great actors etc. Therefore, he also needs great casting skills. He basically had to put a great team together and allow everyone a certain level of comfort and creative freedom, and inspire people on the job. And coordinate things between everyone. Doing too much can be a problem, and also not figuring out one shortcomings or limitations too.

Most likely too few PDAF pixels. That's why Samsung introduced the dual pixel 50MP 1/1.3" GV1 sensor.

Considering that Sony is the leader in sensor development, it's a mystery why they couldn't just produce a 12MP 1/1.3" sensor, that does better low light, has higher dynamic range, faster readout, and better frame rate options. Plus great HDR in photo and video (Sony really needs to fix its HDR algorithms).

Considering the breadth of the features on this one, the Least they could have done, is given multiple bitrate options. Also, I wonder if this is also 10-bit like some of the other flagship Xperias. Interestingly does seem to have HDR (though the A Series has it in 8-bit 100mbps).

I wish Panasonic cameras could be hacked like the GH2 was, back in the day, though with Magic Lantern kind of features.

Former Xperia flagships had issues with dynamic range, in photo and video, despite having 10-bit video in some of their flagships. Hopefully, Sony has improved dynamic range (by way of both codec and sensor performance), and all these stellar pre-installed professional cinema camera features are actually worth having on a smartphone, instead of having to download an app like Filmic Pro or some else. Extremely promising. Hopefully they also price it for mass market.

Samsung may have the Dual Pixel Autofocus advantage. The IMX700 is larger, but only marginally.

I saw this video. The stabilization didn't really seem that impressive compared to other smartphones. The example they compared it with, seemed not to have any nature of stabilization, whatsoever. It was terribly jittery. The 360° rotating (if that is what it can actually do), holds some unmatched camera potential. I guess we should have a comprehensive discussion on the Potential and Capabilities of Smartphone Sensors, what their hardware should be; Computational Photography algorithms; CFAs (including QuadBayer/Tetracell and Mixed CFA patterns); OIS and IBIS and EIS, sensor and pixel size and capabilities (including various frame size and sensor readout speeds, their effect on HDR, low light etc.). Also how many different zoom ranges should exist, ideally, in Smartphone Cameras, and what should be the minimum MP count.

1inch seems just too large for a smartphone cameras. 1/1.3" (and smaller sized sensors) seems much easier to manage. Plus, smartphones have multiple cameras nowadays, so having more sensors means ensuring that no single sensors occupies too much space on the smartphone.

I've always felt a Lack of Collaboration has mostly slowed down Indie Film Development. Studios have limitless wealth, and resources. This seems like a nice effort. Hopefully, he allows other people to use his studio space for rights or profits in return.

"Also, ISOCELL GN1 takes light information from each photodiode to produce a 100MP resolution photograph by a software algorithm." Interesting upressing (high res photo mode, like on Olympus and Panasonic) mode, without sensor shift. This seems quite interesting.

From DPREVIEW.COM "On March 2nd, Steptoe, a leading international law firm, secured a major trial victory for Autel Robotics USA at the US International Trade Commission (ITC). The ITC's chief administrative law judge found that SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd., the world's largest manufacturer of consumer drones, and 7 related entities collectively known as 'DJI,' violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. DJI has been importing and selling drones that infringe on Autel's US Patent No. 9, 260,184. The ITC's chief administrative law judge recommended barring the following DJI products from importation into the United States: the Mavic Pro, Mavic Pro Platinum, Mavic 2 Pro, Mavic 2 Zoom, Mavic Air, and Spark. The judge also recommended a cease and desist order prohibiting DJI from selling any of these products that are already in the U.S. when the exclusion order issues. If upheld, all of these products could be removed from the U.S. market as early as July. Autel scored another victory with the ITC. DJI was forced to post a 9.9% bond during the 60-day presidential review period following the exclusion order. Autel also filed a petition to prevent other DJI products from being sold including the Phantom 4 and Inspire series of drones. It is worth noting that DJI's Inspire 1 and most of its Phantom 4 line has been discontinued, with the exception of the Phantom 4 Pro V2.0. The Spark and original Mavic Pro models are also no longer produced." https://m.dpreview.com/news/5298432342/judge-rules-dji-infringed-patent-recommends-ceasing-sales-and-imports-of-most-dji-drones

At the beginning of the 2nd part, he mentions his choice of cameras, beginning with the GH2.

You're right. But a V90 or V60 card could easily have handled the necessary bandh width for both 4k at high bitrates, and well as RAW photo buffer (as one would notice from the Sony A7iii, which had 2 SD card slots, one of which is strangely UHS-I). The quality difference between the 150mbps and 400mbps is so minor, that most people prefer using the 150mbps codec. Panasonic can still re-release the S1, with a lower resolution EVF (this one with the higher resolution and refresh rate was probably also nesting into the battery) and LCD, and price it at $,2000 (or better still, at $1899), and it will outsell many other full frame cameras. Panasonic also needs to ensure that its lenses are smaller and lower priced for the L-mount. Sigma is obviously at it, it probably just needs to hurry up. After the A7iii, most full frame cameras are finding it difficult to price themselves above $2000 and sell well enough. Especially if they can't match the autofocus, shooting speeds, and battery life, among other things. Panasonic will really have to make some seriously tough decisions for the GH6. It has to be Below the $2000 Price, and thus not have any unnecessary hardware features that would increase its price. Because it becomes even more difficult to justify a M43 camera costing more than a Full Frame Camera. Plus, it would have to add some features that even full frame video shooters don't have (limitless recording, maybe audio bit depth, much higher video and photo shooting speeds, more high res photo options, maybe smartphone-like HDR, multi-frame video HDR, superb dual ISO etc).

IMHO Panasonic invested too much on the EVF and LCD. They should have left that high quality of both solely for the S1H. And priced the S1 at $2000 to compete with the A7iii (which has way superior autofocus and much faster shooting rate). Also the S1 should have had Dual SD card slots, instead of one SD and one XQD. Pricing it at $2000 would have ensured it sold way more than it did.

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I remember that it highlighted how the big guys try to overstate and thus oversell the much higher priced gear. So that when Coppola chose the GH2, it created a huge furore. The outcome was that the Zacuto Shootout was completely scrapped. That was the last year of the shootout. Curiously, Panasonic never advertised this fact in its advertising (which like I've been saying the longest, is rather lack lustre). They could have sold the GH2 like crazy, just based on this fact alone. Also, curiously, while the 5D Mark ii sold extremely well as a video and photo shooter, the much cheaper GH2 seemed to find much fewer takers.

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