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Wow. Thanks for the answer. I genuinely know too little about focal reducers, and I think I may have used one Only Once on the BMPCC (the original), veryyyyy long ago. The idea does fascinate me though and I was trying to create one for my old smartphone (that was until I lost my nikkor lenses, that I had carefully removed from an old Nikon point and shoot).

Does it add more than a stop to the brightness? I suddenly see the lens regain online for like $149, so it seems like a great investment.

I think the REAL fun with the reviews will start with the BRAW firmware coming in. Much smaller file sizes in RAW (12:1), improved low light compared to DNG, much more film-like grain, and I am guessing some minor improvement in dynamic range (mostly due to way the noise in the Last stops may appear).

Seems quite small. Would love to see this in person.

Actually since it relies so heavily on Touch sensitivity (plus that well spaced and amazingly well laid out menu) they put the 5inch monitor on it. With a low tensile strength body like this composite one (compared to aluminium and maybe even magnesium alloy) the body would have cracked with any kind of movement on the monitor. Plus the Aluminium and Magnesium alloy would have added to the price. Even though it isn't heavy at all, I still think it's quite large. @Andrew Reid you've turned this into another low light monster (like the amazing f0.74 you pushed the original BMPCC to). I wish someone would make an extremely small gimbal (maybe built into a cage only slightly larger than the one made by smallRig) built into a Camera Cage. I still think the body is too large. I wish it were smaller. It would be easier to hide it and easier to have it on a tiny gimbal.

If you Compare the very top end Nikon APS-C with FF you will see that the difference is very little. Considering that M43 and APS-C are much closer in size than APS-C and FF, you will realise that after a point the differences get Very small. There was an interesting article in Dpreview not so long ago showing that the difference between top FF and Medium Format also weren't as big. The advancements aren't 4 times as good in any possible direction. If they were all FF sensors would be in the range of 80MP or so. One doesn't need to shoot everything at super resolution or in super low light. That's more the exception than the rule.

The GH5s is proof that M43 can match FF for video dynamic range, and also having great video low light. I wonder if it could do like a QuadBayer version of that for higher MP as well as better low light by a similar process (/algorithm) used by the new night mode on the pixel. 8.9/9MP for Video and (4 times that) 36MP for photos. Some Super HDR mode for photos. A lens redesign could help with having higher res photos. One of the weaknesses of M43 was apparently the photographic capabilities of the smaller sensor (and lack of PDAF). If they can address those two, and keep the Size a little smaller, I can see it kicking some big fat FF ass.

How about diversifying this post to Best Editing Pcs at various price points: 1. $1000 2. $2000 3. $3000 4. $5000 5. $10000 Anyone wanting to spend more than $10k on an editing PC should probably just use services of companies like Prime Focus or some high end post processing and management agency.

Welcome back Zack. It's nice to see you again. Hope you're good.

Or the improvements in Jingle Quality and Sound Design. The low budget Ad has pretty decent (field) sound (recording quality) for the price.

Interesting concept. I guess it's similar for making movies, where the story is always king and many CGI elements can be replaced by well executed effects where props and great lighting and camera work can make things look much better (like miniature cars shows as gull sized ones or miniature sets replacing full sized ones too). For me the $100k Ad somehow didn't justify the budget. There was nothing extra-ordinary in the lighting or effects or anything else. Even the dolly movements were limited do a much higher budget. I've realised from working on films of different budgets that on larger budget productions, Stars, Locations (not necessarily well created sets) and Equipment constitute the majority of the budget and therefore as one goes higher, the concept of diminishing marginal returns applies wrt to how visually stunning or amazing other elements of the film are. The biggest giveaway of a low budget film is usually the sound.

This sensor has been in development since the time of Adam and Eve. And probably won't be ready before judgment day. ???

The delay on this one is pretty long (not in years or too many quarters, to be fair), which is visible from their announcement of ProRes and RAW long before they actually got it on their camera. Plus it's hardware needs gadgets to help with the 'ease of use bit right. It has many things right and a few things wrong (all of which IMHO can be improved or changed). Whether they delay it further or abandon that roadmap completely would determine the true success of the camera. Maybe they were probably in a hurry to release it, so that early adopters can help with the development roadmap and so that company morale isn't affected by the fact that they have to wait for many wuartwrs for collaborations to come through.

I believe ZCam (E2) has quite a few tricks up it's sleeve. The only problem, I suspect, is that many of those have been highly delayed wrt implementation. I would have opened my mouth, but let's just wait for the company to do it officially. Unfortunately the waiting is as bad as the Blackmagic Delays, in many ways. Hopefully the wait won't be thay long though.

Looks like Leica is trying to eat some of their pie. Though it's price would be many times the price. https://m.dpreview.com/news/2888145442/the-leica-m10-d-is-a-wi-fi-powered-rangefinder-with-no-lcd IMHO they may have put the wrong sensor (way too low dynamic range in normal mode, and the 2 HDR modes look impossible to actually implement). If it used the LTN4625A Sensor (of the Blackmagic 4.6k fame) instead it could improve things dramatically. If that be the case, it could have both great dynamic range (about 14 stops), and also super fast readout between 120fps and 240fps at full res. http://www.fairchildimaging.com/catalog/focal-plane-arrays/scmos/ltn4625a

If batteries are overcharged they get puffy. Those could be a serious hazard.

I hope there is some consistency with their testing even if they are wrong. To give credit where it's due, I actually check their rating and comments regarding dynamic range whenever I am down. It makes me laugh till my eyes water. Hopefully they don't stop that. They're probably doing all sorts of public service.

Wow. That would be quite an upgrade, especially with the benefits of the FF sensor. I don't know why but I think they might do a price correction, IF they don't make it absolutely path leading in the video department (and push it to 18MP stills or above).

It's beyond blasphemous comparing DXO Labs with Cinama5D. Cinema5D for the SAME CAMERA will show 3 different rantings in dynamic range, given enough time. I had even posted proof of this in one of the discussion threads.

I remember this write-up vaguely (Blackmagic had rated it at 13 stops). I didn't realize the guys (/the Dynamic Range clowns) at Cinema5d rated this thus: "We could get 8.2 stops of usable dynamic range from the AJA Cion. Interestingly it is the exact same rating we measured on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 4K." ( https://***URL not allowed***/aja-cion-review-all-about-the-aja-camera/2/ ) Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I remeber this write-up vaguely (Blackmagic had rated it at 13 stops). I didn't realize the guys at Cinema5d rated this thus: "We could get 8.2 stops of usable dynamic range from the AJA Cion. Interestingly it is the exact same rating we measured on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 4K."

If you compare their dynamic range testing over the last few years of the Same camera, you'll probably lose your sanity. Apart from contradicting everyone else, they contradict themselves too, many times over. And I don't think it's their fault TBO. It may have to do with the voltage and some kind of bulb or tube issued with their equipment. ???

@Andrew Reid the more I read the literature on the sensor, the More I am convinced it is in the wrong camera. It's a 12MP sensor after all. "Extended optical : dynamic range can be achieved by multiple integrated high dynamic range modes (multiple slope and dual exposure)." It does Full Res 300fps at 10-bit and 132fps at 12-bit, meaning, that, with the right kind of HDR method this sensor can have superb 4k (with full sensor readout) with absolutely no rolling shutter and very high dynamic range. It could have made a great cinema camera.

1200 nits is super bright. Especially for a monitor at the price.

XAVC has a lot of flavours they would probably just push it to the next upgrade. Dynamic Range may be similar, but the bitrate could go up and codec could handle grading and post better.