Emanuel

You're forgetting his models... ;- )

Really? ; ) The answer, my friend, is blowing in your own, is blowing in your own post... LOL BTW, where have you been? You as a few others over here are truly missed : ) Ah and €2762 to $4K is the difference (huge gap for 50% more BTW) enough to make me pull the trigger, you know? People have a budget, mine in mid-2020 decade is up to $500 for mini sensor size cams, perhaps other than iPhone but the fact is that I haven't bought one yet ; ) $1000-$1500 for a workhorse camera and about $2500 for a premium device. Other than that, they don't have my money in their pocket/bank account. I bought a 12K Ursa Mini Pro like new for $3K, so you see... ;- )

Great post man, my vote to stick it! :- ) At times, I even think to myself that a disclaimer urges to pop up to avoid armchair opinion makers out there...

Yeah, laugh but do you know what the most reputable microwave oven is? ; ) I've found it today: https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/kitchen/panasonic-microwave-review My ultimate purchase ordered tonight is a Daewoo and is not a car... ;- )

You mean strictly on and for 4K@120fps? Are they joining the party then? : D If so, I should either be quiet on the best of my fanboyism or Andrew is also right on his prediction ; ) For some reason I've found myself on Sony camp most recently... Plenty of irony to someone coming from 90s, really, but it is what it is, I'm afraid :- )

TBH I think overheating performance (let alone DR + low light) and price under $2.9K (€2.762 from my supplier) without VAT (for professionals, not consumers) for such small form factor (under 800gr!) are both a must : ) How come not having an active cooling system along with? Or a cheap semiconductor route instead, as Andrew mentions? 60p up to 5.8K is the price to pay for? Other than that, imagerie coming out from such features combo like IBIS + their same hybrid AF, once more this time for a 2nd round and turn to follow the S5 II, look like pretty hard to resist and stellar to me... I'll probably see myself to bite : P Who not, sooner or later? : X https://petapixel.com/2025/02/25/panasonic-s1r-ii-first-look-the-ultimate-hybrid/ PS: Something I guess I like to see going with them... they usually try to bring some cherry to the top, most of their tradition is that, more than any other brand except Blackmagic IMO who tend not to leave any rabbit out of their hat for next time, hence my hat. Their newer is their best can certainly be a good motto. I am sick of a few minutes before overheating, when it's supposed a professional use even being a hybrid one, no excuse, it's not a smartphone! You can go and burn in hell, shame on them, Canon and Nikon... They play games on us... Makes little to no sense to my book to say the least :- )

Significative to see all that written here by you @Andrew Reid Cameras design is something, the camera body a sort of an extension of a human brain, there's some singleness behind this unique object in fact < 3 Why ain't they all equal, isn't it? ; ) Like people, we can feel the differences sometimes between versions of same camera model, go figure all the rest you mention there... Even today, I've been discussing this with a brand representative : X BTW I am in love with my FX30... What such a grace, folks! :- )

I'd go for both FX30 and Osmo Pocket 3... Just sayin' ; ) Other than that, P4K and Ace Pro 2 are a must no less : ) My current fav ones. Without mention some other speciality captures devices or... Blackmagic 6K FF... with this, you're set on the Aussie manufacturer camp : D works like a charm straight to those who always claim for stabilised stuff ;- )

Impressive where we've arrived for instantaneous photography:

Under certain circumstances, there are obvious disparities like banding as for instance ; ) Skin tones e.g. is another case where distinct colour information makes a whole of a difference to separate waters and it is possible to see right there : ) Other than that, 8-bit can obviously perform the job :- )

Thanks for the wishes of you all here! : ) In this year I lost my best friends ever, my father and dearest aunt, a mother to me, hope 2025 may only become better than this 2024... No complaints at professional level though... Five/six awards (the 6th 'cause we're working on a sequel of a previous TV series not yet under my umbrella by then despite a determinant role in the nomination towards this prize this time) ten days ago for two feature movies shot in NZ and Macau, China, respectively, as producer with two of my partners in crime by this scribe of yours too. North of Portugal. My brother's new home. With my core family of three, brother, sister-in-law, nephews and his brother-in-law, sister-in-law and respective mother, very likely. Our mother is still recovering from a surgery two weeks ago, the 2nd one this year from another fall and same broken leg... so the youngest will be with her instead. Just life, I guess. While waiting for my FX30 next week arriving from a U.S. trip, Osmo Pocket 3 (have you already bought this jaw-dropper?) and their really small and handy accessories are the ones I regret today to not have discovered earlier from the previous model anyway. As never enough to have been reported before, that larger sensor, 4K 100/120fps and 10-bit D-Log M (even 4:2:0) are a thrice must : ) 4th axis stabilizer just to mention one of the plus size : D of this little toy is simultaneously-plainly-and-luxuriously a simple joy... : X The set of filters and extra add-ons, no less ; ) Testing all of them for these holidays! : P Happy Christmas and the best 2025 to everyone! EDIT/PS -- @Andrew Reid Thanks for extending that infamous 5-minutes editing limit here, serves to share more in the same post and in age of a big fail to twitter/X model without useless multiple posts so dispersive and annoying I intend to believe LOL :- )

@BTM_Pix You need autofocus! LMAO :- ) PS: I could have asked to you instead if "No AF?" up there but Andrew stands the 5-minute limit for new edits... : D

A Manffrotto, not a Leica? LOL Nice camera BTW ; ) What bloody brand is that? : P A hell of an expensive one, I guess! : D

The problem with some "workers" is no less the fact they have no idea how to respect the shooter/customer, go figure showing any of it, gratitude included, for valuable-press-asset who actually also makes a brand whatever is. Happens to the best ones too. - EAG

WOW : ) What else to arrive there to come next? ; )

Doesn't everything sound so absurd with all about those promises of this new administration to come? Despite the danger itself from such terrifying basis TBH. Insane. Politics 101 for dummies is peanuts. The January 6 insurrection looks like never happened, at least for those more than 76 million of people who voted on all this making it happen after all. Seems unreal. The weird is that's not. So many gave so much for so little in the end. - EAG

Why couldn't U.S. be like Finland? When this will happen, people will understand how stupid the human race can be...

I don't hate Trump, I wish him all the best : ) Our future is now in his hands... I just don't buy his lies. And see them as rather serious to the human race. Let alone the climate change. Without mention autocracy to rule 99.99% of the world population, that's nuts and it's actually happening! About media... that DON'T LOOK UP thing and feature film even puts a woman as President : D and media is nothing but not innocent. The fact is that if we say all media is evil, the same principle you denounce applies. Wokeism, maybe, is that what you're referring to? I also think that made Kamala's loss... and the fact she is a woman, too sad to be true but I'm afraid it is. After all, Biden had been elected with 81 million people, about more 4.5 million people than Trump in 2024 (who got just about 2.5 million more of voters than in 2020 but not all those who elected Biden). In a line: pity the moderate Biden is now old or I bet Trump would never have defeated the democrats twice... What a change! https://www.nbcwashington.com/decision-2024/2024-voter-turnout-election-demographics-trump-harris/3762138/

I stand corrected especially when every vote counts: less than 232 thousand of votes... The difference was 231 590 votes with 99% of votes counted*. Fact. *source: Associated Press https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/?office=P A personal comment now: 231 590 individuals out of 8 billion people... WOW ; ) What a democracy!

You know what I immediately realised when I've started to deal with Russia (I lived there in 2012 and 2013) in those twenty years ago of 2005? Western politicians should only be able to candidate to the office from a living experience in Russia or they have no clue what they're doing. West should never insult/defy the good people of Russia because of the bad apple BUT never to be afraid of them either. Such fear will lead all of us to a nuclear war, unfortunately, just not in 2024 or 2025, very likely. Trumpism explores you all in a very embarrassing way, to the general view and history/science no less WTH : X Biden is the best President you had in two decades at least. To only pair Clinton and Reagan, whether the differences between them whether you like it or not. Half of U.S. voters are a bunch of ignorants on economics to begin with and their vote just proves it. Let alone the politics and sense of reality. Plain pathetic : ) On this, among a lot of other their claims, @Andrew Reid and @eatstoomuchjam are 100% accurate. And I am not the kind of individual who don't see pros and cons practically about everything TBH. Disclaimer: Nothing about you @majoraxis (one of my favs ones over here : ) neither I have any beef against Trump or Musk, on the contrary even though my fierce resistance, they're not losers at all, of course, I wish they would! BTW in the past, I supported for U.S. President versus anyone else who could fit the job, the perfect real American war hero and one of the best Americans ever born: John McCain. Remember his position on all this we're living today? And his loyalty to 'his' POTUS and VPOTUS too? Just not to this current elected one. You have no clue what you've done. Despite the fact you are in California so I suppose you haven't elected him. Your electoral system is far to be a democracy. A lunatic left not a small blemish on his father, uncle and his own family name's memory, when arranged a way to stay in the American history selling his vote for a role. And less than 233 thousands of votes in 3 out of 50 States and the District of Columbia. No 2nd round. Anyone with less than 50% can become the most powerful man in the world and rule the lives of all of us worldwide. For some reason the South African-born American businessman Elon will be part of the next government. The characters are all there: We have no need to be Nostradamus to understand what's really going on.

Weird times these ones of today. A full disappointment, never thought to ever attend this show worldwide nowadays. Man and the planet, we're all going to the extermination in this way. People have no idea what they're doing and facts are upside down. People simply don't see it. How come? Just a fact. Determinant one, though : ( Lacks ability of perceiving the dimension of the hole but this is spread all over the place when shit hits the fan. What a miss and a mess, both in a single one. A dangerous combo. - EAG

Mon cher ami, you can start by your own to think of your dance lessons to come soon... we'll be all in! LOL ;- )

LOL : ) Right. And certain people are still wondering about how to detract the trend now...

Well to say it frankly, earlier than 2015... in the first years of last decade when this one (feature film) was shot (5D2, BTW), written and directed by Bernie Rao (Portuguese-born proudly NZ citizen today) and co-produced by this scribe:

Yup, NZ is a must : ) In my heart since 2015 at least...