JR Lipartito

IF the 6k 60p rumor is true, and it's an anamorphic ratio, I wonder if this means Fuji has some Anamorphic glass up their sleeves too? I would sell every piece of gear I own and start all over again for an X-T4 with 2x Anamorphic MK-X zoom!

I didn't say it was a major issue I just said it wasn't great, and will add that's compared to pretty much every Panasonic camera ever. If you're stopping/starting a lot throughout a multi-hour shoot at moderate temperatures (as most people do) the X-T3 doesn't have a problem at all. But if you have more extreme needs, it's not perfectly reliable like a GH5 or S1/S1H. I've had my X-T3 overheat when shooting continuously @24p for about two hours (only stopping/starting when the limit ran out and to change batteries). It consistently needed a cool down after that much time. I also had occasional issues shooting half-hour long takes on a project in Bali (and fortunately kept a GH5 on hand to fall back on when it did). Again, these are fairly extreme cases, but I mention it as a negative because coming from the GH5 I was disappointed to even have to think about overheating at all. I've yet to subject my S1H to the same extremes @6K, and sure the sensor size difference between APS-C and Full Frame will help. But my point is that if the X-T3 couldn't handle those extremes @4K 24p, then an X-T4 with reliable performance @6K 60p feels like a stretch without some hidden caveats. I'm not saying Fuji can't do it. I'm just keeping that 8K pinch of salt on hand!

Regarding 6K 60p, I haven’t seen anyone talking about the elephant in the room—HEAT. The S1H’s fan is what enables it to shoot 6K 24p/5.9K 30p continuously. The XT3 wasn’t great at heat dissipation even with a smaller sensor at 4K, so unless Fuji has not only improved heat management but also surpassed Panasonic in just 1.5 years, then I don’t see 6K 60p working very well on this camera. I would expect this mode to have severe limitations, if it exists at all. For example, very short recording time limit, no IBIS/Autofocus, etc...

Why only 4:2:0 when recording 10bit internally instead of 4:2:2? Will the blocky chroma subsampling shoot 10bit color in the foot ? I'm really interested to know which affects overall image quality more, the color depth or chroma subsampling.

They really only highlighted specs that aren't in any other Lumix camera at the moment. IBIS very likely falls under the "And more..." category. I would like to see better AF performance in video though, at least on a par with what's already in the DVX200.

I was thinking that exact same thing. If you look at the top-down image of the leaked photos, you'll see that the accessory shoe on top is not a hot-shoe for attaching a flash like the original XC10 has, it's a cold shoe with a screw hole, just like the C100 mkII has for mounting the XLR handle. The first image attached is the leaked XC15 and below that is the same angle on the XC10.

By the way, I don't know why my videos won't embed in my post. I'm pretty sure I followed the instructions correctly.

As it's almost Halloween I thought it would be fun to start a thread for everyone to share their own horror short films. Mine is a a three-chapter Lovecraftian miniseries titled "The Crawler in the Dark". The story is about two scholars who discover an ancient artifact with which they can psychically explore across space and time, but leaves them unwittingly exposed to a malevolent psychic traveller: Chapter 1: Eplilogue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cOycfQFZPM Chapter 2: Old Friends http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBtZBIV_o7s Chapter 3: The Traveler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeuQpYDs5JI And here is a film I shot last year, but recently re-released in it's original 4K resolution. Titled "No Face", it's about a supernatural entity lurking inside a survival horror video game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aJLKKjUYUc Both films were shot mostly at YouTube Space Tokyo during their Jidaigeki (period film) and House of Horrors limited programs for local YouTube creators. Most of "No Face" with the GH4 and SLR Magic 10mm Cine bolted to a custom helmet rig, and "The Crawler in the Dark" was shot anamorphic using the GH4 with the SLR Magic 1.33x Anamorphot adapter and Sigma 18-35. I hope you enjoy my horror films, and share yours as well!

My bad, I just realized I should have posted this topic under Screening Room... This topic can be deleted.

Go a little larger with built-in XLR and HD-SDI connectors that would make pretty nice specs for an AF200!

  A lot of those lenses are out of production and/or have been replaced already. Third party lenses though, That's a good question. I'd love to find out whether or not my Sigma 30&50mm f1.4 lenses will work.

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm expecting the same out-of-the-box video quality as the 6D, ie, moire&aliasing hell. Both cameras are just "step-up" models, and Canon seems to think only "pro" video DSLRs are worthy of clean down-sampling or a headphone jack for that matter! The 7DmkII is more likely to get both of these features and the new auto-focus technology. Only question after that will be whether or not it can be hacked!

Awesome development, but I am certainly not planning to run out and sell my GH cameras to replace them with previous-generation Canon DSLRs. Thanks to Blackmagic and ML raw video is here to stay, and so I don't think it will be long before raw video is as integral a feature as raw stills on most if not all new DSLRs. I feel Canon owners are pretty lucky because they can start tinkering with raw right now, but for everyone else, just relax and remember the camera you own right now is still great for all the reasons you bought it for in the first place!

I'll never quite understand how these companies think, but it could mean the GH3 will get peaking via a firmware update... and hopefully soon! Overall the G6 is looking like a nice budget b-cam. I only wish they'd used the GH3's sensor instead of the GH2's, making it easier to match with the GH3. The remaining extra perks like weather proofing and high bit rate video modes would still be enough keep the GH3 safe in it's price bracket.   Then again, maybe the sensor choice was to prevent a future hacked G6 from eclipsing the the GH3... Who knows!  :huh:

Thanks! I would have never thought to use Portrait as a base. I'll give these settings a try!

Great review! I've had my GH3 since January and love it, it's the easiest DSLR to run and gun with by far. A number of accessories I bought to make my 7D usable for video are collecting a lot of dust right now. Just wondering, Andrew, do you have any particular recommendations for picture styles/settings? At first I used Standard with all settings dialled down to -5 but the resulting image quality just felt too dull to me. So recently I've been using Natural with Contrast and Sharpness at -5, Saturation at -2, and Noise Reduction at 0. I thought that it might be as close as I could get to "Prolost Flat" on the Canons, but any other suggestions are welcome!

My thoughts exactly. The pocket Cam will most definitely better the GH3 in image quality, but the GH3 has the all around more versatile feature set which I can't do without. Guess I'll have to work hard and save up to own all three! :)

This announcement reminds me of the fixed-lens 4k camera and world's largest CMOS sensor from a few years ago. So I don't think we'll ever see this exact sensor come to market, but on the bright side I think the R&D spent on this will lead to even more better low-light performance in Canon cameras moving forward.

Regular television is dead, as in the old spoon-fed programming model. But I think TV sets will live on, whether people stream to them from their computers or access on-demand content directly from them. Internet connected smart TV's are the future of "television" where the TV is just an extension of your computer. TV's are all around better than laptops or desktop monitors for kicking back and enjoying your favorite films, although I agree projecting onto a 100-inch wall beats them all... if you can afford the space!

With 4k already bringing us to the point of diminishing returns, something like this seems like the logical next step forward. Here's to hoping pixels be made obsolete before Sony starts trying to sell us utterly useless 8k TV's.

Panasonic says GH3 final production models will have a new AA filter. Sounds like this is a direct response to complaints of moire and aliasing we've been seeing videos shot with the pre-production models. We'll have to see footage from a real production model to know for sure, but sounds like Panasonic's really has been listening since Photokina! Interview below, queued right up to where they talk about the AA filter: http://youtu.be/ptUUEkWv6YQ?t=37m57s

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Panasonic is still listening and can fix the moire and aliasing by November. That said it clearly seems not as bad as the Canons, and there is so much more that this camera does right, top of class especially for the price. I'm pretty well sold on the test footage I've seen so far. At the moment it just looks like my GH2 will stay on hand at all times as a b-cam to for wide shots.