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I think he meant that this is unlikely to happen to the commercial world before we die? Therefore, raw will be with us for the foreseeable future.

Yeah, makes sense in this type of photography.

Why? In what genre? If someone is just a picture taker and that's his only skill then of course automation could potentially harm him because he relies only on the capture part. Digital is already harming picture takers, anyway. Great capture part is more often than not basic requirement to an award winning photograph nowadays. It's one piece of the puzzle (least important, IMHO). I'd love not to have to worry about AF/DOF/retouching people and just get on with what's important in the photo ;). Automation of the capture part only could wipe off bottom end of "photographers". Admittedly, this could be most people who think they're photographers nowadays? We would need to define who a photographer is in the first place and then run this algorithm ;).

Me too, if I'm not in a situation where I can't have another shot but that's a different camera, different target buyer and different race to get through. The key is to have options so we can choose the best camera for our needs :).

Yeah, but they increased reliability and kept performance, so it can be upped to get the job done for the task it was built for, right? If you target race, get it reliable enough to get them through a race. Likewise, if you target pros get them reliable to get them through their "race". It's not impossible and Sony A9 is an example (or it's next iteration will be). BTW. Modern town cars don't last much longer than warranty period ;). It's a design/business choice. Keep cars cheaper so people can "afford" them by using worse parts and make money on parts afterwards as a part of the business.

Doesn't this prove that it's actually possible to up the reliability on an already high performance car ?

Hasn't A9 proved mirrorless can be at least equal or better than current top of the line DSLRs?

I'm nowhere near saying Sony is there yet. I've just pointed out Sony's sensor in Nikon's body is already ahead of Canon's current tech and Sony is moving in this direction fast. That's what I think Andrew meant in his comment ("5d iv sensor behind Sony as well" - sensor I assume, not the camera as a whole package ). Sony is gaining a share in the market in the meantime but it obviously is going to take time to threaten Canon. That's normal.

Sony's sensor is in Nikon's cameras and they're reliable and ahead of Canon's tech. Sony's cameras reliability is improving fast and move to their cameras has already started. A few wedding pros have switched recently, high end ones included. In fashion I've seen workshops with pros using Sony cameras too. This is still early stages and sample size is still small so it really doesn't matter that a few people switched but there is a trend and this matters. That's how the change starts. We're yet to see how it pans out but clearly something is happening. Whatever happens it should be good for us (usually;)).

Yeah, what I meant is that Canon is catching up with the old tech just now. They're well behind new tech advancements like pro mirrorless products which just shows how far behind the curve they are.

Good point, I'm in. Guys, Canon is behind on the stills side too. Merely catching up with Nikon's old full frame cameras in their newest products. It's a bigger issue, IMHO. They could blow competition out of the water if they wanted. Who else could come up with a completely new eos cinema line in such a short time just after seeing what one of their dslrs had done by accident back in 2008!

Where are mods?

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As above, stay away from Benq for colour accurate work, you can't calibrate broken monitor ;). Uniformity is much worse than in NEC's budget EA series. Unfortunately, for colour accurate work, monitors are expensive. Not only that, you also need to take care of your working environment. Proper colour accurate lighting, neutral colour walls, optimal light levels... You don't want your environment to affect how you see colours on the monitor, do you? So don't worry about it too much, unless you're going real pro and don't mind spending tons of money on it.

Nice first impressions review. Just one note. Zeiss 35mm 1.4 is smaller and lighter, but it's specs are much lower as well according to dxomark. No free lunch there. Either, top specs or size, you can't have both with current glass tech ;). https://www.dxomark.com/Lenses/Compare/Side-by-side/35mm-f-1.4-G-on-Sony-SLT-Alpha-99-II-versus-Sigma-35mm-F14-DG-HSM-A-Canon-on-Canon-EOS-5DS-R-versus-Sigma-35mm-F14-DG-HSM-A-Sony-on-Sony-SLT-Alpha-99-II__380_1120_1056_1009_1060_1120

I would love to hear why you disagree with Andrew's in-depth reasoning rather than listening to your pointless ad hominem attacks.

That's a good customer service on their part. I wonder if Sandisk is equally good ? Has anyone here had a similar experience with Sandisk?

You just need skills;)

Yeah, but then a good recovery company should directly tap into memory or use their own temporary controller to access data.

If this happened your data prior to this event would still be there. It's just a sequence of 0s and 1s written to the card. Interrupting writing process, aside from losing latest data being saved can corrupt information on how to interpret those 0s and 1s but it doesn't wipes out all the data that had previously been saved. Proper recovery software/company can dump 0s and 1s from the card and reinterpret them for you.

Doesn't every camera which shoot raw stills is capable of delivering raw video? It's more or less just a straight data dump to a media card limited by interface's speed. If so, GH5 is capable of doing it and why not all manufacturers enable it? Canon is not the only one holding back this feature!

I've got solux daylight halogen bulbs used in art galleries all around the world for ultimate quality ( http://www.solux.net/cgi-bin/tlistore/infopages/index.html )but they're such a pain to use! They're perfect reference for testing leds, though

Jcs, have you tried daylight http://www.yujiintl.com/high-cri-led-lighting (CRI 98, not that it matters) ? They match sunlight entering my room very well and under this light colours in prints match what I see on a calibrated Eizo screen too. I believe they sell led strips which would be perfect for creating video panels https://store.yujiintl.com/products/vtc-series-high-cri-led-2835-ribbon-120-led-m-unit-5m-reel-1

I'm using equalify for windows to EQ in spotify. I've got vintage Lambdas Signature. They're 30 years old and still going strong (changed pads)! They're not perfect and are similar to newer, non L (minus pricetag) lambdas.

I think, because of physics you will never find all advantages from different types in one pair of headphones. You could, however, find out the most important frequencies in music you listen to and then match amp/dac to compensate for deficiencies in technology. In case of Stax I found warmer amp/dac combo + slight EQ in the lows and just enjoy music now. I assume you've done that already so I guess you can't get better than this except of upgrading to bass heavy Stax. Then again, bass will still be different, more controlled and tight than everywhere else because of technology. Sound decay is much faster in electrostatic headphones. It's not lacking bass per se. Top end models extend to the sub bass very well. They may sound thinner, because bass is cleaner, imho.