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That was my first thought too, the FX30 still is priced kinda "high" (well, relatively speaking vs RRP. There have been no big sales, and even secondhand prices are still very close to RRP). So the Sony ZV-E10 Mk2 with internal 10bit 422 makes it basically a nearly half priced FX30, perfectly suited for any no-pro (or pros on a super frugal budget). As the average user won't need the bonus features of the FX30. (and especially anybody who leans more into photography, and thus wouldn't be wanting the FX30 anyway)

I don't crave "authentic handmade clothing". I'm fine with that all my clothes are machine made in a massive factory overseas. Am also don't crave "authentic hand drawn portraits". I'm fine that a machine (cameras, be it a DSLR, or even our cellphone) puts most of the work into making them these days. (even when you consider a highly skilled pro photographer, the marginal effort/time it costs to create an additional picture is exceptionally low vs what a portrait artist of the past had to do) While I'm not sure about what the timeline is for it (not even fully confident if it will happen in my lifetime or not, just that it will be "one day"), but I expect once AI movies are "good enough" (i.e. not Will Smith eating spaghetti!) then the future audience of them will also not care at all that they're "not hand crafted" just like they don't care for that about their clothes / portraits / etc (of course there will always remain a very small minority that do care, but for most of us this will be such a small market it won't be economically viable to target). But the musicians are not freaking out as much as the writers are... !

I think so

MixPre3 is super compact and small, the size of a small lunch sandwich

That will takes years and years to happen There will already be proper cinema cameras with this by then. Such as Sony BURANO, and whatever the later generations of it are.

Nah, get a Sound Devices MixPre3 or Sound Devices MM1. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/292989-REG/Sound_Devices_MM_1_MM_1_Single_Channel_Portable.html

He was my favorite cycling superstar hero back when I was a kid! And yeah, he got so many second places at the Tour de France!!! (FIVE of them!!) But he least he still got a couple of Grand Tour wins of his own (the Tour de France itself, and the Vuelta).

I'm quite a fan of his as well! Thus was surprisingly random to come across his review of The Creator (he mentions too how this was shot on the Sony FX3)

Stoked about this! Biggest cycling news of the year it will be. As Mark Cavendish set a record that likely will remain for my entire lifetime.

Ah, found a video clip of what happened in the 18th stage of the 2004 Tour de France: Lance Armstrong chased down the breakaway, which means of course T-Mobile had to chase it down too. Killing any chances whatsoever that the breakaway could win the stage that day There was no need whatsoever for Armstrong to chase down the Simeoni breakaway (in fact it's a very good thing for the GC leader to have a non-threatening breakaway up the road on a stage like that), Armstrong purely did it out of a mean vindictive streak because of Simeoni's anti doping stance. And Nardello vocally supported that in public.

It's not about quality, because I'm saying in some imaginary hypothetical that an a7C and a BURANO body could give an identical image. But rather it's about ergonomics/workflow, the bigger body just is much better at serving that. SDI vs HDMI. Multiple independent outputs vs none. TC vs no TC. And more and more reasons like that. I'm sorry but it's peak delusional to think that's a list of perfectly clean riders Take for instance the very first person on that list, the Italian rider Nardello who is infamous for the abuse he hurled at Simeoni, who was the only rider at that particular point in time who was daring to speak out about doping by testifying in court. Nardello said this about Simeoni: "You're a disgrace to cycling. People like you shouldn't be in the Tour", and said that Simeoni deserved the public berating & more that he got from Lance Armstrong etc as well. (as Armstrong did more than just publicly berate Simeoni! On the 18th stage of the 2004 TdF then Simeoni was in a breakaway that posed zero threat whatsoever to Lance Armstrong's GC positioning. But could Lance Armstrong tolerate Simeoni having even a small chance at racing glory on his watch? Nope!) Nah, with an attitude like that he's never going on any short list of "clean riders". Agreed, have been keenly watching it! And fingers crossed for Cavendish he squeaks out a win or two. (and if in another decade or two the news leaks out that he was doping too, then I won't be surprised, but will simply accept it as a fact of life, it's the reality of pro sport)

Why the heck didn't they wear earplugs??? Or was this even with earplugs??? :-o

After last night's debate performance the infighting is going to be intense to replace Biden (in a very undemocratic manner, the people are getting zero say in this, as they never got to have a proper Primary)

Very likely to be the later versions. Just like they don't distinguish between OG Komodo or Komodo-X, or OG VENICE vs VENICE 2 If only a couple of films were shot on ARRI, then I bet they also wouldn't bother to distinguish between Mini vs Mini LF To a certain extent I agree with you, however when you're shooting not just by yourself but with a whole crew then the camera size really does matter. Imagine if we could put the exact specs of a BURANO into an a7C body, many DoPs would still be choosing the BURANO for their productions.

Aaton (another camera company that just got sold this year, well... former camera company, but back in the day they were a major player just like ARRI was) had everything sell for merely a few tens of thousands of euros Well as I asked before:

The decline of celluloid film and RED would have only been further extended since then. Yes, if I owned and was running RED then I'd have three core cameras (plus maybe some minor variants of them, if cheap enough to do the R&D and handling the extra SKUs. Such as a "RED Komodo Pro" that's full featured vs a "RED Komodo Lite" that's a stripped down much cheaper version. Just like they're doing currently with the OG Komodo vs Komodo-X): Doubling down on their Komodo series, as their (relatively speaking) "mass market camera" (to compete against FX3/FX6 or PYXIS/URSA or E2 or C70/C400). The focus would be on driving down costs (the "Komodo Lite" would ideally be sub $4K) and improving usability (especially for the "Komodo Pro", as pushing tech specs can wait until the next generation after that. As I'd embrace a tick-tock approach, you push the tech specs to the next level then the next cycle you refine it to perfection and push hard with usability/stability/reliability/ergonomics/etc). As this is where the bulk of their sales volume and profit would be. One model that's bleeding edge with the kitchen sink thrown at it. The purpose of this is not so much to sell tonnes of them and make lots of $$$$$, but rather as a real world testing platform and a product that's basically part of marketing RED's "brand image". Have RED be "the first" ever with 16K, or doing 1000fps 4K, or whatever other ridiculous spec they go with. If this product line can simply break even, that's a win for RED. As the main purpose for this product line is to both test out new tech that isn't yet ready for the Komodo range for a fair few more years yet (such as 1000fps 4K) and to marketing the RED as "the cutting edge brand" so that they maintain that mindshare they already have. Although this doesn't necessarily need to be an entirely separate line up of bodies, as it could reuse the same general camera body as what's in the next category... One model that's half a stepdown from the bleeding edge (so reliability/usability is emphasized) and is unashamedly a camera that works well with a camera crew (such as any ARRI that's not an AMIRA, or VENICE, or Varicam, etc), basically a continuation of the RED Ranger series that already exists. (perhaps with couple of variants or so, one with specs pushed hard such as 8K VV or greater, another with a more sensible 4K to 6K ish sensor that's S35. Or in other words, as they're basically doing currently with the RED Ranger series) Again sales volume isn't going to be the greatest here, but it's part of RED's marketing, to get cameras into the hands of big budget productions (thus got to make a camera that appeal to them! And "a Komodo Lite" is not that). As being able to say "Blockbuster Hollywood film with these A Lister actors" is a big factor in RED's branding. And they need to hold onto that, as it will in turn sell lots of Komodos to the average joe.

For filming? Sure! For photography? (which is what this discussion point is about) Nah, I'll take the cheaper Nikon D750 (or for a bit D850)

Is that true? I'd rather use an AF-D lens on a Nikon D750 / D850 than on a Z6 / Z7

Time for a GH7S!! And shortly afterwards, a BGH2 with the same sensor

All the more reasons why anybody starting out in photography today should skip over the current gen mirrorless, and just get a solid DSLR such as a Canon 6D or Nikon D750 for a few hundred dollars plus a few bargain priced DSLR lenses. Of course in five years time, perhaps even that purchase won't make sense? And smartphones + AI will have overtaken even DSLRs.

And that's a big reason why sales have dropped off a cliff, not just because of the rise of better smartphones (although that's a huge reason too!).

Even Pentax barely releases many new DSLR models. Most recent DSLR release was the Pentax KF, early 2023. Before that? Pentax K-3 Mark III, early 2021 Before that? Pentax K-1 II (their second FF DSLR), in early 2018 Before that?? Pentax KP in early 2017 I think you get the picture now.

hahaha! It was shot on a Canon XHA1??? Oh wow, I didn't realize that. But googling it, I see there is tonnes of info about it: https://shotonwhat.com/crank-high-voltage-2009 https://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-xh-series-hdv-camcorders/143493-crank-2-shot-xh-a1.html https://www.moviemaker.com/crank-high-voltage-canon-brandon-trost-jason-statham-20090417/ Yikes: https://www.svconline.com/the-wire/canon-s-xh-a1-and-vixia-hf10-hd-camcorders-used-photograph-groundbreaking-action-movie-crank-high-voltage-390855 https://cinematography.com/index.php?/forums/topic/31030-crank-2-shooting-on-xh-a1/ https://collider.com/crank-high-voltage-camera-news-collider-exclusive/

Yeah we hit this point for many photographers a decade ago (perhaps even longer ago.... 15yrs ago?) And I feel for many videographers / filmmakers we've in recent years hit this point for them as well.