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DJI sent an email today saying that the July 18 event is postponed without giving any reasons. There is also indication about a new date. We'll have to wait...

Here is a link to download the footage straight from the beta Anafi https://mega.nz/#!D1pAhKra!uvLYN9kzmnmfSFbgbpwtm7639JgUo5pTp_zPUWAvXv0 It's 2.7GB, there is video, JPEG and DNG

Yeah, the EVO is already a joke. Autel made big statement at the CES (one inch sensor) and now we have the usual tiny sensor. I understand this model might be pre-prod but the horizon drift and props in view is all over the place. Doesn't look promising. By the time Autel deliver this drone, DJI will release the Mavic Pro II or something else. Autel will have a sub-mavic pro an no choice but to cut the price and the margin. Not very good to do serious R&D work.

Looks nice on paper but let's see in real life. It's not a Mavic Pro competitor but aims at the Mavic Air market. 21mp on such small sensor might actually hurt the image quality. The reason is that Parrot needs this extra resolution to do electronic image stabilization since the camera is only mounted on two axis (pitch and roll). The drone is bigger than the Mavic Air but also lighter, will it hurt the stability? It looks interesting and we need more competition against DJI but this is too early to tell at this point. It could be a serious challenger or just another "meh" drone that will be forgotten in two months like so many before. Let's wait for the first reviews and video samples. @Kisaha $699

An hyperlapse and drone video of the beautiful city of Buenos Aires. The aerial part was filmed with a DJI Mavic Air which is a very capable drone.

Nice Andrew, long life to EOSHD.

The basic process is always the same with 4 steps: 1. Shooting 2. Review and sorting (remove the bad stuff, trim each clip to keep the usable part, put markers and group the sorted clips by topic/date/location/subject/quality based on your need) 3. Editing (create a story, make it fit with the music, etc.) 4. Effects and grading I understand that you struggle during the "Review and sorting" step which can be very boring especially on a big project. However, it really helps if you plan ahead before recording the first clip. Personally I always have a general idea of what I want to create, I usually pick a few songs or stories in my head and then start shooting accordingly instead of shooting everything randomly because then you end up with a lot of footage but still no idea of what you can do with it. That's demoralizing (gosh, I have millions clips to sort but I still don't know what I to do with it). Early planning helps to shoot less and be motivated to finish your project because you have a vision and a plan. Perhaps you should think about your creative process. For my latest video (music video of Buenos Aires with hyperlapse and aerial video) I did a lot of research about the city before going there, I created a storyboard, listed the shots I wanted in order of priority and picked a song. I ended up with close to 8 hours of footage to create a 5 minutes video, but at least I knew what I wanted. The "Review and sorting" phase was done over two weeks one or two hours at the time maximum because it's boring as hell (I listen music or podcast at the same time). Then it was just a matter of fitting the best footage in the timeline with markers based on the music and storyboard.

I love Vimeo but it's becoming a very big problem. The issue is on the server end because, not on the connection because Youtube works fine despite my average 30mbps speed. Clearly Vimeo struggles during some part of the day when there is heavy load on the bandwidth (e.g. late afternoon and early evening when people commute or come back home and watch video). It also seems that some video get "prioritized" over others. My video with a few thousand views tend to stop much more than the one with hundred thousand or 1 million views.

Very nice love, simple concept, open ending. Liked it. Good job.

Having two sticks allows for some redundancy if one stick fails. With one stick only your PC will be down in case of memory failure and it could be hard to troubleshot the issue. With two sticks you simply remove one after another and restart the PC to check what is going on. I would start with 2x16GB to begin with. 32GB is kind of a minimum now for video editing, especially if you do a little bit of after effects. Then you can add another 2x16GB later on.

Actually for gimbal the software and tuning is extremely important if not more than the hardware. Essentially at the center of the gimbal you have an IMU (motion sensors) with gyroscope an accelerometer to feel the motion and send counter information to the motors. But then, you need to tune the filtering and the PIDs which is critical. Vibration filtering is only one of the parameters and you must select a cut off value so this is subjective based on the use. Handheld use won't have the same profile as drone use, and even drones have a lot of variation based on the vibration frequency induced by the propellers and the resonance of the frame which in turns depends of the frame rigidity and rpm of the motors. The loop speed is important also (refresh frequency/rate of the sensors). Having oversized motor to handle the load despite non-optimum balancing is also necessary (sometime the lack of balance is simply due to the CG shift when the camera moves up and down). So it's hard to give clear metrics. In my personal experience, the hardware is not the limiting factor nowadays. You can find plenty of powerful IMUs and processing unit on ebay for a few dollars. The difference between a bad gimbal and a good one is the hardware integration and PID tuning. @kye "I don't want to be that person, I just want that person to tell me the answers so that I can buy the right device when I'm in the market for one! This thread is kind of an open letter to that person - please go ahead!!" Unfortunately there is not simple answer, a DxO of gimbal would show the resolution, loop speed, motor force, etc. of the gimbals but without actual real life testing, such metrics wouldn't be very useful because integration and tuning is key. For instance Sony camera have "shitty" skintones but when Nikon implement Sony sensor the colors are nicer our of the box.

@Color Philospher Unfortunately there is no future proof component in the computer world. Don't worry about motherboard socket because they change every generation or so. The only thing that don't get outdated too fast are: the monitor, the power supply (very important, don't go the cheap route on the PSU) and the case. The key step is to determine which processor offers the best performance/price ratio. At the moment the “sweet spot” is in the $300–600 price range for the 6 to 8 core CPU. After that you’ll have to spend a lot of money to improve the performance, not only on the processor itself but on the motherboard as well. Indeed, AMD and Intel have this horrible habit to change the type of socket (plug) and chipset (controller) with every new generation of CPU. After each processor release, the choice of compatible motherboards is limited to a few options costing around $300–400. Then, the price usually goes back to a reasonable level after a year or so. Therefore, the choice of CPU dictates the motherboard selection and both components must be considered together in terms of budget. Of course, it might be tempting to spend an extra $100 for the slightly more powerful class of CPU but does it really make sense if you must purchase a much pricier motherboard? This money will be better spent on the graphics cards or memory. As for PCIe it's just an interface, a connector where you plug the graphic card and other specific device (ultra fast drive but now there is M.2) but it's mostly for the graphic card. All motherboad come with several PCIe slots but only a few have ultra fast lanes (for the GPU). Unless you plan on building something exotic that requires a lot of PCI port, all you need is one for the GPU. Motherboards are a commodity these days. Rely on established brands such as Asus, Gigabytes, or MSI and don’t spend more than $150–200 for classic sockets and $350 for advanced one. Manufacturers will try to justify the premium prices by designing “aerodynamic” boards filled with LED, useless heat sinks and few extra connectors. Don’t fall in this marketing trap because these features only inflate the price without providing any performance gain unless you plan to overclock your CPU. Finally, the NVMe hard drives can be considered on powerful setups when you need to deal with a lot of data (high definition raw files). If you want to go that route, make sure that the motherboard firmware accept this protocol and comes with the M.2 slots to connect the NVMe drives.

Same here, I have both systems, I love my GH5 and I've been considering the Voighlander option for a while.

Good article but what about the image quality at 0.95 ? I tried the 25mm on my GH4 and I was not very impressed by the quality wide open: ton of vignetting and CA, very soft image. The advantage of 35mm lenses on FF is that you can find very good options (e.g Sigma Art) and stop them down to f2 or f2.8 where they really shine. Don't forget the traditional "whaaaaat's up guyyyyyys" at the beginning of each video, along with "SUSCRIBE" with your hands pointing down toward the button...

Yes, the smartphones are getting extremely good thanks to advanced algorithms. Therefore, I can't envision many smartphone users, even the enthusiast Instagramers making the move to a real camera. Why buying a large and expensive camera when your smartphone does the job? There is definitely a higher-end market for people like us but is it enough to justify Samsung' comes back especially when Nikon and Canon are getting serious about mirroless now? If the smartphone user don't switch, where is the future market?

Hi Andrew, do you have any source/info or just is it a strong personal feeling? Yes, that's the problem. But let see what they do. In any case it will be interesting to see a come back. The NX1 was a beast and Samsung is not going to "hold the specs".

I bit sarcastic view of Miami

You guys rock, I missed it on the official page. Thanks again.

Thanks, I couldn't find any info regarding the 12 bit RAW and crop 4k60, all the info is related to 4k30. Do you have a source? This camera looks insane, hopefully it won't be buggy like the previous one.

Sorry If I missed the info in this long thread. Any info regarding the 4k60 mode. Crop? Raw recording in 12 bits? Thanks

$4,749.99, seems weird... https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1400752-REG/sony_pxw_fs5m2_4k_xdcam_super.html

Looks like a Canon release....

Here it is: small, lightweight and affordable https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1399823-REG/canon_3042c002_eos_c700_full_frame.html

Not very mind blowing, it's not like the guy said anything we didn't already know for years. At least he is not trying to hide the obvious.

I think you are bit optimistic with your forecast. If I remember correctly, the first affordable 1080/60 Canon camera was the 7D MkII which arrived well after everybody. I believe they will give us 4k/60 in 2022 or so, long after smartphones and the GH7 will offer 8k60 and 4k/120.