Simon Young

What makes the Komodo special is the look of global shutter and 16bit raw, but more than this a terrific OLPF. I'm not in the market and agree it's not as convenient as mirrorless setups, so here's hoping that Nikon puts a strong and well engineered OLPF in their upcoming cameras focused on video. I owned both the Z8 and the Z6III, terrific cameras, usable in most situations but plagued by moiré.

I’d rather wait for the Nikon/RED version https://nikonrumors.com/2025/03/13/new-nikon-z-video-oriented-camera-rumored-to-be-announced-later-this-year-similar-to-the-sony-fx3.aspx/

Funnily enough the S1Rii makes the OG Canon R5 look like a bargain. The R5 used prices here in Sweden is about half the price of a new S1rii and after all the firmware updates the R5 (initial overheating notwithstanding) is reliable in all recording modes under 30p. And has a far faster sensor even though it's not stacked. As a photo camera I only imagine it's vastly more refined than the Lumix.

Ask Canon why they put an OLPF in their photography focused R5.

Maybe great for stills but underwhelming for video. Disgraceful RS numbers and no OLPF.

More like a carbon copy of the Zeiss ZX1 minus the fixed lens. That camera was a smash hit.

To each their own. But talking about rolling shutter as being only a problem when shooting handheld at 200mm open gate is frankly ridiculous. RS impacts handheld motion at every focal length and whenever there is moderately fast movement in a scene. The Alexass are all sub 8m which is what is passable to my eyes. Once you go global shutter it’s hard to go back is all I can say. Your eyes don’t scan reality from top to bottom, left to right, do they? 😂😂😂

Wow, this sounds extremely generic. Are you a bot? What do you mean correct skin tones? And have you ever shot positive film? Really huge dynamic range 😂 Regurgitating basic statements you’ve seen in the pseudointellectual “serious film making space” on YouTube like:“COmPoSitioN and liGhtiNg” is IMPORTANT, is absolutely void of any meaning in this discussion since I was talking about image quality from a technical point of view with regards to a particular camera, not an artistic and subjective one.

The three single most important things to a beautiful image is low rolling shutter, minimal artefacts such as moiré and a nice highlight roll off. The S5(II)(x) perform abysmally when it comes to both low RS and moiré. The moiré on those cameras make them borderline unusable. I truly hope this new Lumix will perform better but I’m not holding my breath. Otherwise a big fan of Lumix when it comes to colors, DR, reliability (beautiful active cooling solution on the s5ii(x) and overall video features. Shame they only put a low pass filter in their varicam line and S1h.

As a serious addict I’ve owned the R5 and the R5C several times and sold them several times. I do miss the R5C though, amazing camera, for me the lack of ibis is a positive and one touch white balance (which is surprisingly accurate, whereas a whole lot of digging through menus and taking a photo the archaic way with the R5 is frankly retarded) and the false colors are amazing and usable tools. Other pros versus the R5 are of course the codecs and the constant downsampling, no matter if you’re shooting 4k or 1080p, s35 or full frame. My favourite mode was the s35 6k raw with manageable file sizes and very little rolling shutter, around 10ms. And whatever people say, the R5C has clearly more dynamic range than the R5, and it has colors more in line with the other cinema cameras. Oh, and the wide dr color profile is excellent for fast turnarounds.

Is the 4K raw downsampled from 6K, thus not really raw?

Olympus colors never disappoint! Would be really cool to see some 4k 10bit footage in 25p as well.

One thing I think is overlooked is how insanely fast the sensor of the OM-1 is. Codecs, color science, bit rates and everything else aside, to me the OM-1 always seemed like the closest thing to a digital bolex available today. It's a real shame so few good examples of the video performance is posted online, would love to see some more to judge motion cadence etc. I've also heard the OM-1 is very hard to get to overheat when recording video, which is always a plus.

It's up again 🙂

I had a hard time listening to the dude next to the Panasonic man, but the interview is intercut with logC footage from the GH7 and a longer bit in the end of the video, shot in auto exposure for some daft reason. But the colors look really good to me, better and more Alexa-like than a color space transform in DaVinci, for sure.