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Yeah, I don't think you'd see such blind faith in such complete bollocks here. Ever since I was a kid in the 80s I've always thought the glamour, the rock'n'roll, the blockbusters etc was always covering up a dark seething mess of ignorance, power and violence. It's a shame that my instinct was right. The amount of seemingly normal people warbling on about missions from god etc is scary. There seems like a huge disconnect from any reality and people just lap up what they are fed. Of course I realise that half of the US population is sane and probably very scared right now. I really hope they find a way to turn this all around asap without things getting worse.

Fair enough. Who knows what will happen? But I always thought MAGA covered a whole range of people from hardcore nutjobs to others caught up in the moment who upon seeing the results of a MAGA world in reality, might not be so keen on it. Then what do I know? What does anyone know?

Yeah, it'll probably start with a police crack down but as BTM-Pix's photo shows there are many armed and dangerous, angry people. Hopefully it doesn't come to that and Republicans in congress etc start reigning in the power they have given Trump before it's too late. Trump literally couldn't give a shit about anything. He is living the narcissist's wet dream. I hope someone is helping him change his underwear every morning.

I do see bloodshed as a very possible outcome in the US, there is just so much craziness, so much anger, so many people are going to lose so much and people have guns...I'd imagine that at some point pretty soon the MAGA people will realise they have been swindled by the swindler in chief. The question is what will they do? What will Trump do if they turn on him? Doesn't look good from the outside.

Talking about animals and such like, I think the EU didn't quite get their survival kit right. I'm thinking 1 large dog, 1 angry goat, 3 chickens, loads of matches, a sharp knife and a cricket bat. Hopefully that should see us through the first few weeks after the apocalypse. I won't take a camera as there will probably be little use in documenting everything for no one to watch.

To add to the buy local theme, with food it’s quite easy in some countries but very difficult in others. Here in Spain we can grow stuff all year round, it’s a big empty space and food is relatively cheap and easy to source locally, even in a big city like Madrid. Try that in Scotland, Malta, Egypt, Pakistan or many other countries that rely on global trade to feed their population or provide variety in produce. And that’s just food, which is usually just grown in one place and shipped to another. It’s not like technology which has different parts that come from all over the world to be assembled somewhere and then shipped somewhere else. I have no idea how they are going to calculate how much something is “worth” with so much instability.

Not sure how this is going to affect Spain. What is true is that more expensive goods have increasingly held their value in the second hand market as more and more people can’t afford to replace them with new since Covid. I have a 17 year old Toyota Corolla that I bought for about 3500€ 3 years ago (great car by the way!). It’s got another 40,000km on it and it’s probably worth more now! The camera market is a bit different. 2nd hand cameras have been getting cheaper (apart from some “must have” internet phenomenon cameras) and I’d expect a flood of people selling off gear if the economy starts tanking and prices will initially go down then shoot up when people realise they can only afford second hand gear. Unless Asia dumps all their cameras here at a discount! Spain’s main exports to USA seem to be olive oil, wine and some other products. We could probably do with changing the vast areas dedicated to monocultures as sooner or later they will all be deserts but like everything, changing tack from one day to the next is going to be problematic. The real problem is that no one believes that Trump won’t change his mind again or once he has some beautiful deals, that he won’t turn the screw again.

I think importing through Russia might be your best bet.

Maybe they were going to launch it yesterday but realised the joke wouldn’t be very funny

Another 7???

Strange there is no more news or speculation about this. 🤷🏼

“We are very happy. We have sold a few cameras”

2 Lumix S5mk2 x2 for work. Often one on a tripod connected to sound filming for hours and the other doing B-roll, interviews and photos. Both being the same makes editing easier and quicker.

Personally I’m all for my camera having a warship mode in these troubled times. It’s crazy, everyone is complaining about Panasonic’s lack of innovation yet they were the first to think about adding a warship mode (i hope it’s on the video/photo dial and keeps it’s settings when switching modes), and it seems they are thinking about ditching it because of some random Youtuber focus group or something. P.S. I hope the warship mode doesn’t mean they are going to go back to the heavier models.

I like the S5 type bodies. They are comfortable and ergonomic. Personally I prefer the Lumix look to Canon and Sony (apart from the FX line). I’ve not used the A7RV just the A74 from that line. I prefer the S5mk2 but I’ve mainly used Lumix for years so that could be built in bias due to familiarity. I’d love to have the EVF and fancy LCD from the S1R2on the S5mk2. For me the only way these types of cameras are going to get better ergonomically is to have a rotating grip with controls like the Canon C100 had and a flip up EVF. As for a camera being fun or not, whilst I understand the feeling behind that, for me it’s irrelevant as I use them for work and work only. For “fun” stuff I’d prefer a small m43 or mobile or similar.

To reference my earlier post, I think that should have happened with the S5X. Along with the differences it has, it should have had 4k 50p FF and the pro 3-way LCD.

Hmm, it looks like a good camera for a photo first video second pro. I'm the other way around. I really wish they had differentiated the S5X from the S5mk2 by having that 3-way LCD screen and 4k 50p with no crop. That would have made a lot of sense.

I've only seen over heating in 8K running non-stop for an hour. Has it appeared elsewhere? I'm not sure if there are other cameras that can even manage that?

If you can then being in one system makes sense. Each camera is a back up to the others and I'd imagine this will use the same batteries making everything easier to manage.

What cosmetic issues? If you are looking to sell I might be interested if it works correctly!

The video specs look pretty good. Quite versatile.

No mention of open gate 6K 50p?

I had the S1 before and I prefer the S5mk2 body although I'd like to see the EVF and LCD from the S1H/GH7. I found the S1 slightly too large for my hands and after a whole day shooting they would hurt a bit from stretching to get to the buttons. No such problem with the S5mk2. So...a S5mk2 body with the EVF and LCD from the S1H, 6k 50 FF open gate, faster read out times for 3000-3300€ would be interesting. If they had some kind of electronic ND that would really set them apart.

I don't understand how you can call the S5mk2/X trash. Yes, the EVF isn't as good as the one on the S1 but it's perfectly usable (unlike the original S5's EVF which was poor). The camera is a superb all rounder that does things that others can't. I have 2 and when I have events where I need to film the whole event (hours long), I just stick an S5mk2 connected to XLR sound and record 4K for hours on end. The other shoot B-roll, interviews and photos. They are pro cameras.

Strange time to go when they are supposedly only a few weeks away from announcing 2 new cameras. Maybe it would be better to wait a few weeks more and see what they are going to release? Although if it's about weight and cost then fair enough.