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The timing of this is perfectly understandable as the IBC show starts today so it was a pre-show announcement to get some traction before the avalanche of other product announcements happen. These are not aimed at their S camera market but are still potentially noteworthy for some in that area who would prefer the same image but within that box form factor and with additional connectivity and control.

It has been a reflex action for quite a few years for people to ask why don't they make a box version of it every time a new hybrid camera comes out that has "cinema camera" potential. If the sales of the last generation of these cameras and latterly the Micro Studio version of the P4K are anything to go by though then those self same people are keen on the espousing the concept but not that keen on the actual purchasing. There is a market for broadcast oriented models like this one though for remote operated multi camera broadcasts just that they won't generate many gurning thumbnails from the baseball cap wearing bearded YouTubers hanging about in their mauve backlit lairs.

Hang on, this from the press release might explain it as that does strongly suggest it has PDAF. https://pro-av.panasonic.net/en/products/aw-ub50-10/features.html#auto-functions-multi-interfaces

Without being able to see the complete spec for these new ones it is difficult to differentiate although the obvious advance Panasonic have made with their FF and MFT sensors since those two is PDAF so the speculation would be its that but then they'd make a big song and dance over it in the announcement if it was. Because, yes, otherwise its a case of ..

This looks very neat and is very well priced starting at $295 for the basic kit.

Ahead of the IBC, Panasonic have announced two new box cameras. The UB-50 is a full frame L mount camera and the UB-10 is an MFT camera. Its a pity the didn't call the bigger one the UB-40 as that would've given some food for the thought and possibly make RED RED Whine (ask your Grandad) . Details are scant and no idea of pricing. Product pages here : https://eu.connect.panasonic.com/gb/en/broadcast-proav/aw-ub50 https://eu.connect.panasonic.com/gb/en/broadcast-proav/aw-ub10

This might be worth looking into this to map a physical controller to operate the virtual controls in the app. The DJI mic can remotely start/stop the Pocket 3 so it does make me wonder whether the capability is there for gimbal control too that is not used. I quite fancy getting a Pocket 3 so if I do then I’ll be sure to, erm, “investigate” that avenue as well as the data between the app and the camera.

My elderly MacBook Air took one for the team. Its Li-On and fully charged without an issue. It lives ! My impatience has caused me to order a couple of tapes off Amazon rather than wait to go to the Great Warehouse Of Shame storage place so hopefully they will be here by Wednesday. I've also ordered an S-Video to HDMI unit to see how it fares being recorded in ProRes on a Hyperdeck. Poorly, I'm assuming.

Maybe the social work he is referring to is counselling people who bought one two weeks ago at the old price.

Yeah, I was being a bit presumptuous with the let charging commence thing. The birth of the new renaissance is currently stalled due to the lack of a figure 8 power cable for the charger.

Mystery solved. I went to my brother’s place to retrieve some outboard gear from my old studio that he had been storing and it turns out that I gave the DX100 to him to give to my niece and he “forgot”. So here it is in its full cased glory with charger, battery and docking station. Let charging commence but I purely to check it powers on etc as I’ll need to go and get all the tapes next week.

Well I for one would love to see them make one that looked like the ones they used to make.

Eh? Sigma had OIS in their lenses years ago and still have it in quite a few now. Just that few of them would benefit the likely users of their Fp cameras.

I was referring to the Komodo range specifically rather than any other future new model. The relationship RED had with Canon for the Komodo extends beyond the lens mount (well, behind it actually) and into the AF system so, again, it would be a way to draw the curtain down on that.

Cinevate. Only took me six hours to dredge that out of my memory.

By the by, I wouldn't say this is particularly stretching the definition of pocketable.

It certainly is for Matt Granger and his unfeasibly large shorts. He'd have had a good shot at getting a Phantom 4 in them.

In the short term of course but this is tearing the sticking plaster off to stop it as an ongoing issue. Though they might well have no intention to make a Z mount version of it and something different is coming.

Is this not just them clearing the decks before they bring out a Z mount version ? Can't imagine Nikon being thrilled selling a product that drives customers into the arms of Canon for lenses for it.

This one works well for me.

Not a Letus but the same type of deal. It was made by a Canadian company who's name I can't remember for the life of me. Canon had an excellent solution with this for EF-S. They've revisited it now for the RF mount with the 24-105mm f2.8 but its not cheap at £4K (although thats all relative when it comes to servo driven zooms) and, well, its RF so its ideal for Canon only shooters.

So, business as usual then but you've just shifted the decimal point a couple of places to the left 🙂

A busy day at both ends of the pricing spectrum for the L mount alliance. First up is Leica's 70-200mm f2.8 and accompanying 2x Teleconverter. As you might expect, this is at the upper end of the price spectrum at $3295.00 for the lens and $995.00 for the TC. It does have OIS though unlike the next announcement of the day which is the Sigma ART 28-105mm f2.8 Price for this is $1499.00 and will do very well but is it quite wide enough and might they have missed an opportunity here as it may have been better lopping off some of the long end and it being a vastly more cost effective not to mention fixed aperture version of Leica's 24-90mm f2.8-4 ? It still puzzles me why Sigma have dug their heels in about putting OIS on their lenses for a while now when their own cameras would be a huge beneficiary of them.

Well, this is the camera that DJI have announced today. Not quite sure it fits into the the mirrorless disruptor category although it does look like it can fit in your pocket.

I'm now treating the idea of an old Mac Mini to just be the £50 adapter that Apple don't make any more 🙂