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If Canon were Einstein, E = mc2 would be E = (mc2) * 1.74 if it was 4K

What will they talk about on their channel though? The vast majority of the interesting YouTube content is based on people knowing something (whether it be it making films or making pies) and then sharing or showcasing that knowledge. That knowledge is largely derived from the good old fashioned pursuit of having a hobby and I'm just not seeing that same interest in doing that from either my younger relatives or in general from their peers. If their only hobby is watching YouTube then the whole thing is going to eat itself pretty quickly if that is the only thing they know about to make content about ! The biggest problem that the overload of short content from social media is how it aids the normalisation of actions and statements that have previously been considered far from normal because the news cycle is now as slow as the attention span. Politicians telling bare faced lies and being woefully uninformed has now been normalised. In a time when we all have instant access to the information to disprove the lies and/or expose their stupidity, it seems bizarre to me that they are held to account less than ever. When that holding to account doesn't happen and the lying from public figures becomes so accepted then countries just sleep walk into disaster. The really sinister people behind these useful idiots are using social media to not only push and shape their agenda but also exploiting its desensitising effect on user's willingness to question it. I wish that the YouTube content that the young generation would be piling in on would be investigative documentaries exposing this stuff because they are going to have to grow up with its consequences. Sadly, it'll probably just be the usual travelogue and ranting in a PIP over a video game bollocks though.

Nah, an ingenious and/or smart man would have charged you for it

Yes you can change the settings. It is a derivative of this more comprehensive automated app which enables you to set a range for the parameter(s) that you are interested in changing. When you have set those, it will step through each permutation and take a still or do it continuously as one piece of video. When it is running, it displays the settings on the screen so you can film them at the same time as a colour chart or whatever subject you are interested in so you can reference the settings for the look that you want. There is no oIS version but it runs on very modest Android hardware so any cheap used handset can be used if you want to run it.

Yeah...sure...meanwhile in my office.

I can only speak about Europe but I've found Switzerland to be the cheapest place to buy Nikon for us and currently the Z6 with FTZ is 1700CHF which is pretty much $1700 Thats about 20% cheaper than in the UK but not so impressive for anyone in the US as its more or less the same price as you'd pay at B&H with their latest offer. You'll have to be quick though as that offer expires tonight ! https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1454249-REG/nikon_z_6_mirrorless_digital.html

I've had no issue with mine but I haven't with my LX100 either which for a lot of people was a big dust magnet as well. Might be a chance to pick up one for even cheaper then and then use this "easy" guide to removing the dust from one Can't help thinking he should have done a mic input mod while he was in there !

If you are looking for a (much) cheaper option to the RX100 that can match the colour profiles of your other Panasonic cameras then the LX10/15 (unlike the LX100) can use the Cinelike D hack made by that Focus Device Prototype Guy™. Its f1.4 on the wide end as well so its faster than even the Mark V. Still the same no microphone input bullshit though.

Sorry, that was aimed at the person that clearly didn't. Yikes at the $7K. In the UK, the used price is currently equivalent to $3K, pre haggle With the way the pound is devaluing as well it wouldn't surprise me to see that get to $2.5K post October 31st.

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The official Leica stores aren't usually up for a haggle, though they can be on used items. If you are UK based there are a few places with decent stocks of used SLs that you can haggle. In fact, some of them are like this

If TechART get their existing M to E mount AF adapter working with their new E to Z mount (I know @Andrew Reid was badgering them about what does seem to be an inexplicable oversight !) then that would be worth a look but whether the Z6 will give the same optical performance issues as the Sony remains to be seen. Other than that, the SL will do the job for you in terms of M lenses being better on it than Sony and is falling in price since the S1 launch and with a likely SL2 on the horizon. It crops in 4K but not in HD so that won't be an issue for you. Gives you some room to expand as well with the new L mount lenses from Sigma, providing Leica doesn't spit their dummy like they did with the MC21 adapter.

This is a decent place to start. They have an app to create foam inserts for all the various hard cases from Peli, SKB etc. There is a limited preset library of lenses and cameras but you can photograph or use pack shots of your own gear as well. https://mycasebuilder.eu

Ironic really that Blackmagic should use a software suite that used to carry an annual service contract fee of up to $80K to highlight the absurdity of how much it now costs to run Premiere.

Based on recent, erm, "re-housing" revelations it might well turn out to have been

Its fine, you just have to brief the camera operators beforehand.

It was the multi interface shoe that gave it the ability to use external microphones. It certainly makes a difference on a 1" sensor. Maybe the Mark VIII will have it back

I'm definitely getting myself a T shirt with that on it. With regard to the hype around this new camera, its a subtle point but Sony haven't finally given the RX100 the ability to use an external mic but merely re-introduced it after removing it post RX100 Mark II. Also, the Mark VI got a lukewarm response by and large because of Sony swapping the lens from the Mark V to the slower one with longer reach but that drawback seems to have now been glossed over because of the new features.

Through the smart one, yes. Its a tricky question as there are a couple of factors that can influence it quite a lot depending on some choices I make design wise. It will be price appropriate to the price of the cameras it is designed for is about all I can say for now. No one likes AF enough to pay more than the cost of their camera to improve it!

This can be set to be the equivalent of back button focus so it can be momentary and only active while you have the controller wheel pressed in. When released, it detaches and you can use the manual focus wheel or just leave it parked until you engage it again etc.

Thats very kind of you to say. I tell you what, considering that rumour of them doing a ToF AF system came out the very day after I teased the first video of mine, I unplugged my Amazon Alexa pretty sharpish! What you are seeing now (and I stress now) is single point, nearest object you point it at and continuous. I keep droning on about it being part of a more comprehensive focus system but the rest of it does provide more context in terms of an overall solution and how the operational modes dovetail. Again, this is the jumping off point and what it does NOW isn't the end of what it will do when its production ready. When I'm back from this trip, I will do something about the overall controller (the wheeled thing with the wires hanging out of it) that will flesh this out a bit more. With regard to the emitter, it won't cause any issue to anyone's sensor. It will blind a human of course but your camera will be fine

I'm pretty convinced its doable for them.

It is continuous but we were just moving between two targets. If the man had come over to steal the plant it would have tracked him and ditto if the plant had come to eat us. It tracks nearest point but is driveable. Take what it is that you see it doing now as a jumping off point for what is possible as more info and nuance will be released over the coming months. I'll keep it out of this thread now and in the main one so normal Pocket4K discussions can be resumed.

Yes to camera agnostic and a not sure to supporting Tilta as that might be shifting the agnostic issue from the cameras to the motors if you get what I mean? Analysing and replicating one protocol is one issue but then it will automatically lead to "can you also support these other brands" and also puts me at the mercy of changes in their protocol that could then lead to our system not working and so on. Truth be told, if I'm going to put that much graft into something then it would be better directed at producing my own motors as I could control and enhance both sides of the puzzle then. However.....as a stop gap if everyone assumes the risk? Maybe . But I would only endorse it for existing owners and couldn't in clear conscience get anyone to go out and buy them specifically. I hope that makes sense ? As above The LiDAR is one (albeit flashy ;)) part of a more comprehensive focus system that you can see it attached to in the pictures and Andrew will be doing a different piece about that. It has numerous tricks involving stored focus points, snap transitions between them, variable speed automatic transitions and a lock mode which emulates hard stops to enable a fully manual transition between them. All of these coexist together so you can use the LiDAR to lock a point, store it, move manually to anothet point, store that and transition between them in auto or manually controlled ways. With regard to placement, there is a calibration procedure which maps distance to focus position that is relative to the placement of the LiDAR so whilst you would normally mount it on top of the camera, you can put it on the end of the lens or even on a wall behind you and the offset is automatically calculated.

Because there is no hunting involved by the lens and its told to go directly to a specific position without passing go or collecting £200 then any speed differences that there may be are far less apparent if visible at all. Yes it could target the zoom operation equally as it could focus but I don't know how familiar you are with MFT powered zooms but the bumpy violence with which they move to positions would make your shot look like a shark attack shot from Jaws rather than the beach scene with Brody. He needs to contribute a bit more then as I'm currently doing all the graft while he's clearly sloping off every afternoon to play golf or get a pedicure.