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I dunno. The ML stuff even on the EOS-M is running on hardware that is at least 7 years old now and Canon have made more than a few steps in that time with sensors and processors as well as advances in storage media etc. ML are having to work with/around what Canon did at that time so I would hazard a strong guess that the whole thing would be more robust if built from the ground up by Canon. ML have essentially been unpicking locks that Canon had put there based on keeping stability inside a performance envelope that is in many cases a decade old now. Having said that, would your average punter be interested in the EOS-R doing internal RAW anyway?

It's complete and has been for a few weeks but it is actually being held up from release for Brexit related reasons. I shit you not. I'm expecting it to be another two weeks.

A second term for Trump is more likely to increase sales of the other type of Cannon... Its interesting though that if Canon really do think the end is nigh for 'real' cameras whether they might actually take the opportunity to make some hay while the sun is still shining and drop the slow drip shenanigans, unleash what everyone knows their cameras are capable of and make sure that they get a bigger share of what's left. It could happen, couldn't it ? Canon ? What do you say Canon?

I'm going to have a proper look at these at the BVE show in a few weeks. On the basis that Sennheiser won't have invented their own battery, I think it is highly, highly likely that it uses one of the two battery types that I put on the previous page. Looking at some higher res images, I can see the join in the case where it can be opened so, erm,well,you know, maybe I will be able to be to give a more definitive answer to a battery swap....

On a full switch off, I'd probably be inclined to agree but not on a power saving suspension. Ditto if wasn't an internal zoom design lens so there was a chance of obstruction when it was resuming position. With a fully fly by wire power zoom lens like this, I just don't get why it has to do it. I'd increase the timeout setting if the camera wasn't such a battery drain/potential fire hazard Anyway, its annoying and non-cinematic so I'm going off to write a stern email to my MP about it.

With an integral zoom lens there is a fixed defined range so its easier to implement than on an ILC but considering this is a Sony lens on a Sony camera and they know everything else about it you'd think it would be within the bounds of possibility for them to store and resume the value wouldn't you but no. Maybe they think it wouldn't be cinematic or something.

//OFF TOPIC ON// I know this isn't about equipment but now you've brought this lens into it I have to pipe up It really is a great lens (especially with the extra reach from the clear zoom) but who the fuck at Sony thinks its a good idea when the camera goes into sleep that it reverts the lens back out to 18mm when you wake the camera up again??!!! Fair enough it would do this when you switch the camera off completely but, man, I was using it yesterday to do some product shots and I wanted to beat it to death. //OFF TOPIC OFF//

Based on the 3.7V/850mAh spec on the new product's web page it is very likely to be one of these two options. They are less than £15 for a set of 4 with a charger so an enterprising user could even modify their unit fairly easily to make the battery field swappable for extended use and backup.

Haha....all's well that ends well !

Use the html file from the post above and select 'Deploy Standard' That will restore the standard colour profile. How big are file sizes on the card for these 9 minute pieces ? Did you format the card in the camera or on a computer ? EDIT>>>> Hang on. I suspect the difference is related to the card. SDXC memory cards will do the continuous recording. SDHC memory cards will break it into 4gig sections. I'm going to take a wild guess that those 9 minute files are 4gig each on the card?

Whats that ? You want to be able to wirelessly view the live video feed from the Pocket 4K while controlling it like you can with all those other cameras? There is no app that can let you do that with a Blackmagic Cam.... Oh.

Fair play to them for defending their patents and it does make me curious about where BRAW sits in relation to this. Glad to see it settled though as it would have been a major bummer for people motivated buying into the Nikon Z system by the ProRes RAW option to have it then taken away. You never know, it might have been the prospect of this lawsuit that had been holding other manufacturers from getting involved with co-developments with Atomos and ProRes RAW and we will see a few more stepping forward now its settled.

Considering my early experiences of dealing with RED could be summed up as "Hassle" and "Bad" they were arguably getting their customer service approach from the name of that particular camera as well.

Well it looks like Atomos and RED have settled the differences that I mentioned a few weeks ago with a royalty deal. It still doesn't specifically mention what IP of RED's that Atomos had been violating but it does seem widely accepted to have been to do with compressed RAW. Whether this means that prices of the Ninja V etc will increase or that Atomos absorbs the royalty figure from their profit remains to be seen. No word yet on whether RED have insisted on any alignment re-branding so that it would now have to become the Atomos DELTA FORCE OBLITERATOR MOTHERFUCKA to denote it using some of RED's technology. https://www.atomos.com/press-releases/atomos-and-red-are-pleased-to-announce-a-royalty-based-licence-agreement

Its a live command so doesn't actually change anything in the camera firmware (hence why you need to save it into C1, C2 etc to get it to persist when you switch the camera off) so I'm curious about this. Are you saying it only records the 9 minute clips when it is using Cinelike D or is it with all profiles? Is it the same length in both HD and 4K or is it that the file sizes are the same size in both and does it vary with compression setting? To restore it, you can either load a normal profile from the C memory or just use the html file here. GX800 TESTER V2.html

For some context, these are the trade in offers (including an additional bonus of £200!) that WEX sent out with the product announcement. The harsh reality is would I swap my D500 and £1759 for this camera? Very, very unlikely. When I look it in terms of adding another £200 to that £1759 and ending up with a Z6 and my D500, I'd upgrade that statement to absolutely no fucking chance whatsoever

I think they should definitely be pitching it more squarely at wildlife and drop the pro sports aspect of it. The sports stuff they have on the DPR site trailing it today is not going to inspire anyone. I saw your tweet about the lens the other day and I think that I might be able to make it par focal on the Pocket 4K......

The spec of that lens 150-400mm f4.5 would be interesting for FF if just a touch slow (Nikon and Canon's 200-400mm are both f4) but its not such a great story when you put it on an MFT camera, when it becomes an equivalent 300-800mm f9. Its not just reach that is required for shooting sport but also subject separation and that is going to be somewhat challenging with a maximum equivalent aperture of f9. Even looking at the reach, I'd have to say that 300-800mm equivalent is less attractive than it might initially seem, ironically because it probably has too much reach. I actually do use a Sigma 300-800mm but it is definitely a speciality lens that I primarily use for cricket or motorsport and very rarely for other sports. A starting point of 300mm is just too tight for most sports and whilst the extra reach is useful I would definitely trade 200mm at the top for 200mm at the bottom. So I have to say even if this lens was available from day one instead of a vague point that could be 18+ months after release then it still wouldn't be enough to make much if any inroad into breaking the Canon and Nikon stranglehold. If they'd turned up with a 100-200mm f2 or a 200mm f1.4 then it might be different but as functional as the body is it doesn't mean a great deal without the lenses when it comes to this niche area. The launch price here in the UK is about £600 less than the now reduced street price of the Sony a9 so if I was going to take a punt at a non-Nikon or Canon option for professional sports photography then I suspect I would spring the extra. My experience of the AF performance on adapted Canon lenses on E mount versus putting them on MFT would at least mean I had half a chance of being able to use the lenses I needed. But I'm not thinking of taking that punt and I doubt anyone else is either. None of this means the Olympus is a bad camera but it is certainly the worst option out there for the role that they are promoting it as primarily being for. If they want to do something different then I think they should look at making an enthusiast/prosumer/entry level broadcast MFT camcorder. They have all the component parts to make something that sits between the 1" models and the FS5 area. A version based on their 12-100mm lens would be appealing to many people I think.

Its about time we saw a new Hasselblad vlogging camera though as their last one was released 50 years ago. And people criticise Canon for slow product refreshes. Their solution to getting fluid stabilised shots by making the operator and the camera float was out of this world.

This is my view as well. The RED Motion Mount effectively simulated global shutter (as well as variable ND) and I'm again not sure the perceived clamour for global shutter translated into massive sales for them either.

I was at the Alhambra Palace just after Christmas and had to do a double take at one of the tourist parties being guided around as amongst all the iphones, GoPros and small DSLRs was a kid of about 16-17 wielding what I presume was his Christmas present. One of these... I see quite a lot of kids his age with old film SLR cameras but never seen one brandishing a 16mm movie camera before.

Nope, the core part is exactly the same. That file just has a few more items in it to test stuff for on the fly exposure changes for the GX800.

There are some interesting bits for the Micro that people have made using modified RC controllers. The Micro has a LANC port though and that is a serious omission on the Pocket4K as far as I'm concerned as it would make a very simple way for start/stop at least.

Don't drag me into it 99% of my time with this camera has been spent writing a controller for it rather than using it to make actual images so I can't really chime in with anything anywhere near authoritative on it as yet. I'm watching this closely though, as if enough consensus builds then I might actually add an option to interactively lock the ranges so that if you go from ISO1000 on the camera or the app it automatically goes to ISO3200 instead of ISO1250 and the same on the way down from ISO3200 to ISO1000.

Another update to keep things ticking over, this time about controllers. Currently, there are three wireless controller types as you can see here. Two of them are standard looking console style gamepad controllers but have fold out grips to hold the phone and their keys and joysticks are directly mapped to the camera's controls. They are slightly different sizes and the one on the left is holding the compact Pixi4 phone which as you can see is running in reduced interface mode. However, the important thing to note is that although the screen is running in reduced interface mode, the underlying focus and zoom controls can still be operated by the control pad. This is important when it comes to the very small control pad that you can see in the foreground, which is particularly intended for use with gimbals. When used with any of these controllers, the app acts as a central hub to receive the input from the control pads over bluetooth and then process them and pass them on to the camera. Although the image above shows the controllers with the smartphones in the cradles there is actually no need for them to be used in this way but it is there to illustrate how someone may use them if the camera is mounted on a crane or motorised slider or by a seconds operator etc where this RC style approach is very useful. Because of this hub mode, you can actually just leave the smartphone in your pocket and then with the small controller operate the camera from a gimbal or even just mount it on the handle of a rig or the arm of a tripod as though it were a dedicated hardware remote. The typical prices for the two larger controllers are around £20 and the small one is under £10. Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to the release next week.