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I'm wondering whether this is where this link up between the two might be going where when Apple does enable eGPU in FCPX it will only be for the BM product. Makes sense from a support point of view to only have one variable but also from a financial point of view if Apple are selling them in their own stores.

Oh I'd be shilling with the best of them if they sent me free stuff and paid for me to go on their junkets

Sorry, yes, I meant summaries of the YouTube videos by the YouTube creator themselves. I think there is definitely a place for a site that acts as a curator for quality YouTube videos that aren't tainted by overtly dubious agendas though. I've no problem with people making money from affiliate links as actually making money creates better content generally but I'd prefer them to be non-product specific. That way you can have a review that says "actually this product isn't very good but there are others available that are that you can buy through my affiliate here My rule of thumb is also to disregard any "reviews" that are from manufacturer product launches. The reviewers are all desperate to be first out of the gate with reviews and being invited to these product launches ensures that they will be in that position. So it's not so much a case where once you accept travel, accommodation and food being paid for then you have already been bought (though that's not a difficult case to make) but more that they can't jeapordise being in the first wave for reviews for the next product by not being invited to it.

Unfortunately the most succinct summary for a lot of them would be "Please click my affiliate link below".

I have a Mamiya 35mm and will probably pick up the 210 tomorrow. I've got a Nikon adapter as a conduit to the other mounts via speedboosters. They do an 80mm 2.8 as well (which I haven't got one of yet) so it's not a bad system to get in to either. http://slrlensreview.com/web/reviews/misc/mamiya/mamiya-standard-645/474-mamiya-645-80mm-f28-lens-review Mattias has done a very interesting video on his YouTube channel that you should check out using the KiponBaveyes speedbooster on full frame E mount. I'll post a couple of frames from the Mamiyas when I get back at the weekend.

Yeah, I think you're right that he didn't use it in the 4K mode when recording externally. Looking at the comments on another test subsequent test he did, he actually did end up buying a couple of 5D Mark IVs and he seems very responsive to questions so it might be worth dropping him a comment on there and asking him if you don't get an answer here. He has a 1DX Mark2 as well so he should be able to shed the most light on it.

This test at least shows that someone has done it and shows some comparison to it's internal recording. It's primarily a test to show the 5D Mark IV and C100 being cut together on a 1080p timeline but to determine the best method he generates the 1080p from the 5D Mark IV via a downsample of internal 4K recording , an internal 1080p recording and an external 1080p to an Atomos. Anything labelled as 422 LT on the video is the externally recorded version.

I know, I put that in the subsequent post and was just showing the coverage on a full frame stills camera as those were the only examples in a search.

If it were me, I'd be tempted to get the Leica M mount version of it instead. Reason being that if you stick with Sony then down the line you can buy a TechArt Pro adapter and get it to auto focus and if you don't stick with Sony (or want to use it with other cameras) it can adapt to every other mount cheaply. Whereas with the e mount you would be locked in. Steve Huff did a shootout between the two versions and found some differences but frustratingly it's not clear whether he did the retest with some setting changes that might have been the cause of it. http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2018/02/22/quick-shoot-out-voigtlander-40-f-1-2-m-mount-vs-voigtlander-40-f-1-2-e-mount/

I used 2x because I never read the initial post carefully enough and thought it was the regular GH5 ? I think it's 1.85 on the GH5S ? Those are all 3:2 aspect ratio as they're from stills cameras so take that crop into account as well. I'm not near a computer to do it but if you use those original source files from each post you can do it from scratch to confirm. I suppose the story is that it will give you less margin than the 18-35 and if that is already vignetting any on your XL then you'll have a problem.

And not much more for the adapter cable and NP battery mount to make the zoom powered. I think all of us who've put a B4 lens on an MFT camera have to tip the hat and acknowledge that we never went for it to quite the same extent as this guy https://youtu.be/E-baLc-POBM

For completeness, the same sums cropping an image of the Sigma 18-35mm on an XL There is still a small amount of vignette but reduced from the Nikon

I think my sums are right so this is what it would look like on an XL, so, yes, it would run out of road in the corners. Verus a 0.7 Speedbooster which would be OK. Which, admittedly, isn't much of a help if you've got the XL

This is it on a full frame camera (D700) You could probably simulate it with a crop in photoshop with the right dimensions of the XL to check.

If you want to be similar on the wide end to the Sigma but with some more reach (though not as much as a 70mm) then Nikon 17-55mm f2.8 might be worth a look for you. It is constant aperture so you won't be losing as much on the longer end as the other options and it is a very fine lens indeed. Used examples are generally around £400 so it won't break the bank either.

The Nikon 16-80 is one of their newer E type electronic aperture control lenses so you won't be able to control the aperture with the speedbooster or any other adapter that uses mechanical linkage to operate the diaphragm blades. Its OK if you want to shoot wide open I suppose but unfortunately with it not being a constant aperture its even more problematic.

Apologies to anyone I may have inadvertently alarmed. I have absolutely no new information about any announcement or development that will unduly impact any purchasing decision anyone may have over this camera. I have simply decided it is no longer suitable for the purposes for which I, personally, had intended to use it.

I've got no issue with lashing together a battery solution and there are enough CFast to SSD converter options out there now to sort that out fairly inexpensively. I'm going to swap pre-orders with a mate of mine where I have it for the first two weeks so I can test it with my controller and then hand it over and take his place in line to give me some pause to see how it shakes out but also what happens at Fotokina. I've obviously got a big investment in Nikon glass for work so I need to see what if anything they come up with in Cologne and how soon it will be available. I don't necessarily think its nailed on that they are going to have a load of issues but I'm way too far behind with all my other projects to get involved in the hand wringing and witch hunts about them if there are

Full resolution off the green layer and 1/4 off the other two. It was always going to be something where the processing grunt would come round to meet it one day and it looks like they may be short circuiting it as well to get a foundation at least. Yep, I always enjoy reading them. He's really committed to Foveon because he firmly believes its the best path maybe not today but further down the line. I would love that path to have a little branch off to video land

I picked up a 35mm Mamiya f3.5 a few weeks ago and looking to get the 150mm or 210mm later this week when I'm in London. I have a Nikon adapter for them so then its a case of then putting them on the speebooster of choice to get them on the other systems. They are not as big physically as you'd imagine and they are a lot of lens for the money.

I think the interesting path left would be an established 3rd party lens company like Sigma, Tokina or Tamron doing anamorphics. The CEO of Sigma said they'd look at it if the demand was there after they launched their cine lenses. https://www.provideocoalition.com/sigma-may-develop-anamorphic-lenses/ The salient point being the if the demand was there part. Sigma could really be disruptive if they had a mind to. They filed a patent last year that seems to suggest they have a method of making a Foveon based video camera https://hi-lows-note.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2017-11-24 Going by my SD Quattro, they've got enough room on their SA mount to put an electronic variable ND in it (in point of fact there is enough room in there for a regular variable ND and a small child to operate it for you). They obviously know enough about all manufacturers lens mounts to build adapters to it as well. Add in their own anamorphics and with no internal consumer/professional segmentation to protect.... They could do some interesting stuff.

I struggle with 1 at my disposal let alone 20148 so it would just mean my code crashed quicker so it would still be a timesaver !

I don't actually need it until 2019 and even then it might not actually be the right fit for what I'm going to be doing. Fotokina may also have given me pause for thought. Plus, I can see it potentially being a time drain during the early months and I would rather observe that from the sidelines.

Yes.

I'm going to cancel my pre-order today.