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I really don't understand the aspect of anyone referring to this as some sort of scam. If he starts asking you to send money via Western Union then fair enough but until that happens, what is the issue? Irrespective of that, I completely understand why @Arikhan is taking his time with this anyway. Last year, I made a small discovery while looking to build a hardware controller for Panasonic cameras and let everyone know how to do that aspect of it with a simple webpage. Within days, the "Hey guys whats up..." vloggers were on YouTube showing everyone 'their' hack for Panasonic cameras. Was I bothered about not being credited? Only by the brazen cheek of it to be honest but the bigger problem was the amount of disinformation it produced which I then had to spend a lot of time on here dealing with, which completely distracted the effort for what I was trying to do in the first place. And what of that controller? Well, it had to be back burnered when I had some real projects to do but what has really stalled it is trying to make it into something people can just get parts for off the shelf and have it work without any effort or confusion. Functionally, it has been working for months and I could give you all a parts list and some code now and you could have it but it wouldn't be slick enough and bomb proof for me to be comfortable with everyone sourcing the parts and building it themselves.I'm now on my third different hardware platform to make it viable in a turnkey way because I know for a fact that even from just handing out the simple Cinelike D webpage hack that you are making a rod for your own back when it goes into the wild if you don't. So, the bottom line is that whilst its perfectly fine for me (and probably quite a few people on here) to go and buy a single board computer, flash some code on it, wire some switches to it, put it in a matchbox with a couple of AA batteries and have it controlling my camera, it is not going to be cool when I then try and offer that up for everyone to do themselves. It really is not worth the grief you open yourself up for, particularly when as with both my project and @Arikhan 's are not intended for financial gain. Even when its for free, the entitlement game is strong with many people. Now, what he is doing is many orders of magnitude more complex than my silly little controller, so he has to make sure the technique is 100% bullet proof before he reveals it because while he might be perfectly fine in doing what needs to be done (both in terms of a mod and any consequential workflow) it will be another kettle of fish entirely when the "Hey guys, whats up..." vloggers get hold of it and pass it on (and pass it off as their own) to the general public. They'll get the fame if it works and @Arikhan will get the blame if it doesn't. Getting something to work is one thing but getting it to work for everyone else without a lot of hand holding is something entirely different and takes time. Again, I think people would be well advised to re-read his original comments about this, which he has re-iterated in subsequent ones, about it being perfect for his application and manage their expectations.

____________________________________ @Juxx989 wrote...... We NX-1 Allstars together again. @vasile @lucabutera @kinoseed @Otto K all have experience and serious knowledge of this gear. Some have not been here for months but I bet they could be coaxed back with something exciting as this. @Arikhan Would be be the Lebron James of the NX-1 community @Matthew Hartman would be the coach. @Andrew Reid would be the owner... perhaps ive gone too far with this. @Juxx989 is really good at dreaming about possibilities with no tangible skills (people or technical) Lets GOOO! ____________________________________ And you never know, if @Arikhan continues to uncover more things about this camera you may be able to call yourselves The Harlem Globalshutters

You say that like I haven't already tried it. I can give you a mic input on the GX80/85 if you want though.

I looked at it very briefly last week and managed to find the connection method but its a lot more buttoned up than Panasonic. Early days yet though The latest pack from Fuji has the Eterna one in it now.

I don't necessarily think its a bad way of working myself either. It has caught me out a couple of times on the X-T2 when I've left it in video mode, brought the camera up to my eye, pressed the shutter and not been greeted by the comforting sound of a shutter firing though that serves me right for arriving so late on jobs! If my suspicion/crackpot theory about it being the reason behind the 720p recording limitation when controlling it from the app is correct though, then its far more of a drawback in that scenario. A way of controlling it over wifi when its in video mode (even at the expense of it streaming a lower frame rate or resolution to the app if needs be) but the actual camera being able to record in all of its formats should definitely be on their to do list. Though not before they've fixed the AF on it and done some of their kaizen loveliness and given us Eterna and/or internal FLOG on the X-T2

Thats precisely what happened to Jimi Heselden the former owner of Segway in 2010.

I remember going to see them in packed smoke filled cinemas and the atmosphere was better than a hell of a lot of real title fights I've worked at. Hard to recapture that sort of magic on Netflix in your own house irrespective of the convenience of it.

Probably more like this if they'd set the DR to 200 though...

Ex-Pro do a dummy battery with power brick solution for under £50. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ex-Pro®-16000mAh-Rechargeable-Battery-replacing/dp/B01M5KQQSY/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1521749772&sr=8-7&keywords=lpe12+coupler You can also get just the dummy battery with a USB voltage change cable so you can use your own power packs or the mains for about £20 https://www.amazon.co.uk/5V-8-4V-ACK-E12-Coupler-Battery-Adapter/dp/B0749LHWBS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1521749772&sr=8-3&keywords=lpe12+coupler

Blimey. The new part of it is the you can do it for $500 part now though to be fair Plus the remote riderless driving of the platform so you don't have to jump off at the end!

I don't mind Canon really but, playing devil's advocate, there must come a point where the controlled trickle down has to speed up a bit to stop even the loyalist of customers thinking its all gone a bit stale and seeking pastures new ?

Aha..cheers for the info. I meant physical control to keep them distinct from a user perspective and separate the change from one mode to the other. As I understood it though, the X-Pro2 is only a subset video wise of the X-T2 and doesn't quite require the same overhead? Does it only allow 720p recording when using the app too ?

My theory is that its stills and video modes are so distinct code wise that it is effectively almost like a reboot when you switch, hence why it has to be a physical control. This, to me, is why it can't record more than 720p while you are using the app as when you are using the app it is in "stills mode" and 720p is the limit to what it can do without being in full on video mode. I can think of no other reason why you would cripple it in this way otherwise, both from the point of view of not being able to do video recording in stills mode by a programmable key (of which there are many) or not allowing the user to record such reduced resolution while operating it remotely. Now that they have a camera that they are targeting to video production then this business with the 720p restriction will become more and more relevant and will require a bit of an elaborate workaround. Anyway......did you get the battery grip?

I definitely think you'd be doing a good turn for the X-H1 owners with that test. Lack of AF won't be a hindrance anyway with their current firmware ....

Did you get the E-mount adapter in expectation of getting an A7iii Jon?

Great lateral thinking by the guy who came up with the workaround but I'm now wondering if the best fix for these issues is to set my own calendar into the future and buy the mark IV version of it.

Its no picnic shooting them in that mode through the OVF though, especially in low light. The only time I ever use it is for an 8mm Samyang fisheye that I know will have to be cropped anyway as it doesn't cover FX.

Absolutely. My Fuji dalliances are still viewed with curiosity/disdain/open hostility depending on whoever it is sat next to me !

We must work at very different events then as I'm in Europe too and shoot Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, UEFA Champions League, UEFA European Championships, FIFA World Cup, Tour de France, Le Mans, Rugby Union (club and World Cup), Rugby League (club and World Cup), WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO World Championship boxing, Test Cricket, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, FIS World Skiing Championships and so on. Its a lot more than 1% shooting on Nikon, in my experience. Even when Canon are sponsoring our photo vests.

Its more like 65/35 split in their favour over Nikon on average to be fair. Though I doubt we'll see the duopoly dented let alone broken before sport photography as we know it ceases to exist. At that point - when it becomes frame extract from 8K broadcast - Sony and Panasonic will have the duopoly.

Yeah, I think people will be sold on the image (crop aside) but its the longer term reliability thats troubling everyone so it'll be great if he does a brief monthly update. "And this week, I put version 2.3 firmware on which allows you to charge the batteries in the grip without removing them and I have to say the results were mixed...."

I'm having to pour the WD40 on mine as well. Its the remote that fascinates me. Especially if its combined with the gimbal remote.

The Ninebot Pro as a gimbal operator platform has some legs (well, wheels) for something like that. As well as being able to be ridden, it can also be driven remotely by an app without a human on it thus removing their pesky Z axis thrashing about. As most of the small gimbals use the AlexMos controller which itself can be remote operated then you've got quite a capable package. Allied with the auto tracker that you backed on Kickstarter we would have ourselves a very nifty operator. And with a couple of guns, our own Robocop.

He's in another thread too but I hope they leave that post alone as it just says 'Panasonic is a device wrapped in the heart of the house is used.' I don't mind spam when its as poetic as that Though I'm surprised it didn't spark an angry response regarding the weather sealing of that house such is the recent hair trigger vibe of this place.