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If you absolutely promise that you won’t want to pan/tilt while recording then a geared head might well be the solution for you. The venerable Manfrotto 410 will support up to around 5kg and won’t break the bank.

The recording to SSD and ProRes of the S5iiX (with a minor mention of the connect to phone for streaming) are big differences that might persuade me if I was looking to buy an S5ii. Not that I am of course as I'm completely adamant that I'm not interested as I am dead set on a Z9/Z8/A1/X-H2S purchase next week. Absolutely nailed on. Not going to waver in the slightest. Honestly.

No, I have the 28-85mm f3.3/4 and the 35-70mm f3.4 but have no experience of the 28-70mm f3.5/4.5. If I see one cheap enough next week then maybe I should get it as, of course, as we all know, if I don’t like it, I could, erm, EASILY recoup my costs 😉

This is an interesting comparison between this lens and a modern equivalent.

That FP is just fooling with your emotions at this point 😉 Alternative viewpoint to those excellent images though is that it might just have something to do with the person taking them.

My unfeasibly patient and indulgent wife meeting me outside every 2nd hand lens shop in Tokyo next week when I use that exact same line.

I used to use a very not folding one for the Tour when I couldn't park close enough to the position I wanted to set up in. This is my 2012 setup during which I managed to inadvertently find myself actually on the course itself Mr Bean style when I was getting into the village to get into position. After covering his "interesting" acceleration up Alpe d'Huez the following year, I like to think my efforts convinced Chris Froome on his choice of bike. That was the year of the failed RED EPIC-X hybrid experiment so with the amount of weight in those bags (not to mention the rider) its amazing the thing moved at all. I can confirm from personal experience that if you are doing final checks of your gear and find you've left your Apple ethernet adapter at the previous match then, electrically assisted and shouting "fuck, fuck, fuck" as kick off approaches, you can get to FNAC in about 8 minutes from that site, so should be about 15 into the city centre.

I did a few matches in Bordeaux during Euro2016 and stayed at quite a nice site called Yelloh Village which was in gear dragging distance of the stadium but a bit outside the city. It looks like even unfolded your trolley of gear would fit on the back seat/in the boot of car so even though it is out of town I'd be tempted to base yourself at the site and then get a cab to the venue to do the gig and then back again when its done. That way you've got easy access door to door to the venue wherever it is without having to be bothered about finding suitably sized safe parking nearby or trundling through urban environment with a trolley full of gear, particularly on the way back late at night. Its about a €35-40 round trip in a cab to the very centre of the city so its only another €15-20 on top of what it would cost for secure parking if you could find one without the height restriction.

I used to work out of my little Mazda Bongo camper a lot back in the day. Same logic regarding the savings and convenience particularly when I had to cover games late at night or be at pressers first thing in the morning. Great to use it as a mobile office as well to file from too. The biggest cost savings were covering long multi day events away such as football tournaments and particularly like here when shooting the Tour de France. Using the camper saved me a lot and meant I could ram it full of boxes gear as well as utilise it as a mounting point for remote cameras ! Its got me quite nostalgic for covering the Tour again to be honest, although these days it would be far more lucrative shooting it as a vanlife vlog than it would as an editorial photographer.

Some real world usage overheating tests.

Wow, the cart AND the camper van? ”And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.” Curious about the tripod mounted gimbal - do you use that as a remote control PT head during the ceremony or is just purely for mounting purposes when not wafting it about ?

I'd give a mention to the Contax Zeiss 28-85mm f3.4/4 Its a bit annoying in that its a push/pull zoom design but its very nice optically and has not gone crazy in price like many other CZ lenses. If you don't mind paying a bit more and have a more limited range at both ends then the 35-70mm f3.4 is a great option.

It was Monty Python that invented it anyway.

Yes https://petapixel.com/2019/05/29/alter-rfs-a-hinged-lens-filter-adapter-that-swings-out-of-the-way/

The release of the Z8 has certainly stimulated a lot of trade ins of Z9s at MapCamera at least as usually there are between 0-1 on any given day. Probably cements my decision to get a used Z9 when I get there. Well, I say "cement" but, you know, its only Thursday

Of course I didn't avoid the internet today ! Officially announced now. Full-frame BSI CMOS Sensor with Triple Resolution Technology (60MP / 36MP / 18MP) Summilux 28mm f/1.7 ASPH. fixed lens with integrated macro mode Hybrid Autofocus System (Phase Detection AF + Contrast AF + Depth from Defocus + AI) Tilting 3" display and 5.67MP OLED viewfinder Fast and convenient connectivity with the Leica FOTOS app USB-C and HDMI ports Up to 8K-Video and multiple video formats including .h265 and ProRes Made for iPhone and iPad IP52 ingress protection I'd recommend having a download of the full technical spec document as there are a lot of caveats involved int he video formats such as 8K being 4:2:0 and ProRes being 1080p only. Not mentioned in that document but stated in the PetaPixel "preview" is that anything above 1080p is cropped. Considering that Leica is really pushing the video specs of this camera, it is pretty laughable that it doesn't have a microphone input let alone not having a headphone socket. https://leica-camera.com/de-DE/fotografie/kameras/q/q3/technical-specification $5,995.00 / €5,950.00 (Germany) / £5,300.00 https://leica-camera.com/en-GB/photography/cameras/q/q3-black

The TG-BT1 bluetooth shooting grip might help with the control of the zoom.

Just to add the stuff from my now cleared thread. 26.1MP APS-C X-Trans BSI CMOS 4 Sensor 5-Axis In-Body Image Stabilization X-Processor 5 Image Processor 6.2K 3:2 Open Gate 4K60p H.265, ALL-Intra, 4:2:2, 10-bit internal External RAW to Atomos/Blackmagic Available end of June - $1299 Body Only / $1399 with 15-45mm kit lens A very interesting sign of the times is that it has a dedicated control setting on the dial for Vlog mode...

I've had my eye on getting that for a while. Unfortunately, I need a bit more capacity for all the shit I've accumulated that I can't let go of so this would have to be me dragging my suitably sized cart to a gig.

So the ZV-1 Mark 2 has been announced today and Sony have indeed addressed the wide end being wider so it now starts off at 18mm equivalent instead of 24mm equivalent. But it isn't optically stabilised like the original so you lose a fair amount of that 6mm by having to use the electronic stabilisation. And the long end has been cut from 70mm to 50mm. And it is now a lot slower (f1.8 to f4 versus f1.8 to f2.8). And now we go over live to the Head Of Hopes & Dreams at Sony .....

As is the ProRes. I'm going to be avoiding the internet on Thursday in case I accidentally lose my mind and buy one.

This is apparently from an over enthusiastic Leica dealer who pushed the publish button a bit hastily ahead of the official launch on the 25th of May. \ Cached version of the since deleted page is here https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WVl0azXh3-gJ:https://downtowncamera.com/blog/the-new-leica-q3&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Hypercrapoid. To be fair it does have external input too.

The Osmo Pockets are great products for vlogging but don't seem very well represented. The magnetic clip on anamorphic lenses and ND filters offer a lot of possibilities for more creative shooting and the stabilisation and tracking capabilities are far better than the resolution and time eating post production methods of other cameras. They are also a bit better in terms of not attracting attention - at least the unwanted variety - as they are much smaller and people are usually more intrigued than defensive when they see one being used. I watched this the other day as well as the one in a very similar vein made by his partner in crime and I've got to say it did neither them nor Canon any favours at all. It just looked exactly like someone from Canon had invited them down to their office for a couple of hours to have a quick go with one that they had just got in and it was all very sloppy. This one is a bit more comprehensive and considered in my opinion. Sony are apparently announcing a new camera on 23rd May which most people seem to think will be the Mark ii version of the ZV-1. It will be interesting to see whether the lens range on it will be the same or whether it starts wider.