Jimmy G

Percentages based on under-testing (under-sampling) will lead to seemingly-higher and woefully-inaccurate death rates. Case-in-point, here in the U.S. there is a shameful lack of testing kits available... Coronavirus tests: COVID-19 kit component shortage slows US response: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/03/11/coronavirus-covid-19-response-hurt-by-shortage-testing-components/5013586002/ Coronavirus Probe at California Nursing Home Slowed by Shortage of Test Kits - The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/11/us/11reuters-health-coronavirus-california.html ...and, as reported here in my home state just two days prior to this post, there exists only 75,000 test kits for the whole of the U.S. which are currently being rationed out for hospitalized symptomatic-or-suspected-contact patients... What you need to know to get coronavirus, COVID-19, test in New York: https://www.lohud.com/story/news/health/2020/03/09/what-you-need-know-get-coronavirus-covid-19-test-new-york/5001885002/ Of note: the current total global reported (as of this post's writing) cases are 125,518 and 4.617 death yielding a death rate of ~3.68%...again, this number is based on global under-testing (under-sampling) of those infected and this number does not reflect those tested that turned out negative... European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): COVID-19: https://qap.ecdc.europa.eu/public/extensions/COVID-19/COVID-19.html ____________________________ To get back on-topic to the OP...I received notification from my college (SUNY) that Spring Break has been extended a week and that classes will resume March 23 via remote learning...looks like I'll be learning FCPX from the comfort of my living room! :\

Based on the numbers being provided at this link... European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: COVID-19: https://qap.ecdc.europa.eu/public/extensions/COVID-19/COVID-19.html ...as of this post writing: 89,068 Reported Cases, 3,046 Reported Deaths, simple math reveals yields a mortality rate of 3.4%. Considering that diagnostic testing for this virus is limited globally, both the Reported Cases and, thus, knowable Reportable Deaths resulting from the virus are currently unknowable and therefore being way under-reported. A better understanding of the mortality rate will evolve as testing proliferates and the data pool expands with accurate reporting. For the data junkies amongst us, here's an analysis of the European 1918–1919 influenza pandemic that infected an estimated 500,000,000 people and killed an estimated 50,000,000 people, a simple math mortality rate of 10%... Mortality burden of the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic in Europe: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4634693/ ...and a global historical data examination here... History of 1918 Flu Pandemic | Pandemic Influenza (Flu) | CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm Based on the first link's current COVID-19 dataset, we are nowhere near the proliferation rates as seen 102 years ago, nor are we anywhere near those mortality rates. With the exception of the data spike for February 13, daily Reported/Mortality rates are fairly constant and are neither growing linearly or exponentially. Should those facts change I may raise my concern levels, however I'm currently dealing with this as a I do influenza season. There are a lot of pathogens and disease that can do us in, I choose not to live my life in fear... List of human disease case fatality rates - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_disease_case_fatality_rates My college class for FCPX proceeds, I just scored a Zhiyun Smooth-4 for my iPhone, and my final video project will be due in May.

Thursday, February 27, Update: Well, it's been an interesting week of communications with Panasonic's Tech Support on this issue... First, I received a form email instructing me to upgrade my firmware to v1.3 to solve the problem, which I followed with an Unresolved status email back to them explaining the situation (as described above) in detail. Second, I next received a personal-response email from an actual person informing me... << We cannot confirm compatibility with specific Memory Cards. There are too many different cards on the market. We support Panasonic cards. We can only guarantee compatibility with our ones. [sic] >> ...the main problem there being that A. Panasonic does not make a CFexpress Type B card and B. that, again, the engineering-level question had still not made it up the corporate chain yet for a proper response. So, I replied with an Still Unresolved email back to Tech Support again asking for an escalation/forwarding to their Engineering Department. Which, third, resulted in a phone call from the U.S. Panasonic folks in Virginia showing up in my voicemail. My return call yielded (basically) these basic points... 1. it is Panasonic's Japan Engineering Department in charge of such technical issues... 2. they are aware of this issue... 3. the VA rep passed along that they had heard intimations that a firmware update would be forthcoming, however no date/timeframe, no details or certainty on whether it would cover this issue... 4. as far as Panasonic U.S. can inform, it would be up to the individual card manufacturers to test their CFexpress card products on Panasonic's gear as there is no such testing being officially done on Panasonic's end, and... 5. as far as the VA rep could elaborate, the issue has to do with the formatting and how the data is written to the cards. ____________________________ As of this post... Prograde still maintains their warning regarding the S1 and S1R. (And I do have another call out to them with questions and comments from Panasonic VA) Neither Sandisk or Sony or Lexar offers any compatibility information that I can find for their CFexpress Cards on their sites. Delkin Devices does supply a list of compatible cameras (Canon C500 II, 1DX III, Nikon Z6, Z7, Panasonic S1, S1R) here... Delkin CFexpress™ Memory Cards - Delkin Devices: https://www.delkindevices.com/cfexpress/ ____________________________ More info as I hear back. And, again, anyone here using any brand of CFexpress cards in their S1 or S1R? Jimmy G

So, with the current $500 discounts on the S1 I went and grabbed a second body and decided to populate the XQD card slots with the comparably-priced-though-much-faster CFexpress cards. Small problem, the Buy Now product page over at ProGrade Digital emphatically states... << ***** THESE PRODUCTS ARE NOT YET QUALIFIED FOR USE IN THE PANASONIC S1 OR S1R ***** >> ProGrade Digital CFexpress™ Memory Card (Gold): https://shop.progradedigital.com/products/prograde-digital-cfexpress™-120gb-memory-card-gold-buy-now ...so I called the kind folks there (PGD) and they explained to me that the issue is on Panasonic's end as "they (Panasonic) have not yet implemented full-compliance with the CFexpress Standards" and that their (PGD) cards "are fully Standards-compliant" and that they're (PGD) "waiting on Panasonic for a Firmware Update before giving their cards the green light on those two Panasonic models". The tech went on to mention that the only cameras currently Standards-Compliant were the Nikon Z6/Z7 cameras. "So," I asked, "I should call Panasonic Tech Support and chase down an answer from them?" "Couldn't hurt", was the answer along with, "Panasonic is aware of the issue and both our engineers (P and PGD) are aware of the issue, we're waiting to hear back from them." Also, "Hearing from some of their pro-level customers (I laughed to myself) might carry a bit more weight (with Panasonic)..." they encouraged me. So, I called Panasonic Tech Support (just prior to this post) and, as their Phone Rep couldn't really provide substantial information, I ended up with an escalated Tech Support ticket (number) looking for this answer. I'll post an update here should I get any information. Interestingly, neither Sandisk or Sony post any caveats regarding S1/S1R compatibility on their CFexpress product pages and I'm now left wondering whether this is just an omission on their (S and S's) part or whether the writing of bits to a CFexpress card is going to "just work" despite non-Standards-compliance? ________________________________ Sooo, the TL;DR here...Is anyone here currently shooting with CFexpress on their S1/S1R and, if so, which brand/capacity card(s) are you using and are you experiencing any issues? I have a nice discount-on-my-next-purchase code from ProGrade that I'd like to use towards this purchase as I'd like to get my camera slots working for me sooner vs. later! Also, if anyone from ProGrade or Panasonic (or Sandisk or Sony) would like to weigh-in here, that would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, all, Jimmy G

Hi Esteban, I've been deliberating the same B-Cam question since nabbing an S1/24-105 kit last year. Shooting side-by-side with my sweetie's G9 had me convinced that perhaps that camera was the way to go and I might have gone that route had the $995USD Black Friday/Holiday sale prices had stuck beyond the holidays, but, alas, that camera is back at $1198 here in the U.S. (still a good deal, IMHO). My main problem would be sacrificing that gorgeous high-ISO performance of the S1 going with the G9 (I shoot outdoor/nature sans any auxiliary lighting and it's not hard to find myself needing to shoot at ISO 6400 in the middle of the day deep in the woods!). To complicate matters more, I noticed this weekend that there is now a $500 price reduction on the S1 (w/ $199 VLog Upgrade included making it more like a $700-off sale) via Authorized Panasonic Retailers (think: NYC) bringing it in at $1998 (and about another $300–400 less for a decent-condition used S1, but with no VLog). Hrmm, $1598 for a used S1 vs. $1198/949 for a brandie-new/used G9? Decisions, decisions. Maybe way out of your intended budget, but I thought I'd pass that price reduction info along. Jimmy G

My gal and I have been doing our outdoor nature/birding shooting with my S1 and her G9 for the past several months now and it's clear to me how the G9 pretty much tops out at ISO 1600 vs the S1's ISO 6400 when it comes to retaining detail and acceptable (for our needs/desires) noise levels. (Would it be nice to have an MFT camera that can keep pace with the S1? Sure, I suppose we all have that now in the GH5S, but with the sacrifices that it can't shoot comparable MP stills to our current cameras and that it doesn't have that wonderful IBIS for Dual-IS.) So, in looking at the current state of sensor technology and the market's race towards 8K video capabilities, I'm left taking a wait-and-see approach to what the MFT sensor format might be able to accomplish regarding noise and ISO performance and thermal handling at the required 33.2MP (UHDTV2 8K) pixel density...and that would be just for a pixel-to-pixel "GH6S"! My personal belief is that MFT dead-ends (or will dead-end) at 8K. Ideally (well, to my sensibilities) I would like to see Panasonic offer up a true S35-sensor L-mount camera series to fit between their MFT and FF lineups, t'would solve a whole host of gaps and problems that I feel currently exist. Also, it would be a wet dream for me to have them offer up an all-in-one powered-zoom MFT body ala the FZ2000/2500 with the built-in ND filters that some folks are "clamoring for" as an added offering to their current interchangeable-lens MFT lineup. (A fella can dream, can't he?!) Also, after speaking with the Panasonic Reps back at October's PhotoPlus expo in NYC and having it explained to me that "the ASIC in my iPhone was more powerful that what was in their cameras" and that's why there was no way they could offer a firmware update enabling audio-recording to accompany their high-VFRs ("it's just not in there to be able to do that!") like the audio I can record while shooting Hummingbirds at 240FPS on my iPhone, I'd vote for more powerful and capable processors in the next cameras from them (no matter the sensor format!). Also, either offer a wider range ±5-Diopter for the EVF or sell us auxiliary Diopters to add to the EP (like, um Canon and Nikon)!... True physical/mechanical gimbal lock for the IBIS for shooting on sticks!... ROI focus-check zoom while shooting (unless I'm missing something obvious here)!... Flippy screens on all (FF) models! MFT 100-300mm f/4 Dual-IS Zoom! (C'mon now!) Um, "Pretty please?!" :)

Anyone else noticing an uptick in GH5 discount sale prices recently? As I write this B&H currently has 39 different offerings on GH5 kits/bundles and Adorama is weighing in at 40, each offering savings at-minimum of $700 USD. Perhaps clearing inventory for a new release, or am I reading too much into this?

Sony Other = a6300 Panasonic Other = FZ1000, my gal's G9 Something Weird (which I interpreted to mean "other") = iPhone 8 Plus, GoPro 3 Notes: S1 solved my needs and desires for the no-IBIS, low-light-capable GH5S, curse Panasonic for no flippy screen though...WTF, over?!

This immediately reminded me of an incident from some years ago when my (then teenage) nephew grabbed both my brother's and my twin DCR-TVR820 Hi-8 Sony camcorders and began walking around holding them together, best he could, filming everything at a family event...his goal was to be able to shoot a "stereo 3D movie"! Interestingly, my brother later took that footage and was able to create some single-frame stereographs! I love watching this sort of out-of-the-box experimenting! Regarding 8K/10K footage...too bad Panasonic didn't provide their S1R with enough electronic horsepower to give us some out-of-the-gate 8K UHD (7680 x 4320) or Cinema 8K (8196x4320) with that gorgeous new (8368 x 5584 Photo) sensor...though I expect this is all in the pipeline for future model releases. (...rolls fingers...)

Hi Alex, Always best practice (IMHO) to do one's own homework when encountering unsupported claims on the internet. Case in point, the, um, observation that "despite to be F1.4, most of them have a 1.8 or 1.9 transmission (T-stop)". If one checks out Sigma's own web site where we find that their entire line of f/1.4 primes all turn out to have T1.5 (advertised) Cine variants... FF High Speed Prime Line | Products | Cine Lenses | SIGMA GLOBAL VISION: https://www.sigma-global.com/en/cine-lenses/products/ff-high-speed-prime/ ...but is that advertising correct? One can try and do a calculation, as suggested in Gerald Undone's above linked video, where we can determine (roughly) the light transmission of a given Cine lens where it has a photographic counterpart (such as the Sigma Primes)... f-Stop/T-Stop = squareroot Transmission %. Therefore 1.4 ÷ 1.5 = 9.3333, therefore 9.3333 x 9.3333 = (roughly) 87.1% light transmission. (Similarly, the Canon Cine f/1.4 Photographic Primes equated into 1.5 T-Stop variants.) But those numbers are based on advertised claims. Now, the folks at DxO have been publishing their own Lens Transmission measuments and they can be sifted through here... Lenses Database - DxOMark: https://www.dxomark.com/Lenses/ ...using filters for f/1.4 and 24mm we generate a chart like this... ...where their results show results closer to what you asked about. Again using the above fstop-to-tstop math we find with the EF Sigma 24mm f/1.4... 1.4 ÷ 1.8 = 0.7777, square that and we see the DxO claim works out to 60.49% Light Transmission?! Can this be so? Any the, um, "lowly" Samyang has an impossible-to-achieve f/1.4/T1.4 100% measured transmission? Hrmm. :/ Let's read as to how they perform this measurement and what that method tells us... DxOMark lens testing protocol and scores - DXOMARK: https://www.dxomark.com/dxomark-lens-camera-sensor-testing-protocol/ ...where they state... << We chose the light source for its remarkable stability. It is exactly the same source as for our ISO speed measurement: A halogen lamp filtered to achieve a daylight color temperature of 5500K. This is worth noting because we use ISO sensitivity values in the T-stop calculation. We measure the luminance of the diffusing surface (about 140 cd/m²) with a certified luminance-meter. Knowing the entrance light flux, the sensor response, and the shutter speed, we can then calculate the T-stop of the lens for a given focusing distance. We place the camera at a distance equal to 40 times the focal length of the lens (for example 2 meters for a 50mm lens). We take one picture for each aperture of the lens using full-stop increments. To compute the transmission score, we measure the T-stop at the largest possible aperture iat each focal length. We then average those values over the range of focal lengths to calculate the final score. >> ...so, in a nutshell, a 5500K f/1.4-16 average, which doesn't explain the anomolous Samyang test result. But, their results being what they are, as cinematographers/videographers is a single-color-temperature test helpful to what we need to know about any given lens? What about color shift, character, MTF, etc? Seems more homework needs doing (well, for my needs). Turns out the folks over at LensRentals have an ongoing blog about their lens testing methods and I found this article (with some results) about testing Cine lenses using full-spectrum testing very informative and helpful... Lens Rentals | Blog: Looking at Cine Lens Color Shifts Using Spectrometry https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2018/04/looking-at-cine-lens-color-shifts-using-spectrometry/ ...there we find actual Cine (vs photographic variant) Lens tests and the Sigma Cine lenses weigh in at >80% transmission from ~430–720nm (and greater than 90% in mid-ranges)....right up ther with Canon, Veydra, Schneider, Zeiss and, yes, Samyang, too. Also, a couple of comparative color swatches showing color tones for several of the lenses. Anyhoo, just some food for thought as you consider and do more homework on lenses. To your other questions, since both the Photographic and Cine versions of these Sigma lenses incorporate the same optical designs the light transmission and bokeh should be indestiguishable...barring any optical coating differences. IME, there's always a lot to learn, hope this was helpful, Jimmy G P.S. Not sure if I did reverse squareroot correctly?

Speaking only about purchasing used and/or refurb...I've had great success (luck) with B&H, Fred Miranda's Buy and Sell board and Lens Authority (best to be price savvy when using all). Haven't heard of MPB until now (thanks, where have I been?!). As for selling or trading in...my daughter has seen to it that I've never had to concern myself on that matter! LOL :D

"Gear of the decade"? That's a tough one, the '10s have seen a lot of technological advances move through my hands... I started the decade rocking the Canon 5D Mark II and 7D thinking I was "riding high" with internal HD recording in a DSLR and glad that such an all-in-one solution meant "no more seperate dedicated stills and video cameras in the field for me!" Attending the 2010 Canon Expo at the Javits Center in NYC and seeing my first 4K display I was totally blown away and felt I had seen the future, so I invested heavily in EF-mount glass (read: Sigma 120-300mm OS and 300-800mm both in particular for my wildlife birding needs) over the next several years awaiting the move to super-high resolution on a Canon system. When their 2015 Expo arrived with no more new 4K product beyond their 1C, I began to lose hope that Canon was going to be the platform to take me into the 4K promised land. Enter a Sony a6300 and Panasonic FZ1000 mid-decade to fill that void and yearning. Later I grabbed an a7sII which turned out to be a big disappointment for me (along with that a6300) as I had gotten spoiled by the image stabilization that was clearly possible with my FZ1000. The a7sII also fails me miserably with its thermal noise (purple edges, anyone?). And the ergonomics on both are pitifull, IMHO. So I once again found myself seeking refuge, but from Sony this time. Enter the Lumix G9 (my gal's) and and then, later, S1 (mine!) and I am now in stabilized 4K low-light heaven (only took nearly a decade since seeing that first 4K monitor!). Final "gear" on my list would be my new i9 iMac (replaces a well-aged 2011 3.4GHz, haw!) that I'm tricking out for FCPX (and possibly Resolve), my college classes start next month. I suspect 8K and HDR will be the de facto standards by the close of the next decade in 2029! :)

Hi BTM_Pix, There's an ongoing thread over at Samsung's Community forum regarding the T5 not working in Catalina (MacOS 10.15)... Solved: T5 SSD not working with macOS 10.15 Catalina - Samsung Community - 860123: https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Monitors-and-Memory/T5-SSD-not-working-with-macOS-10-15-Catalina/td-p/860123 ...and even though that thread's title states that the issue is solved apparently plenty of folks are still having issues after applying (or trying to apply) the solution... https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Monitors-and-Memory/T5-SSD-not-working-with-macOS-10-15-Catalina/m-p/939900#M3042 ...(TLDR: Install Samsung v1.6.6) not encouraging news. Please keep us posted as to how you make out, I just purchased two of these (1TB's) as gifts for my gals for the holidays to use with their iPad Pros and MBPs and now I'm thinking that maybe I should be looking at another brand's SSD for them. Oofah. Best of luck, :) Jimmy G

A little better guidance on your brother's actual price-range would be helpful. Having said that, if, after looking at non-Mac alternatives your brother decides he wants to stay within Apple's ecosystem, one can comfortably stay in the Mac realm for well-under a grand with an Apple refurb... Refurbished Mac - Apple: https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac ...(link posted for informational purposes only, I have no affiliation with Apple. Mod kindly inform and remove link if I'm in violation of TOS.) Wish I could offer some suggestions on the PC side of things, but I'm Mac-only since '95. Hopefully some other posters will chime in with suggestions?! :)

Firmware 1.3 seems to have solved both problems as seen here in Nick Driftwood's tests... Panasonic Lumix S1 Firmware 1.3 Beta Test - after images Improvements - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__FtAEkMrLo Lumix S1 Blue / Yellow Light Improvements: FW 1.3 Beta = Better colour matching to Varicam & EVA-1 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iifX5bP46Tg

Grateful for continuing good health as I wade deeper into my 7th decade. Grateful for the people I love...and that they love me back. Grateful to be residing on a comfortable planet that also just-so-happens to have chocolate. And, as relates to this forum, grateful for the nifty imaging toys available at this moment in history, with which I'm looking forward to learning how to image in wide-gamut HDR. :)

Interesting scenarios, however, by my reckoning, this might all just come down to more-benign "plain business sense" reasoning between two entities engaged in investing (read: millions) in proprietary and complimentary techologies. I should think that in creating the complimentary tech, in this instance of "acquisition/creation device" (read: RED camera and RED RAW format) and "deliverable/processing platform" (read: MacPro, OS and FCPX), that both companies would need to both understand and establish the appropriate, er, guardrails that define the lanes in which their tech does and doesn't drive as well as define how they work together in their partnership. Sort of like "establishing the table ante" for any other potential "smart money" players (read: competitors) in the industry, as well, as I see it.

Hrm, it's looking like things are being conveyed as being rather warm-and-cozy between the two parties here... << According to RED’s president, Jarred Land, this was a part of a standard due diligence process performed by the two companies so they can proceed further with development. As stated by RED: “We are pleased to see our REDCODE patents withstand another challenge. RED integration with Apple’s METAL framework for realtime R3D playback is coming along well, and the work that the two teams are doing together is exceeding expectations. We are very excited about the new Mac Pro and the new XDR pro display and the power they bring to the entire RED workflow. To be clear, as I mentioned before, this never really was Apple vs. RED. It has always been APPLE + RED, and this was all part of the process defining how we work together in the future”. >> ...from here... RED REDCODE Patents Withstand Apple’s Petition - Y.M.Cinema - News & Insights on Digital Cinema: https://ymcinema.com/2019/11/10/red-redcode-patents-withstand-apples-petition/ :)

Looks like the Metal API is producing some serious speed gains... A New Metal Engine in Final Cut Pro X 10.4.7 Gives A Big Boost https://barefeats.com/final-cut-pro-brucex-mojave-vs-catalina.html ...though it would have been nice to see them incorporate the more-common in-built Pro 580X and 560X GPUs found in the latest iMacs and MacBook Pros (repectively) in their tests.

Looks like Apple has moved FCPX over to Metal 2 with some nifty new functionality (read: Multiple GPU usage, HSL color mask adjustments) and overall performance boost... Final Cut Pro X — What's New in Final Cut Pro X 10.4.7? Speed, HDR improvements and much more! - YouTube:

Nice find, kye, certainly made me homesick for upstate! :) Regarding that footage...(amongst the numerous things I'm getting "familiar with" with my S1) I'm trying to work out the "where's" and "how far's" one can utilize the IBIS in the camera. There is a free-floating nature to how the imaging sensor is mounted in the body (whether one is using IBIS or not) and depending on user shake and/or pan speed and/or user jerkiness one can elicit unwanted (corner bouncing) image effects. One shot in particular jumped out at me here at the 3:49 mark (looking out of the lean-to)... Hiking Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness - YouTube: ...where the frame corners sort of bounce around as the sensor seeks stasis. Clearly IBIS has some caveats (especially with FF sensor size) that I'm going to have to get "familiar with" and learn how to "work with", just another thing to learn with this particular body. Though, if one could master evoking that effect I'll bet one could create a drunken-woozy slo-mo look to one's footage where needed, kind of like a "rotating a tilt-shift lens" effect only better since it would bounce around based on the physics of it! Ha! Oop, did I just give away a "killer idea"?!

That I could tell a visual story a mere tenth as good as the one you linked I'd think I'd suffered some brain dysfunction requiring medical attention! Ha! Knowing how to plan, compose and weave shots together into something vaguely resembling a story I admit freely is not in my wheelhouse. Which speaks to what I've been appreciating most on this forum...that we're all coming at this from our own talents, interests and desires. Reading what you (and others) need and look for in your equipment, and why, has been of immense value to me in broadening my perspectives with motion (versus stills) imaging. For my needs, that I can come home after a day of shooting either with or without some still images or short video clips that help me further educate myself of my randomly encountered wildlife subject matter that I might have encountered, I had a good day...nay, great day! So I suppose (recognize) that it's the photographer in me...as it's all about the image quality and how far I can push and use the medium at hand to take home what I can using only the ambient light of the environment. (Yeah, I'd be one of those folks posting 3-minute snoozefest footage of ladybugs and leaves drying. Haw!) "...internal FF 4K Raw, for $2500 or less...", heck, for what I just laid out for my S1 kit I'm miffed that Panasonic couldn't provide internal FF 4K 10-Bit 4:2:2 and that I am forced to purchase extra external equipment that is totally impractical to my outdoor shooting needs just to be able to use the camera to its full imaging potential...what they hey?! But if Canon (or someone else) were able to provide for all that (along with perhaps a chocolate on my pillow), all might be forgiven and I'd be sniffing around their wares. Ha! Still rainin', still dreamin', :)

Taking nothing away from the incredible talents of the production team on display in your link, and speaking only in regards to two specific IQ issues which were immediately noticeable to me on first viewing (with no intention of starting a war here)... 1. body halos which are most obvious in the outdoor snow scenes (looks like over sharpened up-rezzed footage to these eyes), 3:03, 3:55, 6:32 as examples... 2. line-skipped rainbow-ized sparks on the grinder wheel shots, 6:21... ...the latter of which (line-skipping) primarily kept me away from going down the ML path with my 5D2. Considering all the affordable native 4K/UHD-shooting camera options available today those ML image flaws help make the argument that using a better camera for critical shots will make a product difference...case-in-point, the noticeable IQ differences (clarity and detail) with the 4K DNG RAW footage used elsewhere in that same video. FWIW, to stay on topic here, back in 2015 my 5D2/7D (non-ML) footage was beginning to look as dated to my eyes (as compared to what I was getting from my FZ1000, a6300 and a7SII) as my VX2000 DV footage was looking to me when those two Canon's came out. Canon's subsequent (and late to the party, IMHO) DSLR/M-form offerings haven't made me regret my choices to abandon their ship in search of better IQ elsewhere. This fella's 2-cents. :)

+1 on that! The XQD card in my S1 is built like a tank compared to the SD card!

Well, XQD 2.0 has been kicking around since 2012, so it's not exactly new...and their price-per-GB is fairly comparable to V90 SDXC. Also, dual-card recording is accommodated between the SD and XQD cards on the S1 and S1R, what was interesting and odd to me was that Panasonic dropped the faster XQD on their video-DSLM flagship. Anyhoo, since my previous post I decided to take a look-see as to what future plans might be in store for the SD-format aaand it turns out that, similar to the CFexpress high-data-speed development there is also an SDexpress high-speed-data development about to unfold... SD_EXPRESS_A_REVOLUTIONARY_INNOVATION_FOR_SD_MEMORY_CARDS.pdf: https://www.sdcard.org/press/SD_EXPRESS_A_REVOLUTIONARY_INNOVATION_FOR_SD_MEMORY_CARDS.pdf ...promising a "985 megabytes per second (MB/s) maximum data transfer rate", just a bit more than half the 1700MB/s read and 1400MB/s write speeds of CFexpress. I've seen no mention from Panasonic whether the dual-SD slots in the S1H are the proper PCIe and NVMe slots needed to accommodate these new cards...I guess we'll all find out soon enough. And, I'm not sure what the data transfer rates are for internal RAW recording on the Z6...perhaps someone with this information can chime in here?! It would be nice not to be required to use an external recorder! Anyhoo, apologies to the OP for the slight hijack here, but it's all card related.