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I wrote a similar post earlier, maybe in this thread, but a hurdle to overcome in the US is that a significant portion of our population believes that the more credentials a person has, the less trustworthy they are. This includes professors, reporters, researchers, and other experts. It applies especially to those in academia or have higher education. If the head of the IRS with 20 years of experience says that more auditors leads to more revenue, and explains how auditors find discrepancies and why it takes time, and shows historical data to back it up, many Americans will automatically believe the opposite. If an anonymous dude in a Dinesh D'Souza doc says that a person he can't identify dumped 20 extra ballots in a mailbox, it's believed--not in spite of lack of rationality, but because of it. This isn't without analogy in the rest of the world. In some way, it's a logical extreme of believing that "street smarts" is better than "book smarts," which is commonly believed in many places, and is true in some situations. However, many Americans are aggressively uneducated, and ideologically see education itself as wrong. ("Education" here means a thought process that uses data and logic to draw conclusions, not knowledge of specific trivia). Personal truths, often derived from religion and specific personalities/influencers, are held to be truer than empiricism, the scientific method, and data, while any appeal to rationality is rejected as part of the deep state conspiracy that every academic is part of. Once a person intentionally rejects objectivity and rationality, their actions cannot be explained as being out of personal interest. They often actively vote against their personal interest, because their worldview rejects data and analysis. And, to be clear, there are still rational people here, including many Republicans and conservatives. But we've reached a critical mass of the voting public that we now have elected officials at every level, from local to president, who also reject rationality.

Stock market had a massive surge after most of the tariffs were paused. Imagine how much money you could make if you knew that would happen 30 minutes before it did. It's generally fascinating how much wealth is created or destroyed with no change in goods or services produced.

I saw that! I appreciate you coming back to this thread to let me know!

The uncertainty really defeats many of the stated purposes. If the goal is to promote American manufacturing, manufacturers need to know that the tariff will be in place for their entire company's history. Even simple items like clothes take time to build large-scale manufacturing for--why would anyone invest in a factory if the tariff could be gone next year? Let alone complex items like cars or chips, the ones that we would actually want to build and export. I mean I don't necessarily look at low-tech industries and think, gee, I wish our country was built around competing with child labor sweatshops. Of course that's disregarding that the tariffs are also claimed to be leverage to get better deals (ie designed to be removed when a deal is struck) while simultaneously a source of federal revenue (ie designed to be permanent).

Now if only we could close business and rich person tax loopholes with the same efficiency

12ms is pretty acceptable. I sort of suspected it would be a bit slower.

Same as I said about the UC12k, its big and heavy, and eats batteries. Used Alexa classics are so cheap, I'd rephrase and say that I'd get a Pyxis over an Alexa because cost isn't an issue.

I'm sure that is true. Personally, cost isn't an issue between the Pyxis and UC12k. If they were equal price, I'd still pick the smaller Pyxis with smaller batteries, sacrificing ND. Conversely, I'd be stoked to pay a little more for a Pyxis with NDs that isn't as massive as the UC12k. Nothing is perfect, but the Pyxis 12k looks really close and, if I can manage to get my projects off the ground, is very likely to be the one we use anyway. Which is honestly surprising to me, considering they own Fairlight and own the braw format. They could do some pretty cool things with metadata, like keeping a raw 32 bit audio stream but applying EQ and other settings as metadata. Hopefully it's on their roadmap! I mentioned the H5studio in my last post, and the wireless receiver module. I'd love to see a similar 1st party solution on a camera. Cut out an audio recorder entirely, go straight from wireless transmitters to the camera.

Fantastic announcement! I'm not a fan of the side screen, and I don't need 12k or even 8k, but a $5k FF camera with <10ms rolling shutter in high quality codecs and (subjectively) amazing color is sweet! Although I suppose we don't know for sure whether the readout speed is the same as the UC12k. The two additions that I would like are NDs and 32 bit dual gain audio. Ideally, NDs could be handled with an L mount version of this. https://www.metabones.com/products/details/MB_NDEF-E-BM7. 32 bit audio is of course very easy with the minor annoyance of syncing in post. Another recent announcement was the H5studio, which has a builtin wireless receiver module, which I find extremely interesting. So all things considered, this basically hits everything I'd want from a cinema camera, with a few accessories. While probably not something I would get, I'm quite impressed with the camcorder handle and grip. What a great idea (this is me patting myself on the back--I 3D printed something similar for my Z Cam. Of course mine was shit execution, but it was the same idea).

Yeah, I picked that example as something that I think can genuinely be debated, as opposed to fossil fuels and climate change. I'm very liberal, but its clear that simply forgiving loans has led to higher administrative costs in our education system--if we want to make it easier for students, forgiving loans with no other system changes is bad long term. And we can obviously find different potential solutions that allow people to get education that they want or need, without adding extra administrative costs to taxpayers. So yes, I agree with everything you said, but I do think that there is a basic level of understanding the world that is willfully lacking among many on the right, with the willful part being key. There's a rebellion against rationality, logic, and understanding among my friends and family on the right, of which I have many. The very idea of gathering facts and using them to make an informed decision is a symptom of the Liberal Elites, and any attempt to do so is talking down. So I agree with everything you say, but my thesis is that many of those people who are looking for a life jacket believe that the process of sitting down and figuring out how to get a life jacket, is wrong. The one positive thing I will say about tariffs, is that if higher prices lead to less consumption of useless goods, I'm all for it. Hopefully food and basic necessities can be left out of price hikes. Ideally we could find a way to keep people's first car nice and cheap. But if fewer people buy 2nd and 3rd cars, and we spend less energy building and throwing out shit we don't need, that is a good thing. Just wish there was more of a thoughtful plan.

Oh, cool! I'm super excited! One of my primary hesitations about the Pyxis was rolling shutter, but CineD tested the 12k sensor at just 5.5ms in 8k and 4k, more than fast enough. My writing partner and I are considering the UC 12k for our next project, but frankly, a Pyxis body fits a small crew better. If it's identical to the Pyxis with that sensor for $5k or less, it may be a winner for us! (Our other ideas at the moment are: used Red Komodo for ~$2.8k, or C500 Mk II for ~$5.2k, with the obvious benefit of the C500 being NDs + included EVF)

Agreed, but a large part of the reason people feel that they are being talked down to is because they are wrong about facts, and then any attempt to explain those facts is perceived as being talked down to. There is a large range to how much "opinion" is in a given "fact". So I'm not talking about, "forgiving student debt will lead to a better economy," as that is not as clear a fact. But it is difficult to discuss whether burning fossil fuels contribute to climate change, or whether reducing the size of the IRS will lead to fewer taxes being collected--all without hurting the feelings of someone who is dead set on being factually wrong.

I'll be honest, when I saw your topic title, I was legitimately hopeful that it was actually good, because as much as I dislike Disney, I am all for any movie being enjoyable. Now I'm sad. However, I read the comments on the trailer, and they got me smiling again, so there's that.

Agree with what everyone has said regarding there being many poor looking film movies that we forgot about, many great looking digital movies, and everything in between. I believe a better thesis would be, "movies looked better before smartphones were invented" A big reason that mainstream movies look bland is because they are no longer designed for a giant screen in a dark theater, nor even on a big flatscreen in your living room. They are increasingly consumed on 6" screens in broad daylight (as well as theaters and living rooms). Now to go on a sight tangent, the same can be said of writing. Often when I talk to friends, they'll say, "oh yeah, I saw that movie. It was on netflix in the background while I cleaned my house" To some degree, it's not that writers are worse, it's that modern writing is designed to be consumed at 50% attention with chunks missing. The percent of audience that watches every second at full attention is simply getting smaller. I don't believe that shift has anything to do with filmmaking technology.

It's more depressing than embarrassing being American. Helplessly watching government institutions crumble one by one. Republicans have become the doublespeak party, talking about rule of law while favoring criminals, talking about freedom while banning parades, talking about balanced budgets while having the largest deficits, complaining about "mainstream media" from the largest broadcast company, and so on. And as much as Trump was the worst possible outcome, Biden being the actual candidate for so long shows that we have no one competent to turn to.

I don't know which settings CVP used for that shot, but if they weren't using DR extended mode, the 25 ms 16:9 FF mode is not far off from the S5II's 22ms. Now I've said many times in the past that rolling shutter is the only part of the S5's image that I dislike, so I'm totally with you in absolute terms, and I personally am willing to pay more to get faster readout. So yeah I think for me personally, I'd be willing to pay more for a stacked sensor competitor, but many people are happy with the S5II or even A7IV, so all in all it's not terrible, if you view the extended DR as a specialty tool rather than the default. That's my opinion anyway.

I obviously have zero hands-on experience with Sony sensors, but if it's like other computing hardware, the sensor's interface might use a timing input pin. Driving the clock past a certain rate is unstable, like overclocking a CPU, leading to Sony's nominal max rates. So maybe it's the exact same sensor, but Panasonic has opted to use a different clock speed, possibly to reduce heat or because the limiting factor is the processor that the sensor data is fed into. Higher clock speeds means more heat, so that's a likely reason Panasonic doesn't drive the sensor to its max speed. Agreed, outside of extended DR mode, RS is similar to the S1/S5/S5II. Overheating after 40 min of nonstop recording in >4K seems reasonable for a hybrid. I mean obviously a dedicated video camera like the FX6 or C80 is better for... dedicated video. But as a jack of all trades, the S1RII hits a lot of high marks for both photo and video at a great value.

Those are not great RS values, that is quite unfortunate. I hope they have an option to do the 15ms and 7ms readouts in 24p, as extra options. And it looks like there is no timecode input, according to Newsshooter. So those are two things that a potential video-oriented model could still include and add value. Still, it looks like a great camera. I said it back when the GH7 came out, but the 32 bit float XLR module is a really excellent feature that, so far, is still unique to Panasonic. If they nail the rumored video app, it will almost certainly be a front runner for video in my book.

Haha in fairness, I liked the S9 as well, my main complaint also being lack of EVF.

I don't hate the design philosophy. I like minimalist controls. When I'm taking photos for fun, I really only touch a couple controls: ISO, focus magnification, and shutter. I use a manual lens, shoot raw, and almost always use auto-shutter speed. I'd love an ergonomic camera with just those controls. As much as I love having 100 many options for serious projects, navigating camera menus with 27 overlay options and 15 AF settings really just makes my mind go blank when I'm taking my camera on a hike. As with the fp and S9, I personally cannot live without an EVF--I'd rather they ditch the screen and only have an EVF instead! And the angular design, while pretty, looks rather terrible to hold.

Maybe evidence Panasonic is saving that for a more video-centric camera? From the specs so far it's not a particularly video centric camera, but if they've gone through the trouble of making a video-first iPhone app, then probably there's another camera on the way. Certainly the rumor sites seem to think so. And while we're on the subject, a proper video monitoring app is huge! That is one of my absolute favorite features of Z Cam. We'll see if Panasonic deliver. If I can have wireless, full HD monitoring with reasonable latency on 2-3 devices simultaneously, that's an immediate, massive plus. I'm really hoping for a BS1H successor now!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foveon_X3_sensor Tl;dr it captures RGB data at every photosite, instead of using a color filter array to capture RG or B at each photosite. Thus it does not require color interpolation, aka demosaicing, to reconstruct its color image. It's not as good as it sounds, however, because interpolating colors from the vertically stacked photosites is very complicated. The upside is less color moire, higher resolution per nominal pixel count, and arguably "better" color accuracy. The downside is that (with current technology), it has significantly lower SNR, sensitivity, and readout speeds.

So my gut is that it's not real, unless it's a very far-future "we have decided to begin development" kind of announcement, but just for fun... Sigma already makes a large number of APS-C lenses. Is it far fetched that they would make an APS-C foveon fp camera? Or maybe not foveon at all, with a sensor similar to the XH2S? This is pure speculation. It just seems odd for Sigma to make a competing L-mount announcement with Panasonic, unless it's a vastly different camera, or one that won't be available for a long time.

I'm definitely a "wait and see the official announcement" person, but some of these rumors are somewhat strange. 8K sensor with 6K60 raw? Maybe it only shoots raw in a crop, or maybe it also does 8k FF but not at 60 and the leaker doesn't mention that. Also curious whether "4k120 without crop" means it's line skipped, because that would be a shame. Although if it also includes 4k120 crop without skipping, that would be awesome. Anyway, it has my interest, so looking forward to the announcement!

Or a box camera with 1st party accessories to make it camcorder-like. Take a BS1H body, add a new side handle with full control, a single cable USB C monitor (or compatibility with Blackmagic's!), Panasonic's existing XLR module, and you've got a similar setup to a C400, ergonomically. All that's missing are ND's, which require a bigger body--not that I mind!--or some kind of eND adapter for EF/PL lenses. Of those, ND's are probably the only one that's particularly difficult to develop, if Panasonic thought they had the market for it.