Video Hummus

To be honest, sounds like the “lowly” GX85 punched above it’s weight. There is much more to photography and videography than the fucking sensor size. “Oh, buts it’s not Full frame”. “Oh, it doesn’t have that FF look”. M43 isn’t trying to be Full frame. It’s a lovely system. It’s very capable and can punch above it’s weight in many categories. It’s a FUN system with lovely cameras. Ask anyone that goes out with their EM1 or G9. You get to pack a light pack and leave the tripod at home. The new EM1.3 can take 50MP handheld Astro photography. Think about that for a moment. Are they as good as a FF camera with a tripod and some expensive lens? Probably not. I bet it was still fun as hell for the M43 user. And that’s why people like Tony Northrop need to shut the fuck up when they don’t know what they are talking about. Like somehow M43 is inferior? It’s actually pretty amazing and flexible system! Take a look at Chris Eyre-Walker or James Popsys. Think they care that they aren’t using FF? Nah, they don’t give a fuck. They see the virtues and trade offs and then just create and capture some nice stuff, all most all of it handheld, with a small kit, in challenging conditions. They leverage the virtues of M43. But they aren’t using professional equipment because it doesn’t have a FF sensor in it? Phhftt. And as we can see fromTony Northrop the full frame look can be highly over-rated. Thanks tony for the great memes.

But they lose the light...

Yosuke Yamane has said there won’t be 8K soon from Panasonic, wether that means this year or not until after the Olympics. I believe the only contenders for 4:3 STARVIS sensors that @androidlad has hinted at is a ~42 MP sensor and a ~54 MP (quad-bayer design?). With the Covid-19 heavily affecting production of parts and supply in most manufacturing sectors, I feel like we will get an announcement but may have a much later launch. When you look at the GH5 today, a 2017 camera, I find it absolutely amazing it’s still a top tier camera. 5K open gate, 6K anamorphic, 4K60p, 10-bit 4:2:2 internal, unlimited recording, waveforms, great audio, dual UHS-II slots, 400Mbit All-I, built-in time-lapse, and the list goes on! Even a fucking stop motion mode! Hopefully Panasonic continues the legacy and truly gives us something special. I love MFT and as you can see, it makes trades offs that give us all of the above I listed in a weather sealed, relatively compact, workhorse of a camera. Meanwhile Sony users are STILL waiting for 10-bit in a A7 body...

At 30fps and higher DfD with face tracking has been reliable enough for me on GH5S and G9. I have hopes it will continue to improve with better tracking and faster processing or maybe new hardware tricks like ToF or something else.

Well, in my mind it doesn’t make sense NOT to move in the direction of a VSM for future Fujifilm GFX cameras. It’s just another way to make use of that huge sensor and offer a value add for buyers. I’m sure people that would be interested in shelling out 10K for a GFX camera also have legacy glass or use another system to begin with. Makes a lot of sense to me.

How about a JVC LF300 where the LF stands for large format. They can partner with Leica AND Zeiss so we can finally have a Summicron Planar T* lens.

Yeah, Maybe it’s just a specification issue. The LS300 is a weird beast. Would be cool to see a MFT+ specification that had lower crop factor, but you would probably lose tele-centric lens design ability and perhaps backward compatibility to existing lenses, unless perhaps, they developed their own VSM system as JVC did 😄 But now Fuji seems to have IBIS in super35 so they are taking solid steps to basically owning the crop sensor market. Their lenses are still huge though. I was surprised how large their 200mm f2 is.

Well that’s good to hear.

Just watched Kai video. It seems to still have that horrid stepping exposure problem.

C100 Mk2 with IBIS and RF Mount.

They don’t mention it on any promotion material or spec sheet. Independent tests say it is weather sealed and pretty well too...so maybe not an issue?

I think if anything, the XT4 puts a hurting on MFT manufactures. It’s a crop sensor camera, but one of the much less maligned variety, apparently. Definitely IBIS is the new 4K. I absolutely hate using a gimbal since I have to with my non stabilizer GH5S. I’m seriously contemplating pickup up a EM1.3 and giving it a run. But I’m going to wait and see what Panasonic drops with the GH6. No weather sealing is a no buy for me for the XT4. I like to shoot in harsh conditions. The recording limits are also kind of a deal breaker as well. Are they a hard limit or are they they based on actually temperature readings?

Hard to get rid of the warping without some digital IS to compensate for it. Olympus just straight up crops in to help with the warp effect.

Sensor in the GH5 is 17.3mm x 13mm. Almost every site that lists the GH5S does not list the sensor size correctly. It is 19.2mm x 13mm Its “oversized” so the corners exceed the MFT image circle. So in the image you can see there is some wiggle room for the sensor to move around without vignetting (left side). On the GH5S the captured area, even in 16:9, goes right up to the limit of the image circle. The corners of the images would vignette heavily with a floating sensor on the GH5S. As well, the “open gate” 4:3 mode on the GH5S is actually a crop mode.

Rather have them say this then blow smoke up my ass. Furthermore, it’s true. They are trying to break into a extremely crowded full frame market. I have no doubt the Canons R5 is, in part, a reaction to this. I would say Canon has a much better chance simply because Panasonic has yet to convince people of their AF performance, no matter how good their full frame image is or how many features their cameras have. Conversely, Canon can remove feature as long as they have good color and have DPAF.

Yes, but if you want IBIS in the GH6 there won’t be a MAR sized sensor in it.

Unless you need the slightly smaller foot print or the smaller price I would spend extra for the EM1.3. It’s already quite small and with the new TruePix processor will mostly likely be the one to get new features via firmware if there is an update.

Only with the EVF. I find it really hard to judge when using the low resolution flip screen. So hoping we get a better screen on a GH camera. It's those practical upgrades that make a difference every time you pick up the camera.

Yes, perfect showcase for the IBIS technology in Olympus cameras.

That is why I did not buy a P4K. I have no interest in bolting a battery to the side of my camera with a cage on it. I’ll take the 0.5-0.8 DR hit with my GH5S and have an internal battery and weather sealing.

I bet they could do if they removed the physical shutter mechanism.

Maybe they need the integrated battery grip because of voltage requirements and heat pipes.

Besides maybe cost, why would anybody do this? LOL, it’s reminds of of something Wall-E would put together from all the junk he found.

The Oly always looks really sharpened and Video like. But I bet we will see 10-bit in the EM1.3 and EM1X in a firmware update.

Why not! And the GX10 as well!