tupp Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Simplistic tough talk and hyperbole fill this apparent announcement page. No doubt the marketing person who wrote this is a thoroughly experienced shooter. ntblowz, PannySVHS and kaylee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PannySVHS Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Nice web presentation. Very pleasing to look at. Like it! Go OM, go!:) tupp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 I hope they didn't pay someone a ton of money to design that webpage! They probably did. 😬 PannySVHS, kaylee, ntblowz and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Hummus Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Lets give them the benefit of the doubt and see what they do. I think it will be hard going since MFT sensor development has slowed compared to FF and MF sensors. Having moved to FF, and looking at affordable S35 cinema cameras, I still would consider MFT if the entire package is there. A MFT cinema camera with internal ND and good dynamic range around 13 stops in a mirrorless style body smaller than C70...that is interesting. Olympus has great f/1.2 primes. They need to update their f/2 zooms and revamp them for video in useful focal ranges: 9-25, 12-40, 40-100 f/2. A 9-25 f/2 + 40-100 f/2 would be a sweet small package if the body has cinema features. tupp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Video Hummus said: Lets give them the benefit of the doubt and see what they do. I think it will be hard going since MFT sensor development has slowed compared to FF and MF sensors. Having moved to FF, and looking at affordable S35 cinema cameras, I still would consider MFT if the entire package is there. A MFT cinema camera with internal ND and good dynamic range around 13 stops in a mirrorless style body smaller than C70...that is interesting. Olympus has great f/1.2 primes. They need to update their f/2 zooms and revamp them for video in useful focal ranges: 9-25, 12-40, 40-100 f/2. A 9-25 f/2 + 40-100 f/2 would be a sweet small package if the body has cinema features. Have there been many new MFT sensors developed? I have no idea. It'll be interesting to see what the GH6 specs include, as obviously sensor tech will limit them. I agree about the need for a fast wide zoom for MFT. There aren't even any 16-35/4 equivalents, let alone 16-35/2.8 equivalents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 43 minutes ago, kye said: Have there been many new MFT sensors developed? Quote Time does not stand still. 43 minutes ago, kye said: I have no idea. Quote It does not take excuses or do repeats. 44 minutes ago, kye said: It'll be interesting to see Quote The sun won’t ask for your permission to set 44 minutes ago, kye said: as obviously sensor tech will limit them Quote a smile comes and goes hi @webrunner5~! webrunner5 and tupp 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 On 1/15/2022 at 7:17 PM, Video Hummus said: Lets give them the benefit of the doubt and see what they do. Okay, but this vague, flimsy marketing announcement has all the hallmarks of "penny wisdom and pound foolishness" that is typical of venture capital brand acquisitions. No doubt, the Japanese V.C. firm didn't write those shallow, "archy" lines -- they probably hired an American PR firm. Hopefully, they will put a lot more resources into development. manufacturing and support than they put into their marketing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 23 hours ago, kaylee said: Quote Time does not stand still. Quote It does not take excuses or do repeats. Quote The sun won’t ask for your permission to set Quote a smile comes and goes Ha, ha, ha! I think that you have "defied the moment!" kaylee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 4:52 PM, webrunner5 said: I hope they didn't pay someone a ton of money to design that webpage! They probably did. 😬 Let's hope that they put more effort and resources into developing, manufacturing and supporting future cameras. kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 6 hours ago, tupp said: Let's hope that they put more effort and resources into developing, manufacturing and supporting future cameras. The investment is encouraging, although I have heard that the last thing a company does before shuttering is do a massive advertising blast as a final effort. Let's hope it's a larger strategy and not one from desperation, although renaming the company doesn't seem to make sense in a short-term context, so here's hoping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjohn Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 One apparent casualty of this rebranding was the excellent-value-for-money Line Audio OM-1 microphone, which was required last year to be renamed the "Omni-1" microphone. http://www.lineaudio.se/OM1.html tupp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Hummus Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 13 hours ago, tupp said: Hopefully, they will put a lot more resources into development. manufacturing and support than they put into their marketing. I hope so. On 1/16/2022 at 1:18 AM, kye said: Have there been many new MFT sensors developed? None that I know of that are for ILC cameras. A few for high-end video surveillance/industrial uses. tupp and kye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 6 hours ago, bjohn said: One apparent casualty of this rebranding was the excellent-value-for-money Line Audio OM-1 microphone, which was required last year to be renamed the "Omni-1" microphone. http://www.lineaudio.se/OM1.html Looks like a great mic! Was Line Audio really forced to change the model name because of Olympus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjohn Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, tupp said: Was Line Audio really forced to change the model name because of Olympus? They won't say, but I did read somewhere (on a forum, probably) that they were pressured into doing it by a "big company" that threatened legal action. It is a good mic; their wide-cardioid CM-4 is pretty legendary as well. They have relatively high noise floors compared with comparable mics from Sennheiser and Schoeps, but they are about 10 times cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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