Panasonic Lumix S1R Mark II coming soon

[newfoundmass]

Gerald DOES get a lot of dumb criticism, but he also uses that to deflect valid criticism by lumping it all together.

This thread, which also is related to another time Gerald got upset and decided to rant to his subscribers to make himself feel better, discusses most of the criticisms and his hypocrisy. He helped create the beast that bothers him so much today.

I remember making this post in October 2022, which is around the time I kinda realized what Gerald really is about. It still rings true, too. 

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Watching the Gerald Undone video, and it's really a bummer to see how much of a Sony shill he has become. He will bring up negatives, but then downplays them or just outright dismisses them as not important. Meanwhile, he'll temper his compliments of other cameras. The titles of his reviews from the last year or so really sum it up, honestly.

Sony a7R V Review: A Fantastic Camera!
Sony a7 IV Review: The Best Hybrid Camera for the Money!
Sony Alpha 1: A VERY IMPRESSIVE Camera! (Sony a1 Review)
Sony FX30 Review: Good Camera. Great Value!
SONY ZV-E10 Review: Sony's BEST Budget Camera
The SONY a7S III: A Technical MASTERPIECE!
The SONY a7C: Why THIS Camera Is IMPORTANT!

vs.

Canon R3 Review: 10 Things I Love/Hate
Fujifilm X-H2S: A Very Nerdy Review & Technical Guide
Nikon Z6 II - Video Review & Blackmagic RAW Discussion
The PANASONIC S5: A STRANGE but POWERFUL Camera
Sigma fp L Review: A VERY CONFUSING Camera!
Kinefinity MAVO Edge 6K: An Undone Review

I don't even think he does it on purpose (or maybe he does?) But it feels like we're far ways from what made him appealing to me in the first place, which was a measured analysis of a camera's capabilities.

 

 

[Davide Roveri]

I've watched this livestream on the LUMIX YT channel yesterday and a couple of interesting/new things were said (at least new to me)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghXxZTwNMpE

 

1) Matt Frazer suggested to keep the digital cropless stabilisation on at all times because it uses gyro data to do perspective correction so it reduces motion induced rolling shutter (I believe in a similar fashion to what resolve can do on BRAW)

2) because of this geometry correction the electronic stabilisation can also work with anamorphic lenses now

3) 4k120 is binned but there's also the option to shoot in 1:1 readout if needed (that of course would mean a 2x crop approximately but I think is good the have the option of a clean 4k120 if needed)

3) when recording to SSD in those modes that require extra power with the battery grip or the dummy battery if one battery dies or the dummy is unplugged the camera will be able to close the file correctly before it stops recording so no corrupted files thankfully 😅

 

I'm going to Park Cameras in London tomorrow where Lumix reps will be present with the camera so if there's anything you'd like me to ask/check let me know! 😊

 

 

[eatstoomuchjam]

I watched the video and it was, as I expected, a lot of him whining about things where he was accurately called out.  He made some wishy-washy comments about how he talked about the RS early and often because of this and that, but I'd be willing to bet that if I had the attention span to go back and rewatch his video on any Sony camera with high RS (at least equal to the S1R II, and probably in 4K because... Sony), it'd probably be mentioned only briefly and about 3/4 the way through an otherwise glowing video.

He also threw in digs about overheating which is completely nonsensical, but he said would be a deal-breaker for him.  Fair enough, of course, but overheating after more than 1 hour in the camera's most taxing mode and not at all in most modes is just not a big thing for most people.  Poor battery life?  Sure, that's somewhat valid, but easily solved by...  buying a couple more batteries or just plugging the damn thing in, either to mains or a v-mount... or to a USB PD power bank for that matter.

He also completely misrepresents the comments people make about him not being a filmmaker.  It's totally fine for him to make an objective video where he talks about the specs of a camera.  One doesn't have to be a filmmaker for that.  On the other hand, the attention he pays to minutia and how much he harps on various things that are not that important to a filmmaker are relevant to the discussion.  Any of his preferences/suggestions come from the point of view of a person who leaves a studio permanently set up and, for the most part, stands by a desk and talks into a stationary camera.
I'm not a wedding videographer and as such, if someone came to me asking for the best gear to use if they wanted to get into it, I'd probably refer them to MrSMW and/or some local friends who do that instead of posing as the expert.  I'm not a commercial filmmaker either - so if someone wanted advice on the best stuff for corporate talking heads videos and the current fashion trends related to it, I'd send them off to a friend who does that stuff.
Even for the things I do shoot, if people ask me for info on the camera to buy, the answers have a lot of "well, it depends," "opinions vary," and "basically every mirrorless or cine camera released in the last 5 years will probably work just fine for you."  After all... they're all pretty damn good now.  If only that guy had released the Fran, I could have at least one camera to tell people not to buy.  Maybe the Bosma 8K sucks?  I remember seeing that it's actually for sale in some places, but I've never heard of anybody actually using one.

[Andrew Reid]

It's a really entitled video, all about him.

A lot of people would be very happy to have his job and his money. He doesn't have to shoot anything, doesn't have to chase clients and he often doesn't even have to buy any gear, it comes from marketing.

I don't mind that he's rebutting criticism, it's the way he does it that annoys me - Saying he doesn't care about dynamic range and rolling shutter, after spending the last 10 years and every video advocating such stuff to us and measuring it... that is just highly fucking disingenuous, not to mention hypocritical.

And I do think that lacking the artistic perspective matters in camera reviews.

He needs to go out and shoot more.

Instinctual talent and creative ability is one thing, you either have it or not. But it's as if he doesn't even try at it.

No wonder he sounds so jaded.

There's literally no point in camera performance, dynamic range and so on if you yourself ain't going to use it creativity.

I think he's bored.

The pivot to Apple products isn't far off.

[Andrew Reid]

27 minutes ago, eatstoomuchjam said:

He also threw in digs about overheating which is completely nonsensical, but he said would be a deal-breaker for him.  Fair enough, of course, but overheating after more than 1 hour in the camera's most taxing mode and not at all in most modes is just not a big thing for most people.

Indeed this is where the real-world perspective helps. If a camera isn't designed to run in the highest quality mode for hours of continuous monologue, don't use it for that. Show us instead what it can do and what it's suited to. Unless there's a serious issue like with the EOS R5 at release where 30 or so photos in live-view locks you out of shooting 30 seconds of 8K for half an hour at a time!!!

I don't use my Sigma Fp-L in Cinema DNG as a Twitch streaming cam!

What next? GFX 100 for OnlyFans?

27 minutes ago, eatstoomuchjam said:

He also completely misrepresents the comments people make about him not being a filmmaker.  It's totally fine for him to make an objective video where he talks about the specs of a camera.  One doesn't have to be a filmmaker for that.

It's the imaginary user he has in his head that's the problem isn't it? He doesn't quite have the average filmmaker in mind.

27 minutes ago, eatstoomuchjam said:

Any of his preferences/suggestions come from the point of view of a person who leaves a studio permanently set up and, for the most part, stands by a desk and talks into a stationary camera.

Indeed and this is what fucking pisses me off about it.

The Sigma Fp for example is an cine-art tool, it isn't a webcam.

And he gave it a shit review because for his use-case of pointing it at himself doing selfies with autofocus on a tripod it wasn't optimal.

Had he gone outside with it and shot a mood piece of nature and beauty in Cinema DNG, with a great sound track over the top maybe he'd have appreciate it more.

His rant about not showing us any beauty and how he justified that was pathetic. As if he was looking down at art altogether and saying look how fucking irrelevant it is to camera reviews.

It's the whole fucking point of a fucking camera you fucking dick.

 

[Davide DB]

3 hours ago, newfoundmass said:

It's hard to feel too sorry for someone who created the problem he now has. He pigeonholed himself into being THAT guy because it was what got the most views aka generated the most revenue, and now he hates it.

Exactly. 

He has almost 500K followers, he is part of the problem, he helped create it and now he is playing the virgin. It sounds to me like a butcher lecturing on veganism.

This is the second whining he has done in a few months and both times it was because of a Lumix review. At this point I don't think it's a casual thing.

Yet if you read the comments to his whining, everyone agrees with him. Maybe all the loser haters are here.

[Andrew Reid]

He is starting to behave exactly like his best friend Philip Bloom with the thin skin and obsessing over a few negative comments on social media.

There was a time when you could guarantee Bloom would come flocking to a comment like a moth to a flame, you only had to call him out anywhere on the internet and he'd find it. There's evidence he even resorted to editing his own Wikipedia at one stage. It's fucking pathetic.

It is better to let the ego go when it comes to celebrity.

Focus on the objective stuff, the creative.

If Gerald is genuinely as jaded as he sounds maybe he should have a break from YouTube and see if he does actually enjoy using all this gear.

If he goes and shoots some personal stuff and doesn't enjoy it then he's better off leaving the camera reviews to people who enjoy BOTH the technical and the shooting part.

[newfoundmass]

I don't hate Gerald or think he's a bad person, I'm just bummed at what he has become. He genuinely seems pretty miserable doing this stuff, and the more he shares about himself (the comments about why he doesn't create anything were really illuminating) the more I wonder why he is even into cameras to begin with. If you aren't inspired to actually use these things to create art or entertainment, then what are you even doing?

Those comments in particular brought me back to a comment he made in his previous video last year, where he bragged about being brought on these press trips to exotic places and filming nothing. Say what you want about those trips and whether they are ethical or not, how are you not inspired to photograph or film the sights and sounds of these exotic locations and the elaborate sets these marketing folks have created for you if you're even remotely into cameras?

Surely your interest in cameras has to go beyond what you film in your basement and the tests you run on them... right?

[wolf33d]

On 3/5/2025 at 10:33 PM, Emanuel said:

LOL : ) 

BTW how do you overcome or deal the overheating? 

BTW part 2, show us your work, always pleasing... Still in memory your trip to Cuba... That said, life is not only our life, family and real life out there. 

Sure, @ landcapturer on IG you can see my photography. If you like landscapes you will be served.
Travel videos like the Cuba one, I do not do them so much anymore. I love to film, so I filmed a full video in Japan, in New Zealand, In Taiwan and other places. I have hundreds of hours of footage but it's all unedited. The truth is I enjoy the video shooting but not so much the video editing. So the only thing I edit is paid work, but that is not my main job, so rare thing once a year.

For overheating, they fixed most of the overheating issue but even before that it was never a big deal for me. I shoot clips that are 20 seconds, not 20 minutes. I have never done an interview or something like that so it never bother me especially after the update. 

Where do you live? 

On 3/5/2025 at 9:25 PM, IronFilm said:

Doesn't the DJI Mini 4 Pro and DJI Air 3S shoot vertical video already? 

The mini, as I mentioned does it, but quality lacks. The Air 3S does not shoot vertical. 

13 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

Still posting on the main blog and plan to pick up the pace from now on, also with YouTube.

Social media isn't my favourite media.

So you can forgive me for not posting constant drivel for the sake of it everyday.

It's still fun you just have to pay $3000+!!!

 

Good to hear that! And yeah lot of $$ for sure gotta pay to play lol, but also everybody and their grandma have 8K with AI autofocus on a gimbal so there is nothing special now it's all the same cameras, all the same videos. Everybody and their grandma is also a YouTuber, influencer, etc. 
I did not follow the IG trend of posting reels all the time, I went from 15K followers to 10K in no time with 0 engagements because people don't care about photography anymore, they want to see viral garbage all they long and so that's what instagram feeds them. Fucking disaster, I am so glad I have a job because there is no way I was going to fit in this trendy pile of crappy content just for the sake of making views and get my paycheck. I feel sorry for the influencers that have to keep up with 2 reels a day to make a living, following what the algorithm wants instead of following their creative path. 

But don't start me on the fucking disaster of a world we live in guys. That's why you see my on my IG camping in remote locations in the middle of the desert or mountains. Far from all that shit! 🙂

 

[eatstoomuchjam]

50 minutes ago, wolf33d said:

landcapturer on IG

I only see two posts and the account has only two followers.  Is it right?  You mentioned 10k followers later in the post so I'm assuming that either it was posted incorrectly or my copy/paste skills have decayed.

[Ninpo33]

6 hours ago, eatstoomuchjam said:

Meanwhile, yeah, 32ms rolling shutter is pretty bad.  I have it on my GFX 100 II in 8K mode and yeah, if something is moving horizontally through the frame at almost any speed, you will probably see it a little bit.  Solution?  Don't use that mode in those cases.  Works fine for plenty of other stuff.  Something's moving horizontally?  Better to just use the 4K mode that has like a 15-17ms readout.

One of the big things causing issues is the DRE mode for extended Dynamc Range. It’s a feature but will cost you RS when turned on. It’s the same as in the GFX100ii. Quoting RS speeds in 8k with DRE turned on is absolutely the worst for RS. So as Andrew mentioned, it’s all about real world use. No one in the real world would turn on DRE and go shoot action and F1 cars. It’s the wrong tool for that job. So for Gerald to focus on the 31ms speed and keep repeating it was disingenuous.  

[PannySVHS]

I don't watch these s/cam promoters. I am interested in our footage and discoveries, like we used to share much more in pre 10bit full frame times. I want to see a Tokina 24-40 in action, mounted on a camera of your choice. I still got mine and what a character lens it is, very gloomy at 2.8, mechanically a joy to use. I'd mount mine on my S1H for some 10bit HD 120p or the Tokina Bokina on a tripod in 120p pixel to pixel mode. Old song, as old as the ones about shill cam channels.

Back to topic. Does DRE work in S35 and pixel to pixel 4k? That could provide an acceptable readout speed for DRE use.

 

[Andrew Reid]

12 hours ago, newfoundmass said:

I don't hate Gerald or think he's a bad person, I'm just bummed at what he has become. He genuinely seems pretty miserable doing this stuff, and the more he shares about himself (the comments about why he doesn't create anything were really illuminating) the more I wonder why he is even into cameras to begin with. If you aren't inspired to actually use these things to create art or entertainment, then what are you even doing?

Those comments in particular brought me back to a comment he made in his previous video last year, where he bragged about being brought on these press trips to exotic places and filming nothing. Say what you want about those trips and whether they are ethical or not, how are you not inspired to photograph or film the sights and sounds of these exotic locations and the elaborate sets these marketing folks have created for you if you're even remotely into cameras?

Surely your interest in cameras has to go beyond what you film in your basement and the tests you run on them... right?

That's why the sales and marketing guys all burn out.

They don't have that underlying passion or talent for art, cinema, photography...

They get a kick from the affiliate links, channel building, glossy presentation, studio sets and meeting other influencers so that they can social network, and build further influence.

That's where Gerald spends his time rather than getting a kick out of pointing his camera at stuff.

 

[Ninpo33]

1 hour ago, PannySVHS said:

Back to topic. Does DRE work in S35 and pixel to pixel 4k? That could provide an acceptable readout speed for DRE use.

DRE is only available in the 5.8k and above higher res modes if I remember correctly. Also, read out speeds at 4k and super 35 are below 15s rolling shutter at 60p so very usable. 
 

Also, I love the ”Bokina”. I have several of the older Tokina/Vivitar Series 1 lenses and they are really a bargain for the image they produce and the build quality. 

[mtol]

5 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

That's why the sales and marketing guys all burn out.

They don't have that underlying passion or talent for art, cinema, photography...

They get a kick from the affiliate links, channel building, glossy presentation, studio sets and meeting other influencers so that they can social network, and build further influence.

That's where Gerald spends his time rather than getting a kick out of pointing his camera at stuff.

 

I think I focus most on gear when I am struggling creatively, failing to find subjects or projects to work on. Cameras are creative tools and it seems the worst of the youtubers are the ones who treat their work like a grind with creativity as a distant afterthought.

I still like Kai W, even though his work leans toward marketing, because he is so charismatic and seems to have a lot of fun actually taking pictures in the world with all the new gear. The Ed Prosser review of the S1RII is very good too. Others, who I don't think its necessary to name, have built complaining about their jobs into the reviews - which begs the question, why not do something else?

[Andrew Reid]

Gerald started 8 years ago as a streamer, he was never interested in cinema or the photo world

[Emanuel]

Yes, I think he is in his own right to only be a seller or using his channel to promote whatever he feels like. The fact everyone thinks because someone is somehow connected with cameras needs to be an artist is pure nonsense and even some lack of knowledge how an industry works. There are children of a lot of mothers : ) Hope my English is not lost right now! LOL ; ) Without everyone, our craft is impossible to become a reality. Thanks to God we need of all in order to also bring bread to our families. This is what to be a professional means. Respect for every departments. And even the amateurs are entitled to exist too!

[Emanuel]

19 hours ago, wolf33d said:

Sure, @ landcapturer on IG you can see my photography. If you like landscapes you will be served.
Travel videos like the Cuba one, I do not do them so much anymore. I love to film, so I filmed a full video in Japan, in New Zealand, In Taiwan and other places. I have hundreds of hours of footage but it's all unedited. The truth is I enjoy the video shooting but not so much the video editing. So the only thing I edit is paid work, but that is not my main job, so rare thing once a year.

For overheating, they fixed most of the overheating issue but even before that it was never a big deal for me. I shoot clips that are 20 seconds, not 20 minutes. I have never done an interview or something like that so it never bother me especially after the update. 

Where do you live?

I am typing you right now from Portugal for family reasons but Rome is where I mostly intend and like to be as much as possible : )

UK (from London to Belfast) is my official residence and Malta will follow at same time for soon, very likely. With a few productions a bit spread all over EU and East Europe to include Moscow and Kyiv as well all ex-YU as supplier from 2005 until the beginning of the current war. Brazil for this last decade. U.S. (NJ and Florida) where I run two warehouses of gear and film business altogether. Asia is one of my preferred markets (Japan and China but not only ; ) and I've also produced a couple of feature films in NZ. I prep some feature to come soon I hope in Australia, a country that I fairly appreciate to work with : ) I've never lived there but I have assets distributed in one of the most reliable locations this market is, without mention I love Aussies! :- )

[newfoundmass]

11 minutes ago, Emanuel said:

Yes, I think he is in his own right to only be a seller or using his channel to promote whatever he feels like. The fact everyone thinks because someone is somehow connected with cameras needs to be an artist is pure nonsense and even some lack of knowledge how an industry works.

I don't think it's nonsense at all. Cameras exist to create art. If you're not interested in creating art with them then why dedicate your time to them? 

It's like someone owning a bunch of guitars but not knowing, and having no desire to learn, how to play them. 

[Emanuel]

33 minutes ago, newfoundmass said:

I don't think it's nonsense at all. Cameras exist to create art. If you're not interested in creating art with them then why dedicate your time to them? 

It's like someone owning a bunch of guitars but not knowing, and having no desire to learn, how to play them. 

Oh God, lot of people have zero interest about some topic but they need to have a living, you know? : )

In a different tone, I understand your perplexity though : )) This business is tough like hell, so how someone is able to survive without passion? ; )

People have no need to know how to play a guitar for selling them!

You need knowledge but for your craft. The camera world is much beyond a creative field, it is a complex business instead : )

 

PS: I've found the best professionals among people who actually don't appreciate art or have need for. And those who love it, the most part of the usual bunch of idiots we can find, unfortunately. I'm sorry to write that but it is what it is. From my own experience, of course! ; )

Moreover, a lot of the most important players of this industry, they don't like those who think creation is everything in life, but on the opposite : P 

A last interesting note albeit also the fact the best students are those who really love the art, the leftover is a PITA, that is, from my experience as instructor :- )