Nearly impossible to tell the difference between 8K and oversampled 4K HQ. Save some hard drive space and shoot 4K HQ 170Mbps rather than 8K 680Mbps. Fun facts: A double blind study by Warner Brothers showed most consumers can’t distinguish between 4K and 8K and most Hollywood movies are finished in 2K.
Rocking the a7s III
Looks like Armando Ferriera is collaborating with director Lukas Colombo and Kondor Blue on another epic real world production test, this time with the a7s III!
Sony 20mm f/1.8 G
Now that it’s certain that I’ll be sticking with Sony, time to pick up the glass I’ve been holding off purchasing. The next one will be either the Samyang 85mm f/1.4 or the new Sigma FE 85mm f/1.4 to replace my FE 85mm f/1.8. I hope to share some clips shot with the 20mm sometime… Read More
a7s III Vastly More Popular Than R5
Some alarmists are saying Sony must immediately respond to Canon’s salvo by launching their own 8K mirrorless, but shouldn’t the real question be: should Canon develop an a7s III-like camera with insane ISO 16000 see-in-the-dark ability, 4K 120p no line-skipping, 13 stops of dynamic range, no two-hour cool-off times after shooting for twenty minutes, a… Read More
Videographer Explains Why The EOS R5 Is Unsuitable For Paid Work
Forum member LuxShots over at DPReview explains why he passed on the R5. I, up until recently had a three camera kit: The GH4 The GH5S The latest addition is the S1H. I was considering another S1H for obvious reasons, but I was intrigued by the superior autofocus in video mode from Canon and Sony.… Read More
DPR Editor Pulls Fast One
In an earlier post, we copy and pasted a statement by DPR technical editor Richard Butler in which he denies that Canon had designed the R5 and R6 to be professional video tools and explicitly denying that Canon was marketing them as such. But looking at the article again today, we were startled to discover… Read More
Sony Should Not Go 8K – At Least, Not Yet!
There’s a widespread belief that Canon’s suddenly leapfrogged Sony by a couple of generations just because they offer what they’re calling 8K video in their R5; that squeezing more and smaller pixels onto the surface of the sensor magically makes it better: and some think Sony has to respond with their own 8K mirrorless camera.… Read More
Why I’m Buying the a7s III
Canon Marketing Fiasco
DPReview’s Reprehensible PR Stunt
DPReview just published a mind-blowing article in which technical editor Richard Butler defends Canon’s demonstrably deceptive marketing tactics, asserting that both the R5 and R6 perform as intended and that Canon never claimed the R5 was for professional use: It should be noted that Canon did not design either the EOS R5 or R6 to… Read More
