Sony shooter Brandon Li takes us to a tropical paradise. https://youtu.be/-FYThFXeKrk
The Art of Flow
a7s III Rolling Shutter: King of Full Frame Mirrorless
DPReview's initial tests of the a7s III video performance are just coming in, beginning with the rolling shutter measurements, and the findings are pretty spectacular: below 10ms in all modes! 4K 60p/30p/24p measured just 8.7ms; 4K 120p (one I plan to make a lot of use of) only 7.7ms and 4K Steady Shot Active (60p/30p/24p)... Continue Reading →
If You Watch Just One a7s III Review…
This is it! Crispy a7s III XAVC HS 4K 100FPS footage, a fair and balanced review (English subs). Thirty minutes of review interspersed with gentle, lovely slow motion footage, the first I've seen that is neither heavily graded nor over-sharpened, that demonstrates the outstanding dynamic range of the camera. I would have liked to see... Continue Reading →
EOS R5 Overheating Times
From No Life Digital.
8K Rant Continued
Most in the online community raving about 8K do not have the storage space, computer power, or even the dedicated hardware decoder required to edit it. Apart from YouTube, there is no 8K content. Many have complained of the difficulty playing 8K YouTube, either because of their computer or slow internet. I tried watching this 8K... Continue Reading →
8K Marketing Hype
This whole discussion of 4K vs 8K isn't grounded in reality. At all. I've watched dozens of clips shot in 8K and 4K HQ and they look no better in terms of sharpness or color than plain Jane 4K. In fact, many are actually quite soft. To show that I'm not partisan, I also downloaded... Continue Reading →
R5: Rolling Shutter & Overheating
Slashcam just published their rolling shutter test results for the R5 and they're pretty remarkable. Here's the skinny if you don't have time to pore over the whole text: the rolling shutter is kind of sensational, much better than they would have expected from the very first 8K mirrorless camera, and uncommon for any full frame hybrid video... Continue Reading →
Potato Jet Visits Hollywood Film Studio
Gene Nagata visits the studio where Armando was shooting the real world production tests of the a7s III. At 4'50", you can see the sensational low-light autofocusing capabilities of the camera. Armando astounds Gene with his Japanese ability. Gene was the one who convinced Armando to go with the EOS R and now he's determined... Continue Reading →
4K HQ = 8K
It’s 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. https://twitter.com/mondobytes/status/1285816694984765440?s=20 "The future of TV is in better pixels, not just more of them," Neil Hunt, Netflix's Chief Product Officer, said speaking with Digital Spy. On this front, and with... Continue Reading →
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.
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: shouldn't 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 recovery times after shooting for twenty minutes, a... Continue Reading →
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 GH4The GH5SThe 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. With that... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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.... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Canon Stock Plummets
It seems like Canon are shooting themselves in the foot charging so much for their cameras. In Vietnam, they're asking $5,000.00 for the EOS R5, $1,500.00 more than the Sony a7s III, universally regarded as the superior video camera. Social media is blowing up with reports of the Canons overheating and rumors of recalls and... Continue Reading →
The Daejeon Chronicles 