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(unknown member): It amazes me how many people are so quick to believe wholesale on Facebook value the statements of a capitalist company that had the cooked books scandal and the endoscopy doctor bribery in the USA.
I am sure wonderful people do work at Olympus, but it’s good to look and check with other data than just what a company says.
After eagerly anticipating Olympus' 100yr anniversary, I wound up wincing at reading the following (seemingly brutally accurate) description of their latest offering.
"The EM5.3 is a parts bin downgrade, years late."
melgross: They seem to be prevaricating. I don’t see a definitive denial.
But they can’t possibly admit to it, even if it’s true. That would kill all body and lens sales, and if they are going to close it, they will want to sell as much as they can first. Otherwise, they will be left with a huge inventory that will have to be written off.
Their terribly vague PR-speak corporate communications, including the recent one quoted by photofocus.com...
"Olympus does indeed plan to continue to develop its imaging product lines, bringing products to life that embody Olympus’ core benefits, including system compactness and superior lens optics."
...have really given me pause, especially the phrasing "imaging product lines" in direct response to a specific inquiry regarding their CONSUMER CAMERA line.
its_a_knife: The original Osmo was riddled with artifacts. I assume it's going to be way worst on this little guy.
@Dale
In the review, I trust you will "keep it real".
It's release day. Many "influencers" already had advance product & had their "review" videos completed and sitting in the can.
Here's one: @3:10, watch as the happy dipsh*t enthuiastically spouts "the cam focuses on your face"... and the footage clearly shows that it fails to to so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0EqfMVLUx0
Blahblah, greatest thing ever... be sure to like, subscribe, buy my merch and, oh, please use the affiliate link, below.
Prior to reading this article, I didn't realize that DJI is a Chinese-owned company. Their CEO-spokesman is an auburn-haired occidental, yes? Anyhow, I don't own a drone and don't have a horse in this race... but I'm suitably impressed by their choice to challenge and debunk the misleadingly alarmist video.
At 3:20 in the video: "Atomos has made 2 [AtomX] devices so far. There's a timecode device as well as a transmitter."
AFAICT, the NDI/Ethernet module is still "vaporware". Atomos site lacks detailed specs / PDF user guide for it, and they don't even provide clarity as to whether the device will be produced by, and sold directly by Newtek or by Atomos.
kristian2000: Soliciting critiques from anymomous jackwagons on the internet, what could possibly go wrong?
"completely anonymous" but gotta login with GoOgLe account... is dead-in-the-water lame.
IamJF: Great device... if they would not use a special SSDmini drive which you only can use in this recorder, specially made for this device.
Hint - not cheap...
"as well as existing MasterCaddy 2 compatible media"
https://www.dpreview.com/news/2271297858/atomos-unveils-the-ninja-v-a-5-2-inch-4k-60p-external-monitor-and-recorder
Discussed / fact-checked in dpreview comments a few months ago when the unit was announced
https://www.amazon.com/Atomos-Master-Caddy-Monitors-Recorders/dp/B00TP4ZH14
product page for the caddy states that it accpts standard 2.5" SATA SSD drives
"page 7" in this roundup article states: "Since the X-A10 also uses the same 16MP sensor as the X-A3..."
oops, X-A3 is a 24MP model
photo perzon: I don’t get it. I’d rather hold the camera fixed on the subject as in an interview. I also don’t get the rule of thirds, it is arbitrary. And I don’t like bokeh either, I think the human brain appreciates the background and can instantly focus on the subject model, ignoring the toy train in the back.
These pictures of 70% fuzzy and 30% face are frustrating, I’d rather see my kids as I see them in life, with the news on the tv and the boiling coffee pot as things were for real. We don’t live in a fuzzed out world. Our peripheral vision is part of reality, the charm, and it allows us to see a self driving Uber car and get out of its way cause it might think we are a balloon or some leaves.
(sigh. still too long? Am I really THAT long-winded?)
excerpt from a user review at amazon: "i primarily purchased this for the 360 degree panorama feature. I noticed that speeds #1 through #8 there isn't much change and then when i select #9 it greatly increases. I expected that i would have an even, incremental increase between each selection... not a gigantic increase at the last one. No real difference between 1-5."
It's a damn shame that manufacturers nowadays exclude such technical specifications from their marketing materials and product pages, leading to user confusion and disappointment. Upon reading "panaroma functionality" within the dpreview article, this (exactly this) was my immediate question: For each of the 1-9 speeds, what is the rate of travel, or angular rotation?
photo perzon: I don’t get it. I’d rather hold the camera fixed on the subject as in an interview. I also don’t get the rule of thirds, it is arbitrary. And I don’t like bokeh either, I think the human brain appreciates the background and can instantly focus on the subject model, ignoring the toy train in the back.
These pictures of 70% fuzzy and 30% face are frustrating, I’d rather see my kids as I see them in life, with the news on the tv and the boiling coffee pot as things were for real. We don’t live in a fuzzed out world. Our peripheral vision is part of reality, the charm, and it allows us to see a self driving Uber car and get out of its way cause it might think we are a balloon or some leaves.
(split post -- it was too long)
As is par for the course nowadays, the Amazon user reviews of the product are telling, and are far from stellar. About 50-ish percent of the users are satisfied with the product.
This dpreview article confusingly mentions
"The second extra is something Grip Gear calls a Micro Dolly."
Whoops, that's not part of the offering in the linked amazon.com page and, per the manufacturer's site, is apparently "sold out" -- with no indication that future stocks will become available.
Also confusing (to me) is the fact that the amazon.com "Customers who bought this item also bought" page section does not link to a page offering sale of additional track sections. I located the item only by following link from mfg's website (shown priced $19.90, linking back to an amazon.com page priced at $24.90)
photo perzon: I don’t get it. I’d rather hold the camera fixed on the subject as in an interview. I also don’t get the rule of thirds, it is arbitrary. And I don’t like bokeh either, I think the human brain appreciates the background and can instantly focus on the subject model, ignoring the toy train in the back.
These pictures of 70% fuzzy and 30% face are frustrating, I’d rather see my kids as I see them in life, with the news on the tv and the boiling coffee pot as things were for real. We don’t live in a fuzzed out world. Our peripheral vision is part of reality, the charm, and it allows us to see a self driving Uber car and get out of its way cause it might think we are a balloon or some leaves.
Hi perzon. I share your outlook in regard to most of the points you've mentioned here (and comments elsewhere). As for "rather hold the camera fixed on the subject" and "getting it"...
here's one youtube reviewer's video of this product. Jump to @14:00 to see his sample video footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFKeQOVOOrI
Can we agree that the trolley+timelapse (vs fixed position throughout the duration) adds an interesting twist?
That YT reviewer's video was linked from the firm's youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCId16Pw-AA90Rw3lmee0U7w/ which I discovered among the "social" links displayed to their hompage (linked from this dpreview article). BTW, thanks for the writeup, Josh. I wouldn't have been brave enough to risk balancing a $$$ cam atop that narrow device and spanning a stream (noticed you did use an Olympus "tough" cam as a model in that shot).
Shurato: Nice to see that there's movement going on again in the compact digital camera market. Add a new Panasonic ZS80 and we have a healthy competition again. Would be nice to see something compact cam-ish from FujiFilm as well. It remains to be seen how much better the HX90/99 will be compared to the HX90/WX500 (apart from the 4K video capabilities), since the announced prices for the two new cams is rather elevated for my taste; you could get a Sony RX100 II for the same price or less.
Other than "5min of 4K video recording" and "popup OLED Tru-Finder", are there any significant features to differentiate these new models from DSC-HX90V (April 2015) and DSC-HX80 (March 2016) ?
DejayRezme: Can the Z7 or Z6 shoot 4k at 30 fps? Or only 24fps? Are there differences in the capabilities?
For youtube I'd think people would prefer 30fps except for 24 being a "habit".
I have long held the belief that the convention of shooting at 50 or 60 fps was intended to avoid flicker/striping in scenes lit by fluorescent lighting. A quick websearch found a citation confirming this:
http://www.untamedscience.com/filmmaking/production-shooting/flickering-video-fluorescent-lights/
wow, audio is recorded during 120fps video recording? Is this novel, or can other camera models also record audio during 120fps?
SETI: Official samples looks like industrial sabotage from competitors =)
anticipating tommorow's headline newsbite:
"Panasonic caught trying to pass off Huawei smartphone images as Lumix DC-LX100 II sample photos"
anhthinhspkt: Wonderful pictures with a wonderful camera, but really DPR, how many articles about the A9 are we still going to see? Have you no shame?
I'm finding this article 3 days after it was posted. Both the newsbite and the video are nice, short, and to the point. The linked video indicates 14K views (and 400+ comments here) so it's obviously relevant. I am posting to say "Thank you, Allison" and "Thank you, Aaron".
MannyZero: I'm smelling the tease of an indecent hike of phone prices for 2019.
I'm not confident the market would tolerate that. Seems to me the MSRP prices of these last two generations of phones have been heavily discounted, followed by a rapid succession of further discounts (and the rapid release of re-versioned models, aka SE / PLUS / LE).
I'm noticing this even among devices which were already intended to be "budget-priced". Example: LG Stylo 4. Hailed in "big print" marketing releases as being "up to" 3GB/32GB... I haven't noticed the full-speced version gaining any traction and only negligible (and unfavorable) reactions from folks who bought into using the gimped-to-1.8GB-per-carrier-specs version.
Mssimo: Automotive and industrial use has also increased quite a bit.
that's an execllent point (which the article neglected to mention)
"minor" knock-on effect? (or sensationalized journalism)
After having read this Jul2018 dpreview newsbit:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/0249781150/sony-imx586-smartphone-sensor-comes-with-48mp-and-quad-bayer-design
I websearched "Sony IMX586"
and the first result was the official Sony press release page
https://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201807/18-060E/
which states this cutting-edge sensor will be available in (individual?) sample quantities prices at ~= US$27
So, a current-gen 5 or 12MP sensor, if purchased in bulk... naw, even the price increased 30-50% (and, aren't these components sourced/contracted well in advance?) I wouldn't expect that to cause much of a "bump" in the retail pricing.
PaulSnowcat: In coming years we will see this again and again as smartphone manufacturers will again and again state their newest triple-quadriple-whatever camera FINALLY has matched SDLR (or ML) camera quality. Get used to it and just ignore those statements.
Ed, in the spirit of Andy Rooney's book "The Trouble with Nowadays" I'll further generalize that observation:
"people who think... are becoming obsolete."
Upon finding a wildly-successful (per user reviews) "GoPro knockoff" surveillance cam being peddled at amazon, I diverted to youtube in search of "in the wild" reviews to gauge the performance / quality of the device. I very quickly clicked away, when the reviewer (holding surveillance cam in left hand, smartyphone in right hand) explained that "yeah, there's a bit of lag. The stream from the cam has to be relayed thru a cloud server to get to the phone, but..."
Has to be ?!?
Grim prospect for the future when sheeple willingly accept such a ridiculous "has to be" status quo.