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Is this the new Komodo-style $4500 Canon mini Cinema EOS camera?

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:06:16 GMT

Some say Canon already have a fire-breathing small dragon in the EOS R5, but an official “Canon Komodo” mini RF mount Cinema EOS camera might indeed be planned for an August unveil if Canon Rumors are right. Interestingly, if you look back around 10 months to a Canon mini cine camera patent, the company can be seen to be already developing a very small Cinema EOS camera with active cooling system and Komodo-style form factor. However in the patents, the feature-packed body is for a camera with XC10 style fixed lens. So this may point to there being two versions – one an ...

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Canon UK on EOS R5: "shoots comfortably on high-end production sets – ideal partner to ...

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:22:42 GMT

Back in April, Canon announced the video specs of the EOS R5 with much hubris. The camera was indeed intended to shoot reliably in 8K and 4K alongside Cinema EOS cameras… According to Canon themselves. So I don’t think Canon intended the EOS R5 overheating to be a purposeful cripple hammer. I think all the signs point to it being a major engineering cock-up. In the Canon UK press release dated April 20th 2020, the company says: “On the set of high-end productions such as commercials, dramas and documentaries, the EOS R5 is an ideal partner to the likes of ...

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Opinion on DPReview’s Canon EOS R5 overheating test in 4K

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 15:03:12 GMT

DPReview has released their Canon EOS R5 and R6 test of overheating, using the final production models. Technical editor Richard Butler remarks “Lack of dependability makes them a poor choice for much professional video work”. There are areas of this test that I agree with, and other parts I don’t. But that’s ok, people can have differences of opinion and I’ll put my cards on the table about this now. Richard says the EOS R5 is not marketed at professionals interested in video: “It should be noted that Canon did not design either the EOS R5 or R6 to be ...

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A round-up of all Canon EOS R5 / R6 overheating timings and field-tests

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 12:31:09 GMT

The Canon EOS R5 is a faulty product. If you are order an EOS R5, please consult the field tests and data below to determine how it performs in the real world. Important: there is no hard and set recording time limit that always applies to 4K HQ and 8K. You do not have to film in 30 or 20 min continuous takes to trigger the overheating warning. Just having the camera switched on or taking a few photos reduces the limit on a hot day to as little as zero minutes of video recording. Therefore the Canon EOS R5 ...

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Severe Canon financials – profits drop 94% – And EOS R5 recall would be the ETHICAL thing to do

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:56:25 GMT

Profits at Canon’s camera division were down 93.8% year on year in Q2 2020 in part due to COVID-19. The 3 months ending June saw lockdowns and a global pandemic take hold across the world. The loss of life and livelihood is the important and most sad aspect of 2020, indeed the saddest time in my lifetime. My heart goes out to anyone who is mourning the loss of a loved one or suffering from a lack of work and derailed plans. In this article though I’d like to focus on Canon’s dire financial results from Q2 and the impact ...

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Will Canon recall the EOS R5? I asked retailers today, and the picture is grim

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:54:27 GMT

Is the lemon a goner?! As a journalist and filmmaker I like to find out the stories behind the scenes, and when it comes to a big camera launch like the Canon EOS R5, it is interesting to get an idea of how popular it is by speaking to retailers, how many pre-orders there are and how many units are in the first shipments. I have done this a lot over the past few years and now have a wide spread of sources for my information in the UK and Europe. Here’s what they told me today about the Canon ...

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Panasonic S1H to Atomos Ninja V 6K ProRes RAW update now available to download

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:35:45 GMT

Panasonic S1H owners today can start recording in high-end cinema camera standard 6K 12bit ProRes RAW via HDMI to the Atomos Ninja V. Unlike many ProRes RAW HDMI outputs this one is a full pixel readout from a native 6K sensor, with dual gain circuitry and incredible low light performance. Most cameras have to pixel bin to achieve 12 bit colour depth in their 4K RAW outputs from a higher resolution sensor, but not the Panasonic S1H. This should result in the cleanest and best ProRes RAW output on the market. Download the ProRes RAW firmware for no extra cost, ...

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As a Fuji GFX 100 owner I say "NOPE” to both the Sony A7S III and Canon EOS R5

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:16:53 GMT

Comment on the forum Canon and Sony seem ready in the middle of a severe pandemic to want thousands of bucks from me. If I review the Canon EOS R5 and Sony A7S III they will be returned to Amazon afterwards. Because fundamentally, I can’t align myself with the values of either corporation and as a medium format 10bit 4K user, I am unwilling to sacrifice the larger sensor and more cinematic look of the Fuji GFX 100 for an overheating pocket hand-warmer and a 3-year late Sony mirrorless camera. Sony A7S III versus Canon EOS R5 versus COVID-19 There ...

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Sony A7S III is here – Sensible update but not as revolutionary as hoped, plus tough ...

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:05:03 GMT

5 years after the previous A7S, the new model sees Sony playing catch up in some ways, having made users wait many years for 10bit recording on a mirrorless camera. The Panasonic GH5 has had 10bit since 2017 – 3 years ago. We have waited even longer for Sony to reorganise their menus! With the A7S III, they have finally implemented a Panasonic / Fujifilm style menu but the results don’t look aesthetic. The Sony A7S III was promised to be “revolutionary”, an “everything is new” camera. I’d say it is more like an “everything is tweaked” camera, but I ...

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