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>>4396396
>x100
>pocketable
Post jinco jeans and gun belt. That piece of shit is a massive hunk of weight.

>>4396396
As soon as you carry a bag, doesnt being pocketable sort of stop being useful in 90% of circumstances. Would rather carry my dslrnosaur and get better image quality desu

>>4396503
I used to think that but changed my mind, it's annoying to fuss with unpacking and packing a bag every time you want to take a shot, it becomes cumbersome and you end up missing moments or decide nah it's not worth it, and thinking about having your camera out and at the ready, then the weight does become a serious consideration, I recently got a camera + lens which are together under 1.8 lbs. and I can just have it around my neck all day with no fatigue, feels like fucking liberation

>>4396510
Depends where you are, you can just carry the camera in your hands until you need to put it away, instead of the other way around.

>>4396510
When I'm out somewhere, I carry my DLSR on a shoulder strap basically all the time and have never had issues with fatigue. But I guess it's understandable if you're older.

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Lads recommend me a compact camera that's good primarily for video with photo secondary, for use when travelling etc
I'm thinking about the Fuji xm5 or the Lumix S9 but open to suggestions

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>>4396517
the s9 is so hilariously crippled for photo and video, the xm5 is actually better to use (maybe not better to pixel peep and compare charts), but do wait until fuji release the xe5 or just get an a7cii or a6700 like basically everyone else already did because no viewfinder makes using cameras outside suck. the screens are consistently dimmer than iphones.

panasonic didn't even give it a cold shoe so you cant attach a light or a mic. it cant shoot anything moving fast enough to blur at 1/30 without things stretching or warping, photo or video. it has no viewfinder so you can't see shit in bright light. and most L mount lenses that have variable aperture control are very large. you would be better off buying a micro four thirds like a gx9. worse iq but it's a better tool that can get the job done without googling "how am i supposed to..."

if the s9 is marketed to anyone, its people who will rig it up with a cage and a manual "cine" lens and tell all their friends on the internet how cinematic their dci 6k open gate vlog is and that it's almost netflix approved. sigma already tried this camera, it was called the FP, and it sold poorly.

>>4396517
i always see zv-e1 recommended for video

How about Panasonic releasing the tz99 for $500 which is just a 2016 tz80 without the viewfinder. Oh they added a tiltable screen and usb-c though.
It really does seem like camera tech is at a standstill with all these old cameras selling for good money and every compact camera being on backorder.
Smart move by Panasonic regardless because I a sure it will sell.

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>>4396517
Let me guess, you need more

>zs99
>complete trash
feels bad, I'd love something like it but with better iq

>>4396577
dude what if GoPro but expensive lmao

>>4395369
Are you ITT
Tell me more about the camera if you have it

Why do normies like the GR3 so much?

It's a fixed wide lens, minimal bokehshit, not suitable for portraits and most social media crops wide shots into little cuck squares

>>4396637
Its not mft so it looks better than a phone + good social media like flickr and personal enjoyment exist

>>4396637
It's a pocketable brick with an acceptable sensor size, familiar phone FoV, manual controls, and the dust sucking performance of a 10 year old dyson. It's essentially a phone camera with an APS-C sensor that people can wear like a fashion accessory when not in use.

>>4396604
Not comparable to a GoPro in terms of video quality or photos. More like a stripped down Rx100 with a fixed lens.

>>4396637
apsc sensor for low light, pocketability, smol sharp lens, snap focus.
if you want to take advantage of the sensor size and 1:1 square ratio, then lx100 variant has the option.

>>4396651
wouldn't any small crop or mft camera accomplish the same thing with a 35mm lens?

I jsut don't understand the hype, in my country they're still sold out with the only options 1.7k usd imports

>>4396652
A GR with the lens retracted is as slim as the smaller mft bodies on their own, they would be twice as thick with a lens mounted

>>4396652
GR3 is the sweet spot for a pocket camera with an apsc sensor. the only similar contender is the discontinued fuji xf10 with apsc sensor, built-in flash, slower AF, and less menu customization. it was sold for half the price when it was released. if you like the look and aesthetic of what smaller sensors produce, then there are also plenty to choose from.

>>4396652
>wouldnt a larger camera with a worse sensor be better?
No.

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>>4396656
>>4396655
A7Cii with 40mm f2.5

FF>crop cope

>>4396661
The GR or XF10 is smaller than the body without a lens.

>>4396668
They are also inferior in every way, and of the two only the GR fits in a pocket and isnt blurry fuji junk. If i want blur i’ll add it myself instead of pretending xtrans blur and a shit lens are special magic blur.

>>4396661
The a7cii/a7cr pair BTFO everything leica and fuji make, and are probably solely responsible for sony being #1 in FF ILC market share, but they can’t replace a ricoh GR, which actually does fit in a pants pocket.

So it’s sad that ricoh treats it as a cult camera and everything about it is from 2012 - a hard sell at over $1000 unless you’re part of the photo gear cult that delights in fighting technology that is simultaneously inferior to modern cameras and inferior to all manual rangefinders.

>>4396661
if only sony can cram an apsc sensor in an rx100 body...

>>4396593
compact superzooms are just compromise after compromise, it wont get better than that. all other compact superzooms like nikon a1000 and canon sx740 have same size, same quality sensors.
at least lumix has raw support unlike canon

>>4396517
I forgot to elaborate - I'm essentially looking for a balance between the smallest size and the greatest image quality. Bigger than a GoPro or a phone, but smaller than a dslr (all of which I have, the former of which don't satisfy in terms of quality and versatility, and the latter being too big (s1h) to constantly lug around with me)

>>4396681
If you say video everyone will debate as if you are doing it for business
If you say photo everyone will debate as if you are doing it for fine art and the megapixels and then some tryhard will say no, FPS is the most professional spec
Because all photographers are self important douchewads who think they will be famous any day now

Can you tell us what you mean by photo and video? How are your photos seen? How are your videos watched? How often do you edit, how deep do you expect to crop? How long are your takes? Do you rely on burst shooting because you have no timing skills? Are you a turbo autist who stands there being focused on using the camera or are you a cool dude who wants to shoot one handed while glancing at the screen and eating a burger?

>>4396685
I mean primarily video and it might get used in a film (for cinema - I'm technically a professional filmmaker but I'm small time, so some of the shit I shoot while travelling might end up in one of my films, some might not). I just always find myself seeing things I want to film when on the go, but not having the appropriate device with me. My takes ranges from 1 to several minutes, but can also go considerably longer on occasion. I shoot 4k at 24fps at whatever the highest bit rate is that's available.
I edit on occasion but on features I have an editor so shit for me, I don't crop. I'm half autist half cool.
My photos are not seen because I am not really a photographer and don't take photos except with my phone, but have found myself wishing to take more proper photos with a proper device

>>4396704
Pick your poison:
The ZV-E1 is very small and can record great bitrates and is tiny but overheats after 30 minutes even as a webcam because it is too small for the hardware it contains. It lacks a mechanical shutter.
The fx30 is okay, and has a fan so you can do interviews and longer takes, but it doesn't have any mechanical shutter.

the fx3 and a7siii are great and have shutters so they can do action/flash photography on the side, but $3k and 12mp.

the a7iv is not really that bad, it has all-i ibp internal and dual cfxA slots, the downside is a 4k60 crop. You probably don't care about that.

The R6ii isn't very good for anything in my opinion.

The canon r5 is not very compact, but is actually extremely competent as a photo camera (better than the Z8 IMHO) as long as you avoid crazy shadow pushes from ISO 100 and acknowledge electronic shutter as what it is (12 bit only, not great for HDR shooting), but after lenses (especially adapting EF) it gets even less compact. but it does 8k raw and is a very competent video camera (better than most snoys, like a serious gaming laptop is going to be better than a mac), and used ones are dropping below $2k. RF has a handful small primes on it but none of them are weather sealed or that high quality, and the larger RF lenses have been coming out second rate. That might bother you. It might not.

>>4396670
The XF10 has a Bayer sensor and a non-X lens. Autofocus is slow, but the images are really sharp. It fits in a pocket, but not in your skinny jeans.

>>4396708
thoughts on these two >>4396517 ?

>>4396637
>normies
what makes you say it's not suitable for portraits? i think you've got it backwards because the things you listed are the normie concerns
gr users are elite patricians

>>4396744
These cameras are part of a common big tech scam called "the cripple hammer"

Companies throw in a few headlining but not very important features for the target market, and then cut out a bunch of basic shit so you're impressed initially and then want to upgrade the device really badly less than a year later as the frustrations build.

Best to save your money and get something nicer in the first place. It's cheaper in the long run to buy for the long run and get your savings by buying an older model off ebay.

>>4396668
You're not putting a 1.5k USD camera into a pocket to collect more dust and lint

At most people put them into a little fanny pack but at that point just buy the Sony, unless you're a woman

I can't help but feel that there are paid Sony shills here...

>>4396805
>You're not putting a 1.5k USD camera into a pocket to collect more dust and lint
Sadly, some people do. But I agree - pocketing these cameras is full on retarded.

>>4396859
All of 4chan is full with shills, political and commercial. On /p/ we have shills for snoy and canon, who pretend they have hands-on experience with full product ranges including every flagship model. Then they say their preferred brand is better.

The only brandfags I trust are the guys shooting ten year old nikons, and the guy with a GFX 50 who is honest about the pros and cons.

>>4396859
I got shilled into a rx100 and they're pretty mediocre

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OM SYSTEM (Olympus) TG-7 would be interesting p&s because it's small, rugged and has GPS. Perfect for wandering in nature. But i'm dissappointed its image quality is lower than in modern smartphones. It looks like there is no competition in this niche so they don't have to bother improving it image quality wise.

>>4396907
nothing better for underwater photography unfortunately

>>4396905
It's a 1" 3x zoom, what were you expecting? It's good for what it is.

>>4396905
shame, I was thinking about getting the vii

>>4396905
Depends what you're comparing it to. You need to take into account that it's really bloody small, and considering that it performs pretty well. Your alternatives for a truly pocketable camera are basically the GR, which has a prime lens, or a phone.

>>4396912
Then do it

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>>4396912
>>4396905
I have the rx100vii
I like it

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I put it in an automatic image resizer (to 5MB) and the exif data is gone?

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>>4396927
Maximum zoom will be in the next pic

>>4396905
skills issue, (You) problem

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>>4396930
That's enough I think

>>4396859
Sony is just one of the few real options for photography due to the nip camera industry being staffed entirely by fucking idiots, and it's not even the whole lineup that's good

>Nikon
Hideous oversized blob shit and a gross ovesrzied tranny camera with scratch-tastic plastics.
>Canon
Hideous oversized blob shit
>Sony a7c, a7cr, a7cii, a6****
Oh wow, normal sized cameras that look and work like normal cameras! Was that so fucking hard?
>Sony a7*number*
Hideous fucking blobs. They don't have mirrors, so why are they shaped like cameras that do?
>Sony number is less than 4
Unusably shitty ass camera with garbage colors that will break after 3 days
>Pentax digital
Blobs. DSLRs were a mistake. Hideous IBM laptop tier pieces of shit that never belonged on this planet. Just buy a K1000 if you want to enjoy life.
>Fuji
Xtrans is fucking garbage that has half as much resolution as they say it does, build quality of a shitty a7ii, stupid tranny controls don't belong on a digital camera. It is not film. Modern controls are superior. Only building corner shooting trannies like these because all the time wasting camera fingerfucking makes them feel like more of an artist than they actually are. The very definition of a tranny camera. You Will Never Be A Film SLR.
>Olympus -5 and -10 models
>Panasonic rangefinder style cameras
These are almost normal cameras, but the sensor is unusably small. Image quality is very close to a smartphone. Costs as much as buying a fancy sony if you want results anywhere near the IQ of a 10 year old DSLR blob, which is already objectively worse than 35mm film so you really might as well forego the digital crutches and shoot film.
>Leica
Tranny camera or rebranded panasonic, pick your poison.

And then there's lenses
>MOST sony lenses
Hideously overszied bazookas for pixel peeping FAGGOTS.
>Like 3 sony lenses and maybe 10 third party lenses
OH WOW, lenses that are normal sized, WHY IS THIS SO FUCKING HARD, JAPAN? Canonikon is even worse.

>>4396938
If you're not zone focusing, leaving your shutter and ISO at 1/250 and 400, and just shoving the camera in random peoples faces and running away you're not using a fuji correctly. You're not actually meant to change settings on them like you want to take pictures of stuff, it's for "art projects" (if you shove a camera in one persons face, you're a nuisance, if you shove a camera in 50 peoples faces, you're an artist deconstructing the intersectional oppression of white maleism, just get circumcized and memorize a bit of the torah first)

>>4396938
>Hideous fucking blobs. They don't have mirrors, so why are they shaped like cameras that do?
They're literally the same shape as the A7C bodies minors the viewfinder hump, which is necessary because they have larger higher res EVFs.

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>>4396944
It's not the panel, it's the optics. the a6700, a7cii, and a7c all have the same panel but progressively smaller EVFs from the a6700 down to the a7c.

No one knows why sony does this, but the most likely explanation is that all japanese companies are retarded. Despite their high individual intelligence, their corporate cultures are idiotic and result in poor business decisions. As far as we know, the lead designer of the a7cii dishonored his senpai and had to be punished by making the EVF optics a little worse to bring shame to his famiry.

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>>4396938
>$0.1 was deposited in your account

>responding to blobschizo
The only thing that will come of it is more shitposting, you know.

>>4396950
He is right
Look at the fm3a and then the z6ii and then the z6iii, and then the z8. Disgusting. How is this excusable in a post apple world? No wonder everyone just uses their phone if the only people that want to be seen holding that shit and bother carrying a lump are people like sugar and mildly obese chinese tourists lmao

The only reason leica Ms are so expensive is because literally everyone wants one just to escape planet of the blobs, but tiny german and portugese factories cant keep up. People will give up video and autofocus to not have a blob.
The only reason the x100vi is popular is because it isnt a blob. Technologically its a horrible camera but at least its not a blob.

>>4396954
Is the blob in the room with you right now?

>>4396946
>It's not the panel, it's the optics. the a6700, a7cii, and a7c all have the same panel but progressively smaller EVFs from the a6700 down to the a7c.
The A7C was 0.6x, the rest are all 0.7x. The A6x00 bodies have always been 0.7x so the A7C is the only outlier for whatever reason, I'm sure they would have gone with the same magnification if they were able to but they didn't figure it out until the A7C II. And they're all still smaller and lower res than the A7 bodies.

>>4396957
It actually is

My uncle lent me his Lumix TZ95D he uses when traveling. I'm really impressed by it give how small and cheap it is. It starts falling a bit apart in low light, but I think it's a pretty cool little camera anyway.

>>4396954
>all cameras used to be compact
>STOP NOTICING THINGS
an old Hasselblad 500cm with the 80mm f2.8 (50mm f1.4 equivalent) is smaller overall than a z7ii with the 50mm f1.8… the 907x is still smaller than many ff mirrorless.

why? one answer. weddingsports. event coverage photography ruined camera design.

>>4396979
>Hasselblad 500cm
Because it doesn't have a fucking grip, real ergonomic. It's still thick as fuck because it has a flappy mirror. If you want something small and useless then look at the Sigma FP
>907x
See above, it's basically an MF FP

>>4396991
Oh no, no grip. How will you ever cover an event with a 24-105 f2?

>>4397002
Was that supposed to make sense?

>>4397007
why else would you want a grip besides having arthritis? cameras didnt have or need permanently integrated grips until mass produced professional zooms became more popular and more than 5 people used fuckhuge primes.

back then if you wanted to blob, the blob was an optional attachment and it wasnt assumed the default lens was a wedding lens.

When is Sony gonna release the successor to the rx100vii
I don't wanna spend that much on a 5 year old camera

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>>4397011
Not only, it wasnt even a blob, it was a big angular box AND it made cool noises

System camera used to MEAN something..

>>4397011
Because I want to hold onto my camera, not cradle it like a giant nutsack

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>>4396918
Should I get it? I'm ready to blow an entire paycheck on a simple, easy-to-use camera.

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>>4397042
Va is the last acceptable model of this line to buy. It was questionable even then, but starting with the vi sony decided in its infinite retardation conclusively make the line pointless by giving in to whiny boomerzoomer faggots and ruin the lens, when they already had the perfectly good and capable rx10 series for those idiots. VI/VII i would never.

>>4397047
If you had to recommend a non-Sony camera that's comparable, what would it be?

>>4397050
what do you want out of your camera, there really isn't such a thing as a one size fits all gadget imo. there's the GR which is good for snapshitting and some portraiture but limited by fixed lens, and poor video may be bad for some (i don't care, it's a photo camera, faggot), the rx100 series i see as more of a travel/vacation snapper, it has lots of fancy ai this and that and video modes that will dazzle your mom i guess. canon has the g series which kind of sits in between the bing bing wahoo rx100 and the utilitarian gr, and then there's the x100 series which is basically a fashion accessory unless you really like the "i coated my lens in vaseline" look to your photos. the market is small for cameras like this, cell phones obliterated most of the non-interchangeable lens camera industry.

>>4397050
olympus pen ep

>>4397052
GR III vs GR IIIx? These two look appealing to me.

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>>4396912
Anything remotely low light, even blue hour will be noisy shit. I have my iso capped at like 2500, LR noise reduction helps a bit but not enough to make night portraits nice.

I'll say it's an ok daytime camera if you can get it cheap, I like the build quality, the range is better than anything I used before. But you have no bokeh. I bought a full frame and regret buying a compact camera for the 700usd I did.

>>4396924
This is my second issue with the camera, it's pretty razor sharp like 24-40mm but it gets really soft 140-200mm as you see >>4396930

Which for me defeats the purpose of having 200mm in your pocket

>>4397036
>i want to really get my hands around it like a fat dick, not cradle it like a pair of tits
ftfy
apparently grip designs are an arthritis thing. every boomer has big grippy everything because small angular stuff hurts their hands.

>>4397011
This is your most successful attempt at getting your opinion discarded lol

>>4397011
The blobbers hate him because he tells the truth. The compact is the original camera. Everyone always wanted cameras to be smaller, and then...

The rise of the work camera.

>>4397083
That is close. The rise of the "work camera" design was due normal people buying cheaper compacts due to america's gradually failing economy, resulting in any serious camera that wasn't worse than a 70s SLR being optimized for payrolled photographers who exclusively used zooms with speedlights attached 24/7, therefore requiring a grip to not discriminate against people with weaker hands.

This is the origin of morbid blobs like the 1d. The camera industry simply assumed that no one would buy one for anything but work and therefore optimized them for photojournalists so thoroughly only an oblivious fatso would use them for anything else (even today most DSLR people you see outside of the amazon rainforest are fat). Society eventually changed, the industry still hasn't, so out of touch nip bugmen keep making cameras designed for a photojournalist that doesn't actually exist anymore and alienating the rising class of tech bros who can afford the cameras their blue collar parents couldn't, but are disappointed by how every camera is an ugly POS that takes up 4x more space than it needs to.

And thus every single fuji x100 sold out despite xtrans being shite and the lens being worse than a petzval.

>>4397042
If this is an entire paycheck for you and you're new to photography. No

If you're set on a rx100 spend a few months trawling pawn shops and used camera stores for a used one. Pick an older model up for $300-400 and it's a good deal. The 1k USD for one new is a joke because the longer lens is far from perfect. It's acceptable for landscapes and street snapshits but not much more

>>4397042
Entire paycheck? don't buy it.

>>4397080
It's because I used "digital zoom".

>>4397116
nta it's $1300 here which is almost exactly how much my welfare check is

>>4397130
>welfare
What other expenses do you have?
Do you rent an apartment? live with your parents?
Maybe you should buy the camera.

ngl bros im still kinda tempted by the S9 desu...

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>>4396673
Wanted to love the A7CII combined with those small prime lenses. But after a year of trying I sold it. IQ and especially AF is veeery good but anything else is such a pain. The way the camera feels in hands, tactile experience, the shutter sound, the tiny EVF, the UI. And it's ugly as shit. If you only care about the photos then you can't go wrong with this camera. But if you value the whole shooting experience it's another topic. Sold mine and bought the X100VI instead. Instant regret because apsc and soft lens. I also used the GR3 for some years and that camera is much better than the Fuji. Now got a used Leica Q1 for under 2 grand and I'm happy. Similar size to the A7CII but quiet leaf shutter, feels very good in hand, EVF still shit, AF worse but the IQ is on another level. Tried so many primes but nothing comes close to that 28mm 1.7. Even at 1.7 it's sharper than the 40mm 2.5 at f8. Also very easy to edit in LR, especially colors. I just hope not to get any software issues or so which Leica seems to be famous for.

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>>4397042
No. It's only marginally better than a smartphone. Although it's not compact, I suggest you save a bit more for the Nikon ZF with one of the kit lenses (or a Q1 as mentioned by >>4397137). So much better value, and very cool cameras.

>>4397137
This mirrors my experience with cameras too. Non-GFX Fuji is fucked up. Sony bodies have good autofocus, but not much else going for them. I went the other way and embraced the blob with a z8. Nikkor S lenses are retardedly good and reasonably priced. Couldn't be happier.

just want a TG with PASM...

>>4397140
What's your address?

>>4397137
GR3 is a full on autism camera and makes you look like you're on the spectrum

Which you may be with this gearfag disorder anon. Imagine swapping camera ecosystems because of the shutter sound

>>4397144
>because of the shutter sound
Shutter sound, ergonomics, UI and look of the body. And since I'm not a professional photographer I value a lot the experience of taking photos. So yeah, enough reason for me to change cameras. Would be easier if all the modern camera manufactors would not decide on so many flaws and questionable designs.

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If I were to get the S9 the question remains which lens I would get it with... the 18-40 (compact but limited, 1600 eur), 20-60 (much less compact but still kinda limited, 1500 eur), or 28-200 (not compact at all but also not limited, 1900 eur)
Decisions decisions... I also wanted to get the zoom m3 with it and a video monopod, and wanted to keep the total cost of everything under 2k...

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>>4397131
oh no, I'm not getting one, my Olympus is compact enough for me. though maybe I like my old Kodak point and shoot too. I might save up for a a7rvi or a7rv when they come out.
I live with my parents because I'm disabled.

>>4397157
honestly I'd just go with one of the primes. the 50mm 1.8 is a rather nice lens for the price, I almost never use my 20-60

>>4397157
None of the bigger lenses make any sense with the S9, the ergos will suck and the setup won't be compact, you might as well get the S5 if those are the lenses you're going for.
The only lenses that make sense are the 18-40, one of the compact Sigma primes (17 f4, 24 f3.5, 45 f2.8) or adapted M glass. The wide angle Sigmas actually have really nice magnification ratios given their FL and size and should be nice for macro that includes more environment instead of having laser thin DoF and completely obliterated background.

>>4396499
fits into the pockets of most jackets I own

>>4397137
You sound like the kind of autistic person who HAS to use a fountain pen, frequents audiophile forums, and owns a leather murse.
>ugh the shutter sound, no retro dials, and its not even silver

>>4397160
>>4397164
but muh on the go zoom versatility...

>>4397203
the s9 doesnt even make sense but maybe panasonic just appeals to dumb people idk

>>4397204
idk I see the faults that people here and elsewhere mention but it still appeals to me despite those
Don't really see anything better offered at that price
Maybe I'm just a Panasonic shill to myself, I've had a gh4, lx100, and s1h after all

>>4397209
It MIGHT make sense if you use it with appropriately sized lens, not if you couple it with a giant zoom that will make it pain in the ass to hold and handle. There is no such thing as high IQ, compact FF superzoom.
Getting the S9 in order to use it with a big lens is utterly imbecilic. If you don't see that, go ahead and get whatever you feel like, because nothing we say can help you.

>>4397217
>no shutter
>no hot shoe
>no viewfinder
no, it doesn't make sense at all. even snoy's crippled vlog cameras aren't this bad. it's just panasonic trying to push the argument that sensor size doesn't make a good camera by purposefully making unnecessarily bad full frame cameras. their massive investment in m43 thus far demands it. they can NOT make a good compact FF, it would render their entire m43 line obsolete.

the omitted hardware would have cost them $25 extra.

>>4397217
Yeah that's why i made that post about the theee lenses because i am conflicted on this matter, i didn't say im definitely getting one of those massive ones because yes it does defeat the purpose
>>4397219
I don't particularly care about those three omissions

>>4397221
How will you use it in bright light?
How will you attach a mic for video?
How will you take photos with flash?
How will you take photos of anything that shouldnt warp if it travels faster than one pixel in 1/30s?

This thing is as bad as a phone.

>>4397221
Not the previous poster, but you sound like a tard. Don't ask for advice if you already know what you want/don't want.

>>4397219
>>4397223
I've never looked too closely at the S9 because it's clearly a shit camera, so I've only just realised that it has a cold shoe. Holy shit that's retarded, as you say it would have only cost them a couple bucks to put some contacts in it. I've not seen many cameras where a flash wasn't an option at all.

>>4397223
>How will you use it in bright light?
With an ND filter
How will you attach a mic for video?
Zoom M3 onto the cold shoe
How will you take photos with flash?
I won't
How will you take photos of anything that shouldnt warp if it travels faster than one pixel in 1/30s?
idk
>>4397224
nah im just trying to weigh the pros and cons for my use case, ive checked out all the other cameras posted here in response to me but none of them really seem appealing

>>4397229
>ND filters make rear screens brighter
lol yep its another panasoi youtuber

>>4397229
I know some people like panasnoyic for video, but it's a fucking weird brand. A z6iii is less retarded and gives you access to great lenses that work well for video.

>>4397234
it was not clear what you were talking about
>>4397236
yeah i think im one of those desu, and my primary use for this would be video rather than photo
>z6iii
costs over twice as much and is much bigger
I already have an s1h, im specifically looking for something compact for daily use...

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>>4397229
One look at this and i finally understand the appeal of snoy

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>>4397240
and by the way I was also considering the Fuji m5, but that one got kind of ignored by everyone here

>>4397240
>compact for daily use
How about A PHONE or a DJI?

And the X-M5 is dogshit. Hence no recommendations here. Video stuff is bulky and costs a bit, so it makes no sense to have a smallish crappy body when you need a tripod, a mic, recorder, lighting, filters, maybe a cage, etc.

>>4397240
>I already have an s1h
well it's a shame those other posts spent so much time trying to give you advice before, clearly you were retarded from the start. fuck off retard.

>>4397248
>phone or dji
As I mentioned previously, the quality ain't there, hence why I'm looking for what I'm looking for
Yes I know it's bulky and I have a bulky setup, but that shouldn't stop someone from looking for something else for a specific use case
>>4397252
?

>>4397242
What exactly is wrong with this

>>4397260
pannyshills out!

>>4397262
thats right, we only allow sony shills around here!

>>4397260
When you add all the stuff around a new smaller body, you'll find that you've gained almost nothing compared to your current setup by doing so.

I've done recordings on Fuji bodies, and noticed there was no loss doing it on my smartphone directly. When I want quality, I go for my 8k60p internal raw blob. Midsized cameras are never part of the equation, unless I get an FX3 one day.

>>4397278
>When you add all the stuff around a new smaller body, you'll find that you've gained almost nothing compared to your current setup by doing so.
I wouldn't add anything except a lens and mic, and even then it's smaller than my s1h, which I use with a cage and atomos etc etc
Anyway I'm pretty sold on this idea, I just don't like the quality smartphone videos (I use a 15PM), the question is just which camera
I'm taking another look at the a6700 and a7cii now...

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>>4396525
>panasonic didn't even give it a cold shoe so you cant attach a light or a mic
But it does have one.

>>4397143
10 Downing St London

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>>4396396
This satisfies 100% of my daily photography needs and 100% of the subjects

>>4397300
Sony shills full of shit as usual

>>4397378
thoughts on the 45mm?

>>4397389
Can't show portraits of friends unfortunately, otherwise it never feels inadequate and often I have to stop it down because the DoF is too much

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>>4397389
forgot to attach kot example

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>>4397393
Mmm. Wholegrain

What's the 2025 version of the LX100?

>>4397565
the lx100ii

>>4397565
D-Lux 8

If I prefer compact lenses but still want to blow out the background in portraits would it be ok taking a 50mm 1.8 over a big chunky 85mm 1.8?

>>4397611
anon that's the 2018 lx100
>>4397631
>non full frame leica
what the fuck

>>4397633
1.8 will be more than shallow enough for portraits, you may even want to stop down a bit depending on how tight you're going if you actually want the person's entire head in focus. Depth of field is practically the same for the same f/ stop regardless of focal length (there is a slight difference, but it would be more apparent if you were compare extremes like a wide angle with a tele lens). What a longer focal length does do is change the perspective, enlarging the background and making it blurrier.

>>4397642
>Depth of field is practically the same for the same f/ stop regardless of focal length
That sounds terribly misleading. There's truth in that statement, but I feel like it's better to point out that DoF is greater the wider the FL. Sure you won't feel much difference between 50mm and 80mm, but even going from 24mm to 100mm is like half a meter difference at f/5.6 with a subject 3m away. That could be useful to know.

>>4397652
But the subject won't be the same distance away if you're changing the focal length, you move to maintain the same framing. I should of clarified that but I figured it would be obvious. So if you're 3m away at 25mm (not 24mm, to make the math easier) then you'd be 12m away at 100mm. That results in a depth of field of 1.63m and 1.53m respectively, so even at those two significantly different focal lengths the difference in depth of field is somewhere around 6-7%.

>>4397137
Agree, the a7CII is good on paper, but just a bad photography tool overall, feels more like a very unintuitive soulless computer than a creative device. I really hope Nikon or Canon make a rangefinder style mirrorless body with an EVF. The Panasonic S9 was so close, their 18-40mm lens is perfect.

>>4397657
so s9 with a pop-up evf would be your ideal?

>>4397658
NTA, but it needs a shutter as well.

>>4397657
Canon and Nikon have only produced blobs and ugly dSLR bodies the last 30 years anon, what makes you think they'll change?

Only Fuji, leica and more recently Sony are willing to build something different. Btw how did the a7c sell? Many people said it wouldn't last long and everyone would stick to the A7 series with the bigger EVF

>>4397657
>really hope Nikon or Canon make a rangefinder style
That would be nice. Nikon Zf as a rangefinder, lighter and smaller.

>>4397633
The big difference is background compression, which will help you create a smooth background in more situations.

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>>4397137
>>4397657
People like you are impossible to empathize with. Whenever I see people talking about "real photographic tools vs soulless computers" and shutter sounds, my mind goes straight to the universally autistic faggots that think CDs were real music and .mp3s are fake soulless music.

Besides "looks old" what is exactly the difference between moving wheels to change aperture, ISO, and shutter speed, and moving wheels to change aperture, ISO, and shutter speed? How the fuck does a less accessible wheel locked to full stops make for an improvement, unless you're just a hipster who isn't so much in to the output of cameras as he is in to playing dress up with 70s-esque fashion?

Canon could make a featherweight, ultra compact full frame camera and you'd call it a soulless computer instead of a real photographic tool for real creative photographers with real souls like you because it didn't have the AE1s controls.

I also notice this phenomenon was formerly limited to the do-nothing children of the rich in the 20th century and early 21st, and only recently expanded to the do-nothing childless pseudo-rich who made $30k off crypto scams/meme stocks and have a WFH web dev job.

>>4397198
Yeah, those guys. They always have a fountain pen and a shitty mechanical watch too. ALWAYS. No exceptions. What the fuck is it with these people? It's like they wish they were their grandpa. Is it how they compensate for low skill/low accomplishment?
>Well, I have SUPREME taste for real gentlemen such as myself. You are a sheeple NPC normie who isn't capable of abstract thought or emotions if you dont get how this retro styled consumer product STIRS THE SOUL. Something about japanese wisdom, its a link to the past. Retro game reference! *soiface*
They are never, ever about what they make, they are always most obsessed with the process of making it being as quirky and retro as possible.

>>4397697
>Canon could make a featherweight, ultra compact full frame camera and you'd call it a soulless computer instead of a real photographic tool for real creative photographers with real souls like you because it didn't have the AE1s controls.
Literally nobody would say that lol. If it has the same current Canon controls and UI it would be universally praised.

>>4397712
I use all 3 major brands and there is no ui difference. It might be a low iq thing because sony requires ever so slightly more memorization. I know camera 2 page 8 has my setting but old senile guys cant pull that off.

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>>4397719
And just because i think you’re parroting things boomers say without ever having used the shit, this is what a canon menu actually looks like. Its the same as a sony menu just with fewer pages to learn. That is the only difference. Sony has more settings on more pages so if you’re dumb you might constantly forget.

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>>4397719
>>4397721
Never really got the criticism behind Sony menus. I used Canon before and it's not significantly worse, things have different names but then same with any other brand, some stuff isn't that intuitive to find but again that's not unique to Sony. And the big thing is that once you've got everything customised there's really not much need to go into the main menu often. My most adjusted settings are on custom buttons, of which there are plenty, and all the "every now and then" shit is in the quick menu that takes one button press to access and then adjust stuff with the d-pad.

>>4397728
Sony menus have more items, literally no other difference. On the other hand I have had to google the location of some nikon settings because i didnt feel like diving into their submenus that day.

The camera with the worst menu system is the camera with no customization so you need the menu system. Don’t need menus beyond initial setup and making new folders on any canon or sony bodies, even the a7c is good because of the dpad and standardized lens fn button, dont need menus on nikon blobs. Did need menus on the ZF so i traded back down to a z6ii asap

the menu situation is very simple
>if your camera is not a professional model and doesn't have all the controls in the form of buttons and shortcuts then you are an amateur and you should simply set the camera once and learn to take some fucking photos
>if you are a professional with a professional model you will never see the menus again because after setting them you'll do everything with buttons

>>4397739
professional is being able to adjust aperture, ISO, SS, and focus settings as needed
everything else is autist min/maxing settings that don't actually need to be adjusted beyond initial camera setup

see >>4397733 for example, downgrading cameras because the priority is pressing many different buttons, not actually taking pictures

>>4397137
>>4397657
Does the same go for the a6700? iirc they have quite similar bodies?

>>4397639
>anon that's the 2018 lx100
yeah well that's the closest you're gonna get, compacts are dead.

>>4397748
You are speaking to niggas who hate sony because sony is not a "traditional" photography brand. Notice, they instantly praised canon saying that if it had the same UI and controls it would be better than a sony.
And then up comes the picture showing canon's UI looks the same. Canon controls are also basically the same as sony's. Two wheels on the back, pasm dial, one wheel on the front. Canon invented the control scheme everyone else including nikon, panasonic, and fuji (xh/xs series) uses. Having used both extensively (i have an R5 as my work camera and an a7c as my personal camera) they are really basically the same fucking device at the core but canon's reds run oranger and their blues tealer and sony's reds are more realistic and their blues are actually a bit magenta.

In the hand, canon's are designed to be used for work. If you load an R5 with a massive zoom and a powerful speedlight like a godox v1, on top of an x series trigger, you don't really feel it. Even the more professional sony bodies don't have this feel, but they really pack well and sony sells it with their more compact lens lineup.

There is a certain kind of person in every hobby who doesn't really give a shit about what a tool does. They give a shit about what a tool is and derive all of their inspiration from its authenticity, originality, heritage, who else has used it, and their predominantly male/geeky self-opinion of how they look using it. Shit, you will even find people applying this to sony these days. That's where you get the shutter sound snobs, "sony is a computer, not a real photographic tool" posting, "mirrorless arent real cameras" opinions, and general pretentious gearfaggotry.

>>4397788
>mirrorless arent real cameras
who TF is saying this lol

>>4397747
>autist min/maxing
Imagine that not everyone shoots building corners, rocks and leaves, and zone focused 28mm hobos and toggling things like af-c and af-s, subject detect and spot tracking, live view preview on/off (histogram on canikon because sony uses the preview for highlight indicators), and drive mode might be useful

Yes a street wanker can get by with a film leica, for everything else playing camera skill games gets in the way of good photography and modern cameras are built a certain way for a reason. the term is photographer, not camera ninja.

For normal use not pretentious leicaman purist use, all of these need to be accessible in one single physical action, not counting press and hold actions to change a wheel (thats two actions)
>on/off
>shutter release
>pasm
>user modes
>aperture
>shutter
>iso
>auto iso on/off
>exposure compensation
>focus mode
>focus area
>move focus point
>drive mode
>subject detect selection/disable
>preview or live preview toggle
And a dedicated spot metering button is just really nice.

>>4397788
Meds

>>4397808
You only need stuff like live preview if you are a beginner
If you're changing drive mode often, you can just leave in continuous and practice shutter discipline
>>4397810
It's okay to just say you're a beginner so you need access to as much help as possible

>>4397788
I don't care about that autism, I just wanna know if the a6700 has the same problems as the a7cii or not

>>4397848
There are no problems

>>4397843
Meters dont accurately show highlight blow. Or let me guess, mgentleman always spot meters the highlights before shooting because he is the most skilled at using minimal camera features to capture building corners.

Expert button pressing is a gay and worthless skill and doesn’t make your photos better. I look down on you. I see you like the dimwits that think they’re better drivers for having a manual transmission. You’re just another dumb "car guy" - go play some football instead you might actually make friends.

>>4397867
>Meters dont accurately show highlight blow.
It doesn't take much practice to know if you'll blow highlights based on the scene and your settings, regardless of metering or exposure preview.
Needing a dedicated button for previewing to avoid highlight clipping is very much a beginner thing. If you need that much help, just leave it on and use your precious button for something else.
>features to capture building corners
I mostly shoot people and events, but pick whatever genre you want and I'll post 3 for each 1 of yours
I look down on people who prioritize how many buttons they can press over actually just taking pictures.

>>4397868
>i mostly randomly overexpose whenever i see light and have to shoot raw
K lol, snobbyist. Its always the wedding and birthday party photographers being fucking retards and thinking they’re hot shit for not doing anything properly.
>MUH AIDS! IM SUPER CAMERA OPERATOR MAN!
A gay and useless skill that doesnt make your photos better. I look down on you.

>>4397871
Why do you assume I randomly overexpose?
Its not like every scene is a completely unique and never shot before situation. If you shoot in the same environments or lighting enough, it's pretty trivial to know what settings to use.

What are you shooting where you find yourself having to frequently meter and change settings often?

>>4397877
Real life, wedding boy. Explaining it to some purist mentality fag who thinks he possesses a valuable skill is a waste of time.

>>4397879
>Real life
Cool! I do lots of photos in real life too, but could you give an actual example? Or how about some photos from an environment where you had to meter and change settings frequently like you implied? I'd like to understand your shooting better. Hate to think you're another larping nophoto, so hoping you can prove me wrong!

Our disagreement is really just
>I need camera to tell me what settings to use
vs
>I have enough experience to know what settings to use

>>4397884
>focus modes and auto modes dont matter because i have a heckin skill
You don’t. Go scamper back to your stick shift honda civic, tryhard. I’m sick of listening to you cope with your crappy camera.

>>4397886
>I need the camera to do everything for me because I don't know what I'm doing
Whatever you say nophoto
>cope with your crappy camera
I have a few cameras and most have all sorts of buttons, I just don't find them necessary to make a good picture like you do. What cameras do you use?

>>4397884
>gets angry because someone demands that their hundreds of dollars enables doing things the faster and easier way (canon W, foolji L, even eos m wins jej)
>tries to claim he s a better photographer for guessing settings
>muh post photos for a gear thread to prove you didnt feel like changing settings manually
lol imagine your entire personality being having something to prove

leica cucks and foolji fags are so insecure

>>4397888
You have so much to prove. And such a small cock.
>I AM SO SKILLED I CHANGE MY OWN SHUTTER SPEED! PROVE YOUR WORTH TO ME! I AM BETTER THAN YOU!
Such a small, small cock. Tiny.

>>4397889
Never claimed I'm better, just that as you get more experienced, you can become less reliant on aids. Why do you think it's "guessing" settings? Is it a guess when I pick which lens to use?

Was just hoping for photos to explain what you mean, but I'd take actual examples in text too. I've asked a few times now and all you've said is "real life" (but not buildings or people), so I'm wondering what you actually shoot? I'm trying to build bridges here, but you aren't even engaging.

>lol, imagine having to pretend you take photos

>>4397892
Wow you have so much to prove
>want to do things faster and easier huh? im not better than you im just more good thing than you. i prove my worth by changing my own shutter speed and ISO. now prove yours!

See a shrink. You clearly have narcissism or some kind of complex.

>>4397893
Not about anything to prove and my method isn't any better or worse. I've asked simple, direct questions (what do you shoot? what kind of camera do you use?), and the other side just pivots to name calling.

I do often ask for photos, because I think people posting relevant photos makes the board better. Do you think the photo board is better if people don't post?
>>4397890
Do have tiny cock, but not a larping nophoto at least.

>>4397810
Name one camera that does all of this

>>4397896
Any canon

>>4397895
>durr ur inexperienced and bad because you want to do things the easy way durrr im so experienced and good at photography because i change settings its not my fault im a narcissist im innocent here everyone else is always the problem
Silence tryhard

>>4397898
silence nophoto

>>4397900
Look in a mirror, dog.

>>4397896
Any camera that isnt a Sony

>>4397896
Any sony.

>>4397947
Liar.