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Interview with Panasonic’s Masanori Koyama – Product Planner for the GH6
Masanori Koyama joined Panasonic in 2002. After a career as a hardware engineer, Koyama san is currently in charge of product planning for LUMIX in Imaging Business Unit in Japan. He has been ...
An EOSHD Interview with Yosuke Yamane – Are Panasonic working on an L-mount cinema camera?
I recently had the opportunity to ask Yosuke Yamane-san some questions about the current and future Panasonic line-up, including the upcoming GH6 and how Panasonic can continue to build on the su...
Nikon promise 8K mirrorless camera within a year, close in spec to Sony A1
Nikon are said to be working on a professional Z series full frame camera, based around a similar stacked CMOS sensor to the Sony A1. In fact in recent interviews Nikon have said as much: “A fl...
Canon’s Takeshi Tokura on EOS R5 controversy – “I don...ocused users are driving the reputation of this new product”
Canon’s imaging division general manager Takeshi Tokura has given an interview to Japanese camera website Toyokeizai in which he touches on the EOS R5’s controversial debut for filmmakers. T...
Autofocus in the dark – An interview with CDA-TEK
IndieGoGo Campaign for the AFX module CDA-TEK / AFX official topic on the EOSHD Forum (ask us questions, and give feedback!) The CDA-TEK AFX module is capable of autofocus in pitch black dark con...
https://www.eoshd.com/interview/autofocus-in-the-dark-an-interview-with-cda-tek/
Media alert! A Canon engineer on 8K and overheating
In a historic interview granted only with the EOSHD YouTube Channel, a Canon colour science engineer finally sat down to talk about the EOS R5 overheating issues. Media alert! The media are now o...
https://www.eoshd.com/opinion/media-alert-a-canon-engineer-on-8k-and-overheating/
Interview with Stephan Schulz, Leica Camera on the SL2 and filmmaking
When I began shooting with my own Leica SL2 earlier this year, I found a lot to like about the high-spec mirrorless camera for filmmaking, and of course the SL2 is superb for photography. However...
Sigma Fp Review (Part 1) – Cinema DNG RAW internal recording!
There were two highlights of IBC 2019 for me. The Sigma Fp, and the Z-CAM range. From the ground-up the Sigma Fp seems to be aimed at us, at artists. A small and incredibly light camera that hits...
https://www.eoshd.com/review/sigma-fp-review-part-1-cinema-dng-raw-video/
Yes there will be a Sony A7S II successor. The bad news is – “it will take time”
I am going to have to be quite hard on Sony in this article, but it comes from a place of love. In an interview with DPReview, Kenji Tanaka, Vice President and Senior General Manager of Sony’s ...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/there-will-be-a-sony-a7s-ii-successor-the-bad-news-is-it-will-take-time/
Panasonic GH5S brings massive low light improvement – exclusive interview and hands-on
Just last month I went to visit Panasonic UK for a hands-on with the new Panasonic GH5S. My full review is in the pipeline but first an introduction to the new camera on the block… The GH5S has...
“The Uncertainty Has Settled”, a feature film shot using Magic Lantern raw video
The Uncertainty Has Settled is available at Vimeo On Demand! (https://vimeo.com/ondemand/theuncertaintyhassettled) “Are we doing the right thing?” That’s the question The Uncertainty Has Se...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/uncertainty-settled-feature-film-shot-using-magic-lantern-raw-video/
Panasonic: We will accelerate the LUMIX project under new structure
Reports in the media suggest Panasonic are dismantling the ‘digital camera’ division with some even speculating that Panasonic will pull out of the camera market like Samsung. In fact acco...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/panasonic-will-accelerate-lumix-project-new-structure/
Canon Interview – “investigating 4K and LOG” for future DSLRs. Also C500 successor will be ‘Alexa-style’
In this illuminating interview with Canon’s Masaya Maeda by Neil Matsumoto, stuff happens. Let me start by saying Masaya San should be given wine more often. He is cracking a few jokes in thi...
Interesting insights into the new Sony A7R II and RX sensor technology
This is a fantastic Sony interview at Imaging Resource, where Dave Etchells was able to extract a huge amount of technical info about how the new Sony sensors are able to deliver 4K video from 4...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/interesting-insights-into-the-new-sony-a7r-ii-and-rx-sensor-technology/
Canon “exploring” 4K GH4 competitor
This is probably the most revealing interview I can remember with a Canon exec. Barney Britton and Rishi Sanyal at DPR have asked not just tough questions, but the right questions! Canon i...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/canon-exploring-4k-gh4-competitor/
Canon hint at mirrorless future “global shutter makes sense”
Canon are finally on the move. They have given the strongest hints yet that they see mirrorless as the future and have several mock-up designs in the lab. This is great news for video. How long...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/canon-hint-mirrorless-future-global-shutter-makes-sense/
Interview with Panasonic – raw HDMI output may be coming ...re GH4 firmware plus anamorphic aspect ratios in firmware V2.0
New firmware for the Panasonic adds higher vertical resolutions in various aspect ratios, making further use of the camera’s 4K video ability. For photographers also a brand new in-camera wor...
Canon interview at Photokina 2014 – 7D Mark II – Magic Lantern – and moire
At Photokina I talked to product specialists Jörg Ammon and John Morris, both of Canon Europe. We talked about what improvements the 7D Mark II brings for video as well as few other relevant top...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/canon-interview-photokina-2014-7d-mark-ii-magic-lantern-moire/
10 questions I’ll be asking Canon and Nikon at Photokina – join me and present yours
It is rare to see a less than positive review of a camera online today and rarer still to see tough questions asked of camera companies in interviews. At EOSHD I don’t agree the ‘yes man’ ...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/10-questions-ill-asking-canon-nikon-photokina-join-present/
Canon say: “We need to respond to calls for DSLR video quality increase”
Recently DPReview published a very interesting interview with top Canon executives. The information is a goldmine of clues over what direction Canon might take next with their DSLRs when it comes...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/canon-say-need-respond-calls-dslr-video-quality-increase/
Grant Petty reveals origins of Blackmagic cameras (concept was offered to major manufacturers)
Blackmagic CEO Grant Petty has revealed he approached camera manufacturers in 2011 with the idea of producing a DSLR-style model with high dynamic range and increased video quality but was turned...
Filmmaking tips from J.J. Abrams – plus is he actually any good?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN-On2CusDM With the rise of J.J. Abrams, TV’s aristocracy has morphed into cinema’s with JJ Abrams to direct Star Wars Episode VII in the UK next year. J.J. A...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/filmmaking-tips-from-j-j-abrams-plus-is-he-actually-any-good/
Rarity – Kubrick on tape
An early self portrait of the young Stanley Kubrick, photographer – Image source: British Journal of Photography In a 77 minute interview recorded over chess between takes on 2001: A Space Ody...
Blackmagic Cinema Camera tips – ‘overexpose’ it for best results – and interview with John Brawley
Above: my Blackmagic Cinema camera with ReWo cage – a shootout with the Red Epic is coming soon BlackmagicUser.net recently did an interview with John Brawley, the cinematographer close to Blac...
The new Leica M as a filmmaker’s tool – an interview with Leica’s Jesko von Oeynhausen
Leica revealed their new M series camera at Photokina 2012. It marks the first time video has been implemented on a Leica M, with a brand new full frame 35mm CMOS sensor developed in Europe by CM...
Interview with Yoshiyuki Inoue, Senior Engineering Planner for the Panasonic GH3
Above: Inoue helped conceive the GH3 and was a mechanical designer on the well regarded Panasonic L1 (inset) For my hands on test of the Panasonic GH3 pre-production model read this! Yoshiyuki ...
Blackmagic Design CEO Grant Petty explains design process b... camera (higher frame rates may come later in firmware update)
When Ozzy common sense meets innovation… And a Vocas matte box Why is the Blackmagic Cinema Camera the way it is? It’s a long time since we saw such a creative camera with this much creative...
Filmmaking tips from a legend – Interview with Francis Ford Coppola
THREE RULES 1) Write and direct original screenplays 2) Make them with the most modern technology available 3) Self-finance them EOSHD takes a look at Francis Ford Coppola’s approach to filmmak...
https://www.eoshd.com/interview/filmmaking-tips-from-a-legend-interview-with-francis-ford-coppola/
A chat with filmmaker Jeff Gibbs, Michael Moore’s producer on Bowling For Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11
A few days ago I spoke to Jeff Gibbs, a lifelong friend of Michael Moore, a composer, a producer and a filmmaker in his own right. Most significantly of all, Jeff is also an EOSHD reader!! So las...
NAB update: Exclusive interview with Blackmagic Cine shooter John Brawley / Panasonic AF100 successor ‘deleted’…?
http://vimeo.com/40504157 Above: DSLRNewsShooter investigates the Blackmagic Cinema Camera on the NAB show floor in Las Vegas EOSHD spoke to John Brawley today, the pro shooter close to the Black...