Another video from Richard, this time on 4k120. It would seem that shooting in pixel/pixel mode with 4k120 overcomes most the slower AF others have reported when using 4k120, and also reduce rolling shutter. Of course, you then get a 2x crop, which could be a curse or a blessing, depending on the scenario.
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A comparison to the Sony FX3. TL/DR: S1RII did quite well, other than at 8K, where it suffered from rolling shutter and overheating issues (as is well known at this point).
Pete_W
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Matt Frazer is really good. He often provides the reasons behind the engineering decisions that have determined certain feature limitations. This helps to answer the type of comments you see online, like "Why doesn't Panasonic just do this...".
Richard Wong
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haha yes after i said i won't do any more S1RII video, i just can't resist after watching the last lumix live stream and they talked about the pixel pixel mode for 4k120 as i want to see if it really make a difference or not.
Yes, and thank you for that. It's an important bit of information. Certainly, if I were to record wildlife, I'd probably want that crop anyway.
Richard Wong
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Pete I agree. I got the chance to met Matt when i was in Osaka last year. He was able to answer all my questions with good clear explanations of why something was done in a particular way, not with the typical marketing answers but real reasons.
It's so easy for us just to complain and assume the products/engineering team are not listening and ignoring the market. But 99% of the time, there are good reasons why things are done / not done in a particular way.
They just have so many things they have to consider and balance that are not apparent to us at all.
Pete_W
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Yes, there is a great example of this at 19:28 on the video where Matt explains that they want to make sure that what they are including in the camera's engine results in formats that can be edited using existing software because... "we like our customers!".