Fuji Eterna, Final Cut Pro 11, and the Fall of Sony's Airpeak | The PetaPixel Podcast

[@PetaPixel]

For the many times Jordan said "h.264" he meant "h.265". He assures us he knows the difference and merely misspoke.

[@JayBlue2U]

😊

[@IS-]

He says this, but do we take his word for it? 😆

[@FilmFlab]

Fujifilm should have put the XH2S in a cinema body, with internal NDs.

[@memorychor]

Kinefinity mavo mark2 uses that sensor

[@screamstation]

XH3S at this point

[@_Just_Some1]

Hey that last section on the comments was eye opening. We love you guys. Keep going. You are all wonderful people. And thank you for your work.

[@IliaUsmanov]

Chris' hate for the 35mm focal length will never get old.

[@angelamaloney4871]

@@IliaUsmanov Chris is a smart guy. :-)

[@jeffchastain2977]

Nor will his unbridled and almost pathological hatred of Macs....

[@marqman05]

Just hoping for N-raw support on Final Cut pro 11

[@_Just_Some1]

I laughed at your comment. 😂 do not count on that.

[@MorphSenior]

I'm 2 minutes into the guest and the corporate English overload makes my skin crawl. Can you OD on buzzwords?

[@heiner71]

It's called you suffer from jargon poisoning.

[@kris.andrews]

I came here to say the same thing, painful to listen to! ‘It’s fun!’ Not saying I without do any better though…

[@jeffchastain2977]

My Dermatologist says buzzwords are what's peeling the skin off my forehead and nose.

[@Bokehmo]

Lovin the podcast and I enjoy the guests you bring on! If you ever get a chance, a collab with James Popsys would be great!

[@markyteo]

The gfx video gives your open gate any shape video in 8K raw. Including star shape, flower shape, alien shape .. anything you desire!

[@samki_foto]

Thank you again for a cozy "photopod". Physical yearbook has been in my mind for sometime already. Therefore today's topic was very interesting.

[@coder543]

I can't actually see any support for BRAW in FCP 11's release notes, and I tested its absence as well. I guess this feature might have been cut just before release? Maybe it'll come in the next update.

[@brandon1941]

Excellent interview with Andrew Laffoon about photo books. I've been taking photos since 1959, where I learned black and white and darkroom skills. I started making photobooks about 10 years ago and really enjoy them, both the process and looking at the photobooks. Also they make excellent gifts which are treasured by those who receive them.

[@jeffchastain2977]

I started in '67, encouraged by my Dad who was a great photographer. Went to college to study Commercial Photography, came out with a MFA in Photography and minors in Art History and Communications. I have been looking for a great photo book printer for.a couple of years now since the one I was using went out of business. Im going to give Mixbook a shot with my photos I shot in Italy and Greece this last summer.

[@jessejayphotography]

Fuji Eterna should have been a 8K (32MP) MF fast readout sensor with the new FLOG and dedicated FF cinema crop mode for FF lenses.

[@qin1992]

Here is another topic to talk about, iPhone 16 Pro camera sensor defects. When shooting in extreme darkness, there will be blue stripes showing up. Apple originally agreed this is hardware defects but after replacing a lot iPhones, they changed the tone saying it is within design specs 😂

[@jeffchastain2977]

Phone cameras are toys. They have no actual ability to make a good, printable file. They only produce pictures that can be enjoyed on devices. Playthings.

[@johnc_]

Question for next week: why do you think no one has made a phone with Ricoh GR type camera on the back?

[@LuxLaboratories]

There was a Moto Mod True Zoom back but it didn't really seem that successful.

[@mike_dunno]

It wouldnt be a phone anymore. Just a GR with phone functionality😂

[@badshoes]

Would be a big phone

[@mikebartow9415]

Thanks guys! I look forward every week to the Petal Pixel podcast/vlog. I find it entertaining and informative. To Chris, I like the remodeling of your office space. Question: do you plan on adding anymore decor in the background? Fishing rod? Flies? Wicker tackle box? No complaints about what you have, I was just wondering.

[@niccollsvideo]

I do have a wicker creel in the bookshelf but it’s hiding behind my butt. I’m gonna get some photos up on the wall for sure and just out of frame is my fly tying desk. I’ll have my rods in As well in my rod rack. Perhaps I’ll change the angle up a bit and show different stuff each week. Thanks for liking the new setup.

[@LiamMarskog]

The GFX Eterna makes sense when you look at the OFG Custom 65mm camera which is essentially a rehoused Fuji GFX 100 II that shoots medium format 65mm and has become quite popular.

[@bingbong4848]

My beloved LUMIX is in for a rough ride next episode 😅

[@2cats1guy]

I need to start doing photo books. As mentioned, I don’t go through my camera roll unless I’m cleaning it or looking for old memes. I much prefer the ritual of looking at physical photos.

[@jeffchastain2977]

I go farther than that. I don't think that photos actually exist unless they are eventually printed. And that rules out almost all phone cameras because they are so dependent on computational photography to look good. Separate the file from the devices and they fall apart quick.

[@pacheaco727]

I’ve been been a (small) part of a new building that has been under construction for the last 4 years that we’ll be moving into early next year. I put together a portion of the construction photos on the Mixbooks site and should be receiving a book later this week. The website is definitely easy to use going back and forth on a desktop and iPad. If it turns out as good as I’m hoping I’m going to have to put together a larger version.

[@andrewselbyphotography]

The camp snap camera is similar to the disposable camera, but you get a couple hundred photos and it's only $65

[@MgarrKid]

@2:10 my respect and admiration for Chris has just gone from 100% to infinity

[@yash_kambli]

Should samsung put their NX mini mount in the smartphones? Interchangeable lenses could be next big thing in the the smartphones. What do u think

[@chrisw443]

PP party and also nice setup chris!

[@algrussia]

What display cases are you guys using? everyone points me to detolfs which is unhelpful because theyve been discontinued for years.

[@niccollsvideo]

My display case is an old school IKEA that you can’t buy anymore

[@algrussia]

@niccollsvideo Sounds like it must be the detolf everyone loves but I can't get😭 appreciate the reply though!

[@POVwithRC]

Holy crap Chris, what a beautiful lamp 🥰🥰

[@niccollsvideo]

Thanks! Made it out of an old berlebach camera tripod.

[@Kevon420]

I know! Super pretty lighting from Chris.

[@ForTheLoveOfSuits]

FCP 11 'Transcribing to captions' won't download! Anyone else having trouble?

[@PetaPixel]

You need to be running the latest OSX. I ran into that issue as well before updating. - Jordan

[@khaozelectrichead]

Black Magic RAW support?? This seems a major announcement yet I don't see anything in the shipped version. Is this just wrong? This would be major for me at least. Thanks.

[@charliewaterman816]

O chris... digging the new space :)

[@abnorth2276]

Topic suggestion: do you think phone manufacturers will implement variable nd filters in their camera lenses. That could be useful for videography and improving overall video quality / smoothness of video on phones. Especially regarding shutter speed in video which often compensates in bright areas.

[@martinjg3662]

Im surprised you guys havent discussed the GFX fixed lens x100 - esq camera which is in production and supposedly will be out next year

[@2cats1guy]

I would get a Daytona USA arcade cabinet with at least 2 seats for my man cave.

[@niccollsvideo]

Classic! That’s the problem. You get one and then realize you need another and then realize you need an actual arcade in your basement.

[@giklab]

I have a Flashback, it is in fact stupid, but it's quite fun to use. And yes, the lens is VERY close to the grip.

[@blekenbleu]

I like Chris' new studio, despite it feeling a little to warm. Perhaps a blue boat hull, rather than green?

[@niccollsvideo]

I’m definitely going to change the color of paint. I think I’ll try a slight white balance change too. Appreciate the feedback.

[@PhilKnall]

Honestly I dig the warmth a whole lot. Don't see a need to change.

[@professorpolymath]

Cave looks great. Microphone compression seems a little overcooked compared to Jaron's.

[@jeffchastain2977]

I looked closely at Chris's set up because it was disturbing my eyes. I noticed the intense warmth. I looked at the glass cabinet on the right of the shot, with the cameras and his silver KZbin medallion and noticed that every object in that cabinet and the background wall that showed behind it was neutral in color, but still had a fair bit of a warm cast. I would process a point or two of yellow and orange out of that whole scene and see if it can look less like the entire set and Chris himself have been painted with a layer of marine varnish.

[@johnupper5225]

@1:05:10 those photos of your recently deceased grandmother's childhood and wedding are not "memories" and the photos do not "live on". They are non-living objects you can use to create stories. Once the people who were there are gone, there are no memories. The deeper issue here is reconciling yourself to being where nothing that lasts forever.

[@owRekssjfjxjxuurrpqpqss]

Fuji just please x-pro 4 thanks and make it more of an x-pro 2 successor than a 3. The 3 tried and failed to be a luxury novelty camera like leica. It could still be used as a pro camera so the name wasn’t a total lie, but its design philosophy around the back screen gimmick limited its utility in certain use cases and alienated some professional photographers, including myself. The back screen should be like the x100v/vi. The x-pro line already had prestige/value, arguably it had more of that before the x-pro 3 due to the multiple build quality issues the 3 had that weren’t on the 1 or 2… The X-Pro 2 still retains a lot of its value on the used market, much moreso than the XT2 which shared most of its specs/sensor. Hyper fixating on making the x-pro line seem more like a leica, with limited finishes and gimmicks that restrict your potential audience was a massive mistake. The x-pro line has the potential to have explosive growth like the x100 line did, people want beautiful cameras and the hybrid optical viewfinder is a great feature and sets the camera apart but part of why the x100 series is so big is because it doesn’t deliberately inhibit certain styles of photography and it can be used in many different use cases. The whole idea around viewfinders being the only “pure” photography is also pretty tone deaf imo, not only did a lot of x-pro 2 users use the lcd pretty often, a lot of the greatest street photographers of all time including Daido Moriyama use rear lcds, or even cameras without viewfinders for street photography, making that style of shooting less viable/versatile just makes it a worse camera imho.

[@angelamaloney4871]

Suggestion: Sometimes you have guest hosts. And the interaction is missing something when it’s only two of you. Why not have a guest host when someone is on vacation?

[@Bradum]

My thoughts exactly Jordan; I think they want to get into the space, and they thought using their existing tech was the easiest/cheapest way to get started and start building out the ecosystem before they start rolling out dedicated/optimized sensors. Now, whether that's a good idea or not remains to be seen.

[@RawkustvOfficial]

I just want Fuji to please make better software, please copy Sony’s camera Ctrl app so I can use my excellent iPhone screen as a field monitor. I have a Fujifilm xs20 but recently started using the A7iv because of the camera Ctrl app, really useful when filming yourself or when trying interesting angles when filming yourself. Chris and Jordan please speak to them and ask them to hire better software engineers 🙏

[@dwm_hc]

For me, this podcast is appointment viewing.

[@SD-ft6gs]

since you guys are pro demagogy, the Eterna is NOT a box camera format it is a CINE camera format. So it is more similar to a BMD PYXIS versus the LUMIX BGH1 box camera, just saying.

[@xazrael]

After recently being forced to use it in a professional and time-sensitive capacity for over a year on massive projects and after spending the last 20 years working with sane, track-based NLE's like Final Cut Pro 7 and Premiere Pro, and even Resolve: I will never be convinced the Magnetic Timeline is worth switching for willfully. What an obtuse, non-intuitive, and headache-inducing experience. I wish they had left that experiment in the past.

[@PlanetFrosty]

This is early days and sensor may change based on new processor changes. This in chiplets and stacking

[@TheWahdude]

Like the new mancave, but miss the dog.

[@IS-]

Been watching the duo's videos for perhaps a decade. I sometimes watch just for the humour and fun. What I don't like about PetaPixel side of things is that they will delete comments for no reason, and yet will leave others that might be more offensive. If an article is obviously an advertorial, it's an advertorial. When you delete the comments that point it out, it just makes it more obvious. I used to write for a paper magazine over 2 decades ago. They never tried to pretend an advertorial wasn't exactly what it was. I've only begun watching the podcast recently (a 3-4 months ago), and I like the format. ThatJordanDrake fella asks really personal questions. He can stay. 🤣 Thanks for the entertainment. I watch to ogle what I can't afford. My Nighkon/KneeKon equipment is in storage (far away) in an wooden trunk ... for 7 years now. I like to see what is new. My DSLR (in storage) is so dated now LOL! I really miss all my lenses. I am stuck with my teeny weeny Panasonic G7.

[@antzpantz]

I'm curious... I think you guys need a DoP or cinematographer's opinion about the Fujifilm GFX for filming. You need a different perspective on use case rather than from a purely technical point-of-view.

[@Teslien]

After every shoot, I just print a bunch of jpgs unless there's a specific one I want to alter. Spending too much time over thinking is overwhelming.

[@petermcginty3636]

Photo books are important because it is one way to print your images.

[@falxonPSN]

Chris, my only concern is your pronunciation of PetaPixel and FPS.... (Kidding, kidding, love you guys. Well, at least I'm kidding about the first pronunciation. 😉)

[@TheMrKonov]

Is it true that all the angry Pentaxians have switched to Nikon and are just waiting for you to say something bad about Nikon so they can attack? 😂

[@kuyans3889]

45:00 Like how an American can only visualise area in football fields or height in empire state buildings, the West Coast American can only conceive of time in reference to before or after the 2007 release of the iPhone.

[@bobmclaughlin4896]

The digital disposable camera could work. ... let's say 40 images, take into your Corner camera store and download images in service exchange get 3 by 5 photos with digital copy and/or cloud storage with an account. ... keeping the heritage of taking photos easy. ... Reviving the one hour photo store.

[@Igyartol2]

CODEC CORRECTION AVC=H.264 HEVC=H.265!!! H.265 is the newer codec that wasn't adopted widely till recently because of modern phone performance.

[@problemat1que]

Chris' mic is a bit hot in this one

[@deviantMystro]

I really like the concept of getting people from the photo business like this photo book guy on the podcast for candid conversations, but most of the time the guest speakers don’t feel candid at all. This man speaks like he is pitching his business to a group of investors, using lots of corporate talk about how the company sooo special and is all about the customer and quality yada yada yada. Your old boss from the Kamera Store was fantastic and guest photographers are great, but I think you all should take another look at how you do these kind of interviews with business owners so they don’t feel like infomercials. (FYI I listen to these on Spotify if you are looking at how long I watched the KZbin video)

[@mytravellinfo]

Samurai showdown yeyyyyyyyyyy haowhmaru yeyey I love CN

[@niccollsvideo]

My favorite fighting game of all time. I love Bust Haomaru in SS3 and Ukyo in 2. Hell I love them all.

[@MarkThomas1]

Hi Guys. Great show as always. Glad you both got those gripes off your chests and you should both feel much better now. Everything pronounced correctly and no favoritism either! 😀 For every keyboard warrior idiot, there are far far more people who respect and appreciate what you all do. Have a great weekend. PS: Chris, your studio setup looks fab.

[@niccollsvideo]

Thank you very much!!!

[@matej.mlakar]

Looks like Benro is not really trustworthy when it comes to their stuff on kickstarter. Something similar happened with Benro Polaris before… delays, for sale even tho the backers didnt get their unti and they stopped releasing updates… they also do not respond about it.

[@lumberjack3008]

Fujifilm is wasting their much too limited development capacity for a niche product. With such a slow sensor.

[@POVwithRC]

Airpeak was always gonna have a tough time against incumbents. Nice try, but you can't win em all.

[@nigel_the_director]

Interbee has been around for ages

[@TravelerNick]

So the new Fuji camera is AltaVision? Basically a cheaper Raptor? Unless it's cheaper it doesn't bring anything new from the sounds of it. And NO Fuji digital MF are not MF. They're crop cameras. MF is 6x9

[@houserhythm]

Must have been a slow week, to allocate 30 min to F’in photo books… Watched every single episode of the podcast start to finish and this was the 1st time I skipped a segment. Edit: no, I didn’t skip straight away, I gave it ~10 minutes, then I just couldn’t anymore.

[@kalannash]

Interesting podcast as always. Nothing against your guest, but I cringe every time someone puts together a bunch of still photos and then exports them in a video format for viewing. I still think that a movie/film/video involves capturing and sharing movement. What they’re creating is a slideshow which can be viewed on platforms which can display video.

[@rodneyschmidt3652]

So, with only the barest of knowledge provided entirely by watching you folks (and others) on KZbin, I will ask my stupid question for the day (maybe not, because it is really early still, so there is a lot of time for other stupid questions). Is there no firmware that can increase the efficiency of the sensor for a wider format, less crop, or less subsampling on the Eterna, or does it all literally just boil down to the sensor and its hardware limitations?

[@nickyp0005]

They haven’t fixed autofocus, how can they come out with a camera like that 😂

[@dasaen]

haha almost said neckbeard. Cred confirmed.

[@GP996_LB]

Have to skip a big portion of the podcast as these corporate speech is like watching an ad, same as the interview with Adobe. Please bring guest like the camera store owner previously or someone that enjoys photography instead of these corporate representative.

[@antzpantz]

Also... The "Flashback"... what is this crap from Reality TV Venture Capital.

[@zcounts]

4th? ppp boys!

[@shammyh]

Can you make the podcast a different channel??? I almost unsubscribe every time one of these hits my feed............

[@SrCordeiro]

Chris saying he considers 85mm FF his ideal focal lenght for street shooting says a lot. And explains why he doesn't like 35mm: takes work to make an interesting multi-layered composition instead of taking a photo of a single thing huh? XD

[@einrandom5217]

he does like 28 and 24 tho?

[@niccollsvideo]

@@einrandom5217Thank you for providing the context.

[@galen_green]

2nd?

[@ilanhoward]

3rd?

[@JKL666]

let's all pee pee together