Sony’s New Firmware Didn’t Give Us EVERYTHING We Wanted

Apr 10, 2024

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This week, Chris, Jordan, and Jaron are joined by filmmaker Levi Holwell to discuss documentary filmmaking and all of the details that go into a successful production. But before that, the four talk about the biggest camera ever made, Nikon's huge new camera robot, and how despite getting a new firmware update last week, Sony didn't give filmmakers everything they were looking for.

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In This Episode:

00:00 - Intro
10:02 - The biggest digital camera ever made is complete
16:16 - A photographer flew his drone into North Korea
18:57 - Filmmakers want Sony to let them use custom LUTs on the a7S III
23:16 - Nikon's new cinema robot is bigger and better
27:27 - Talking documentary filmmaking with Levi Holwell
54:55 - What have you been up to?
1:00:18 - Tech support
1:17:58 - Never read the comments