ep137 - Are Modern Sensors Too Clean? | DJI SDR Transmission 2 Field Tested | Huawei's Clip-On Camera – CineD Focus Check

Are modern sensors too clean? Johnnie argues that CCD cameras like the Digital Bolex had a character today's CMOS sensors lack, while Nino points to image science and noise reduction you can no longer switch off. Also this week: Nino's field test of the DJI SDR Transmission 2, Apple's redesigned Final Cut Camera 2.4 with manual aperture control for the iPhone 18 Pro, Huawei's clip-on Ruiying Z10 camera module for the Mate90 phones, another Sony FX5 delay, FUJIFILM's price increase in Japan, and Imaging World's move to Cologne.

This episode is sponsored by Hollyland Pyro S (sponsor message at 23:55).

Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:56) Widescreen or not? Your feedback on our aspect ratio (03:16) DJI SDR Transmission 2 field test (23:55) Sponsor: Hollyland Pyro S (24:47) Sony FX5 delayed again (26:33) Apple Final Cut Camera 2.4 and Final Cut Pro 12.4 (32:29) Huawei Mate90 and the Ruiying Z10 clip-on camera (39:15) Vivo X500 Pro, LOFIC and "are modern sensors too clean?" (50:36) FUJIFILM raises camera prices in Japan (53:00) Imaging World moves to Cologne (57:37) RAW Supersampler for Nikon raw (01:01:26) Panasonic LUMIX S9 firmware 2.1 (01:02:01) Lomography Joseph Petzval Métamorphose 35 f/1.8 (01:04:16) Godox Litemons SR20R (01:05:41) SmallRig x CineD OrBrella campaign update (01:07:49) FUJIFILM Fujikina NYC 2026 (01:10:08) SmallRig Autumn Sale (01:10:59) Day-for-night: Sunlight in Disguise

All articles and links from this episode: https://www.cined.com/are-modern-sensors-too-clean-dji-sdr-transmission-2-field-tested-huaweis-clip-on-camera-focus-check-ep137/

Full disclosure: the DJI SDR Transmission 2 field test is a paid collaboration with DJI and not a review. The SmallRig Autumn Sale article is sponsored. The OrBrella is our own product, developed with SmallRig.

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