FWIW I admire Phillip Bloom and have learned a great deal from his blog and work. He's a hugely talented shooter, has a great eye, and I'm satisfied he's navigating the waters of personal opinion, sponsorship, and editorial about as cleanly as one could hope for. My only point earlier was that it's silly to think that his or anyone else's published blog opinions about a camera would somehow validate a camera's legitimacy to any client who wasn't already enough of a DSLR geek they'd be shooting the job themselves.

@DrDave
+1
-and it makes for extremely good media, generating revenue in the conventional manner - from advertising.
Such a break from advertorials or opinion-driven comparisons or, piecemeal trials.

The fact that he is cross testing models from different manufacturers shows that he has an independent streak. He also seems to just purchase the cams in some cases. I'm a fan of his work, but I enjoy watching testing done by any and all. Very interested to see the results of this one.

Friday, 16 December 2011 at 9:29:15 PM GMT
Well no news is good news - unless somebody forgot the storage cards/battery charger. ;-)
It's well & truly the day after "tomorrow" here.
Reminds me of a Petrol station in my childhood which had a permanent sign,
"Free Air Today
Free Petrol Tomorrow"

@VK True

@driftwood
@EOSHD

Keep it about the topic title.
All this discussions about PB do not have any use.

Steady on running down people there @brianluce. He has a lot of credibility amongst video communities - but in the end its just his opinion - like yours, like mine. You can agree or disagree - youve heard of him yeah? Whether you value his opinions or not he writes a good blog and keeps us informed - he doesn't force you to agree.

I do know he buys all his main gear,and he's not rich, he took out a second mortgage on that RED gear.
If he has an endorsemen for other products which he likes, he's not forced to use it, I mean, fair do's... I can think of many a sportstar, musician, VIP, etc... who have been asked to endorse products they probably don't use or know nothing about... I doubt any of Philip's endorsed products are bad. He's not just a journo afterall, he's a filmmaker first and foremost. And he loves cameras. Don't see much wrong with that.
And anyone can write a blog, right?

PS I totally agree with @No_SuRReNDeR

@fatpig Yep, all clients need to feel better about what gear you use on their gig is a clipping from a shooterblogger they've never heard of, saying he likes the GH2. All the tension in the room will evaporate, all the preconceived notions about what a pro video camera looks like will fall by the wayside. Just by showing them Bloom's comments, your stock in their eyes will skyrocket.

Me? I'm printing up dozens of Bloom's GH2 comments and having them laminated, so I can hand them out to every prospective client. At the bottom in boldface I'll put: "SEE????? PHILLIP BLOOM SAYS MY CAMERA IS GOOD!!!!! SEE????"

Now to just choose the spinnaker for my yacht and the supermodels to cavort upon its deck.

I would love some professional guy just writing that the gh2 is "good" compared to the canons, to show clients before the shoot.

I have the 64GB Transcend SDXC which is perfect for low bitrate and stock settings, but I'd still stick with SanDisk Extreme Pro for any paid work or shootouts...

I must admit that I am really looking forward for the results.. but then again I don´t mind if nobody beside us knows what this little gem can do. No need to prove, I am happy with the results and that counts. ;)

@SuperSet its still in Low GOP thread as its in BETA test stages, looking to produce final Quantum version once the 25p is unleashed. Then it'll go in patches thread.