Like a lot of hours over the last two weeks.
I've been bashing away at the switch
although playing 1/2 switch does sometimes make you look like you're bashing away at something else
one console one game
$350 we have to wait and see if it's a wise spend
But that got me thinking, I mean what kind of Camera can you get for $350
that's better than wanker-thon fun
Getting into photography doesn't always come cheap
the Xiaoyi M1 does
It's a micro Four-thirds mirrorless camera with specs that sound kind of promising
(exhale)
I mean it kind of looks like a Leica
If you squint really hard
almost until your eyes are shut
and maybe put the camera really far away
but let's not kill ourselves
I mean
That is probably the price of a Leica lens cap
And yet two set of lens caps with this
because it comes with two lenses
Thus, Expectations should be set quite a bit low with this camera
But having said that the reason why I came out here
is because I shot this
with a Sony A7R II
and a Zeiss Batis 18 mm
and I thought, you know I'll do some comparison shots
(finger snapping)
Stupid
I mean come on there.
Well actually what the hell was I thinking
Now, Actually
Ooooo
The sound of the future
Kinda sound like a bomb being defused though
(chuckle) Okay, I only have two button on the back
How's it??
It's a touch screen that's fine, okay
Fair deuce / Fair do's (I think?)
And the touchscreen is not bad actually
great off to a good start
Right, so subject doesn't appear to be moving that much
I mean it doesn't have legs
yet, it still seems to be struggling with the auto focus
Oh, bugger
I mean wow, actual wow
Houston we have a huge F**cking problem
It won't focus
A little bit hunting there
On the subject that doesn't move
and I'm just using the same point
I'm just select one single point
Now we're talking
Maybe we shouldn't talk about speed
Image quality, what's that like
Geez
So one thing about this is that you can't actually shoot raw
and Jpeg at the same time
It's one or the other
Right, let's just
just take a quick and dirty picture
don't know why I say dirty
make it sound rather pervy
The zoom lens you get with this is kind of average
Image quality is alright though
DNG files nice to work with, altough at ISO 200
There is a bit of noise in the dark tones
Alright, that's enough of that
Let's go somewhere else
You have big news with this Xiao Yi M1
is that it shoot 4K video which is not bad for $350
but just how does it compare
to its micro four thirds cousins?
4K is a neat feature for an entry level camera
Sound obvious, not to some other brands though
I mean things seem to start off well
for start it got 4K video
and then it got peaking mode
and then it got ummmmm...
mmm...
Oh yes, it got image stabilization
(whisper) He's trying to find some treasure
I mean it's quite a wonder that I manage to spot him
with that jacket on
I can barely see him
He's like perfectly blended in into the environment
Video quality at 4K is not atrocious. Far from it in fact
it's actually what you might call decent
A nice sharp detailed image colours in nice
and it even take 1080p 50 frame a second vids and also it looks good
There's a but though isn't there
Mind you that image stabilization
comes in a form of digital image stabilization
and this lens doesn't actually have any optical stabilization
Digital IS which only work in HD mode doesn't make a video a lot smoother
but that's not a big but
that's glutimus minimus
and when you shoot in that video
you can't actually change the focus points
In fact you can't see what the focus point is
So if you pick a single focus point
you don't know which one it is
you can't remember which one it is
Of course you can just pick the center point
and remember that
but still
uh well
it does suffer from this flickering in 4K
that's a big arse
And also if you want to take control of your settings
Your're not in any luck
I mean everything is shot wide open
You don't have a choice
You can't change anything. Everything is automatic
But you know what the absolute best bit
Totally, totally best bit
Is the fact that it takes lenses other than the Xiao Yi one
can't find them
The hardware is not all that bad
The basic specs are more than sufficient
The 4K videos quite nice looking
This could have been a great affordable 4K camera
but it feels like that they've missed the boat with this one
Hardware is nothing that isn't made good use of with the software
The way it's program to run
Well, most of the time
Despite only having one game worth playing
My $350 was better spent on this
But look, someone will appreciate the Xiao Yi M1
Even if I don't
Would you like a camera for free people?
Free camera
It's a Xiao Yi M1
(man) : that's sound good
(man) : Seriously??
(Kai) : Yeah
(man): (chuckle) Simple as that
(Kai) : Simple as that (man): (chuckle) Simple as that
(Kai) : Simple as that
(Kai) : Shoot 4K, 24 mega pixels
(Kai) : Enjoy it, it's rubbish
(both) : (chuckle)
(man) : it's like giving it, there you go