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Many thanks for sharing your experience. Regarding changing the light level; are you referring to light in the room or the brightness setting of the video image?

An e-sim is just like a normal physical sim card which you buy from a mobile carrier and pay for it to the mobile carrier. It has nothing to do with Sony software or Sony services. You can choose to buy a physical sim or an e-sim from your mobile carrier, they are both identical in terms of functionality. The only difference with an e-sim is that you don't have a physical sim to insert into your phone (or this device), instead the mobile carrier with provide you with a code to enter into your device (sometimes through a QR code, or over the phone, or through their website, or via email) which you can use to "label" your phone so that the phone company can recognize it. In addition to the e-sim, you can also insert a physical sim from a different mobile network carrier into the device. This will allow the device to use which ever mobile network which provides the best connection speed or fail over from one to the other which has the best connection (but both cannot be used simultaneously). To live stream, you don't need Sony's app, you can use the TH-cam app or any other third party app. However the TH-cam app does not have the features and customization options that I want, so I didn't try using it, but any streaming app work. The Sony app has good features but it has a monthly service cost which you need to buy and pay for to Sony. This has nothing to do with the monthly service charge which you pay to the mobile network for connectivity. Currently I use one physical sim card but no e-sim. Also, I use the default Sony app (Sony Monitoring App) for live streaming to TH-cam by connecting my mirrorless camera to the device. I am not sure if I have answered your question so please feel free to ask clarifying questions so that I can elaborate on any of the above details that are not clear.

@RadCameraMan Thanks for the answer, you certainly clarified some things for me. One concern I have though, if you can speak to it, is that utilizing an esim or SIM card from Verizon etc. doesn't yield much better connectivity than a cell phone or a hotspot from the same service provider. What do you think? Is there anything particular to this product that I would suggest otherwise?

1. In comparison to a cell phone; the connectivity should be identical (to my knowledge). This device has almost identical hardware to the Sony Xperia 1 V cell phone which further validates this. 2. Regarding hot-spotting to another phone over Wi-Fi with the same service provider; there are some differences to consider (good and bad). There is one big advantage which is that it will use less power to transmit data over Wi-Fi than over 4G/5G. So the battery will last longer on the PDT-FP1. However there is also one big disadvantage in that transmitting data over Wi-Fi and then again over 4G/5G will delay the transmission of data, which can be detrimental when used with protocols such as RTMP (which is what is used on TH-cam) since this protocol is less forgiving on delay and re-transmission of data for live streaming video. So the live stream is more likely to experience glitching. 3. The best approach is to hotspot using an Ethernet cable which is what I do. So I connect the PDT-FP1 via an Ethernet cable to an Ethernet dongle which connects via USB-C to my phone. This approach not only consumes less power than Wi-Fi (and 4G/5G) on both the PDT-FP1 and my phone but it also eliminates the added delay associated with Wi-Fi connectivity. This is my preferred method of connection. This approach does have its own disadvantages in that it requires an Ethernet cable and an adapter to convert Ethernet to USB-C for connecting to a phone. So you have to carry more equipment. Also, since the USB-C port on the phone will be taken up by this, it is not possible charge the phone simultaneously unless you also carry a small USB hub with you. So in my opinion this approach is the best but it requires some more equipment and might be less practical.

No, it's new. I suspect they package it this way to avoid paying import tax on it.

I am glad the problem was resolved. I never thought this video would be useful for this issue.

can you please translate this to English?

I guess phones are so powerful now that they can play most games but without the good ergonomics of a PSP

I don't know about sales prices. I don't think Sony produces these anymore so whatever is out there is old stock

no worries, I'm glad it was useful 👍

no worries, I'm glad it was useful

I agree with your take. I have spent a crazy amount of money on Olympus gear. So I really want them to make a better camera but my hopes have started to fade. I mainly use my cameras for videography as opposed to photography and I have started using Panasonic Lumix micro four third cameras more and more. The Lumix cameras are still not as good as Olympus when it comes to stabilisation, battery life, ergonomics, and colour science (previous generation of Olympus cameras) but the Lumix cameras have continuously improved and have a lot of other superior features since Olympus has not improved significantly in the last few years. So I don't know what to expect going forward from Olympus but if they don't improve and even regress in some areas, I can't see myself buying their newer cameras over the Panasonic equivalent.

that's weird... it might be worth checking or formatting the memory card on the computer with different settings to find out if it will work with some settings and not others. In my experience with some old cameras, they didn't support high capacity memory cards but when I formatted them on a computer with a different file allocation size then it would work on the camera, hence I was thinking if a similar solution could work here.

One of the main reasons I use micro four thirds is because of the smaller size and weight. What camera do you typically use?

@RadCameraMan I use a Hasselblad 503cx (v-series) film camera, coupled with 4 matching Zeiss lenses. My walk-around carry is the Nikon Zf, with those Voigtlander SLii-S Nikon F-mount lenses. I use them with the FTZ adapter. I don't like cameras that are too small simply for me they are impractical, and they don't fit my hands; I find the small controls fiddly to handle.

Your setup sounds expensive. I agree with smaller cameras being fiddly and less ergonomic and they usually have less physical buttons as well... I use the OM-1 for handheld video shooting and I can confirm that it is really uncomfortable. I like the E-M1X size and ergonomics but it lacks the video features that I want... whatever I choose I have to make some compromises.

​@@RadCameraMan Yes, my Hasselblad kit looks expensive, but I carefully curated these over years. I started just before the covid pestilence, and continued throughout. The camera was bought as a package (Acute 42170, 503cx film camera, with CF 80mm f/2.8 lens, and A12ii film back). I must admit, this first package did cost me a fair bit, but I knew what I was getting into. I then bought the CF 50mm f/4, and a second film back, I then bought 2 further lenses: CF 120mm f/4 Makro-Planar and the CF 180mm f/4 telephoto. All came from a reseller over in Japan. I kept going back to him, as the service was excellent and the gear as advertised. Yes, RAD, I have spent enough on the Hasselblad dream kit and the only thing I might get (in addition), would be the new 907X CFV 100C back, so I experiment with the film body and these older Zeiss lenses. The Nikon Zf with the Voigtlander SLii-S lenses is not that bad. The camera itself was just a little above 2000 EURO. I bought that with 1 of the Voigtlander SLii-S first. Then bought the other lenses, one every 2 months thereafter. So overall, not that terrible in terms of cost. Each of these lenses cost roughly 550 EURO, and only bought recently. I am happy with both systems, as I think the Hasselblad kit fits how I look at the world. The Zf has the aesthetics and those Voigtlander lenses match the camera. I am happy with these.

Do you use it for video or photography?

@@RadCameraMan It changes. Lately I've been using it for video. It's the lens that I use on my GF3 for walk around. Because it is manual focus, It cannot track movement. Its depth of field covers a bit, but if something is changing distance, then forget it. The only good thing about it is that it takes little space beyond the camera itself. It is not generally a better setup than a cellphone, but I'm not using a cellphone lately, soo. . . .

No... I think this video answers your question: th-cam.com/video/mbck9-qoiN8/w-d-xo.htmlm15s

Thanks, you rock!

Can you please elaborate?

Yes, this is how it is. On good video-heads there are typically two levers, one to lock the panning motion and one to control the drag of the panning motion, but this small video head does not have two separate knobs for these distinct functionalities due to its small size. You may need a bigger heavier video-head to have all the necessary functionality.

Yes, it can. In fact it can even record 4K 120p to both cards at the same time. However it cannot use the All-Intra codec or RAW recording since those require high bitrates (800Mbps or more). I was looking at the price of this camera now and it is very cheap in comparison to when it was launched as well as in comparison to the GH7: amzn.to/3YWDTOt

That's interesting. In UK the GH5 II is still cheaper than the GH6 and both the GH6 and GH5 II are cheaper than the very old GH5S: amzn.to/3YWDTOt

Agreed, also depending on the intended use of this camera, it will also be competing with the Panasonic Lumix GH6 and GH7.

It's $600 off right now. I just bought one to have with my original OM-1.

@@highwayman1224 so how much does the mark 2 cost now without a lens?

@@RadCameraMan $1899.99

@@highwayman1224 that's still quite expensive relative to similar cameras in this category such as GH6 and GH7 and older Olympus cameras such as E-M1X and E-M1 III.

Go to Live View mode, connect to the HDMI port and adjust settings accordingly to hide the screen overlays

Assuming that you have installed Magic Lantern on this camera then you can record using the set/ok button on the camera

In my opinion it is the "SanDisk Extreme Pro" amzn.to/3UE5l2b I have had a good experience with these memory cards so far, so I buy this brand/model for all my SD cards and Micro SD cards. To elaborate on my experience with this brand and model; I use the V30 SanDisk Extreme Pro SD card to record video footage at 300Mbps (4K 120fps) even though this card is only supposed to work at 240Mbps continuously. So because these cards over-perform in relation to their spec, I didn't waste money to upgrade to their V60 model yet. So they have two distinct advantages in my opinion: 1. these cards can over-perform which gives me some peace of mind when recording high bitrate videos for an extended period of time. 2. since these cards can over-perform in terms of speed, I didn't need to upgrade to their latest V60 model, which meant I saved some money since I already had many V30 cards of this brand and model which I have been able to use for a faster speed than it was designed for. Be aware that there are two very similarly named models, but the "SanDisk Extreme Pro" is the one which I recommend: - SanDisk Extreme - SanDisk Extreme Pro amzn.to/3UE5l2b

I agree 100%

Thanks, I suspect that most streamers are satisfied with 1080p at 60fps. This might be due to the internet upload bandwidth requirement, but I think soon everyone will switch to 4K60 for video games and sport streaming.

I don't have the Canon EOS 20D camera to verify this but yes, according to the manual BG-E2N grip is compatible with Canon EOS 20D.

Thank you, I am glad it was useful.

There is a chart in the video with the results for both single connection and two connections with and without Speedify. One connection is Ethernet and the second connection is using WiFi. I admit the test is not perfect since I was not controlling the bandwidth of the two internet connections however Speedify always performed worse under all circumstances.