While the anticipation for the new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K is increasing, we were lucky enough to be invited by Blackmagic to a small event, dedicated to exploring the camera a little bit further. During the one day occasion, we had a chance to “play with it” and get answers to our questions. Mind you that throughout the event we were NOT allowed to film with the camera by ourselves and all the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K images above are courtesy of Blackmagic. Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K – Solid Body construction Camera Availability It seems like an eternity since we conducted the exclusive interview with Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design’s CEO at NAB, yet actually, it happened 5 months ago… Now, after being able to see the camera again – what has changed since the announcement? Well, maybe the most essential piece of information we got (On top of the excellent technical presentation from the Blackmagic guys) is that the camera is on track to be delivered in time. (B&H is stating Oct. 5th as expected delivery on their site). This is certainly good news to anyone who is waiting for his/her camera to arrive and start shooting with it. A graph taken from BM presentation simulating the camera ISO range and latitude Dual ISO Explained In addition, we have learned that the Dual ISO in this camera works in an “intelligent” way, meaning, there are two native ISO values (400 and 3200), but this breaks into two “banks”, from ISO 100...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 11 September, 2018