look it is a $1000, 1920x1080, 13DN, RAW, Prores 422, lens cap.. kind of reinforces the idea, put you money into glass and be ready to change bodies all the time.. http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/dsc00152.jpg

And you thought it was bad when you pulled out your little gh2.. people laughing at your tiny little camera...

Looks ridiculous, but I still want one.

hands on at engadget

http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/08/blackmagic-pocket-cinema-camera-production-camera-4k/

Guys, read update on other S16 contender

Last night the digital bolex drowned in it's own tears ! It was obvious to me from the start that you can't build and market a cinema camera off a kickstarter...but I guess it wasn't so obvious to many !

Guys, read update on other S16 contender

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/2568/digital-bolex-raw-camera-for-2500#Item_370

it is pure fun.

(that reply was to a stale page : ) @jakepowell right, but compare that to the size/cost/speed of the Panny 14mm prime (or the 20mm). For me there's no point buying a small body if I then have to buy expensive large or slow lenses just to get a wide-angle. And if I have to buy manual (which isn't a disaster) I'm still kinda wasting the active mount and the convenience from that.

I'd really like to see a fast small & affordable UWA native prime - now there will be even more demand for it so hopefully someone will finally make one.

@shian

Same sensor is bad news, as it could ship in 2014 :-)

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicpocketcinemacamera he we go!! few mint earlier i check their site and it was down... now they have it up-to-date!!!!

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

Last year we launched the Blackmagic Cinema Camera and although we had sensor supply issues, the cameras are flowing faster all the time and the people receiving them are doing some stunning work. It’s really amazing watching the work people have done appear on various web sites!

Of course, the big aim of this camera was to get a true film look. We worked hard on the design to do this and the images are stunning! However another one of our design goals was to make a cinema camera that was an extremely small size. The Blackmagic Cinema Camera is very small and much smaller than a normal cinema style camera.

What we wanted to do next was see if we could make a cinema camera even smaller!

We have done this, and the new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is incredibly tiny. It’s a true digital film camera with a Super 16 size 1080HD sensor with 13 stops of dynamic range. The images look virtually identical to our current camera!

It features a Micro Four Thirds™ lens mount so you can use low cost lenses, but also Super 16 cine lenses via an adapter. If you use a Super 16 cine lens, combined with the Super 16 sensor size and the 13 stops of dynamic range, it’s just like shooting to Super 16 film! Of course you can rig it up with large lenses so it’s perfect for large jobs too!

We have worked incredibly hard to build the smallest camera design we could, while retaining the ability to comfortably use it hand held. It’s an attractive design with built in stereo mic's, LANC, micro HDMI with overlays for monitoring, solid grip handle that holds a removable battery and built in recorder to SD cards. It records lossless CinemaDNG RAW and ProRes 422 (HQ), so the image quality is amazing.

I feel that the small design lets this camera be used for all kinds of tasks a normal camera would be too large to handle. My feeling is a small camera can always be bigger, but a big camera can never be smaller. I think its going to be very exciting to see what kind of work is done with this camera. For myself, it’s nice to have a camera I can use personally for shooting my family, which gives a timeless film look.

The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera will be shipping in July for $995.

@chef like this 6mm? :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lens-16OKC1-6-1-1-8-6mm-for-KINOR-16mm-camera-Perfect-/150571839393?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item230ec7efa1

The sensor is exactly the same generation as the 2.5K BMCC, but it’s active area is 12.48 x 7.02mm, close to Super 16

http://johnbrawley.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/the-pocket-rocket-blackmagic-downsizes-the-bmcc-and-does-a-4k-upsize-of-the-orginal/

You know, waiting on the BMCC didn't affect the price from what I could tell. That cam seems to hold its price well. The thing about a $1k camera like this is that it seems like a BMCC with a smaller form factor and some other changes but the experiences with the BMCC should help with the bug control, I would think. Of course, that's probably wishful thinking.

One other think about that active MFT mount, would it also support Panasonic OIS?

BMC did what the other camera manufacturers refused to do a true 2k / 1080p Raw / ProRes camera @ an affordable price point. 16mm size sensor is all good for me, I predict that this little beast will set an all time record in camera sells..

It's interesting how some manufacturers are using early adopters as beta testers.

Additionally, their customers have now become their financiers. You pre-orders only to experience great delays, relief to get your device within a year. That isn't pre-ordering, that is a capital investment company X will now use to start manufacturing the camera they pre-sold.

I'll wait until after all the screaming, glitches & bugs, firmware update, 'beta testing' etc before I even take this camera seriously. The last 5 years in 'camera land' has taught me well.