I wonder if some 2/3" lenses would cover the S16mm sensor, like some 1" lenses cover M4/3..

this camera also means i put my plans to get the slr magic or voigtländer 25mm on hold, due to the new crop factor. 17.5 seems the way more attractive option.

I am also curious how they want to record raw on a sd-card. on the website they remain very vague on that topic. Also raw and so much data processing in such a small case? heat issues? Still this camera looks like a real game changer and is no.1 on my wishlist....

maybe cctv lenses, that give me slight vignetting on the sensor of the gh2 are just perfect for this?

Here's ProRes spec.

http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/professionalformatsandworkflows/index.html#chapter=10%26section=4%26tasks=true

ProRes 422(HQ) spec requires 176Mbps for 1080p24. It seems practical enough since Sandisk 64GB 95Mbps extreme card is going to cost less than $100 this year. That can record about 50 mins.

@Vitaliy_Kiselev, no figures?

Yes maybe you could cram 24fps 1080p RAW on a 95MB/s card (depends on bitdepth etc), but that's assuming there's enough margin and you actually get to write that speed, and in all scenarios.

Someone like Panny is more likely imo to use 2 SD slots for leeway & wider card compatibility (assuming they don't got for the original BMC price point where they could also use an SSD). Either way they won't enable RAW for the GH3 ;).

Honestly have to say, wouldn't dare to dream a camera like this. Just a perfect tool for a hobbyist like me.

I'm excited to see real footage from this one. Others here have stated that it will have the same rolling shutter issues like original BMCD, but wouldn't lower resolution chip also result in faster readout, and thus less rolling shutter?

Any word about what the actual bitrate of the cinema DNG for this resolution would be?

To everyone saying this kills the GH3, that's nonsense. These two cameras make the PERFECT complement, especially since they can now use all the same lenses.

Remember, GH3 offers stills, 60P, weather sealing, time-lapse, HDR, etc. I'm planning to own both, and that makes one hell of a kit.

...the problem is most people who were going for the gh3...already had a gh1 or 2. they might be satisfied with that and go for the complimentary blackmagic instead. At least that's my logic . For now, at the very least, it puts my purchase plans on hold.

@_gl

won't happen, RAW has huge bandwidth demands (file sizes), you can't write that to a single SD card slot.

As you can see, you can. If you use good SD cards, restrict framerates and use compressed raw.

This is a great kickass to the raditional manufacturers. Sony, Panasonic and Canon they'll be pulling his hair thinking about how to strikes back.

Btw, in my opinion best thing in Pocket Camera is that some japanese manufacturers stop telling us that it cost $4000 to add raw to their HDSLR cameras. And that it is impossible with small mirrorless cameras.

Amen.

Maybe we will see Panasonic offering a firmware update to access raw on the GH3,

@matthere, won't happen, RAW has huge bandwidth demands (file sizes), you can't write that to a single SD card slot. If Panny ever go RAW, they'll want to charge for it on a new high-end body. Of course we keep hearing about a 'pro' GH body, so who knows ...

Btw, in my opinion best thing in Pocket Camera is that some japanese manufacturers stop telling us that it cost $4000 to add raw to their HDSLR cameras. And that it is impossible with small mirrorless cameras. Most probably it'll have big influence on adding raw to normal and wide available cameras.

I agree...well...it's the second best thing besides the camera itself ! We can probably expect a nex5z with at least updated codecs soon.

Maybe we will see Panasonic offering a firmware update to access raw on the GH3, alternatively maybe Panasonic will loose out on a whole bunch of sales to the pocket cam!