As the discussion is on again on the BMPCC, I thought I should share my experience here:

I am using the BMPCC for more than 9 months now, and I am still totally amazed by the IQ. I use it a lot for run and gun, and I find the rolling shutter quite OK, much better than my other cam, the GH2. Add a speedbooster to that (giving you effectively APS-C sized sensor), a Varavon cage, a Zoom H2 via "line in" for the audio plus a Neway 7" monitor for 200USD, and you have a very professional rig.

Iso 1600 (if you do a chroma noise reduction - which removes moire also in many instances) is totally usable, together with the speedbooster (which boosts it to almost 6000 equivalent ISO) I have not seen an instance where I needed more lowlight capability.

I many times use ISO 1600 also in harsh sunlight conditions to lift shadows. Exposure is a simple as it gets - put your Zebra's to 100%, and decide what you want to blow out (e.g. the sun, or streetlights). Typicall this leads to ETTR (= overexposing by about 2 stops), which helps (or even eliminates) shadow noise.

BUT: you HAVE to shoot RAW. RAW is totally fine for me, as it is just 50% more data heavy than ProRes. If you shoot ProRes, you run into a lot of other issues, e.g. judging exposure, etc...

Two weeks ago I did a commercial shoot together with the C300 in C-log, and the dynamic range was clearly better of the BMPCC, sharpness matched nicely. C300 is super clean overall, BMPCC more grainy which I like a lot.

Here is a recent film, all handheld:

All in all, hands down the best image quality for the price! Not shure any cam below 10k can match it. Now at that price? A no brainer!

best regards, Gunther

New 1.82 firmware is out there... adds ProRes 422 LT and 422 Proxy to all cameras.

Blackmagic Design today announced announced the immediate availability of Camera 1.8.2 software which adds three new Apple ProRes™ file formats for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and Blackmagic Production Camera 4K. Camera 1.8.2 update is available now free of charge from the Blackmagic Design website.

Blackmagic Design camera customers have always been able to record in both CinemaDNG RAW or compressed ProRes 422 HQ formats, however now this new software update adds three additional Apple ProRes™ file formats, ProRes 422, ProRes 422 LT and ProRes 422 Proxy. This means customers using Blackmagic Design cameras will be able to get significantly smaller video file sizes allowing much longer recording durations on the same media card, all while preserving full frame 10-bit 4:2:2 quality.

Because this update is available to our camera customers free of charge, they simply need to download it, and install the update from their Mac or Windows machine using a simple USB cable connection to the camera. Once the update is complete, customers will see these new formats available in the camera menus.

Because this update reduces the data rate of recording, it means customers can now choose lower cost SSD or SD cards while still recording high quality video in SD, HD and Ultra HD resolutions. Using ProRes 422 Proxy it is possible to record 230 minutes of 1080HD video on a single 64GB SD drive. Selecting the type of ProRes format for recording can be set via the on screen menus and all ProRes types can be played back instantly.

The Apple ProRes 422 formats are designed specifically for multi-stream non linear editing, minimal generation loss and fast export, making them very popular video file formats for post production and broadcast. All ProRes files recorded with Blackmagic Cinema Cameras and Blackmagic Production Camera 4K can be opened directly in DaVinci Resolve 11 and Apple Final Cut Pro X™ for immediate color correction, editing and finishing

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/supp..._Utility_1.8.2

…aaaaand it's just gone up in the UK: 325GBP + VAT at both cvp and proav.

442 € in France via different stores...

too late. Amazon increased the price to 809.69 dollars.

http://www.amazon.com/Blackmagic-Pocket-Cinema-Camera-Thirds/dp/B00CWLSHUK/

Thanks for the heads up PV. What a bargain, glad I held off before, bish bosh bought!

500$ is a great deal for this cam, I liked it a lot - but owning a GH4 and A7s is more than enough personal cameras for me.

http://www.videocraft.com.au/blackmagic-pocket-cinema-camera @j_r , as a kiwi that is very tempting! But I'm afraid I think ordering from the USA to NZ will still make marginally more sense for me :-/

A BlackMagic Pocket short film. Shot with Sigma 18-35 lens and Speed Booster.

After reading around, my guess is this is a response to the 1" sensor cameras coming to market, rather than a new pocket camera on the horizon. Or maybe some other camera release blackmagic got wind of, like possibly also shooting raw and internal prores. The drastic nature of the cut makes me suspicious they know something we don't !

And regardless of it's beautiful footage, I'd still prefer an rx100lll or possibly an lx8. But that's only because I prefer a swiss army knife to a switchblade ! Of course if they cut another 50% , I could change my mind !

For the use i'm considering, it'll be a controlled lighting setup, locked off cameras. Still I have it in the budget to be able to go for 4xGH4's so maybe I should just stick to that. Was considering saving some dosh though, although GH4's become more practical for multi cam on location, due to much better internal recording times and 4K.

Still GH4 can't output 1080p25 at the moment at 10bit from HDMI, which is frustrating. Have to go 1080p24 and convert to 25p when I stream it live.

I just sold mine 2 days ago...phew!!

So considering picking up 4 of them for use with a new ATEM 2 M/E. From what I read they will output 1080p25 from their hdmi output, which I will couple with a HDMI/SDI converter. I'm mainly planning on shooting green screen and keying in the ATEM, anyone seeing any issues with using these cameras? I mean 4 for $2000. Its like a steal.