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BlackMagic: Official $2,995 raw cinema camera topic
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  • johnnymjohnnym

    My thoughts exactly. Big corporations feeding us a minor upgrade everytime to get our money, and people know this and they don't like it, Canon. Here's Blackmagic.

  • John_FarragutJohn_Farragut

    Nice thing is, Blackmagic can scale up from here. I do hope they keep it simple down the road. Too much choice can be deadly. Their website is clogged up. Meaning people crave something different.

  • plasmasmpplasmasmp

    AMAZING amazing amazing!

  • bwhitzbwhitz

    I've had a camera boner all morning... mmm :)

    Where are those naysayers now who called us insane when some of us demanded a RAW 2k camera for under $4000 a few months ago? ;)

  • John_FarragutJohn_Farragut

    Does it have automatic sensor cleaning? I'm thinking I saw a dust bunny in the sample footage. :\

  • KihlianKihlian

    @klem007 +1

  • brandonmrshbrandonmrsh

    Well, this will definitely have the longest wait-list ever.

  • KeithLommelKeithLommel

    What's up with the sensor size? 16.64mm x 14.04mm full vs. 15.6mm x 8.8mm "active"? And the resolution drops from 2592x2192 pixels to 2432x1366 pixels in raw mode?

    So I guess they just took some kind of "off the shelf" sensor with an inappropriate native aspect ratio and are just cropping to 16:9, right?

    That's cool, but given the sensor size, the choice of EF and ZF mounts is curious... it's going to be very difficult to get decent wide angle for this if limited to lenses designed for full-frame 35mm format. It would make a ton of sense to add m43 mount and/or c mount as well.

  • klem007klem007

    i need an email i can spam with m43 request

  • JDNJDN

    @Macalincag yeah, I get its vimeo, but with HD turned on, it still looks way softer than even 5dmkIII videos on vimeo, and way way less IQ than countless gh2 hack videos on vimeo. Pls don't get me wrong, I'm so happy this is happening but at the moment it seems a lot of people are excited about the camera specs instead of being excited about the camera results. I'm intrigued, but based on what I've seen, not impressed yet. Maybe someone can share some links with better quality footage.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @johnnym

    I am sure you'll get all soon. Just be patient :-)

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @ChrisPeters

    This is unreadable, first.
    And all the specs are in the first post of this topic.

  • johnnymjohnnym

    Anyone find some screenshots of the footage? I like to see something uncompressed-like.

    Why is the sensor's aspect ratio 1.18, yet it shoots 16:9? Would they be preparing for 2x anamorphic shooting?

  • ChrisPetersChrisPeters

    Sorry VK, specs only show up on first page, anyway cool camera.

    GH2 sensor size is 17.3 x 9.7 mm, Black Magic is 15.6 x 8.8 mm

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    I'm sure there will be a bigger sensor next year for 1500 bucks more.

    Or may be for same price and this go down by $1500 :-)

  • KihlianKihlian

    Simply SMART!! Would see Canon etc. Faces now!!

  • John_FarragutJohn_Farragut

    Pretty nicely thought out with the ports and SSD slot. I'm sure there will be a bigger sensor next year for 1500 bucks more. But this is really great. A nice balanced design for the new age.

  • SageSage

    The cameras and tech coming to fruition now (including the intra GH2 first & foremost) amount to a kind of evolutionary step forward in personal filmmaking.

  • OblikovalnikOblikovalnik

    TTFN TV are just wondering live trough Black magic NAB stand - Maybe they find something! http://live.ttfn.tv/live-stream/

  • oscillianoscillian

    BM: "The service is unavailable" lol

  • AriaAria

    I think so many of us suspected this kind of thing happening eventually, but I was beginning to think it would take longer for someone to finally do it. I was actually considering looking into development myself using existing tech :)

    This is great. Image Quality and Work flow taken into consideration from the ground up! That's the kind of thinking that made Apple successful. You can't just create a product in a vacuum. You want to think of how it integrates into an ecosystem and how people actually use the product. BRAVO BM!

  • Mr_MooreMr_Moore

    Includes DaVinci Resolve 9.0!

  • oscillianoscillian

    @Psyco Yep, Imagine the Voigtländer 25mm f0.95 on this!

  • PsycoPsyco

    "could we sign a petition for a m43 compatible mount?" - YES!

    If I could use my 4/3 Olympus lenses with that camera, it will be my next cam. And it will make it even more versatile as there are so many adapters for the m4/3 mount.

  • oscillianoscillian

    @stonebat Where's the bleeding eyecup! They never get it, do they? ;)

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