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2K BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Camera, active m43, $995
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  • FlaaandeeersFlaaandeeers

    Unboxing video:


    Video kinda sucks actually, but you get to see the cam and stuff.

  • peternappeternap

    @Driftwood IMO....T7 blew it away in the shots above. I suspect after post they'll swap ends but out of camera, I'll take a little less shadow detail for the overall image.

  • nomadnomad

    I'll soon post some night shots and color chart exposure tests too.

  • SuperSetSuperSet

    Driftwood took the words outta my mouth. That's pretty close.

  • driftwooddriftwood

    LOL, moon T7 doin' well against the RAW'sters I see!

  • Ian_TIan_T

    Funny... you could actually see the curtain in the window below from the BMPC shot vs just blackness in the GH-2 shot.

  • nomadnomad

    Lens test thread opened under "Lenses".

    First test of dynamic range at daytime. The BMPCC shows considerably more detail in the shadows when I expose both just before clipping in the white clouds. GH2 was shot with Moon T7 and "Standard" -2-2-1-2.

    (Yes, I know there was a reflection). Nightime and charts to follow.

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  • philiplipetzphiliplipetz

    Our team's BMPCC is being prepped for shipment, it is at my retailer, but I am off shooting so it will be delayed. I could have had it tomorrow but teleportation to inflight airplanes is still experimental.

  • nomadnomad

    Since I'm currently testing a lot of lenses on the BMPCC, I'll open a separate thread for those.

    Stay tuned, I just need to finish my review of the Sony F55 and lenses first.

  • CidCid

    @nomad Thanks for your unbiased information. Keep'em comming!

  • Brian202020Brian202020

    @kazuo

    I used to own a GH2 for specialty shots, but I since gave it to my wife for her to film our son during sports. I have used digicon filters back when they first came out several years back on a Sony F950 while shooting a national Comcast commercial. Tho I haven't used the two together I've shot enough using both tools to know what the image would look like. I did read your full context.

  • lmackreathlmackreath

    More BMPCC footage from wooden camera that I quickly graded...

  • kazuokazuo

    @Brian202020

    Have you used a GH2 with Century Optics' digicon filters? Have you seen any of such footage acquired? Do you know what a digicon filter does? Pl read my comment in its full context.

  • vicharrisvicharris

    Isn't that guy on this board? His username looks familiar.

  • kevin_kirchmankevin_kirchman

    Seems legit. Looks good, but overly sharpened in my eyes.

  • xntrggrxntrggr

    @kazuo

    hey there fellow singapore member. is the wait that long from The Media Village? i ordered mine off bhphotovideo the day it was announced.

  • nomadnomad

    @philiplipetz Which PL glass do you have? Zeiss/Arri Superspeeds?

    Both cameras have massive rolling shutter, but the BMPCC (right) has a bit less:

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  • philiplipetzphiliplipetz

    @nomad. We are going to try our team's PL cine glass on it, as well as S16 lenses.

  • nomadnomad

    @philiplipetz I'll compare a lot of vintage glass, plus some Panny, Oly, Voigt and SLRM.

    @ _gl No RAW yet.

  • philiplipetzphiliplipetz

    @nomad. Shooting in Munich in a few weeks love to get together and compare glass on this thing,. We should have ours before then.

  • QuickHitRecordQuickHitRecord

    Here are some new pictures (and pretty much no new information): http://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/981-redshark-exclusive-first-look-at-the-blackmagic-pocket-cinema-camera

  • _gl_gl

    @nomad, cool - so is it shipping with RAW? Lossless and/or lossy?

  • nomadnomad

    I'll share as much as my publishers will allow.

  • belzerufbelzeruf

    @nomad Please share any comparisons, it is interesting to compare the dynamic range\highlight rolloff, detalization in ProRes and hacked gh2

  • nomadnomad

    OK folks, bad news ;-)

    The BMPCC outresolves the GH2! It has less luma moiré and just some chroma. RS is pretty bad, testing the difference tomorrow.

    I started my tests for DP (Munich) today, I'm holding a test sample for just a few days. Used my best Zeiss C/Y lenses on both and Moon T7 on the GH2 (of course). BTW, the BMPCC works with lesser cards, a 45 MB/s Sandisk Extreme (not Pro) is fine. Light is going down here, don't wonna drive to the studio today, so no more rez tests. But I'm gonna try a ton of (S-)16 glass on it.

    Charging it now, later I will go out for some night shots.

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