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

    I need some advices on which camera should I buy to pair with the pocket for slow motion and photo. I was thinking of buying gh2 and hack it, however, Panasonic G6 came over and offers full manual control for video, and focus peaking. The best slow motion features are 1920×1080, 60p 28Mbps and AVCHD 1920x1080,60p 17Mbps. I came from photography background, so Im not really sure what these numbers stand for.

  • TrackZillasTrackZillas

    @Trumpetman Right on.. or GH2 which most of us already own.

  • TrackZillasTrackZillas

    @kevin_kirchman Ordered mines on the second day as well from B&H, should be on the first batch..

  • TrumpetmanTrumpetman

    Pocket cam as the A camera and GH3 for slo mo, should be a sweet combination.

  • sicovdplassicovdplas

    Not gonna happen, they will come with a slowmo cam next NAB, it's the only missing model in their product line atm.

  • kevin_kirchmankevin_kirchman

    Ordered mine the day after it was announced from BH, hope I'm on the first batch list. I've got a shoot on August 24-25th and I'd love to have this as an option.

  • neokooneokoo

    I so hope they will get this to shoot 48p, 50p and 60p eventually. Next revision maybe?

  • TronTron

    Sounds like it will ship with RAW capability enabled. Still no word on whether RAW will write to 45Mb/sec cards or require the faster 95Mb/sec Extreme Pro cards. I wouldn't mind higher compression if it allowed for footage to write to slower cards, but I assume encoder throughput could be limited in that regard.

  • double_visiondouble_vision

    JULY SHIPPING IS CONFIRMED FTW!!!

  • double_visiondouble_vision

    thanks for the clarification, so it's not that far from the 2.5k version. hehehe

  • DocoDocoManDocoDocoMan

    actually on a technical note as 2k = 2048 the BMPCC shots just below 2k @ 1920 pixels wide x 1080 high.

  • DocoDocoManDocoDocoMan

    Both, it resolves to take 1K from your bank account and then lets you make a 2K movie!

  • double_visiondouble_vision

    @vicharris it's alight, no biggie.

    Quick question guys, what is the resolution of the pocket in terms of "K"? is it 1k or 2k???

  • vicharrisvicharris

    Afternoon guys. I hate to say but lasts night even was a bit of a let down. It was actually Marco Solorio from One River Media there and he only brought the 4K and wasn't able to answer and of the questions about the BMPC. Sorry about getting everyone worked up but they gave out false info.

  • double_visiondouble_vision

    @vicharris how was the event last night? Did you manage to play around with the pocket camera? Any words about the shipping date?

  • peaceonearthpeaceonearth

    furthermore it's not a 3D topic..

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Unless your shorting the new Avengers movie, 3D is dead.

    Always like guys with smart and non standard thoughts. :-) No it is not dead :-) The most amazing is bunch of people not understanding physics and complaining about glasses, waiting for some magic moment.

  • _gl_gl

    @DocoDocoMan will be interesting, but the problem with the Panny lens is severe resolution loss, very narrow interaxial (good for closeup stuff though) and IIRC F12 widest aperature. It produces a side-by-side image which needs to be additionally cropped, so you already loose more than half the horizontal resolution per view.

    You probably know it has been hacked by others for use in Lumix and other cameras, eg. GH2:

  • DocoDocoManDocoDocoMan

    I don't know how well it is going to work, however, as an experiment, I have just acquired a Panasonic 12.5mm 3D lens to try out on my GH2 & BMPCC (when it arrives) I will keep you all posted on the results, I am concerned whether the Pocket Rocket's crop factor might render the 3D lens unusable - only time will tell...

  • Brian202020Brian202020

    I wouldn't say dead, but definitely slowing down until the TV technology is to the point of not needing glasses. But yes the BMPCC would be perfect for a small handheld 3D set up.

  • jimmykoreajimmykorea

    Unless your shorting the new Avengers movie, 3D is dead.

  • _gl_gl

    @vicharris, please ask if they've given any thought to synchronising two bodies for stereoscopic 3D shooting, and if they have any plans to release a solution (ie. hardware 'Genlock', or some firmware solution).

    Would be especially awesome with the Pockets as the small form factor is ideal for very portable 3D rigs.

  • vicharrisvicharris

    Good questions. Anyone else have any others? Not sure I'll get to shoot and keep any files with it.

  • double_visiondouble_vision

    @vicharris dont forget to ask them about how positive they are about shipping date. lol

  • No_SuRReNDeRNo_SuRReNDeR

    @vicharris Awesome, I hope you can get some footage/interviews etc... I am still dying to see if they have the firmware working for the DNG files yet... my interest is more in the RAW format than the ProRes for most of what I shoot.- mostly theatrical-

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