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

    Hopefully I'll have a hands on tonight at an event here. Supposed to have this cam and the 4k there.

  • mrbillmrbill

    @brian - thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know

  • Brian202020Brian202020

    @mrbill

    It has focus peaking when you hit the focus button on the back. It also has one set of zebras just like the BMCC. I set mine to 100% on my BMCC, but you can set it to what ever you like.

  • double_visiondouble_vision

    @mrbill you mean focus peaking? Yes pocket does have this function.

  • mrbillmrbill

    I've looked at the website and most of these posts but can't seem to tell if there's any kind of zebra or highlight peaking/warning function, especially as i imagine I'll be using manual glass on this camera. Anyone in the know?

  • Ralph_BRalph_B

    And if you couple the speed booster with the new Samyang 16mm f2, you'll get an 11.2mm f1.4 - wide and FAST!

  • oscillianoscillian

    @Mitakon @Metabones All together now: "We want maximum warp for Nikon G lenses!" :-)

  • vicharrisvicharris

    Yes, you couple the BMPC with a speed booster and the Tokina 11-16, I'd say you pretty set for anything wide.

  • Ian_TIan_T

    Yup!!

  • OedipaxOedipax

    So BMPCC with the Speed Booster basically has a m4/3 crop factor (a little over 2X).

  • andrevanberloandrevanberlo

    The calculator for the field of view of the BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Camera is now updated to allow to include the metabones speedbooster: http://bmpcc.rubenkremer.nl/

  • balazerbalazer

    Depends which Lumix lenses you are talking about. You can test for vignetting easily enough with your current camera. Use the relative sensor sizes of your current camera and the BMPCC to crop the images.

    For a quick approximation of the BMPCC's sensor size on the GH2, set the GH2 to one of the photo modes, 16:9 aspect ratio, image size to Medium, and ETC turned on. That's a 15.1 mm active sensor diagonal, compared to 14.3 mm on the BMPCC.

  • jimmykoreajimmykorea

    I'm thinking of using Lumix lenses with a 52mm Heliopan variable ND. With what we know about the camera would vignetting be an issue or would the small sensor omit this problem?

  • itimjimitimjim

    I think you might need to write in capitals @ralph_b :)

  • Ralph_BRalph_B

    @vicharris

    Take a look at the SpeedBooster PDF white paper:

    http://www.metabones.com/images/metabones/Speed%20Booster%20White%20Paper.pdf

    On page 2 under Specifications it says Manual iris control for Nikon G lenses.

  • TscheckoffTscheckoff

    The actual speed boosters are electronically compatible (canon EF to NEX) or are for lenses which are always equipped with an aperture control ring directly. As already mentioned the nikon editions just need a quite simple mechanical aperture control ring. =)

    The only problem is maybe, that the 11 to 16mm 2.8 is just too wide for the speed booster to work correctly. At least with the cheaper chinese copies I read somewhere about problems with super wide glass. I just hope that's not the case with the metabones adapters. Just keep this (optional problem) in mind before you preorder such an adapter ...

  • vicharrisvicharris

    @Ralph_B Thanks for the info. I'm very familiar with all the Nikon mount glass. It's all I've used besides SLR glass for a year. Already have the Tokina set, just didn't see any rings on the speed boosters like the Novaflex adapters have.

  • Ralph_BRalph_B

    @vicharris

    Not to worry. The Speed Booster with the Nikon mount will have a ring to open and close the iris on Nikon lenses. So, get a Tokina with the Nikon mount.

  • OedipaxOedipax

    In a pinch you can change the aperture on a Canon DSLR and then pop it off. Not ideal but if you're using a speedbooster, maybe you'd want to keep the Tokina on f2.8 most of the time anyway.

  • philiplipetzphiliplipetz

    No, you are correct. No way to change iris while mounted to current speed boosters. Will need electronic version expected sometime in future.

  • vicharrisvicharris

    I might be having a brain fart, which is highly likely, but as I was brushing my teeth this morning, for some reason I had a thought. Now we all were talking about using the Tokina 11-16 and one of the speed boosters on this camera and agreed that it would be a perfect fit, in terms of performance, not size right. Well I might be wrong but I haven't seen any boosters that have the control needed to change the iris on the Tokina. I see it for native mft glass, but not this. If this is true, well...that isn't good. Has anyone even brought this up?

  • manstokmanstok

    Probably the bmpc is also so light it's better to add extra weight ;-)

  • GravitateMediaGroupGravitateMediaGroup

    this camera will be used for everything, no need to ever "limit" a tool.

    a man building a birdhouse may only need 3 tools, a man building a skyscraper is going to need those same 3 tools and 100 more.

  • Ian_TIan_T

    ....YEAH....(my2c) :)

  • AriaAria

    What's wrong with people. Even the GoPro has cages people make for them to add protection and more handling options. The BPC is so small that even if you added a small custom fit cage it would still be super small.

    The darn thing is only 5" across, 1.5" thick and 2.5" high. A form fitted handle with some extra 1/4-20 holes and maybe a collapsible set of Short 15mm rods like the Edelkrone Pocket Rig won't make it too much larger, but much more flexible.

    Of course then you can build it up to bigger rig easily as well. Total convenience. You can go ultra lite with no additions and a pancake or add a few bits to make it a bit more flexible. It's not an either or proposition. It's all of the above.

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