Wow, that was some real warm and cuddly fuzzy bullshit. Would have been nice to see something tangible, people working away tweaking image quality out of a sensor, testing noise floor of the xlr input etc, some actual technical tests. This still looks like a circus, an elaborate one but still a circus.

11 1/2 minutes and not a single shot of a camera working. Ouch.

"…the camera is very, very close to being done"

"But from what I understand the image from the sensor to the recorded image on the drive isn't quite what they want just yet."

http://www.digitalbolex.com/forum/building-the-digital-bolex/seeing-is-believing/

@Alex

No.

I hate guys shooting out of focus videos with bad sound :-)

(mostly) final spec camera, although it couldn't show an image

There's a sucker born every minute, so that means they have a whole new batch to prey on! Love it!!! I could just take $3000, wipe my ass with it, then piss on it, then soak it with JP8, light it on fire and get a better show! Was that too harsh? :)

I'm really interested in the real story behind the D16 hype:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cappuccino/beyond-the-bolex-a-documentary-film?ref=live

now, do they just what to squeeze out another $35k from this howl hype?

If they are doing 4k, it's going to be no more than a pt grey flea USB 3 cam. Those do 4k at 21fps...next rev should do 24 and 30 fairly easily...but you could o this now albeit in a less pretty but more functional package. DIY...flea 3 plus intel NUC plus small hd monitor and tekkeon battery pack.

Plus a capture software...streampix 5 would do it for high $ but the sdk might suffice.

@GH2UW

I knew it. They are focused on big things. Important things. 4K for $2K. Delivery - May 2030.

Personally, I'm waiting for the grand finale of the show...the magical disappearing act.

No, I think they wait for this year NAB where they'll annouce new 4K, 120fps raw camera with 70mm sensor for $1999.

I often read they’re good value but even Panasonic’s electronic lenses are pretty sharp and the cheaper ones with small apertures are about the same price. How can these lenses without moving elements for a smaller sensor be that pricey then?

the idea behind this, as far as I understand it:

• cheap to produce construction with very good, sharp glass
• with the crank on the D16 you are supposed to alter the flange back range, so you can move the focal point to focus
• With variable ND filters you control exposure ...

Is that real? It seems like a joke to me.

"Lenses" "test"