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

    @mpxsvcd Maybe you should let people know that their reasoning is poor and help them with your greatly superior knowledge of why people should and should not purchase things. I'm sure they'd welcome your help!

  • QuinEtiamQuinEtiam

    My Pany HC-v700k cost($460) shoots better video than any dslr.

    But you have limited creative choices, lenses, dof, shutter speed etc.

    I've scoured the net.... it's official...the BMPCC is a total POS.

  • _gl_gl

    Wanted to see how far I could get using my own software (haven't looked into more serious grading yet). Nothing fancy, just sharpening, saturation + Curves & some glow. Left portion is the original.

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  • tosvustosvus

    @QuinEtiam Interesting "logic" there.. Anyways, I'm confident it will absolutely destroy your Panasonic HCv700 if comparing video quality ;)

  • mpgxsvcdmpgxsvcd

    @Chaos123x

    That is what I mean. It would be ironic if someone who bought it for all the wrong reasons ended up with it first.

  • QuinEtiamQuinEtiam

    Evidence for and evidence against is lacking.

    Period.

    So I say again, where are the dozens of samples that SHOULD BE available before purchasing.

    They don't exist.

    Hence it is a lemon.

  • stoneystoney

    Reverie moment yet?

  • Chaos123xChaos123x

    Not only can you use the Gh3 for slow-mo you can also do time lapse easily right out of the box.

    Speaking of boxes...

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  • Brian202020Brian202020

    @tosvus

    I'd go as far as saying MOST GH2 footage looks like crap, and I have yet to see any GH3 footage that impressed me. That said I do understand the need for occasional slow-motion.

  • No_SuRReNDeRNo_SuRReNDeR

    @tosvus yeah good point.

  • tosvustosvus

    @No_SuRReNDeR No point bothering with QuinEtiam - obviously a lost cause..

  • tosvustosvus

    @Vitaliy_Kiselev Truth be told, there are lots of GH2 footage that looks like crap too, or from any camera for that matter. I wouldn't write off any camera for some random footage found on the web. I suspect with right use and postprocessing the bmcc and bmpcc will offer great quality, and I plan to own a bmpcc in addition to my gh3. The Gh3 will be done mostly for wide shots/stabilized shots/slow motion and the bmpcc will be used for studio work(green screen most importantly) and most normal-tele work.

  • No_SuRReNDeRNo_SuRReNDeR

    @QuinEtiam Look Jimmykorea...erh I mean Quin --- a 4:2:2 10 bit pro res and hopefully 12bit raw video camera for under a grand is flipping amazing so if you don't see that you are either a total halfwit or moronic fanboy. For those of us who actually shoot cinematic video, and cant afford to own pricey cams like the Alexa or Red this camera is awesome. I respect most opinions but yours is just ill informed moronic bs. Go troll somewhere else.

  • jakepowelljakepowell

    my very quick attempt . had too much else to do today to really do anything much.

  • QuinEtiamQuinEtiam

    Me thinks that if I were launching a super-duper over-the-top video cam, I would flood the web with dozens of full-rez videos files in all sorts of shooting situation.

    This whole thing is cherry-picked, it stinks.

    It's a dud, a lemon.

    Probably get a cell-phone camera to prores 422, don't make it good cam.

    One thing for, the iPhone 6 will shoot better video.

  • Brian202020Brian202020

    @Chaos123x

    Everyone knows the GH2 sharpens the imagine in camera so a lot of that sharpness is false sharpness. Some like it, some don't, but keep in mind if you do like the false sharpened "look" than you can always do the same thing easily to the BMPCC footage in post.

  • Chaos123xChaos123x

    @mpgxvcd

    I think this would make a horrible consumer camera with its short battery and recording times.

  • Chaos123xChaos123x

    I think the issue is that the pocket blows away the gh2 in terms of dynamic range. But for which camera resolves more I think that's still up in the air (I thinks it's the gh2 though).

    For the best or both worlds your probably better off getting the bigger bmcc.

  • mpgxsvcdmpgxsvcd

    So I wonder if they are hand selecting who the first shipments go to? Wouldn’t it be ironic if the first shipments just went to some guy who placed and order right away because he wanted a good pocket video camera?

  • Brian202020Brian202020

    Some of the first footage John showed (Vivid Pocket) was great.

  • QuinEtiamQuinEtiam

    Not one good sample for this so called great Camera...

    hmmm

    BS-Ware

  • No_SuRReNDeRNo_SuRReNDeR

    This ISNT mine just found it....some of that JB footage graded---- PEEP the sky... My Gh2 would never get a sky like that- 10bit 4:2:2 --- that's whats up. If you cant see the difference even with youtube compression you need to GET YOUR EYES CHECKED.-

  • QuinEtiamQuinEtiam

    What a piece of crap, a guy over at the istockvideo forum said his GH2/3 out resolves it easily.

    Another mirage job just like Red Scarlet....

  • jrdjrd

    Sorry, but does anyone have the file size of the download? ... on and on it goes.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Not sure what kind of fantasy world some of you are living in, but these 2 cameras should not be compared to each other

    They should. In fact any actual clips and films can and must be compared.

    Right now we'll have bunch of people with BMPCCs who'll produce such crap that you could not watch it at all.

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