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

RRRR

Hopefully I´ll have mine in the mail tomorrow! Good times! :)

Greenidge

The BMPCC is now available here in India @ Rs.108000 ($1729), no pre ordering, can be picked up off the shelf, Id say its very expensive considering that products by other companies are priced much closer to the prices in the US.

acauzzi

@PixCanFly, could you please indicate some companys you might know so we can try to order from these shops?

PixCanFly

Over here in Singapore, it's easier to get the BMPCC from smaller retailer. Just last week while window shopping, I bought the BMPCC from a small camera shop. No pre order nonsense. Same goes to the BMCC EF when I bought it 6 months ago. There's always a long queue in bigger shops I reckoned.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@MaulKentor

Not bad news. But still slow.

MaulKentor

I talked with a customer service agent at B&H and while he couldn't tell me exactly how many camera's we on order he said it was in the thousands and that they were receiving a shipment on Oct 1 of around 150 cameras. He also mentioned that they received 750 BMCC.

apix

Thanks for the update guys, I order from april 10th, so hopefully mine will come soon :)

eatstoomuchjam

Yup - I just got confirmation of my order from April 9th from B&H too.

ahbleza

B&H just confirmed shipment of my order for a BMPCC. I ordered on April 9th. That's only six months.... less than the time I waited for my BMCC, so things are improving. I wonder if I should order a BMCC 4K?

Trumpetman

The lcd screen shade is a JJC 3.5" shade for camcorders. I modified it to just attach to the top shoe mount. They are on Ebay and Amazon also under Rainbow Imaging. It works ok, but will ultimately need a loupe.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

One question I have is why are EVFs so large? Rather than one the size of a drinks can why isn't there a variety of HDMI EVFs like the tiny ones you can buy to clip into the Sony Nex cameras, like this

You need all connectors to be present, battery mount, etc.

Plus making tiny connectors is very hard as all small panels supply is tightly controlled and no one will provide them freely.

vicharris

@kholi I might agree with you that it's cleaner. From handling if for one day, something just feels different in the footage to me.

austinchimp

I'd also like to know what lcd shade @Trumpetman is using.

I got my camera yesterday and here in Spain it's become evident that focussing from the screen outside is virtually impossible. It's also hard to judge exposure. So I've been looking into EVFs.

One question I have is why are EVFs so large? Rather than one the size of a drinks can why isn't there a variety of HDMI EVFs like the tiny ones you can buy to clip into the Sony Nex cameras, like this

http://store.sony.com/p/Sony-Alpha-NEX-5N-Digital-SLR-Camera-Wide-Angle-Viewfinder-View-Finder/en/p/FDAEV1S

It seems there's nothing that says an EVF has to be massive.

kholi

Haven't tested it yet, but pretty sure that the Pocket Camera is cleaner than the 2.5K. I'm hoping the color adjustments/curves can be an optional firmware update for the 2.5K as well.

Gut tells me that the easiest way to describe the camera is calling it "The Filmmaker's Point and Shoot."

Lack of audio meters, etc., doesn't stop you from grabbing the random nice image, but a lack of DR, detail, and accurate/nice color will.

Almost at a point where I can comment on the camera in depth!

vicharris

@apix Just crazy. Learned my lesson. :)

apix

@vicharris Just got an email from B&H they are still filling out order for people that had order on April 8th, not sure how many there are but I assume it is a lot, so I think I have to wait for a while for mines to come, since I had order on April 10th.

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Just got my cam in today that I ordered on Thursday (still have the B&H one in limbo), threw on the Voight 17.5 at f2 to play with lower, available light and the first thing I got out of the camera and graded looks like this. Yeah, I'm impressed. :) It was much darker in the room than this pic shows. 800ASA.

smsjr

2nd real world test yesterday. Shot in a Bikram Yoga studio in 100+ degree heat and high humidity. Camera got real hot but never failed. So that's a good sign for the stability. Lack of audio meters, preset white balance settings, and a few other issues make the camera a little quirky but still a powerful little camera.

smsjr

@Trumpetman which LCD sun hood is that?

Tron

That's just a bizarre fucking vid. The video is a cliffhanger from the standpoint that you wait forever for something useful to be said, but it never is. "Buy a hacked GH2 maaan, you won't need as much hard drive space." Brilliant analysis from the Drew network. I feel empathy for his clients, if they exist.

inqb8tr

Drew.

Trumpetman

Here are photos of my pocket anamorphic rig. It's a Soligor focus through adapter similar to the Century Optix. I have it on the Lumix 14mm and the 14-140mm. Works on both with no vignetting. I will be shooting test this week, but I have to practice with exposure settings and learn DaVinci. Hopefully will post footage by the end of the week. Initial results aren't too bad, need to see how much I can sharpen in post.

No_SuRReNDeR

@kurt10 Yeah Dl-d that the other day and peeped it....Its Just a bit noisey in the shadows, like on the shed...otherwise yeah you can really see how sharp it is and the DR of the camera.

Brian202020

Nice. For some reason I was envisioning a side handle tho not the top handle. I'd like to see a cage with a operator left, side handle.

smsjr

@Brian202020 Here's a pic of the handle.

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