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[media]http://vimeo.com/47013561[/media] New Blackmagic Cinema Camera footage is in the wild, and this one is downloadable in glorious high bitrate 1080p. Although it isn't the original DNG or ProRes rushes it is the closest we've come to a representative video yet. http://www.eoshd.com/content/8703/most-significant-clue-so-far-about-blackmagic-cinema-camera-performance

[quote name='tabac' timestamp='1344363313' post='15065'] Just signed up here just to say, where do you get the balls? [/quote] From a Y chromosome...duh. What part of my criticism do you disagree with? 1. The handheld was shaky throughout, starting with the very first shot 2. Sloppy focus at 0:15 3. Guys face mostly in shadow, with a bright spot ocasionally hitting his forhead (1:45) 4. Weird tracking shot swaying back and forth (2:40 ish) 5. Guys face is too dark in the last scene Look, it's not terrible, it's not even bad, but it's not what I'd put out there to show off new tech just weeks from the suposed launch.

Hmmmm the plot thickens. I wasn't [i]that [/i]impressed with this stuff. I mean I know it's natural light with little augmentation so it's never going to look blockbuster, but larger-sensor cameras are able to make even mundane daytime scenes seem otherworldly, I think it may just be the nature of super 35 size and up. My recent experience with digital medium format confirmed this for me! Looking through the lens is really eerie. Even with one eye it's almost stereoscopic looking. Panning has a beautiful but surreal sense of depth. Then again, since Leica lenses also have this look, perhaps it's more glass choice. But there is an oddly electronic 'feel' to the image here. The motion itself is filmic (low jello and I-frame compression hand in hand there I reckon), but overall it's kind of... dead. Something tells me it's a combo of heavy sensor crop increasing DOF and reducing the 3D feel, plus the lens choice. It could be Canon L lenses here as the image is pretty warm, and I usually find them kind of sterile. Incidentally, I don't think this camera should have an EF mount, it should have a removable electronic EF mount with a mirrorless one behind, then people could play with hired, high-end PL glass and the like, to give the camera a fair run against RED and Alexa. The whole raw/prores/no in-cam NR or sharpness stuff is great, but this clip left me feeling a bit disappointed. Will be nice to see some footage that's really gone through its paces. I mean, in order to make EOS footage look the way I want takes a lot of processing (noise reduction, grades, film grain and more), so I'd love to get hold of some rushes and REALLY go to town on them, then judge the cam again. I suppose on balance, if we'd only ever seen straight rushes from the 5D MKii none of this revolution would ever have started ;) But still, I've yet to feel excited by a real image from this camera, it's only the spec sheets that have got me going, and that doesn't feel right. Perhaps it'll look nicer with a good super fast wide on the front... I'm still watching closely. Perhaps it's simpler than the above, and I just don't like the work of the film maker. After all, I've seen phenomenal work and average work and bad work come out of 5Ds.

Another Black Magic test that proves only one thing: They need to give the camera to someone else who knows what they are doing. I liked the pool footage better. This was shot with terrible lighting and bad camerawork. What's up with the huge sways durring the tracking shots? It's got a small sensor(relative to most of the competition) so i'm not surprised about the low light perfromance, but I want to know what this thing can do when lit properly.

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[quote name='tony wilson' timestamp='1344313338' post='15036'] 4.who can dance the macarena better captain kirk or the french scum bald captain prickhard.[/quote] I think maybe Kirk. He is more the physical type, Picard and Riker have more sense of dignity. [img]http://bilder.hifi-forum.de/medium/336986/double-facepalm_56304.png[/img] [quote name='David Dominguez' timestamp='1344315619' post='15038'] I wonder if the noise in the shadows would be less if it was shot using RAW instead ProRes?[/quote] ProRes doesn't cause noise. The noise is clearly caused by the camera. We have to watch this further. The images are great. Best demo so far. There are a lot of shots with almost the DR of the Zacuto test, and looking natural. Very impressed. EDIT: In two years, we will have become familiar with the better tonal range and the better colors. We will detect shots of the BMCC by the iso noise. All current DSLR stuff will be aesthetically unendurable for us ambitious twerps. Reminds me of a song by Aimee Mann: It's not going to stop 'til you wise up.

captains log star date july into august 2012. for a while now some of the crew been distracted by mindless moronic sports events. the federation love promoting sports they think it keeps the scum from riot,rape and my favourite murder. i william tiberius shatner kirk have bigger fish to fry. 1.does spock still love me is the relationship getting stale. 2.is he still turned on by my 20 pack abs 3. is scottie really scottish 4.who can dance the macarena better captain kirk or the french scum bald captain prickhard. i get a sense a feeling in my tight nylon space pants that we are getting close to another big war. question for the log. what will come first ww3 or bmc giving the prototype to another tester.

Tony, I'd love to see some tests of your new lens. It sounds really promising. I'm sure that you've seen A. Safari's video on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/43590845 And you're right, there's not much going on in the Vimeo anamorphic group. This seems to be the best place to talk about anamorphic lenses right now.

the other lens next to the moller is a super rare tiny italian anamorphic from the 1960s. the silver thing is my prototype redstan hypergonar using original 1970s benoist berthiot optics.not quite iscorama but pretty goodi have 50 loose battered opticswill get maybe 15 or 20 complete lens from it.this is just a quick housing so i can test which optics need polishing and cutting and which are scrap.these will be a bit like the baby hypergonar only variable focus much sharper and usable at f2.8.the cool thing is you can break up focus into zones so you should be able to do good strong dynamic focus pulls.this is very early days but it is already better than optex and century.some of the optics had really lovely coatings but have had to remove because of faults in the glass.some are also radioactive which the lens polisher refuses to touch : ) here is the hypergonar prototype done in black. nice and small. it ain't an iscorama but it should be ffing cool E O [attachment=276:_1050447.JPG][attachment=277:_1050452.JPG]