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I don't understand this post. DSLRs are for photographers. They are made for stills and not video. It's just so happens that we have adopted it as a filmmaking tool. If you are a serious filmmaker, Canon want you to buy the Cinema EOS Line. Nikon aren't interested. Fuji, erm... No need to bother. Panasonic...they have plans and want you to buy into their M43 system. They get punters in with the GH line, to then offer video based models later. ;) So what if Nikon haven't bothered with a video feature in this camera, who cares? Technically, hobbyists don't need professional features. Professionals need professional features and therefore buy professional cameras. Blackmagic cameras are for pros and lack many pro features. Canon etc, I expect, don't care. It's very niche. I'm not sure why ML RAW comes into this in any way at all. The effect this has on the market is literally nothing. It's a hack. It's not a feature of the camera. ML RAW is a discovery, it's not a market leading feature. The annoying fact for most is that if you want a camera with better features, you need to get shooting and earn some money. If it's just a hobby, then why would the camera manufacturers screw their business models by giving top features to people who just want to point and shoot? It doesn't make any sense. There is a feeling that manufacturers (Canon especially) are not putting in the juice they could even into their pro cameras. This is true, and it happens because they are a business who want to make a profit. I don't think the camera companies are out of touch. This forum is out of touch. The camera companies believe they are catering for you, and as we are all buying their cameras, they are. ;)

  Yes, this is exactly the case. A smaller sensor won't really have an effect on how 'oval' the bokeh shape is, but if you use lenses designed for bigger sensors you are just cropping the middle part. Bokeh gets distorted near the corners of a lens (as an effect of that, the ovals might look more pronounced). The solution would be to find some glass that is made for the sensor size. For the Pocket you should be looking into C-mount lenses / Super 16mm glass.

Canon's answer is "Magic Lantern." Sony's answer is, "We don't believe in magic" NIkon's answer is "No mas, por favor."

  A more pertinent question is where's Nikon, Canon or Sony's answer to Blackmagic?

I'm just floored that Canon have made one of the most accessible cinema cameras out there -- and they weren't even trying.

http://lenses.zeiss.com/content/dam/Photography/new/pdf/en/cine/master_anamorphic/master_anamorphic_depth_of_field_tables_meter.pdf  

Exactly. If we're writing open letters to companies complaining about lack of acceptable video features, I'd rather address it to Canon or someone who has a dedicated video market, and not a company that does not even specialize in that area.

This camera is purely for posers with money to burn. Unfortunately, in this world there are plenty of rich posers. I don't understand the mentality of stills guys who want a stills only camera. You do not sacrifice any quality in stills by having a video mode. Considering live view uses a video stream, it's a natural progression to include a video mode. I personally will never buy a stills only camera again. There is just no point. Personally, I'm desperate for a phone that doesn't have a music playing feature. I just can't handle my phone being able to play music!!!! Stupid stills guys

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that Nikon's main focus is not, nor has it ever been, nor do they want it in the future to be video shooters. I don't really get this article, I guess. To me this camera makes perfect sense for their market. Nikon is a stills company. Always has been. Why complain to them about a lack of 'acceptable' video standards when that is not a service they want to provide? If you want to shoot video, then use one of the many video options offered by other companies. Nikon likely sees little to no revenue (and thus, incentive) to seriously tackle video. No reason to write them a hateful letter about it. :)

I have been waiting for several years to buy the right camera. No one is making it yet. In the meantime, I rent. I have talked to manufacturers. They have tunnel vision. If one of them gets brave enough to do it, they could make the camera most of us have been waiting for, and find a "whole new market" (one we have been telling them about for some now): and sell a lot of cameras. I do not think Canon, Nikon, Fuji, will be the brave one to do it, nor do I think they care at all about articles like Andrew's. I appreciate the effort, Andrew. Write one to the companies who might actually care!

Here is the issue. If they continue to use Sony sensors, Sony is going to make them pay to have Video features (because that's a big market for Sony). So it's not just about demand differentiation, it's about supply cost differentiation too.

This. Smart move by Nikon to leave the movie mode out. The amount of photographers crying with happiness over the lack of movie mode is astounding. The Canon photographers on the other side are crying a 1000 tears over the fact that Nikon does pay attention to the photographer, instead of Canon who only cares for the movie makers (yes... that's what they think, it's more like Canon doesn't really care about anyone or anything). This camera is bullshit anyway, yes, it has appeal.... ohhh the looks, ahhh the buttons! But what is wrong with the ergonomics of a D800? What is the point of selecting your shutter speed (limited to full stops) with a huge wheel, that you first have to unlock... Form over fuction.

All this talk of 4K hardly different to the eye than 1080p, load of nonsense in my experience. I used a GoPro today and did a shot with the 4k option for a laugh, then I did the same shot in 1080p and put it on a 1080p timeline....... The difference was easy to see. The image in 4 k was miles better.... And this was just from a GoPro on an iMac screen. Do we need 4k? Definitely not for most of us. Many consumers are happy watching pixelated streamed movies off dodgy websites. But as a serious filmmaking tool, it could be very useful and very beautiful. I don't need 4k. But I sure want to film in 4k. I want to say wow again!

On the spec you choose for Resolve at least 3GB VRAM on the GTX770, for the money a Zotac 4GB would be good, 5 yr warranty too. RAM I'd watch those jerk off heat sinks possibly clashing with your CPU cooling if you were to choose a fan rather than water cooled. CAS is high and only dual channel? If 2x 8GB? Maybe consider some low CAS, low voltage Kingston HyperX or similar. 16GB is entry level for any RAM cache, play blast. Does your mobo support dual 16x PCI-e 3.0 if you add a second GPU, if you're going for Resolve 10b with dual monitors then think about adding a second GPU for just GUI, as 10b supports multi GPU and prefably on a mobo supporting dual 16x not 16x then 8x and 8x. Blackmagic recommend the Asus P9X79 Pro for that, socket 2011 Ivy Bridge, 4 channel RAM etc, have you done a cost comparison with socket 2011 and a quad core? For PSU I'd suggest the 850W to cover things like second GPU and a small disk RAID. RAID 0 for that just as workspace, RAID 1 for backup to a Synology NAS and a eSATA dock for bare drives for off site. No RAID 5 or 6 unless using enterprise standard drives.

Maybe I am just being imaginative and hopeful, but, I think Consumer DSLRs can’t die for many reasons (among others). That is possibly THE largest market for Camera makers. Point and Shoot may sell more,in some categories, but their profit margins may be smaller. DSLRs have a whole market of accessories attached with them. There are rigs, attachable mics, lens filters, tripods, inter-changeable lenses etc etc. Indie Filmmakers using DSLRs to shot films, still constitutes a tiny % of the actual users of DSLRs. Phone cameras, whether they do 120fps or 240fps, still have very poor photo quality. You obviously can’t shoot a pic from a DSLR at the same speed as that from a Phone’s camera, and, that’s why, they must both co-exist.     Also, I strongly believe, that accessories, right now, will be more integrated into bodies, and instead of having a JuicedLink pre-amp which juts out, or some mic, which attaches on the hotshoe, accessory makers will solutions will make solutions more integrated into bodies and forms. Whereas, this may seem difficult, since a lot of bodies are moulded from super-strong Alloys (like Magnesium), I feel, accessory makers, will open up cameras, and replace portions, or maybe make accessories, on the outside, so small in size, that, they would seem either un-noticeable, or part of the body itself. Maybe, camera makers, will allow for such meddling, with the basic camera, without screwing up with the mother-board. Maybe at access points, immediately before the mini-usb point, or somewhere close, accessory makers will be able to attach accessories.   I also feel, that this whole accessory race, and the emergence of Black Magic (and Bolex and GoPro etc), will create Custom Built DSLRs, which will be almost customised, like Desktop Computers, and one may be able to purchase almost exact specifications, based on your ability to pay, and your needs. Like mobile phone companies almost purchase components, and have them assembled, after some basic designing. This way, the scope for specifications could be seriously insane.       That’s just my imagination.

  Update to fact check: Yes, it's true Google acquired Android and was working on it in 2006... what most folks who mention this normally leave out the fact that back then, Android was a total clone of... the Blackberry OS (then the world's most popular smartphone). iPhone and iOS was released in 2007. Then Android was announced with the first Android phone on sale in 2008 sporting an interface that looked like...??? (Hint: nothing like the BB OS).   ;-)

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