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I've posted older versions of some of these, but I thought I should post some old BMPCC/BMMCC videos, some of which are uprezzed to 4K. Narrative shorts: This is a promo video a friend I did shot on the Pocket/Micro with only available light: And some personal home movies:

Thanks to @TomTheDP for finding this comparison between the Original BMPCC and Alexa, and thanks to Alain Bourassa for performing the test! As @Matt Kieley says, the BMPCC and BMMCC have the same sensor, so it's a proxy for the BMMCC as well. Not a bad match, considering that this appears to have no adjustments, and shots have different White Balances: The WB comparison: Latitude tests: What I see from this comparison is: Obviously the Alexa has more latitude, no surprises there Both comparisons vary quite a bit in tone and levels between the shots (this is an indication to me that the shots were taken quickly and the results not processed too much, so I think is a good indicator of what things are like when used for real rather than in meticulous lab environments) The BMPCC fails at +4 and the Alexa doesn't, but both look reasonable at -3, so the highlights are where the Alexas increased DR is revealed The BMPCC looks very usable across the whole range and this reflects my impressions of shooting with it Vectorscope comparisons, with colours extended 2X in the scope for ease of viewing.. BMPCC Primaries: Alexa Primaries: BMPCC chart: Alexa chart: For reference, this is a colour chart I shot with my GH5. The absolute level of saturation can't be compared as I can't remember what I did in post, but check out how different the overall shape is, which is much closer to 'correct': I suggest this is a very good result, especially considering how old and how cheap this camera is, even after the price has risen since COVID lockdown and nostalgia shopping.

They did give it a rather nice follow-up: But I'm pretty sure that cam was also a flop at the $5K pricing with no internal 10-bit. That said, I find the DVX200 sexy as hell in a throwback MINIDV/3CCD cam way.. and I'm sure in the right hands this was/is a very capable and surely fun to shoot with cam..

Thanks man! The first two narrative shorts were shot with Rokinon Lenses (10, 16, 35) The 15 second horror shorts and the promo video were shot with Fujinon c-mount lenses (18-108mm 2.5, 17.5-105mm 1.8, 12.5mm 1.4, 25mm 1.4, 50mm 1.4) Lonely Astronaut was the Canon TV-16 25mm 1.4 c-mount lens. Catch Hold was the Cosmicar 12.5mm 1.9 c-mount lens.

I figure this thread might as well be about the original bmpcc too. I just bought it again. It's like an old girlfriend I just keep going back to. I was going to sell my Panasonic G9 but decided to keep it as a paid gig workhorse since I have some new work coming in. But the bmpcc will be for my narrative film projects. Also, if anyone happens to have a cage for the bmpcc they need to get rid of, message me because I need one.

It's tied with the Sony FS5 mk. I as the worst built camcorder I have ever handled. Absolutely a wonderful image. Varicam 35 quality in a compact form factor. Plenty of warm color rendering and lively skintones. It eats the FS7's lunch in this department. But the thing was built like a fortune cookie and the EF mount was non-sensical. Panasonic has all the ingredients available for a top-tier modern cinema camera. 6K full frame sensor. Dual native ISO. 10-bit codecs. Refined RAW workflow. L-mount with an evolving lineup of lenses from quality manufacturers. Decades of broadcast camera experience and reasonable ergonomics. All it takes is the will to put it together in a compact modular package. $8K or less. Do it, Panasonic. Do it.

Tons of options. Depends on what you want to spend nd how wide you want to go. I have the moller 32 2x, Kowa 8z and a Bell and Howell single focus scope for blue flares.

Panasonic should shrink it down, go L Mount, give it prores and good on-board monitoring and it'd be worth a look. If you hark back to the Mini DV days, the DVX100 was fun and neat. It had a sexier image and was smaller than the competition, so I think they should try replicate that again. The S1H is nice on many fronts but they need a video camera with NDs and I/O with little to no rolling shutter.

Awesome work as always @Matt Kieley ! Do you remember which lenses you used?