Andrew Reid

Made very good progress on the book this week and very happy with the form it's taking. You're in for a treat.

  Specifically, nobody can say but it is likely not going to be very good. If the sensor cannot scale to a clean 1080p output then raw won't solve the moire & aliasing issue. The SD card slot is not likely to be fast enough for 1080p raw either.   5D Mark III still a league of 1.

[media]http://vimeo.com/71179151[/media] It's been a busy weekend in the DSLR community, so here's a round-up of a bunch of the more significant news. The Canon 70D is to be released in August and represents the first proper revamp of the Canon APS-C line since 2009's Canon 7D. Canon make grand claims over the new video and live-view optimised AF system but is the new sensor able to deliver the goods when it comes to image quality? [url=http://www.eoshd.com/content/10884/news-round-up-including-a-look-at-the-70ds-image-quality]Read the full article here[/url]

  It won't put pressure on Canon, Sony, etc. if they can't build them in quantity.   Blackmagic need a few years I feel to do this.

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Thanks for letting me know, will look into it.

Dude it was same shot on same camera with same lens and same exposure settings, same light same moment to within 5 seconds. You're an idiot.

Thanks for posting, however I take issue at your pricing. It is extortionate.   You can get a Kowa 8Z for $500.   $2200?   I know that includes the Tokina, but I still would encourage all sellers of anamorphic lenses to be reasonable and to not start another price bubble like we have with the Iscorama.   Thanks.

  LOL. It's the same exposure. What non-blown portions? The whole window including blinds were over exposed by 2 stops.   If you like I can upload the original H.264 with metadata for exposure, original raw DNG and even an original CR2.

From the official Blackmagic forum -       ---   It isn't all about the Pocket and 4K cameras. Blackmagic need to consider their original customers from April 2012.   Constructive solutions and criticism only please...

  It's not that bad.

Updated with full statement - http://www.eoshd.com/content/10867/official-statement-from-blackmagic-on-new-camera-shipping

  Got a source for that? Cheers.   I really hope it measures up the OM-D in performance. Or Sony will grab sales with a full frame NEX system and Olympus 5 axis tech.   Might it be possible it works in conjunction with the OIS on Lumix lenses to offer the extra stabilisation?

The Panasonic GX7 is looking genuinely exciting for filmmakers. It sits at the top of Panasonic's range and uses a different form factor to the DSLR-like GH3, in that it is in the mould of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema camera, original Panasonic GF1 and Sony NEX range. The GX7 is rumoured to have some major features not seen in the GH3, such as an in-body stabilisation system and peaking. The sensor is said to be all-new as well and outperforms all the current mFT sensors for raw image quality. [url=http://www.eoshd.com/content/10870/panasonic-gx7-to-feature-video-to-gh3-standard-yet-has-in-body-stabilisation]Read the full article here[/url]

  It's not all bad on the ergonomics front. When I used the Ikonoskop on the same shoot as the BMCC last winter, the BMCC was an absolute doddle to get rolling. It's a very simple camera to use and you can set it up in seconds on the touch screen.   It just needs some simple changes -    The weight needs lowering and distributing more evenly front-to-back. It is quite a narrow body but taller and wider than a DSLR.   The screen has quite poor colour and contrast though good detail. I'd like to see a more recent panel on the 4K model, OLED would be ideal and it needs to be articulated, otherwise people will just be adding a spidery arm and a chunky Marshall and that kind of defies the point of having so much of the camera itself taken up by a large screen.   mFT mount they have already done - smart move.   ND filter built in would be next step.   Pocket Camera not used so no idea if it feels 'right'. ReWo brought a mock up to me a few months ago of the camera they made from official dimensions from foam in the factory and it feels good in the hand but the record button is awkwardly placed on the top.

  Quick test. Massively blown window by 3ev.   Brought down 2.5 stops in post.   If you enjoy having your highlights look like the mush on the right, keep shooting 8bit / C100 / standard DSLR video!

I will do a grading post on EOSHD soon which will show the difference between 14bit raw and 8bit codecs very clearly. Best thing to do is to stop talking about it and SHOW it.

They have the Pocket camera as expected 31st July - http://www.creativevideo.co.uk/index.php?t=product/blackmagic_pocket_cinema_camera_mft

It is only a small but significant part of your C100 fanboyism I can no longer accept on this community - the completely nonsensical statements about products you have little or no experience with.   "The sensor sucks. Even worse than the BMCC."   Simply not true.   This forum is quoted all over the place as 'EOSHD' and I am not happy to have bulls*** spread around by users with an anti-Blackmagic vendetta. Opinion and speculation are 100% fine. Just make sure it isn't bulls***. Simple!

  Nice job!   Yes 7-14mm is an incredible lens. Hope they update it and widen the aperture to 2.8.

Peederj, seriously, give it a rest.   Final warning.

  If you want to keep everything in focus you can't do it with a fast aperture on full frame. You'd be better off with a small sensor.   Consider Zeiss Jena 20mm F2.8 in M42 mount though. At F5.6 that is a great run & gun lens and optically superb for the price. Bought mine for 200 euros and if it were a modern lens it would be 1000+   Samyang 14mm F2.8 is a weird lens - distortion is massive on it. It's OK for grabbing the odd shot and works best in confined spaces, crowds or for arty close-ups - but whenever you have angular or straight objects in the shot it looks rubbish.

  I think part of the problem is that Blackmagic keep attempting to put out the fire by adding gasoline.   First they say September would be 'a best case scenario' - then the official statement they raise expectations by saying August. Bit risky no?   Expectations are already too high and there's a good chance that in the final development stages or production stages that a camera might encounter issues that take further work to solve.   It would be better if they just said 'second half 2013' and give themselves some breathing space.   Under promise and over deliver rather than the other way round.

Simon Westland of Blackmagic Design EMEA "Blackmagic Design is making significant progress in production of the new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and Blackmagic Production Camera 4K. Full production manufacturing is underway on the Pocket Cinema Camera with first production units in final testing. This is inline with our initial expectations of the end of July and means the camera will start to ship in quantity during August. There are several weeks of work to do on Production Camera 4K before this will enter full production manufacturing, however we expect to ship the first quantities of this model before the end of August." More to follow.[url=http://www.eoshd.com/content/10867/official-statement-from-blackmagic-on-new-camera-shipping]Read the full article here[/url]

  If this is true, what on earth are they playing at?   Surely they must have the ability to scale their production to demand.   At a rate of 100 units per month there's a good chance it will take a year to go through the pre-orders and that is a VERY conservative estimate of 1000 pre-orders. I expect they had a lot more than that given the consumer pricing and attractiveness of the spec AND the temptation of people to keep the Pocket pre-order open whilst they cancel others, or even move their pre-order from a more expensive model to the Pocket.   You can't ship such low quantities in this market, even in a niche part of it. Just doesn't work.   Blackmagic need to give us proper answers on their production capacities and whether they can ramp up, otherwise all we're going to be lead to do is speculate that it might take a year for some people to their cameras and that isn't useful or constructive for Blackmagic.