Andrew Reid

It covers Resolve Lite workflows and others which work with FCPX like ProRes and CineForm, extensively. Nearly half the book is about workflow.

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  Well we already can do that pretty much, and it won't affect Red because they are catering to a much higher end market.   Talent, ideas and creativity is still the dividing factor. It always was. That doesn't mean to say gear doesn't matter. It does, and it is a fantastic opportunity we've all got as filmmakers to make use of these $400 or $1000 cinema cameras.   However you must take into account marketing and promotions into account, and the online world. Your film can be as good as you like but if you can't make money from it and nobody sees it, that's a problem.

Install Magic Lantern and use their crop mark masks, you can also make your own in Photoshop.   Works with normal video mode as well as raw.

  Indeed. The silence speaks volumes.

  You may want to look at WHY they are trying to cover their ass.

"Every variant", and said in context of a discussion about the Pocket Camera.   If he didn't mean that he's free to correct me, but you can't exactly blame me for my interpretation of English.

The new 14-140mm F3.5-5.6 is very nice. It can be had cheap with the G6 in a kit, if you sell the G6 body and keep the lens.   I paid £750 for the kit at Manchester airport, granted duty free but not far off prices you can get elsewhere.

  Really? B&H has every variant of BM camera in stock including Pocket and 4K? Very strange comment, from a strange new user.

  Not sure if you noticed but Magic Lantern did 2 months ago.

Had to divert to Canon land for a bit. I'm still working on it. Will be released within a month.

2nd year running! Completely unacceptable.   Blackmagic are risking serious reputation damage with this.

  Shit, meet fan.  

I'm releasing today a special 50D edition of my extensive 100+ page book about shooting raw video with Magic Lantern. Get it here! [url=http://www.eoshd.com/content/10798/eoshd-50d-raw-shooters-guide-now-available]Read the full article here[/url]

Really nice cage. I have their BMCC cage, both design and materials are first rate and it's light.   $99 for this is a steal.   Looks like the camera is starting to trickle out. The big question now is in what quantity and to whom!

I can understand Blackmagic wanting to prioritise the US market.   However, it isn't a very professional camera launch if you can't even supply the 3 major markets - Europe, Asia, US.   I think the root cause of this is that the scientific CMOS sensors aren't really made for mass production cameras.   Blackmagic should source from Aptina or Sony instead.   CMOSIS should be able to ramp up pretty well though. Yet there's no sign of the 4K model is there?

Only heat stops the Hero 3 Black Edition from doing double the stock frame rates.   Pretty amazing technology in a matchbox...   http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/121586-gopro-hero3-4k-capture-at-24fps-not-yet-possible-overheating-would-pose-a-problem  

Maybe there's been a bit of a relationship breakdown with CVP. B&H get a camera. Small dealers in Germany claim they're getting deliveries. But CVP feels the need to put this out and nor have they any demo units.   The plot thickens.

I've been testing this today and indeed the dynamic range is insane, proper Alexa league stuff.   The problem is, I don't believe the image is usable yet.   http://www.eoshd.com/uploads/5d3-hdrx.jpg   Alex says he will optimise it but it needs very complex maths.   The problem is, some sites out there have jumped on this like it is a free pass to 14 stops of DR. It isn't. That's what happens when the people writing the hype-articles never shoot or test anything with their own two hands before blogging it.  :wacko:

David, have you got more info? Which dealer was the Pocket camera delivered through?

The anamorphic stretch interferes with raw recording, it is a real CPU hog. Use with caution if shooting raw.

  Nope. Just like last time I have put down a wad of cash like everyone else, will wait in the queue like everyone else, and be disappointed like everyone else when it fails to arrive on time.

  Shit! What day were you there? They are bringing it to Germany next, then New York. I'm hoping they put the film out and sound track too, though a lot of the film was from Adam Curtis's previous work. Like the Soviet punk sequence -   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye6jJdYU8Dk   Thought-provoking, if undancable. Did you notice how confused some of the lager swilling mancs looked? :)

It is mid-July and the new Blackmagic cameras - Pocket Cinema Camera and Production 4K Camera are due to ship imminently, which I am very much looking forward to. In anticipation I have been building up a collection of Super 16mm c-mount glass for my Pocket Cinema Camera. However in my inbox today was a frustrated sounding email from London's CVP titled 'When will I get my Blackmagic Cinema Camera? As last July, Blackmagic are unable to tell them when they will receive camera shipments and in what quantities. [url=http://www.eoshd.com/content/10792/biggest-european-dealer-cvp-in-the-dark-over-new-blackmagic-cameras]Read the full article here[/url]

I'd question why you needed uncompressed HDMI for external recording when you get what else you ask for on the list.   Certainly with the image quality of raw on a 5D Mark III you don't need no stinky external box!     Again, kind of makes request for HDMI recording redundant. 60fps on the G6 and GH3 is nice but you can use Twixtor on 5D footage, or record at lower resolutions for raw 60fps.     The 5D Mark III is also virtually moire free, as was the GH2.     I'd ask yourself why DX crop is ideal, or why Nikon have smarter lens choices. The Nikon mount is the most limiting of all mounts in terms of what you can put on it. DX crop = Super 35mm but I'd take full frame over that given the choice, to use all that glorious full frame glass to the max and get more control over depth of field. Would be nice, but some of the newer lenses come close. Hybrid ultrasonic IS on the 100mm F2.8 is very good. The new Power OIS (supersedes older MEGA OIS) on the updated 14-140mm from Panasonic is also very effective, and will be nice with raw on the BMCC.     A few high end Canon zooms have F2.8 constant apertures. There's the new Sigma F1.8 zoom coming up too which will be very nice for APS-C / 50D raw.     Why? For events?     DSLR form factor isn't the issue for me, I like it. It is more the lack of built in ND is, and the consumer connectivity.   Now we are dreaming :)