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Please, not this debate again... But the footage looks pretty good.

I use this too. I grew up with SoundForge and ACID for audio, so Vegas was the first editor i used.

I agree with your point in general, but i actually think it's one of the reasons Alexa is a bit overrated. It's so expensive that it only gets used on the bigger budget projects. So the overall quality of everything else (besides the camera) is going to be better, and therefore the final result will look better.

Use handheld only when you have a very good reason to. And don't compare handheld shots to static, compare them to slides, pans, tilts, ..etc.

I really hope you've scooped Canonrumors on this one. They've been getting lazy .

Will this work with the BMCC EF?

One with a riot shield attached to it.

Then it definitely makes more sense to go with a desktop. Given your budget, you probably should be aiming for something that has a nvidia 745 GTX or 750 GTX GPU. The 760 is a big step up, but it requires more power, and so the overall system is going to be more expensive. The processor should probably be Intel i5 4400 series.

RAID configured drive arrays are only really a necessity if you are shooting really large files (4K or raw) that need to be stored and edited in real time. The raid configuration will increase the rate at which data goes to the I/O hub, but since you will be shooting with G6s I don't think you need it. And for the record, USB 3 is probably fast enough (~400MB/s) to handle 2-4 drive raid configurations, assuming the drives are not SSDs. The laptop you picked out looks to be a good budget solution. The SSD will make it snapier (faster boots and file transfers), but it will also add to the price and decrease your overall storage space..

The IQ is worth the 1/1000000 chance of smokey battery. :lol:

Does anyone know anyone that actually owns one of these cameras?

Whatever they paid you to make this, it probably wasn't enough. :D Fucking masterpiece. Looks like it was shot on film. Great story, great lighting, great shot composition. If forced to nitpick, i would say that the opening shots in the graveyard were not as strong as everything that followed.

Don't forget to let us know how it turns out. :)

^This. Even the recommended SSDs will drop frames if you don't reformat once you delete.

I have no experience with them. Although in general, if you are going to use a raid array for storage, you should use at least some form of parity for backup. For this reason, i am against the 2 drive models using RAID 0.

Hold off on the 4K monitor. If you want something 1080 for grading i'd consider NEC spectra-view: http://www.necdisplay.com/p/desktop-monitors/pa231w-bk-sv If you want the budget option you can go with the dell ultra-sharp: U2713HM

The lacie 2big 2 bay systems give a you a slight performance increase in RAID 0, but they don't provide any pairty in case a drive fails (if one fails, then the data is gone). Storage reads are often a bottlekneck, if you want to take advantage of Thunderbolt 2, PromisePegasus is the way to go. I think their 8TB 4 Drive option (using Raid 5 gives you 6TB of storage) is a nice cost/benefit balance. They go all the way up to 32TB, but they get pricy. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist.jsp&sku=1013099&is=REG&gclid=CNjfjrjuj70CFUVp7AodW3YAtg&Q=add&q=1&A=cart

If you plan on doing this for business, there is really no reason to go with the iMac. Go with the six core Mac Pro with 6GB GPU (3X2) for ~3900 and get a real 4K monitor for ~2500. The aditional $3K-$4 should be a wash over the lifetime of the computer, and you will see noticeble performance improvements over the top spec iMac (time is money).

No DSLR, but their is always the Nikon V1! :D

I have the Rokinon 16mm and 24mm cines. I love them both, especially the 24mm, which i can use on full frame sensors too. I think the Sigma 18-35 is a great lens too, and probably the best value.

Who wants to bet we see a new Black Magic cam at NAB this year? I put the odds at 75%.

Don't get your hopes up, i'd expect it to be priced the 1D-C.

Have they scored the Alexa? I don't think so. I guess it's because the Dragon is marketed as stills also? They might as well run that test too.

It's got USB 3.0., so it should be able to handle a lot of inbound data. I wonder if it's possible.

The day i can monitor on an IPad/Surface is the day i will buy an iPad/Surface.