andy lee

this is looking very good!! roll on Sony

Maxotics - well I downloaded the file Andrew Posted of the A6000 filming cameras and lenses on his desk - its low light he said filmed at 640 iso well just look at the blacks - look at that Cooke lens he is filming on his desk there is no noise on it in the blacks .....much less than my g6 in low light at 640 iso .....its looks unbelieveably clean the A6000 image..... So I might use it for night time low light Fincher style stuff - still keep the G6s for everything else..... Also Maxotics can you do me a big favour when your speed booster arrives film the same clip with and without speedbooster and send me the files - they dont need to be long 10 secs etc as Im really keen to get one of the boosters ...thanks!!

put a Cineroid OLED EVF on it and thats all you need

this camera actually excites me more than the new batch of 4k cameras as the low light and very fine grain / lack of noise on this camera and its small size is very appealing.....

Most prodictions need lights and crews for commercial jobs , I just shot this weekend with a whole new LED light rig like used in 'Only God Forgives' , its superb and quick to rig and small ..and no heat on set - tungsten lights get like a greenhouse on my sets. think of the big picture Andrew - this is good news as others will have to respond ....will we get a new cheaper Red camera soon? - they know how to make them .

there is a mid price range of productions that will jump on this like music videos Record companies have slashed video budgets this past 10 years as record sales have dropped , but you could buy this camera outright with the budget of one job these days, yet these productions would not buy outright an Alexa or Eric they just rent them.

you know Im a Panasonic fan as they just work and are small and light but some jobs / projects / companies need this type of camera I hope this is the start of an evolution of Black Magic cameras thay follow this style as it has a proven pedegree in film and broadcast

Im pleased Andrew as they are now going in the right direction with this camera , the first 3 had a 'unique' form factor we desigened and built a rig for the first camera they sent me one early on to work with so I could shoot with it on my shoulder with a Cineroid EVF , http://www.eoshd.com/comments/gallery/image/180-tecnoir-blackmagic-anamorphic-cinema-rig-lores/ this new camera is following the form factor of the big boys and yes you will still need to add bits but they are making something very cheap compared to the big boys and this hopefully will be the way forward for Blackmagic evolutions of this camera now they are on the right path this camera COULD be the big seller as they have addressed all the design issue of the previous models

thats what real cameras look like , they are square , boxy and sit on your shoulder, all 16mm film cameras I ever used where like that, Aaton and Arri '> for me Im quite excited about this camera it has good form factor and on paper loooks great

never used one , but I have an Olympus OM 200mm that is very good

I used to shoot on AATON and Arri 16mm cameras then Sony DigiBeta Cam cameras only this last 6 years I've been on DSLRS now the Blackmagic URSA is back in the form factor Im used to using for many years - a proper camera!!

People make real films with Arri Alexas and Red Epics this has a similar form factor and very good specs so I do really think indie film makers will jump all over this is it is very very cheap ! Black Magic have seen what people want and designed a great product that film makers will want - This camera is aimed quite squarely at film makers - I want one!!

spec wise it ticks all the boxes super 35mm size sensor 4k and global shutter in a usable body form like an Alexa - what more do you want Blackmagic have listened to all the feedback off their other 3 cameras indie film makers will jump all over this - superb!!

what camera as the crop factor is important to know what zoom might even work !! full frame aspc micro 4/3 which?????

I was paying that for my Panasonic P2 cards 5 years ago

let the madness begin!! this looks very good .........

Panasonic cameras use a pixel averaging system to dump data for video where Canon use line skipping to achieve the same thing. Panasoinic Cameras are very very good at pixel averaging that is why the images from their cameras are so good and have so little moire compared to other cameras - so Im not really that concerned that the GH4 is a 16mp sensor. , and mega hi iso does not really appeal to me , I rarely ever shoot over 400 iso

buy some sensor cleaning swobs of ebay and clean the sensor http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8x-Swabs-CCD-CMOS-Sensor-Cleaning-Kit-for-Digital-Camera-DSLR-/281224565864?pt=UK_Camera_Cleaning_Equipment_Kits&hash=item417a4a5468 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Just-17mm-Swab-Digital-Camera-DSLR-Sensor-Cleaning-Mini-Kit-5-Swabs-Fluid-/130998092407?pt=UK_Camera_Cleaning_Equipment_Kits&hash=item1e80184277 I had to clean my sensor today before filming a scene and this is what I used , it takes 2 mins to do it

Canon FD 35-105 f3.5 is a very good lens on a par with the L Series Canon FD glass in terms of IQ - it is almost par focal - i drifts a bit but not enough to be annoying its is well paired with the Canon FD 24-35mm L Series Super Paragon 35-100mm is insanely sharp and very cheap - I like this lens alot the Vivitar 35-105mm f3.5 gives the Canon a run for it money and has a warmer look , the Canon 35-105mm has cool blue tinge to it the Tokina 28-85mm f4 is parfocal and low contrast and has a very good 70s retro look and is cheap http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2113-Konica-Autoreflex-SZ85-28-85mm-f4-Tokina-Lens-/281116714687?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item4173dca6bf

Manual only for video , AF is no use on any camera !! the camera will never know what item you are focusing on in a scene.

I also have a Kiev 88 45mm and 65mm KMZ made in Russia both are very good and very cheap on ebay there is a guy in Russia on ebay selling adaptors for them

just read that link Sean , so it looks like mine is a 1963 model with the plastic ring pre zebra , so 51 years old!! and yes they will be faster on a smaller sensor , so not really f2.8 on micro 4/3 maybe more like f1.7 maybe will do some tests and see this is the one I have , looks like the plastic focusing ring has come off this one on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Carl-Zeiss-Jena-Biometar-MC-80mm-f2-8-Pentacon-Six-lens-P6-2-8-80-5D-7D-EOS-50-/251487856131?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item3a8dd82603

thats the one I have the old one , it amazing to think a 50 year old lens is just as sharp as any L Series modern lens , they must have been very good at making glass in that Zeiss factory 50 years ago ! I imagine alot was done by hand ! no computers to assist! they where made to resolve an image over 2 1/4 inches square - thats a big area to cover with no distortions! thats about 55mm x 55mm

the Zeiss one is slightly better the Russian one is slightly more arty - there really is not much in it at all , this was the 'Standard' lens on these cameras so they made them good!! I only have a 1964 Zeiss one not the newer MC version ....that might be even better?

the 24-35mm is better than the primes - it has aspheric elements and is insanely sharp . so sell the primes and buy this!! Its a great lens with a very cinematic look have read of this http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/fdlenses/fdzooms/2435.htm Originally, first introduced back in 1978 as a Canon FD 24-35mm f/3.5 S. S. C. ASPH and upgraded a year later as Canon FD 24-35mm f/3.5L in 1979 with a revised FD lens coupling at its rear. Optically, bith lenses are the same except for the updated version is lighter. This appealing lens, the first wide-angle zoom in the world to offer an aspherical element, covers an angle of view from 84° to 63 °. The aspherical surface of its first element minimizes barrel distortion at short focal lengths and effectively controls curvature of field (an error which affects image quality by fall-off of sharpness towards the edges), coma, astigmatism, and lateral chromatic aberration. The optical performance of this lens virtually exceeds the performance of a fixed focal length lens. here is a tip for the Canon 24-35mm if you add a Red Eye 72m wide angle adaptor like this on the front of it with a +3 diopter it turns it into a 20mm lens with hardly any optical loss... http://www.digibroadcast.com/lenses-c62/camera-lenses-c78/wide-angle-adapters-converters-c224/red-eye-red-eye-re7204-fx-p4882