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URSA Mini is the wrong name for it. It seems more like a replacement for the Cinema Camera/Production Camera line to me.

​I agree with that. It sure ain't 'mini'. I think this camera is what the original BMCC should have been. A camera with proper ergonomics for filmmaking that doesn't require a huge amount of additional rigging. ​It's a nice new tool that could solve some of the headaches we have to face. I don't think any of us are under the illusion that it's going to transform us into better filmmakers.

Did you see the eriknaso.com link? ​It looks like a nice fit for a shoulder. I wouldn't say 'massive'.

I don't think it's fixed lens. I think the DVX100 mentions are just there to evoke the memory of a more innovative Panasonic that could still dominate. DVX100 was popular with filmmakers for the film gamma and 24p options, as they mention on the blog. I think that's where the comparison comes from. If this is meant to represent for today what the DVX did back then, it can't be fixed lens. Fixed lens is exclusively the domain of broadcast and documentary now.

Uh, wow. That thing is killer. Love the practical FS7 like design, love the price. 15 stops? What? Hope the EVF isn't too dear and the low light is decent. I really think this is the one. It's appears to be great design with everything you need at a great price. Could be as much of a breakthrough as the Pocket was.

V-Log is coming, but not in February.

So they finished the sensor, huh? If the specs are anywhere near accurate, Fuji's APS-C version of this sensor will be ridiculous.

​Bingo. The full frame DOF at f1.2 on an 85mm is so insanely thin as to be impractical for recording objects in motion. Sure, it's nice to have the option available, but the applications of that 'full frame look' are so niche, I don't think it should be a major consideration for the majority of video shooters. Stils are another story.

​It would be nice if they put out an 8.8 MP 16x9 'M43ish' video camera for under $4000. Would give them a good niche of the market to themselves.

An 18 MP M43 sensor with similar performance to the 12 MP FF sensor of the A7s...I just can't buy it.

Um, how? M43 sensors have had relatively slow progress so far. This would be a massive technological leap forward. 16+ stops of dynamic range and usable iso 12,800? What? Did they finish the organic sensor? Last I heard that thing wasn't nearly ready.

I just bought a Voigtlander 42.5mm, and maybe it's just my mind attempting to rationalise the new hole in my wallet, but oh my this lens is gorgeous. Just a pleasure to use and hold, and the rendering is brilliant. As long as you can live with the typical Voigtlander purple fringing, it even performs pretty well wide open - much better than the other Voigts in the series. By f/2 it's insanely sharp, but somehow more pleasing than the clinical Pana/Oly lenses.

Bear in mind that Deakins is using an Arri Alexa these days, with a sensor slightly smaller than the super 35 negative in the diagram. So if he uses this lens with the Alexa, he's shooting with a field of view comparable to a true 48mm on a full frame DSLR. I'd say a 50mm will do. Of course it's not all about f.o.v., but also the depth of field characteristics of that focal length and the characteristics of the particular lens that matter as well.

People forget so quickly that the A7s doesn't shoot 4K internally.

Cinema lenses and full frame photographic lenses exist in their own separate worlds. There's no reason for cinema lens makers to manufacture their lenses so as to keep equivalent field of view with the 35mm DSLR standard that they don't even consider. ​Technically a 50mm on S35 is a 75mm on S35. Pedantic maybe, but this is a thread about a 10mm difference.

​Andrew said hehe was 'sure' we'd see it at NAB in his SLR Magic 10mm/Z-Finder for BMPCC review.

What's the good word on the Blackmagic pocket successor?

Cool for photographers. Irrelevant for film makers. ISO sensitivity for photos is 100-6400...uh oh. I doubt it will improve on 5D Mk iii video.

Although, they rated this rumour as FT5 though, meaning it's pretty much guaranteed to be true. Plus, this is launching very soon, they should have correct information by now. Take anything rated below 5/5 with a large grain of salt. Not that they are always wrong; this site posted as an unconfirmed rumour that Blackmagic were developing an active Micro 4/3rds camera six months before the pocket was announced.

Talk to the director about aspect ratio.

I almost posted that ML are white hats, but that isn't really true, since they're not out to warn Canon and Samsung about potential exploits. But they're certainly not unethical.

GH4 is a nice upgrade. Burst mode is amazing. Colour just has a better 'feel' (as in video). The quality of the EVF can't be underestimated. I found it impossible to manual focus with the GH3 EVF, but the GH4 one is nicely sharp, and peaking helps a lot as well. Its comfortable to use, which means I WANT to shoot with it, which makes it hugely better than the GH3 to me. Dynamic range is similar to GH3, but obviously much better than GH2.

Does filmic just mean shallow DOF now? Why is a cinema sized sensor (the same as Alexa and Red) less 'filmic' than a traditional stills camera sensor size?

The GH4 is much like the GH3 for stills, but actually useable since it doesn't have the world's worst EVF optics.

24 fps is a tool, like everything else. It's not the only way, and it isn't some holy figure handed down to us by the Movie God. I love the 24fps look, but I'd like to see more HFR filmmaking experiments too.