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If you set the power source in the camera settings correctly, the camera will offer flicker free shutter angle/speeds when you tap the shutter speed/angle icon from the HUD. It's okay to shoot 60/25 or 60/24.

The SDK handles reading and applying the metadata from the sidecar if present. App developers don’t need to need to manually do this.

It's legit.

215.7° is flicker free for 23.98fps @60hz 192° is flicker free for 32fps @60hz

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John Brawley talks about the new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. ‘Models Close up at Night’ is his third camera test where he checked out the camera’s ability to handle different skin tones in very low light conditions. “This camera test was about shooting different skin tones in different low light conditions, so we wanted to keep it simple using the least amount of artificial lighting. We had a hotel room in Atlanta where we shot from 3pm until 11pm and got through about 70-80 shots cycling through different lighting and skin conditions. When you can get really great pictures at ISO3200 and above, things suddenly get very interesting. In this test, we were shooting two hours after sunset and you can still see blue sky around the buildings in the background! This camera can really read a long way into the shadows, which was a big surprise.” “I see this camera as continuing the evolution that Blackmagic started with the Pocket Cinema Camera by now making it 4K. Having something that we can work with in really low light like this, means you can still get really great results with any type of ambient light.” Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Apple ProRes 422 HQ ISO1000 and 3200 Olympus Pro 17, 25, 45, 1.2 Micro Four Thirds lenses

Always 12bit

The lenses are the ones we had available when the photography was done. As @jonpais says, we try to be as agnostic as we can practically be and we often recommend Panasonic lenses and others to people at trade shows etc when they ask.

As Kris the product manager wrote on Facebook, we have not communicated any such date to them.

Vimeo link if you prefer:

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K ‘Models Walking in Daylight’ John Brawley talks about the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K for the first time. ‘Models Walking in Daylight’ is his first camera test where he checked out the camera’s ability to handle different skin tones. “The whole point to this daylight test was to see how the camera handled skin tones. We were shooting these scenes later in the afternoon, so I was at ISO1000 or 1250, so it was at the lower ISO for this camera. I understand this gives more in dynamic range, so you have a little bit more highlight-headroom there. When I look at those shots now, I am really impressed at how good the dynamic range is. It is great to see all of that detail I was seeing was actually captured in those shots.” “I don’t think people realize how easy it is to make things look cinematic with Micro Four Thirds! I know that there are a lot of people who like that 35mm full frame look, but it’s still very easy to get images with an out of focus background with the Micro Four Thirds sensor. I found it a great 4K sensor and really good compromise for a small camera that still gets really, really good looking pictures.” Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Apple ProRes 422 HQ 
ISO1000 and 1250
Olympus Pro 25, 45, 1.2 micro and Olympus Pro 12-100 F4 zoom Micro Four Thirds lenses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAbB4dQOz4I Mark Wyatt talks about using the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. ‘Nature’ is Mark’s test of the camera’s 4K performance in the extreme lighting conditions of rainforests and ravines. “The camera tests I wanted to do were in the forests and waterfalls on the outer West Coast of Canada. I was really interested in seeing how the new sensor would handle these harsh lighting conditions. By increasing the ISO to an impressive 1250 and 2500, it allowed me to capture the dark moss-lined walls and unique emerald color, yet also hold onto the highlight detail of the top of the waterfall and sky. I feel most cameras would likely struggle with this scene.” “I had the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K for only a few days, but overall I was really impressed by it. The weight of the camera is very liberating, especially when you are used to using larger camera systems. The screen is big and bright enough to use in daylight, which I found great for judging focus and exposure. And, the colors too on the screen, were also nicely represented. In fact, I would argue it is Blackmagic’s best screen yet.” Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K RAW ISO400, 1250 and 2500 Sigma 18-35mm, Rokinon Cine 50mm EF lenses Metabones Speedbooster to Micro Four Thirds

Thanks for the "welcomes". I (and others at BMD) have been following this thread (and threads elsewhere) so we're aware of what people are discussing and asking but in general we don't/can't comment on a lot of things before release sorry. We appreciate the support and are working hard to deliver the best we can offer you all.

Yes. In my signature - "**Any post by me prior to Aug 2014 was before i started working for Blackmagic**"

Pocket 4K and UMP on Gen 4 match colour-wise very well IMHO.

Andrew, could you please remove the photos of Johns from your article? I spoke to John and he said you didn't ask permission and would like them taken off. Also, you mention you spoke to BMD and got some answers, but it appears just to be a copy and paste with some slight alterations to what Kris already posted prior on the official BMD forum himself. Seems a little disingenuous to claim the response was because of your prompting (it wasn't), especially compared to say the way nofilmschool also covered the announcements by Kris.

James Tonkin's video shows rolling shutter (or lack of) pretty well i think.. And my video that was also posted in this thread has a TON of shots at 200mm shoulder rig with no IS enabled. :) Pros and cons, the summer sun right now here in NZ is BRUTAL and HARSH and Australia is not too different. We have no layer of smog helping to soften our skies like LA or London. :P

Hey Andrew, in your article you make comment that the RAW from the BM4K is compressed 2:1, which sounds like you're assuming it's the same compressed raw as the Pocket Cam.. ? The Pocket cam uses lossless compression, like zip compression. It's described in the cDNG spec, but i believe BMD were the first to ever actually do it which is why it took some time to develop. The compression for the BM4K as written publicly by BMD will different, i.e it WILL be lossy - but they are calling it 'visually lossless'. Which means i guess there will be some compression in the raw, unlike the other BMD cameras. Again, since it's never been done it will most likely be released after the camera if officially shipping (i assume). Just wanted to clear it up, and perhaps i misunderstood your article but it came across to me that way. Cheers. :)