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Here is a user thread of experiences with the camera. It should be renamed “Dude, where’s my Bluetooth?” https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=190223 It’s just a nonsense why they didn’t include it. I’m suspicious about why the gyro is in there and not the Bluetooth. Currently, this is a sledgehammer to crack a nut solution to the AF activation issue. Is it that the monitor BM want people to use with this is their own Video Assist as I’m guessing you can control the camera fully over that. Again, another sledgehammer to crack a nut approach but it would also solve the issue of the camera not being able to play back it’s own clips…

Well, I have retrieved it and it is sans Cinevate but more importantly a battery or charger so it will be an eBay job to source them. I’m also found a “few” other forgotten about camcorders and cameras including this which was released fourteen years ago today apparently. I used to use it a lot for doing GV shots around stadiums pre-match, hence it’s battered appearance! Again, a charger is required to confirm if it is still functional. As I say, there was quite a few different things in the case that was in. So if anyone wants a Sigma DP3M (and you should because it’s so good that I have inadvertently bought two) then I’m your man!

Which, on current form, you will immediately spend on this !

The a7IV comes off pretty well in this video. Mind you, so does everything he shoots with !

Excellent report. Thanks for taking the time.

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Yes, it’s analogous to the BMMCC. Frustratingly, Panasonic has not released the full specs but on the presumption that it is the BS1H with PDAF (which it looks like it is) then it’s far more interesting that many are giving it credit for. Based on that presumption… The ideal monitor for it would be either the Ninja V or the BM Video Assist as it’s capable of outputting to ProRes RAW and BRAW so you get double duty. A lot of people are, quite righty, excited by the PIXSYS but when you put them side by side I think the Panasonic is arguably a better proposition . They both need a monitor anyway so using a Video Assist, for example, evens it up on the BRAW front. That would also give you the option to record in regular ProRes, which the PIXSYS can’t do. The PIXSYS doesn’t record any compressed formats internally (aside from h.264 proxies) whereas the Panasonic does 4:2:2 10 bit and can do it simultaneously to the RAW output. The Panasonic AF will also smoke that of the PIXSYS. For what it’s worth, it’s also Netflix approved. Price wise, based off the BS1H pricing, they’re not too far apart either. Food for thought really for anyone considering getting in line for the PIXSYS. Ah the old G9ii / S5ii chestnut.

Its slightly more than double the price of the Meike with he drop in filter but the big differentiator with this one is having the clear option instantly available to be switched to without having to swap in the clear filter like you have to on the Meike. Its not only far more convenient but means that you reduce the risk of getting dust sucked in whilst the sensor is exposed during the swap but also the dust that can be transferred from the pocket that you have stuck the filter in. Or donut residue. Also reduces the risk of incompetents like me dropping the filters on the floor to nil. Of course, I'd like to see it not be twice the price of the Meike but, for me, its is worth a premium.

Announced today for IBC and available "shortly after" the show. It has two to seven stops of ND and integral clear filter. Its not particularly cheap at $599 (compared to Meike's take on the EF to E with variable ND) but it has the advantage of not having to swap out to a clear filter like the Meike does. I'm guessing that this should be able to stack with the Megadap E to Z adapter so its an option for Nikon shooters too.

The timing of this is perfectly understandable as the IBC show starts today so it was a pre-show announcement to get some traction before the avalanche of other product announcements happen. These are not aimed at their S camera market but are still potentially noteworthy for some in that area who would prefer the same image but within that box form factor and with additional connectivity and control.

It has been a reflex action for quite a few years for people to ask why don't they make a box version of it every time a new hybrid camera comes out that has "cinema camera" potential. If the sales of the last generation of these cameras and latterly the Micro Studio version of the P4K are anything to go by though then those self same people are keen on the espousing the concept but not that keen on the actual purchasing. There is a market for broadcast oriented models like this one though for remote operated multi camera broadcasts just that they won't generate many gurning thumbnails from the baseball cap wearing bearded YouTubers hanging about in their mauve backlit lairs.

Hang on, this from the press release might explain it as that does strongly suggest it has PDAF. https://pro-av.panasonic.net/en/products/aw-ub50-10/features.html#auto-functions-multi-interfaces

Without being able to see the complete spec for these new ones it is difficult to differentiate although the obvious advance Panasonic have made with their FF and MFT sensors since those two is PDAF so the speculation would be its that but then they'd make a big song and dance over it in the announcement if it was. Because, yes, otherwise its a case of ..

This looks very neat and is very well priced starting at $295 for the basic kit.

Ahead of the IBC, Panasonic have announced two new box cameras. The UB-50 is a full frame L mount camera and the UB-10 is an MFT camera. Its a pity the didn't call the bigger one the UB-40 as that would've given some food for the thought and possibly make RED RED Whine (ask your Grandad) . Details are scant and no idea of pricing. Product pages here : https://eu.connect.panasonic.com/gb/en/broadcast-proav/aw-ub50 https://eu.connect.panasonic.com/gb/en/broadcast-proav/aw-ub10

This might be worth looking into this to map a physical controller to operate the virtual controls in the app. The DJI mic can remotely start/stop the Pocket 3 so it does make me wonder whether the capability is there for gimbal control too that is not used. I quite fancy getting a Pocket 3 so if I do then I’ll be sure to, erm, “investigate” that avenue as well as the data between the app and the camera.

My elderly MacBook Air took one for the team. Its Li-On and fully charged without an issue. It lives ! My impatience has caused me to order a couple of tapes off Amazon rather than wait to go to the Great Warehouse Of Shame storage place so hopefully they will be here by Wednesday. I've also ordered an S-Video to HDMI unit to see how it fares being recorded in ProRes on a Hyperdeck. Poorly, I'm assuming.

Maybe the social work he is referring to is counselling people who bought one two weeks ago at the old price.

Yeah, I was being a bit presumptuous with the let charging commence thing. The birth of the new renaissance is currently stalled due to the lack of a figure 8 power cable for the charger.

Mystery solved. I went to my brother’s place to retrieve some outboard gear from my old studio that he had been storing and it turns out that I gave the DX100 to him to give to my niece and he “forgot”. So here it is in its full cased glory with charger, battery and docking station. Let charging commence but I purely to check it powers on etc as I’ll need to go and get all the tapes next week.

Well I for one would love to see them make one that looked like the ones they used to make.

Eh? Sigma had OIS in their lenses years ago and still have it in quite a few now. Just that few of them would benefit the likely users of their Fp cameras.

I was referring to the Komodo range specifically rather than any other future new model. The relationship RED had with Canon for the Komodo extends beyond the lens mount (well, behind it actually) and into the AF system so, again, it would be a way to draw the curtain down on that.

Cinevate. Only took me six hours to dredge that out of my memory.

By the by, I wouldn't say this is particularly stretching the definition of pocketable.