Comments on: Blackmagic Cinema Camera Review Part 1: Initial Thoughts

By: Gearing Up Inexpensively – Rent, Buy, or Upgrade? : Wataingi Media

Gearing Up Inexpensively – Rent, Buy, or Upgrade? : Wataingi Media — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:05:10 +0000

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By: Blackmagic Cinema Camera Review Part 1: Initial Thoughts | Color Passion

Blackmagic Cinema Camera Review Part 1: Initial Thoughts | Color Passion — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:21:30 +0000

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By: Blackmagic Cinema Camera Review Part 1: Initial Thoughts | FilmMaking Hub | Scoop.it

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:01:57 +0000

[...] It exists, and I know this, having actually shot with it thanks to Rule Boston Camera. It’s impossible to truly know a camera until you’ve actually handled it, and that also goes for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. Footage online can only tell you so much, but when it really comes down to it, being able to put the thing in your hands can tell you a lot about usability that you might not get from reading about it online. I was also part of a full presentation that I will be posting soon, but for now, here are some of my initial observations about the camera. [...]

By: marklondon

marklondon — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:33:04 +0000

No problems re media for Pcs. Yes, for the scope software you will need Thunderbolt. But realistically, that’s only a minor part of the camera in most shoot situations.

By: marklondon

marklondon — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:31:33 +0000

Wait a year.

By: marklondon

marklondon — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:31:04 +0000

It’s a great cam the 5d3, although the 1dx is my current Canon crush.. I can tell you that the BMC is showing up here in LA quite readily now. I’ve held two of them in the last week. They are much heavier than you expect.

By: marklondon

marklondon — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:26:31 +0000

I see you agree with me re Canons forced chroma. Glad we’re on the same page.

By: marklondon

marklondon — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:25:09 +0000

And hang on, aren’t you the Canon guy? Love those cams, but I’m not sure you can lecture anyone on color science. Perhaps you’re just not used to seeing imagery where the chroma isn’t cranked to 110%?

By: marklondon

marklondon — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:21:28 +0000

The MFT version you can use the excellent locking adapters, or if you go EF, you can buy decent converters for non G lenses for about 30 each. That’s why they didn’t bother, and are unlikely to.

By: marklondon

marklondon — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:18:24 +0000

If you think that’s leaning green get a calibrated monitor. Also, it’s Tonkin, who seems to love the purple/green axis. :-)
Aside from that, did you have a point?

By: marklondon

marklondon — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:09:49 +0000

The sigma 8-16 seems to be the winner there. Super sharp.

By: Farenheit

Farenheit — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:48:55 +0000

What am I going to do with my Nikon lenses? Why haven’t they attached and F lens adapter?

By: Terence Kearns

Terence Kearns — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:26:52 +0000

I feel the same way. My current setup is a 7D, a 500D, and a 5Dii.

One big issues is the fact that all my lenses will throw way further with the smaller sensor. So you better factor in a very short focal length lens into that budget if you plan on shooting any medium wide shots with the BMDCC.

By: Terence Kearns

Terence Kearns — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:24:37 +0000

Generally not. Although in recent years, our exchange rate has improved against the USD.

BMD is based in Melbourne, Australia, but that is no guarantee of a fair price.

Australia manages to get ripped off on pretty much everything though, compared to the rest of the world. Wouldn’t surprise me if this camera ended up being cheaper to buy in the US.

By: Kingsway Dynamic Media - HD Video . Animation . Rich-Media Web

Kingsway Dynamic Media - HD Video . Animation . Rich-Media Web — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:05:51 +0000

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By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:03:18 +0000

I’m curious if you’ve had a chance to use the Sony RX 100? It is priced around $650 and from what I’ve seen and shot the quality of video is incredible, especially for the price range and size.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:28:02 +0000

Joe, or anyone else who knows: Please verify this for me. The only output connection on the BMCC is Thunderbolt, correct? Therefore, currently only a Mac computer is compatible with the BMCC. My next question is, the SSD that the media is written to. Are there external SSD drives that a PC user could plug in to and dump the media? If no, then I can conclude that the BMCC is developed for ‘current’ Mac only users. I say current because I do know there are PC’s being developed that will have Thunderbolt connections, just not mainstream PC’s. Thanks everyone.

By: Surfeast

Surfeast — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:21:23 +0000

Yes and no as our videos will point out. Yes for price no as far as camera control. Granted version 1x in hardware rom. This is nothing more than a DSLR RAW Base Camera with very limited control of picture. If Nikon of Canon would wake up and change to an SSD cartridge for bandwidth they will rule due to the control they already have built into their hardware. BMD was very smart to exploit this hole that Canon and Nikon had and beating them by them being constrained into a mpeg delivery format by using the sdhc media they choose. http://www.youtube.com/AValive

By: Blackmagic Cinema Camera Review Part 2: Rule Boston Camera Learning Lab - NoFilmSchool

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:46:06 +0000

[...] only do these cameras exist, as I pointed out before, but I, as a person, actually exist (believe it or not). I’ve written a lot of posts so far [...]

By: David S.

David S. — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:15:45 +0000

In any other context, I swear this comment would sound dirty.