Comments on: Blackmagic Releases Cinema Camera Firmware 1.2, Includes Aperture Display, exFAT, and More

By: MFT or EF Blackmagic Cinema Camera? Philip Bloom Weighs in and Reviews the Micro 4/3 BMCC -(Joe Marine nofilmschool.com)

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:58:51 +0000

[...] mount version of the camera (Blackmagic addressed some of the initial concerns in firmware V1.1 and firmware V1.2, like DNxHD, on-screen aperture display, and universal hard drive support with [...]

By: MFT or EF Blackmagic Cinema Camera? Philip Bloom Weighs in and Reviews the Micro 4/3 BMCC - NoFilmSchool

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 03:20:32 +0000

[...] version of the camera (Blackmagic addressed some of the initial concerns in firmware V1.1 and firmware V1.2, like DNxHD, on-screen aperture display, and universal hard drive support with [...]

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:44:47 +0000

2 hours? Doesn’t sound right to me. I shot with this camera over the weekend and had 3 256gb cards. Shooting raw, each card is about 30 minutes of footage. I found over esata it took about 24 minutes to transfer a full card to a stand alone Non raid drive. If it is taking you 2 hours, might want to check your system out.

By: Tyrannosaur

Tyrannosaur — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:16:22 +0000

No offence at all intended but I think the whole sensor size argument getting a bit blown out of proportion, it’s bigger than S16 right? They could have made it bigger, which would have made the price bigger!

That said, IMO, EF is still very worth it on the small sensor! For EG you have:

Samyang manual lenses:

14mm 2.8
24mm 1.4
35 1.5

And of course the Tokina 11 – 16mm 2.8

And not to mention the new Metabones speedbooster adapter which will be – assuming it works as advertised – a necessary piece of equipment to have with the BMCC.

By: John Brawley

John Brawley — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:21:33 +0000

Actually it’s a choice BMCC have made…

Alexa’s dont allow you to delete clips, nor do RED.

It would be nice if you could format the drive though.

By: zerocool22

zerocool22 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:29:08 +0000

Now with the new firmware update you can do timelapses. Does this mean you can use the BCC for stills as well know? At what filetype does he save the timelapses? raw, jpg,…

+ Can you manually control the shutter speed? Or is it always auto 50? and you can only change aperture and iso manually?

cheers

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:17:43 +0000

Chase, do you mind me asking when and where you ordered your Blackmagic camera? Mine was ordered 8/8/2012.

By: Sathya

Sathya — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:05:19 +0000

Excited about this camera, but will probably go with the Digital Bolex.

-2.5 K RAW DNG
-Changeable Lens Mount
-Removable Pistol grip (you can actually hold it!)
-4 XLRs
-24-bit 96 Khz audio
-Analog audio control
-12V battery output (for lights, recorders, etc)
-HD-SDI output
-USB 3.0
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By: Chris Lambert

Chris Lambert — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:37:54 +0000

headphones… i think it would be a similar process as per the dslr’s at the moment with the external audio box fed into the mic socket

By: Chris Lambert

Chris Lambert — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:36:32 +0000

it’s also become a very decent tool in itself once you get over the initial learning curve, i cut a lot faster on this than I ever did before and for the price that immediately puts it into the hands of a lot of small production houses and sole shooters who can’t afford / don’t want to steal software.

By: JayClout

JayClout — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:31:43 +0000

@Some Guy’s LAUGHING OUT LOUD comment HAHAAAAAAAAAAA #Classic Post, might have been one of the most funniest ones ive read on here.

The Master P reference/ Lava / AND camera not tipping, just blatantly disrespectful and funny

By: Task Tanner

Task Tanner — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:59:38 +0000

Cropped sensor, ha!

By: Chase

Chase — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:54:02 +0000

I got my camera in earlier this week, used it a few time and showed it off a couple times to a couple groups and I think the image is probably the best image you could get at this price point right now.

The camera isn’t a handheld rig, it needs support, it needs a rig, monitor, battery solution, drives, but the image it captures is great. They are shipping out fairly steady now so hopefully pre-orders are filled within a month or two and everyone can stop complaining about it.

Their is a lot of things that need to fixed with the camera however 90% of them are firmware based and the other 10% we all knew about before buying the camera so there is no point in bitching about it now.

By: Milton

Milton — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:46:12 +0000

Yes indeed! :-)

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:21:53 +0000

Uh, SSD card sorry. I’m a VFX Producer, not a DP. Give me a break.

By: Dale

Dale — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:06:43 +0000

Yeah I’m tired of reading about the BMCC. I want to USE one. I ordered mine in June. I don’t think they really exist… frustrated…

By: Christian Anderson

Christian Anderson — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:21:33 +0000

Hmm should I set the timelapse setting to every 60 seconds or every 1 minute. Decisions…

By: Ronny

Ronny — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:48:17 +0000

Yeah I just hit mine with a hammer and it smashed to bits… I was hoping the firmware update would include shock resistance.

By: Jerome

Jerome — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:55:11 +0000

Does anyone have a solution/suggestion for audio monitoring?

By: john jeffreys

john jeffreys — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:43:17 +0000

trying too hard.