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I have it and for my shooting in uncontrolled situations with varying WB I couldn't get good results out of the LUT at all unfortunately. Maybe in controlled shooting it would be different, but it was too fragile to work in the situations I work in. The BMMCC, however, gets spectacular colour right out of the gate. It's literally giving me better colour after a 2 minute effort than I could get from my GH5 with hours of effort, regardless of the colour profile and use of LUTs, CSTs, of manual grading. I believe people think about cameras in the wrong way. The conversation is about "how good is this camera" or "how good is the image from this camera", and the answer to that is almost always "as good as the operator". But some cameras are really easy to get great results from, and others are almost impossible to work with and only the best operators in the world can get great results from them. The question should be "how good is the image from this camera when used by an above average user under normal circumstances and with a moderate amount of effort in post?". In this instance, the OG BMPCC / BMMCC have to be some of the best cameras ever made.

And a screen worth more than 10 dollars that you can see in daylight.

Yes, the varicam lT seems to be pretty nice, but it's a bit clunky to use, and I would prefer an Alexa at that point. Not big on the FX9, I think my S1 delivers just as good of an image. My use for it as a B-cam would generally be in somewhat controlled environments for interviews or narrative work. For me it looks way better than any other lut I've used. The contrast and highlight roll off it gives is hard to mimic manually. I'd want a Ninja V to get RAW out of the Panasonic tho to get more fine tuned adjustments. Getting the wide balance right is critical with the Luts, which is why I think a Blackmagic camera would be ideal. I'll definitely consider the Pocket or Micro as a B-cam if I do decide to get an Alexa. It's nice to hear it cuts well with the Alexa from Charters. Cinema DNG is definitely the best codec. Maybe I'll get one and send it to Alex from emotive color to construct a lut for.

300EU is a steal. Had you done the background research, you wouldn't have waited one minute, let alone one day. It may seem like that's a lot for an older camera, but you're buying the image. Used Alexas are still $10K because you're buying the image, so spending 3% of that on a camera that can be perfectly intercut with an Alexa. The P4K is a great camera, but it's not the same as the OG BMPCC / BMMCC. When you grade the OG BMPCC / BMMCC for two minutes you get something that looks like film, when you grade the P4K for two minutes you get something that looks like the Sony a7s3. It is possible to grade the P4K to match the OG BMPCC / BMMCC, but if you have that level of skill then you may as well buy almost any camera and grade it to look like whatever you want, because both tasks are about the same level of difficulty.

If anyone is looking for a micro package I have one for sale! I would love to sell to someone on here that would really appreciate the camera. -Dave

Have you considered either a Panasonic Varicam LT or Sony FX9 as well as cameras at a similar-ish ballpark price?

Neither can most "journalists" who write articles for news sites.... if you're expecting higher professional standards from a guy talking about cameras on YT than we get from people writing about foreign policy, well, I'd suggest that's... unrealistic.