Andrew Reid

Very well considered post, great stuff Joe. I think the "hyper-shilling" is indeed showing cracks. A lot of the newcomers don't even know that it's against the law not to disclose a financial relationship with a company and that a 'relationship' could be as simple as having your flight paid for by Canon to go to Hawaii. The FTC is clamping down on sponsored content as well.

Great to have the option. I hope it finds it way onto a small USB C Blackmagic ext. recorder as well. And is it going to be just an URSA thing or will the Pocket 4K be capable? Seems it needs dedicated hardware inside the camera and hardware acceleration on the edit side as well. It will be interesting to see how computationally heavy it is to edit vs other formats. Nice move Blackmagic.

I entirely missed the 3K anamorphic mode. When did that creep in? Why is nobody reporting on it? CHEERS!!

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I'll print some for Photokina!

No, one is in the PR industry and I am in the camera industry ?

Yes let's!!

Why do you always have to make things personal? Can't I just be critical of someone's trashy K-pop video and not be jealous that he has a camera and I don't!? You are bringing ego into it where it doesn't exist. The videos he's doing just aren't my thing. Not art-house enough. It's pop tart trash. Has it's audience, but I'm not into it. I am sure he is a lovely guy. You are misinterpreting it then. Easy to do on the Internet. You're forgiven, but please... Get a separation between the criticism of someone's work and someone's personal character, ok? Two different subjects altogether!!! Blackmagic are in Knutsford, it's just where they based an office. It was before the BBC moved up to Manchester I think. Most of the camera companies are based in a small area between Reading / London. Just happens BM are up North. Good to see that. They didn't see the view count on the forum thread and I haven't been proactively boasting to them about my site stats Yes followed Alan Roberts for a while. Personally I think it's too science based and there is more to a camera image than just science.

It matters that they covered Blackmagic it in the past. The way the internet works is you cultivate an audience based on subjects. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is for the EOSHD crowd and the URSA is more in line for the Cinema5D audience. You only have to briefly glance at the front page of both sites to see that, don't you?! That's not in the UK so not expecting to be invited.

It's a clash of personalities and philosophies. It does happen in life. Shit happens. Johnnie puts a lot of emphasis on the STATUS of being a pro and not enough on the art-form. Nino once met me in Berlin and half way through the chat he broke off for 10 minutes to answer a call. Businessman first and foremost, friend second. They're not my colleagues, we don't work for the same company, and I am not out to please other bloggers who I don't respect. Only the ones I do respect. I care about my real life friends and readers

Yes exactly. Surely me and Philip together, have a much larger reach to GH5 / Pocket users, than Nino/Johnnie? Did Cinema5D even write any Blackmagic Pocket camera articles prior to this? It is all cine lenses, audio boxes, cages, pro cameras.

Yeah it's great. I think things can be sorted out very quickly on a forum. Imagine all those angry people PHONING Blackmagic pro support instead over and over again. You sort a problem out once on the Forums and everyone else can benefit all at the same time. If I ran a camera company I would 100% have a dedicated forum for the products and just be honest about having all the issues out in the open. OK the aim with the K-pop guy is that content is going to come out of it. So they won't necessarily be selling direct to his 300,000 subscribers but will have the tits and ass videos to sell the camera to US I don't necessarily agree it's a good strategy and think it's tacky when you could have someone like Darren Aronofsky use one instead. But taste is a pretty personally thing. Yuk sums it up LOL. I think stuff has gone out world-wide, tons of demo cameras seeded to influencers. We didn't get one here, and I think that is a miss. PS Don't ever become a psychologist @Kieran. LOL.

Yes I understand that from first hand experience but in an unconventional way. If I didn't shoot or were quite shit at it, EOSHD wouldn't exist! I would be completely broke. No food on my table. No. My art videos are my indirect living and my blog is my direct living (Pro Color, guides). So in that sense I am no different to you. We're on the same page dude.

Depends on the "art" Dan. I like a lot of stuff out there. Check out Kendy Ty. This is so motivating. We are all in the same boat! Just trying to share what we know. There are people who just want to self-promote and glorify themselves by cozying up to camera companies and getting views. I am glad you've actually been HELPED by the blog and enjoy the technology. Remember that article about the Samsung NX1 "the glory of technology", I think that's my passion rather than fitting into public relations expectations. I am a nerd. Not a social climber.

Do I constructively criticize you by starting with a string of insults? No!

I have zero to gain by talking to you Kieran. I know a troll when I see one! @seanzzxx That is true. Blackmagic have their own forum as well, which is good on their part but also reduces support costs maybe? RED also of course have a forum but's not on the official website. Canon don't have anything.

Yeah the Digital Bolex footage was inspirational. THAT camera was in the right hands, absolutely. I am bored over the over-commercialised, over-stylised trash. Interesting remarks. I once shot a video for the DJ Paul Van Dyk and got EOSHD mentioned in the YouTube description. Van Dyk has Millions of followers worldwide. I got like... what... 20 referrals? It's the RELEVANCE of the audience to the product that matters!!! This comment is a disgrace. Why do you expect to continue to profit from my site in terms of your camera knowledge, whilst being so personally aggressive? There is a big difference between critiquing the video of a music video producer on your own forum, to going into his house and calling him a resentful and spiteful person who doesn't show kindness or tolerance.

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Thank you. I am a bit discouraged I guess. It's hard to have every living day taken up by your obsession, when you just get a load of snide remarks thrown at you constantly on your own Facebook page and Forum, by trolls who are getting all these articles and useful tips straight out of my head and off my back. They'd have the shirt off my back as well I think.

I am not slating the guy. K-pop videos are just not my artistic bent. I know it is the Trump-era and people are a little sensitive about criticism just like him. You can't seem to critique the work of someone these days without it coming across as you hating the living daylights of the person who made it. I certainly don't hate. I just like to think objectively, that something like this from me, aimed at 800,000 camera users, would have been more useful and Blackmagic would have sold more units. But what the fuck do I know? Maybe it needs more arses?

I don't even think 300,000 subscribers mean jack shit if they are not there for camera news. They are there for K-POP videos and don't care what camera those are shot on. Even if he sells all his Cinema EOS or RED gear and uses the Pocket 4K on his future KPOP videos, one it might not be the right tool for the job, and two it would go out to a sea of disinterested non-camera people who are there for the music instead. He could put a link to the camera in the description and I suppose Blackmagic is expecting a sales hike that way? Hmm. I don't understand this fascination camera companies have with pros and their amazing viewing figures. If you are going to seed a K-POP audience, you better hope they are all filmmakers in need of RAW! Otherwise you get what? 10,000 views, 90% of them disinterested wondering why they are watching a video full of giraffes and flamingos rather than tits and ass? Blackmagic's strategy is flawed. I am sorry but it is. Very respectfully I am going to have to put my point to them when I next chat. Shane Meadows has shot with Blackmagic cameras. At least give him a call? No?

14,000 views. Oops. See what happens when you take the sexy KPOP girls out a Youtube vid?! You take the sexy ass wiggling out and what have you got... just a nerd with a new camera Nothing against the guy, but I have no clue what Blackmagic are expecting from this strategy. How many KPOP fans are there for the girls and music, and how many of his subscribers are interested in a Pocket 4K Camera?!

What's the point of giving the first cameras to pros then? Everyone will have their own personal opinion but I think the footage just shows that lacking IBIS hurts handheld shooting. Until I have shot a great variety of Cinema DNG clips to grade, I am not able to judge the camera. In this video, the footage looks no better or worse than a GH5S, A7 III, etc. LOL. Was that not already obvious to you from any everyday shoot with any camera? You suddenly learnt that useful info from this clip did you... Oh.. Ok. The rolling shutter should be ok as it is the same sensor as the GH5S, 13ms readout. Yes, important not to be personal. One can critique a video, without being personal about the artist. I am just saying he did not put his best foot forward with this work, and it's a very primitive test video shot like stills. I think, if you're going to have the privilege of one of the first demo cameras you should be doing a lot better stuff than that, that's all. So this is his best work, a load of tits and ass. 3m views though, which gives you an idea of why he has a demo camera!

Which makes the effort of the shoddy P4K video even more baffling. No jealousy, just objective fact. It's not a piece of cinematography worthy of any kind of artistic standard.

The great thing about the P20 and P20 Pro is the DNG RAW. You bypass the over processing and get 7K raw files to play with... IN-PHONE. Switch the camera app to Pro mode and download the app Polarr.