Andrew Reid

Really nice cage. I have their BMCC cage, both design and materials are first rate and it's light.   $99 for this is a steal.   Looks like the camera is starting to trickle out. The big question now is in what quantity and to whom!

I can understand Blackmagic wanting to prioritise the US market.   However, it isn't a very professional camera launch if you can't even supply the 3 major markets - Europe, Asia, US.   I think the root cause of this is that the scientific CMOS sensors aren't really made for mass production cameras.   Blackmagic should source from Aptina or Sony instead.   CMOSIS should be able to ramp up pretty well though. Yet there's no sign of the 4K model is there?

Only heat stops the Hero 3 Black Edition from doing double the stock frame rates.   Pretty amazing technology in a matchbox...   http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/121586-gopro-hero3-4k-capture-at-24fps-not-yet-possible-overheating-would-pose-a-problem  

Maybe there's been a bit of a relationship breakdown with CVP. B&H get a camera. Small dealers in Germany claim they're getting deliveries. But CVP feels the need to put this out and nor have they any demo units.   The plot thickens.

I've been testing this today and indeed the dynamic range is insane, proper Alexa league stuff.   The problem is, I don't believe the image is usable yet.   http://www.eoshd.com/uploads/5d3-hdrx.jpg   Alex says he will optimise it but it needs very complex maths.   The problem is, some sites out there have jumped on this like it is a free pass to 14 stops of DR. It isn't. That's what happens when the people writing the hype-articles never shoot or test anything with their own two hands before blogging it.  :wacko:

David, have you got more info? Which dealer was the Pocket camera delivered through?

The anamorphic stretch interferes with raw recording, it is a real CPU hog. Use with caution if shooting raw.

  Nope. Just like last time I have put down a wad of cash like everyone else, will wait in the queue like everyone else, and be disappointed like everyone else when it fails to arrive on time.

  Shit! What day were you there? They are bringing it to Germany next, then New York. I'm hoping they put the film out and sound track too, though a lot of the film was from Adam Curtis's previous work. Like the Soviet punk sequence -   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye6jJdYU8Dk   Thought-provoking, if undancable. Did you notice how confused some of the lager swilling mancs looked? :)

It is mid-July and the new Blackmagic cameras - Pocket Cinema Camera and Production 4K Camera are due to ship imminently, which I am very much looking forward to. In anticipation I have been building up a collection of Super 16mm c-mount glass for my Pocket Cinema Camera. However in my inbox today was a frustrated sounding email from London's CVP titled 'When will I get my Blackmagic Cinema Camera? As last July, Blackmagic are unable to tell them when they will receive camera shipments and in what quantities. [url=http://www.eoshd.com/content/10792/biggest-european-dealer-cvp-in-the-dark-over-new-blackmagic-cameras]Read the full article here[/url]

I'd question why you needed uncompressed HDMI for external recording when you get what else you ask for on the list.   Certainly with the image quality of raw on a 5D Mark III you don't need no stinky external box!     Again, kind of makes request for HDMI recording redundant. 60fps on the G6 and GH3 is nice but you can use Twixtor on 5D footage, or record at lower resolutions for raw 60fps.     The 5D Mark III is also virtually moire free, as was the GH2.     I'd ask yourself why DX crop is ideal, or why Nikon have smarter lens choices. The Nikon mount is the most limiting of all mounts in terms of what you can put on it. DX crop = Super 35mm but I'd take full frame over that given the choice, to use all that glorious full frame glass to the max and get more control over depth of field. Would be nice, but some of the newer lenses come close. Hybrid ultrasonic IS on the 100mm F2.8 is very good. The new Power OIS (supersedes older MEGA OIS) on the updated 14-140mm from Panasonic is also very effective, and will be nice with raw on the BMCC.     A few high end Canon zooms have F2.8 constant apertures. There's the new Sigma F1.8 zoom coming up too which will be very nice for APS-C / 50D raw.     Why? For events?     DSLR form factor isn't the issue for me, I like it. It is more the lack of built in ND is, and the consumer connectivity.   Now we are dreaming :)

Friendly advice - Please stop using YouTube and start using Vimeo for tests, as we cannot judge anything from compressed mush :)

50D version of the guide is in the works, but will be a couple of weeks off yet.

  This is why we write books :)   Enter magnified focus assist and record whilst it is activated. It is like switching sensor mode.

I have the Nikon > Micro Four Thirds Speed Booster now and have been testing it for a few days, so check back for a review next week. Lovely with the Samyang 85mm F1.4 on the GH3. The adapter also has a built in aperture control ring for Nikon G lenses which works very well, though would be nice to see a declicked version.

Modern video games bore me to tears, well 90% of them any way. Journey was good.

  I completely agree but those who are perfectly positioned to lobby Canon to do that won't do so. Canon listen daily to what their shooters are saying. If they are blogging things like raw is a massive pain in the ass and that it causes your camera to blow up, that's pretty dangerous in my view.

  Some pros are excited.   Actually it's a massive shame Philip Bloom and Vincent LaForet haven't done more to endorse Magic Lantern.   The point you are getting at - that their reasoning regarding which tool suits what work is not the point. I completely get that if you have access to a $12k 1D C, $15k C300 and $50k worth of cine lenses and need non-Alpha firmware with no workarounds, you're not going to be in a hurry to learn how to install Magic Lantern on a $500 camera, but this completely misses the point about the community they serve.   They have put their workhorse tool logic in front of the broader aspiring filmmaker community.   Also there's another tragedy here - both have the influence to give Canon positive feedback about the project, and neither have chosen to do so for fear of upsetting the reps.

I don't think Brosnan had it right either to be honest! Not enough imagination in the script or charm, they really are just bog standard action pictures. Casino Royale was the strongest of the current lot, as it at least had some glamour and a tightly woven Ian Fleming story. They should have had Tarantino directing it though. Martin Campbell was somewhat uninspired and safe.   I think it is the writing which separates classic Bond from new-age Bond. The modern era writing is soulless and the gender roles are becoming reversed. The Bond girls act more like heroes than Bond himself does. That is a complete 180 degree switch in the original Fleming formula.

Good idea on the GoPro. I think the creativity in coming up with workarounds is all part of the enjoyment of the hack.   There's definitely work that it doesn't suit (or 5D Mark III suits better), and live event filming is going to be challenging with raw, but to the complainers - nobody is forcing you to shoot with it.   Because of the anamorphic aspect ratios and sheer image quality, I have dropped both my FS100 and BMCC for the 5D3. I don't need XLR or HD-SDI. If I knock an audio cable out or bend the HDMI port, it's on my watch.

Not getting 80MB/s yet, about 10MB/s short. Does it matter how the card is formatted?

Seems quite a few forks of the 50D branch. Hope you guys can bring it all together soon as it may confuse people and you will get Newbie Question Hell :)

Thanks Andy. I had a different build (27th June) for the review. No 'Small Hacks' menu within Raw Video.   I will download it and give it a go.

Would you mind elaborating about 'small hacks'? The nofilmschool article is absolutely no help at all. I know about Alex's buffering strategy and don't need it cut and paste onto a page with ads for sliders! Andy600 your footage at 1080p is not continuous it is 6-10 seconds. Have yet to see anyone record continuous 1080p in crop mode on the 50D at 80MB/s but I would love to be proved wrong.

  The 70D doesn't have a fast enough card slot for decent raw video resolutions.