Caleb Genheimer

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Maybe all these money obsessed filmmakers need to go to school as well. Or at least art class.
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What? Filmmakers taking art classes? That's me; in NYC for the semester and loving it. L.A. last semester, no work this summer, NYC this semester, broke, single and in debt . . . life's a roller coaster. Before you go being a negative nancy, ask yourself what good it'll do in the grand scheme of things (usually the answer is no good at all). Just keep on trucking, learn from the hard stuff, work hard when you get the opportunity.

That's what I like about products like the BMCC. There's clear innovation, and were there's innovation these days, there's usually a pretty special team of people behind it. They're persistent, passionate and professional; they wouldn't be able to innovate otherwise. I'm very excited for the BMCC not for the nitty gritty details that it is measured by. I'm exited about what it means on the grander scale. It is innovation and progress. Hats off to Blackmagic.

I think this is yet another sign of how things will begging in the camera business from now on. Until such a time when there is a full-featured, high quality cinema camera for under $4K, enthusiastic cinematographers will continue to attempt and make their own. The GH2 is a prime example of this, along with the NEX body kit as well s ReWo and other high quality cages and gear. This goes to show that many are still looking for much more than what is currently available from any camera out of the box. The first camera company to realize this and cater to it would be able to capture a large and loyal user base very quickly if they played their cards right.

The latest offerings are much closer but still leave something to be desired. The BMCC has a smaller than S35 sensor, as well as completely unnecessarily long FFD. The Sony FS700 does not yet shoot 4K, and does not deliver RAW, but is otherwise incredibly well-endowed. Canon is either using old sensor tech, or slaps on a $15K price tag. Also, rolling shutter is still an issue basically across the board.

If I were a betting man, I'd put my money on Sony coming up with the first truly great RAW camera. The FS cams are a perfect candidate, and the BMCC is almost certainly forcing many of the big players to seriously consider RAW offerings. They have all the trappings of a serious video camera (ND, XLR, etc.), as well as the incredibly short FFD NEX mount and a S35 sensor.

I have a sneaking suspicion that there is another race happening in the shadows, though . . . one between RAW cameras and compressed codecs that are very nearly just as good. Compressed codecs have the potential to be every bit as good as shooting RAW once sensor DR reaches a certain point, assuming the DP is careful and exposes correctly. It may take until after several good RAW cameras are on the market before folks start realizing that RAW is not a necessity.

I use vodka and tissue paper to clean lenses - it works a treat!

RX100 casing would be cool, especially if you came up with some sort of anamorphic solution.