I personally feel there have been so many wise decisions made during the development of this camera:
- 12bit RAW (awesome for post-grading)
- 2.5K (just the necessary premium over full HD needed to crop after stabilization / or after some "digital" zooming in)
The mount system and powering option does baffle me though. As well as Thunderbolt (does it mean my supercharged Sony Vaio with USB 3.0 / Firewire ports stands shamed? )
As the "soft-and-not-sharp" picture of the sample footage caused some people's dissappointment, in the same fashion it gave me the itching to post-grade it!! It does look like true c-log. It's gradeable!! Add an s-curve to increase the contrast in mid-tones, give it a scratch of sharpness -- and it will be [glow=red,2,300][b]golden[/b][/glow].
Somebody brought up the topic of possible LUTs for this cam. The post by John has probably an answer to this:
[quote]You can “shoot to edit†by simply shooting ProRes. You can even choose a LOG or 709 version of prores. If you really want to be able to take the files straight from the camera and use them straight away, you can ![/quote]
I understand that there is no perfect cam for everyone, and its positive points outweigh the frustrating ones by far. But as many other ones voiced it, if powering/hdmi/mounting issues are addressed, this could become... well... [i]perfect[/i]?
I can't wait to download some raw footage from it.
PS Andrew, thanks so much for your site.