marcuswolschon

so it's a direct competition to the Atomos Ninja Assassin and Shogun (the cheaper, non HDR, calibrated 8bit versions).

* worse recording medium. more expensive, smaller, slower and I have to copy all data over instead of plugging that drive in and starting working. Labeling SD cards is a nightmare.

* no LUT on display, Hdmi-output or sdi output

* can it even downscale?

* how to calibrate that panel? BM is all about color.

* can I add delay to the audio inputs to stay in sync?

* what about start/stop trigger via Hdmi timecode and sdi?

* are there any advantaged in scopes or metadata? (Atomos only tags regions, I want to tag clips)

* advantages in power solution like an xlr/d-tap power output or dual np-f battery slots?

* is it capable of recording raw on non-blackmagic cameras? (no Blackmagic camera can yet output raw on sdi)

2 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:

That is 2700dpi on a panel that size dude. Why would you need more?

To see if you nailed the focus on that 4K shot of cause.

FullHD would have been good, so you can se at least every 4th pixel.

The panel size could well have been larger without sacrificing functionality if that was the price of higher resolution.

We're talking about the same price as an Atomos Shogun Flame but without the ability to actually record, play back, SDI, HDR, 10-bit or calibration.

D-Tap and BNC power.... so I can't run it from an Atomos Power Station that runs the GH4R.

8 hours ago, Alex S said:

4) better autofocus technology (for video)

5) log mode for grading

7) good quality stereo mic (for us run and gun shooters)

4) they just did with Depth From Defocus

5) they just did with the GH4R

7) How? To be good it would have to be outside the camera. They just gave good preamps with phantom powered XLR on the YAGH with the ability to sync timecode to a slate.

We're doing FullHD 12bit raw with the old UHS1 95MB/s Sandisk Extreme pro.

So 4K 10bit ProRes/DNxHD should not be a problem on the current UHS2 284MB/s cards.

What about an HDMI-output that doesn't block the articulated screen?

10bit 4:2:2 internally would be great.

As would CinemaDNG storage (to start an ACES workflow to match cameras)

Okay....aparently you can't run OS X on non-apple hardware and thus VMware doesn't have accelerated drivers and thus FCPX won't work in a VMware.

On the other hand a P50/P70 hackingtosh requires drivers for the large NVidia cards, TB3 ports, USB3 ports, Intel Chipset,.... all extremely new and not seen in any Macbook yet.

"$1,099.95+ $455.09 Shipping"  are you sure that's right?

I'm planning on the P70 but instead of an unstable Hackingtosh, run MacOs inside a VMWare.

However I don't know yet if I can forward Thunderbolt devices to the virtual machine yet.

Resolve, Openoffice, Firefox, Thunderbird,... run natively on Windows and FCPX/Motion5/Compressor inside the VMWare then.

Could this work?

Intel still has major problems with the Skylake drivers on all platforms. My guess it that that's what Apple is waiting for to present Thunderbolt 3.

And only when Apple has released them will there be Adapters to us existing Thunderbolt 2 devices on the Thunderbilt 3 ports.

The Shooters Guide was before the GH4R and the V-Log update for existing GH4.

Will the section regarding the 3 EOSHD-profiles be updated?

Sorry but the LANC protocol itself has a dozen commands to zoom at different speeds (++++,+++,++,+,-,--,---,----) but only 3 commands to focus ( +, - and auto).

So unless you send the "focus+" or "focus-" in different repeat-rates, it won't be a smooth rocker as with zoom.

The Lenovo P70 can be purchased already and there is even a -10% discount (for a >5000eur laptop that's a lot of money).

No P50 yet.

Does anyone know first hand about the MacOS driver-situation yet? What parts work/don't work or are problematic?

Apple has not released Thunderbold 3 hardware yet, so there are no adapter to use existing Thunderbold 2 hardware on the Thunderbolt 3 ports.

What exactly is "everything"?

I can't decise between P50 (small enough for a train) or P70 (2 Thunderbolt ports for RAID + Blackmagic Ultrastudio-Mini).

Will have to wait how driver-support for MacOS will be.

Even better!

We get an GH4R in Europe with the V-Log feature AND NO 29min59s RECORDING LIMIT!!!

Is it Christmas yet?

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No, the studio camera can't record at all while the Micro Cinema camera can record even in 12 bit raw.

Recording solutions seem to cost more then the camera does for each and every camera on the set.

Then you still need a monitoring solution that's at least as expensive as the camera (4K ATEM switch. No idea if you can rung a 4K recorder and a 1080p ATEM that's 500eur less).

I'd love to use these and control multiple camers including a basic color grade done live from one station (no live feed, just for multicam monitoring, remote control and recording each camera's feed) but I can't affort that as there's no bare-bones option to start with.

Investing in 1080p cameras in 2015 makes no sense anymore.

Damn,

I had hoped for a Pocket 2 or Pocket 4K  too. :/

The URSA mini goes that way but it way too expensive, records to CFast 2.0 cards instead of SSD drives and is incompatible with Micro 4/3 lenses. (And ugly as hell)

The Studio camera would be great if it could just record. You can't add 12 or 14 bit RAW recording via SDI.

The cinema camera would be great if it wasn't limited to FullHD and had a display. Especially in action I want extra pixels for the deshaking.

An economy cinema lens set would be great for all the amateurs out thee.

Something between 300 and 600eur per lens  but with matching filter thread, matching gears, clickless aperture and resolution usable for FullHD. (No need for 6K)

With a separate case, so you can buy them one at a time to complete your set ove the years.

...found it.

It only activates OIS when actually recording.

Having the small 14-42PZ pancake fold up properly AND enable OIS makes this a camera+lens combination that fits your pocket and doesn't draw any attention AT ALL.

You look just like a tourist with a cheap pocket camera and people behave normally.

14-42PZ now shuts down properly.

Any idea how to activate/deactivate OIS in lenses without switch?

Very interesting.

 

I wonder why they insist on making the wafers circular.

 

36% of the area wasted on the full frame sensor yield is pretty wasteful.

I guess you can't change how crystals grow without them having to touch (dirty) walls and with perfectly even heating.

*I* wonder why they still can't combine smaller and larger chips on a large waver to make ue of the "waste" areas.

The URSA is way too big, way too heavy and way too expensive.

BUT:

1) Since they share a common code base, let's see if we get zoom via LANC for the pocket now.

2) I really hope that 2015 there will be a "camcorder" version sitting between the URSA and Pocket.

I don't need 4K (although it's nice to have for reframing), I don't need 3 workstations on a camera.

But I want/need XLR, phantom power, audio levels, sensible battery uptime, sensible recording time per medium

and I'd LOVE to have realtime scopes (parade for exposure and tint not just for the recording but also while setting up light very quickly, vectorscope to help with white balance/tint on lots of skin).

I guess you ment to say awesome instead of aweful?

(That's the complete opposite.)

I now have a 12-35mm on my BMPCC.

Not having an aperture ring but having to press iris+up/down (breaks your fingers) is indeed a pain.

Especially since you have to do that every time you switch the camera back on and you can't keep it on because the battery is dead in no time.

Manual focus is good. I just keep changing the zoom leven instead of focus as I'm used to having focus on the large wheel.

(My always-on was the 25mm f1.4 prime up to now.)

I did not notice any visible distortion but will look more closely.

The brightness was fine. Noticably darker then my 25mm f1.4 but still more then enough.

The BIG plus of this lens is the OpticalImageStabilization of the 3rd "power" generation.

I was able to use it handheld without any shoulder support and minimal deshaking in post. No motion blur due to slight camera shaking. Smooth, slow pans handheld.

The lens is quite big and heavy and does reduce the stealth-factor of the BMPCC.

But until the 12-42PZ pancake is fully supported (lens folding up + OIS without a switch) this is acceptable.