Zach

i've used variable nd filters from the expensive singh-ray to cheaper lcw. with shorter focal lengths loss in sharpness is very minor across the board. the more expensive ones hold up better past 70mm. they all have a bit of color cast but it's correctable in grading.
 
not sure if the effect in the sample is from the optics or not. i really like the idea. unfortunately i prefer to mount ef lenses on my canon bodies and m43 lenses on my m43 bodies.

Well said but as a filmmaker I also like people to say what could be better next to the good things - only then you can improve next time.
It's called feedback  ;)

I have a background in music performance and education, and this has been going around social media sites between my music friends. However I can't help but think it is also incredibly relevant to those of us in the video/film realm. 
 
Just some food for thought. I hope its encouraging 
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa5JsiMe6Qc

This looks a little gimmicky to me. Guess I'll have to wait and hear it before I pass judgement. The addition of knobs over buttons for level adjustments is welcome

Having researched background information on filming with Four Thirds all over the Internet over the course of the last six months, I found the posts and comments being posted here in the EOSHD forum extremely helpful (as well as - of course - Andrew's genuine articles). They really helped me not only making a choice about the system I want to use / am using now (GH3), but for example also with a view to other equipment. And I am sure that I will find plenty of inspirational posts also in future. So I simply want to say "thank you" to you guys and girls (woman) - I feel that is more than appropriate. :-)

Sony seem to love making announcements about announcements, show us a product with a time frame or go home.

question is, if you want the look of a 24mm full frame, why not go 24mm full frame?

I don't think anything is going to give you that look on the BMPCC. I've been researching the same thing, and the focal length of lens you're seeking is 8mm.  While those lenses exist for s16mm, they would need impossibly large apertures to equal the wide-yet-shallow DOF in your sample images.
 
You might get something vaguely similar with this combo:
 
m43 speed booster (doesn't exist yet)
voigtlander 17.5mm f/.95
 
That would something be like a 35mm f/1.4 on full-frame.  
 
As far as I know, nothing is equally fast and wide in the m43 arena.

And prepare to be disappointed!

btw. this forum hates canon.

As far as im concerned, The digital bolex folks have no room to talk until they actually release a camera.

Digital Bolex has global shutter, Pocket Cinema Camera doesn't.
 
Since neither camera has yet shipped neither company has much room to talk! ;)
 
Let's wait and see on this one.
 
I personally think DB are doing a good job.

As far as im concerned, The digital bolex folks have no room to talk until they actually release a camera.

Took me a while to notice the front of the bike...

ah ok i thought they were taking the existing sensor and cropping. I still am incredibly sceptical about this July date based on past experience. They will now have 4 lines to manufacture, and although they are slightly more experienced with camera building it's still a small frame of time to get everything going. From what i've read (and again correct me if i'm wrong) they're still working on the 4K version so a final product isn't even ready to manufacture as of now.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWjdFcziXpI
 
@ 2:00
 
BM employee- "A little less dynamic range, a little less sharp"

I've had mixed success with c-mount on the GH2 in 16mm crop mode.
 
Be aware that a lot of 16mm c-mount lenses won't cover Super 16mm especially the zooms, and that a lot of c-mount lenses are designed for digital 2/3" or smaller CCD sensors especially the newer CCTV stuff.
 
You should look to high quality vintage Super 16mm glass from the 60's and 70's but the prices are already quite inflated.
 
Switar 26mm F1.1 is very nice. Some of the Computar TV lenses from the 80's and 90's are very sharp.

It's funny how now cameras are the accesories of lenses.




I'm actually really excited about these two new cameras and what they'll mean for the competition!

For the low-budget film maker, the Pocket Cinema Camera is a "game changer."
 
If you're a GH2 user looking for much more DR and detail in the shadows, I can't see the GH3 bringing much new to the table in terms of image quality.  By comparison, the GH3 is looking like Panasonic's 5D mk III: an expensive incremental update that, while competent in its own right, fails to fundamentally change the industry to the same degree as its predecessor.

Just more, not better. That's up to the lens.

The Pocket Cam looks shockingly, shockingly tiny. Like it might actually fit in pockets.
Let's hope they have cooling under control.

"I think I'm going to pick up a C300 for $16,000 instead of the $4,000 4k BMC," said no one ever. Cannot believe a 4 grand camera outclassed Canon's ENTIRE cinema line. What a joke. Time to step it up Canon. You now actually have to try hard. 

Raw for under $1,000.

This is actually what you call a "game changer" in the real world Laforet. Lmfao