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Yep. Hate to be the one to break it to ya fellas, but size really does matter. If you're not built like a brick shithouse and don't have a pot to piss in, small is the new big.

"6 minutes on a 64 GB card" Record time is more than double that shooting 24p 1080p on a 64Gb card. I get over 15min shooting a 2.39:1 aspect ratio. I've been shooting raw with the MK3 since the day it came out and I've never had a problem with dropped frames with either the Lexar 1066 64Gb or the Toshiba 1066 64Gb. Mine's been through 2 Australian summers and no overheating, but a second body is a wise choice in hot conditions. When I shoot narrative work outdoors I tend to shoot at magic hour, and I don't like to lose precious time white balancing. The A7s is shite for skin tones, the A7sII is a bit better. I get that its not for you, just like the Sony's are not for me. If the A7s was hacked it might be a different story.

I've been using MLVFS with Resolve on a Mac for about a year now, MLVs play realtime with no lag. It's had a few teething problems but the latest build is working nicely on my 6 core 2010 Mac Pro with a GTX980 running EL Capitan. MLVFS link: http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=13152.0 Works with any app that recognises CDNGs like Resolve, Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop etc... So no FCPX.

I've seen Samuel's tests. I haven't shot any charts, I'm talking about graded shots taken in the field. The 5D can be pushed further in post than the BMMCC (better highlight recovery), smoother roll-off, and its less noisy. I've tested both under numerous lighting conditions: daylight, low key tungsten, low key 5600k, daylight backlit interiors, streetlight, even gaslight. In every single test the 5D had a wider graded dynamic range. I can get the BMMCC close, but it takes a lot more effort. Sure the newer sensors are better at low ISOs, but no other DSLR/mirrorless shoots 1080p raw. I'd be all over a raw hacked X-Pro2. What I know is the A7sII has slightly better colour and less noise than the A7s, and circa 2009 rolling shutter. As for grading slog: filmmaking is masochistic enough without it.

Are you using MLVS? No need to transcode MLV files anymore. My first DSLR was a D90. Nikon's colour science is great. I had a D5200 too but it was a bit soft and had some nasty fixed pattern noise.

Mattias how does the D750 hold up against the 5DMK3 raw?

So I'm over a week into testing the MK3 raw vs the BMMCC. About the only things I like more about the BMMCC are its size, its faster rolling shutter, and its noise pattern; it's filmic (no stripey fixed pattern noise, but it is noisier than the MK3, even with a speed booster). The MK3 beats the BMMCC in dynamic range (graded: at least a stop more), resolution (about equal in good light, better in low light), and it blows the BMMCC away in color (I spend way more time grading the BMMCC footage). I haven't bothered to include the A7s in my tests because it got relegated to a photography only role last year after the MK3 destroyed it in every single test. I'm curious how the D750, D500, and C100 MKII would hold up against the MK3 raw; nothing else in its weight class does.

And the backpedalling begins https://vimeo.com/forums/help/topic:280882

That did the trick. Mine was way off. No more soft edges. One slight problem: While I was checking infinity focus the speed booster got jammed on. When I manhandled it off I noticed I'd sheared off the adjustment screw. Oops

The BMMCC has slightly more dynamic range than the 5D. The speed boosted BMMCC matches the 5D for resolution in the center, but is very soft in the corners. The speed boosted BMMCC is about a stop noisier than the 5D. The BMMCC with the SLRmagic 12mm is quite soft in the center but a stop faster at the same DOF as the 20mm speed boosted, and less soft in the corners.

Here's some resolution, dynamic range, noise, FOV and DOF comparisons. Everything in the room was strategically placed for this test (took almost six months). I desaturated it to make it easier to focus on the aforementioned elements and prevent permanent blindness BMMCC SLRmagic 12mm @ t1.6 800 ISO BMMCC Sigma 20mm @ f/4 + speed booster 1600 ISO 5D MK3 raw Tokina 28-70mm @ f/5.6 6400 ISO BMMCC-20mm-f4-+-SB-1600-ISO 5D-35mm-f5.6-6400-ISO BMMCC-12mm-t1.6-MFT 800-ISO

Just got the Nikon speed booster. It fits! Bonus! So I see Premiere Pro now supports raw playback and has all the juicy raw image adjustment sliders including de-noising. I've always found Adobe camera raw to be a much better debayer than the Resolve debayer, but the After Effects workflow is painful. I'm not a huge Premiere fan but if the debayer IQ is equal to ACR I may have to switch.

Neither did I, then when I got it I was even more certain I didn't wanna do on-the-fly adjustments. And my fingers aren't particularly fat. All of my lenses have aperture rings but I think I'm gonna get a Sigma 18-35mm and a Nikon mount speed booster (changing aperture from a menu has always been alien to me.) The Micro really needs the extra speed to keep the noise down. The only things I'll need the menu for are frame rate and shutter angle. Raw ISO is adjustable in post. Blackmagic should make the buttons assignable. SLRmagic 12mm @ t/1.6 800 ISO pushed 1/3 of a stop in ACR. Minimal chroma de-noising. I tried it, it doesn't work on admins.

I don't have a Pocket to compare. I've been testing it against the 5D raw shooting street scenes. The roll-off doesn't appear to be as smooth as the 5D. How are you exposing?

Zak are you seeing any difference in highlight roll-off between the BMMCC and BMPCC?

Hey Lance, I think the extra noise is mostly due to the BMMCC ISOs being slightly darker (<1/3 of a stop) than the BMPCC as Zak mentioned. I'm not seeing much of a difference in noise looking at the wide shot of the room. Best to test raw because prores is gonna add some compression artifacts.

I was thinking about how it's faster on the 5D MK3 raw, but I just remembered that's 720p

My partner shoots everything on her iPhone in portrait. Drives me insane! Smartphones have become smarter than their users. Don't believe it? Google "selfie deaths".

Shot my first rave on VHS-C 25yrs ago. The video was noisier than the rave. There's no more excuses.

Yeah just raw, I haven't played with prores. Samuel's crunched the numbers on my rolling shutter test: 13.4ms. Damn good. Beats the Pocket by 4.4ms. http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?303559-Measuring-rolling-shutter-put-a-number-on-this-issue! 3:1 compressed raw in 60p only. Rolling shutter should be faster in 60p. I haven't tested it, but I'm guessing it would be around 10ms.

Initial impressions. I haven't done any proper lighting setups yet, I’ve just been pushing it to find its breaking point. It's a good sensor, but it's not the 5D MK3 ML raw killer I thought it might be. It's not far behind the 5D raw, but the 5D image is a little more robust (more predictable & solid overexposure and low light results). The image is less saturated than the 5D but it's red heavy. I can get them to match pretty well by boosting saturation 25%, cooling the color temp to match the 5D, and slapping filmconvert or a KD5207 LUT on both. One thing I do like is it doesn't have fixed pattern noise like the 5D, the noise is more filmic, but it does need a bit of denoising to get rid of the blue chroma noise. So far I think the 5D raw has a slight edge in resolution, color, low light ability (at equal DOF), and IQ. Dynamic range is closer than I expected, there's not much in it. At this point I think the BMMCC is going to be B-cam to the 5D, but I've got more testing to do to be 100% sure. It’s better than every 8bit H.264 DSLR I’ve tested including the A7s.

I'll do a measurable rolling shutter test shortly.

Knew I shouldn't have hitched a ride in that DeLorean. That's fucked up. Can't wait to hear the PR guy spin some BS on that.

I was really enjoying that until the vimeo stream died half way through. I haven't even done any testing yet, but I'm almost certain I'm shooting my feature with the BMMCC. It IS the baby Alexa I've been looking for. I have to start shooting the crowdfunding trailer in a couple of weeks so BM better hurry TF up

I had a look at the manual. What really sux is you can't make any contrast, saturation, or sharpness adjustments in video mode. 6400 ISO tests look about equal to the 5D MKIII (albeit with slightly less resolution). http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/fuji-x-pro2/XPRO2hSLI06400NR1.HTM http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/canon-5d-mkiii/E5D3hSLI006400NR0.HTM It doesn't have that nasty chroma noise like the Sonys http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/sony-a7s/A7ShSLI006400NR0.HTM