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Who cares. Freebies and review copies are always a privilege, not a right. I'm a professional in a different field and based on your criteria I'm 'snubbed' by 95% of all the gear makers in my field.

They will. 

$2999,00 for a ursa mini? This price is complete insane! They will really create a tsunami in the market!

Watched the video and thought to myself, love the creativity but quality doesn't do the camera any justice at all.

WOW...
 
You removed removed Nog and Baltic. I guess Lincoln was right in that if you want to test a man's character, give him power. I can't talk about over threads, but in this Thread those 2 guys were giving their opinions and frankly I think they had a point. I'm not a fan of that video either, that does not make you a rubbish filmmaker. You just made a piece  that some like and some other don't. 
 
Please feel free to also remove my account if you also think that I'm causing trouble. You will then just have lost all credibility to me.
 
Regards...

Well, Ebrahim, Thank you for your general life advice, although it felt patronising in parts. but that's fine!
 
A Community is exactly what Andrew has created. I have followed him and enjoyed his reviews since the beginning of his blog. I have also enjoyed some of his shorts and purchased two of his books.
 
I will not denied that Andrew has done a great job. But what I will not accept, is for people to be banned for emitting their opinion on his short film. I don't think they were insulting at all, clumsy at best. I even sensed, taking into account Andrew extensive knowledge, that they were probably expecting something more meaty from him, and that I believe is their right. 
 
Some directors, that I hold in high regards, have produced some poor films. I glad they didn't ban me from watching the rest of their body of work.
 
Andrew's action were extreme. We should all learn one pure truth. you cannot please everyone and that's that. Now let's accept it and move on, because the subject of acceptance is wild and wide, and unfortunately only too few really care or respect it.
 
Sorry If offended anyone, but that did make me upset

As these user names seemed familiar to me, and I felt I had seen useful and helpful post from these guys in the past I decided to see what kind of trouble the were causing.
 
Of baltic's 8 posts I would consider 7 o them to be helpful normal discussions, this being the only exception.
 
And of Nog's 13 posts I didn't find any that were looking to cause trouble, the were all offering opinions, help, or information. This was by far his most troublesome post.
 
Baltic's fanboy comment was out of line and I don't agree with telling someone what kind of videos they should make, but is that single post ban worthy? As for Nog, unless you removed all of his troublesome posts so I was not able to find them he absolutely didn't deserve getting banned for that statement. Do you really feel that is trouble making?
 
I am a huge fan of your site and the work that you do, I check in here almost daily since it is one of the best sources for information on anamorphics which is a large interest of mine. But I have to say that banning these individuals, especially Nog in this way is more damaging for the community than anything they did. Am I missing something here?

Your point is correct. But the users are also correct.
 
They are not talking about the amount of detail, they are talking about the PERCEIVED detail. To get a nice looking image you have to know how to ballance the amount of detail captured and the amount of local contrast (sharpening).
 
Most people still use 1080p displays. In my 4k display, I can clearly see the difference in the amount of detail between the 4k prores and a 1080p video, but once you watch both videos on a 1080p display, the difference is not that big. Why? Because if you have a lot of detail and you dont add LOCAL CONTRAST (some people call it sharpening), your detail wont be noticeable.
 
So its totally fair to say that, on a 1080p display, a 1080p raw video from a 5D can "LOOK" more "detailed" than that 4k ProRes video. In reality it wont have more detail, but this detail will be hidden by the lack of local contrast.
 
I dont like oversharpening, but that video is too soft. I know that its a UHD video, but the average person watching that video wont be impressed. And we make videos for the average person.

Not tryin to be a troll here but my first reaction was the same as JHines, I felt that the BMPC 4k wasn't as sharp and detailed as a 4K footage is suppose to look like.
And am not talking about the grading or time of day it was shot. The "Genesis" video from the 5D3 ML RAW does look sharper and more detailed than this BMPC 4K.
 

Not tryin to be a troll here but my first reaction was the same as JHines, I felt that the BMPC 4k wasn't as sharp and detailed as a 4K footage is suppose to look like.
And am not talking about the grading or time of day it was shot. The "Genesis" video from the 5D3 ML RAW does look sharper and more detailed than this BMPC 4K.
 

https://vimeo.com/68340708
 
http://ae.tutsplus.com/author/bran-hvitabjorninn/
 
https://vimeo.com/73658885
 
https://vimeo.com/65617394
 
https://vimeo.com/65347677
 
Hopefully some of these should get you started like it did me, there's also a beginners tut on the Blackmagic website also

https://vimeo.com/68340708
 
http://ae.tutsplus.com/author/bran-hvitabjorninn/
 
https://vimeo.com/73658885
 
https://vimeo.com/65617394
 
https://vimeo.com/65347677
 
Hopefully some of these should get you started like it did me, there's also a beginners tut on the Blackmagic website also