Don Kotlos

This is no three way battle. It’s a one way battle between your talent/creativity and lack of said talent/creativity. Any one of those cameras is good enough to capture a compelling and entertaining story... in the right hands.

There are two main ways sensor size can affect the maximum resolution:
1)  The ability of a lens to resolve finer details than the distance between two neighboring pixels. 
 --> There are plenty of lenses that support far higher resolution than 4K so that's not a limit
2)  The ability of pixels to collect enough light. 
 --> Current m43 sensors with large pixels offer  ~13stops of dynamic range and excellent color information. 
So in short, in that article just suggesting that for 4K someone needs a LF sensor, is plain wrong and marketing bulshit. 
In general systems are far more limited by their processing pipeline than optics/sensor performance, and that's why offering RAW is such a big deal.

There are two main ways sensor size can affect the maximum resolution:
1)  The ability of a lens to resolve finer details than the distance between two neighboring pixels. 
 --> There are plenty of lenses that support far higher resolution than 4K so that's not a limit
2)  The ability of pixels to collect enough light. 
 --> Current m43 sensors with large pixels offer  ~13stops of dynamic range and excellent color information. 
So in short, in that article just suggesting that for 4K someone needs a LF sensor, is plain wrong and marketing bulshit. 
In general systems are far more limited by their processing pipeline than optics/sensor performance, and that's why offering RAW is such a big deal.

There are two main ways sensor size can affect the maximum resolution:
1)  The ability of a lens to resolve finer details than the distance between two neighboring pixels. 
 --> There are plenty of lenses that support far higher resolution than 4K so that's not a limit
2)  The ability of pixels to collect enough light. 
 --> Current m43 sensors with large pixels offer  ~13stops of dynamic range and excellent color information. 
So in short, in that article just suggesting that for 4K someone needs a LF sensor, is plain wrong and marketing bulshit. 
In general systems are far more limited by their processing pipeline than optics/sensor performance, and that's why offering RAW is such a big deal.

Yeah, even his conclusions are strange to say the least:
"The only way the Blackmagic Design Pocket Camera 4K can beat the GH5 is in terms of sheer image quality – dynamic range and color science." 
But really, aren't all the comparisons of cameras that haven't been even released rushed? 
 

The 1.7 crop factor from a 6000x4000 sensor means that at best case their sampling a 3530x1985 area and scaling it up to 3840 x 2160, and given the aliasing performance I think they do use all this area. 
I actually don't think there is a lot of aliasing or moire, probably just the typical from 1:1 sampling with a weak antialiasing filter. And I also don't think that is a problem during normal shooting. The Fuji X-T2 has more aliasing artifacts than M50 for example but nobody complains about it.
The softness is typical for Canon and I actually prefer that from a digitally sharpened footage. 
My only concern for this camera other than the crop factor is the jello. I might be more sensitive to it than others but 4K from this camera should be used only with a rock solid tripod. 
Here is a tripod that is not rock solid:
 

In stark contrast to the FS5II, with the Z280 Sony went all in. That is going to be a popular camera for broadcasting/documentary. 
https://pro.sony/ue_US/products/handheld-camcorders/pxw-z280

The 1.7 crop factor from a 6000x4000 sensor means that at best case their sampling a 3530x1985 area and scaling it up to 3840 x 2160, and given the aliasing performance I think they do use all this area. 
I actually don't think there is a lot of aliasing or moire, probably just the typical from 1:1 sampling with a weak antialiasing filter. And I also don't think that is a problem during normal shooting. The Fuji X-T2 has more aliasing artifacts than M50 for example but nobody complains about it.
The softness is typical for Canon and I actually prefer that from a digitally sharpened footage. 
My only concern for this camera other than the crop factor is the jello. I might be more sensitive to it than others but 4K from this camera should be used only with a rock solid tripod. 
Here is a tripod that is not rock solid:
 

I think they could make it switchable based upon V-Log being installed on the camera, which would be the fairest thing to do anyway.
That way they give themselves a revenue opportunity from those who haven't upgraded and reward the people who have already paid.
Whether its worth having when, as you say, it then involves the user paying another chunk of money for a recorder is neither here nor there for Panasonic I suppose if it means that they overcome a major objection from customers.
Its a bit like the X-T2 only having F-Log externally - it offered a solution for Fuji to an objection and for customers to tick the box of their own 'must haves'.
And then hardly anyone used it
 

Nice evaluation by a professional colorist on reduser on those images posted here at first hand:
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?166868-NAB-2018-Blackmagic-Pocket-Cinema-Camera-4K&p=1797545&viewfull=1#post1797545

Here is another unique use of ML
https://petapixel.com/2018/04/10/this-short-film-was-shot-at-2520mm/
 

With the T5 at ~3.40W peak power consumption, the runtime of BMPCC4K when recording would be ~45 minutes.  

With the T5 at ~3.40W peak power consumption, the runtime of BMPCC4K when recording would be ~45 minutes.  

It's a great update, but it would be better if they had added Eterna instead of F-log. 
Sad but true. 

While far from the original pocket size, compared to any professional video cameras that shoot 4K Raw the new pocket could be considered pocketable. Or at least it can fit in a normal camera bag 
I am quite glad for the increased size compared to the original pocket actually. Proper heat sink, better battery, larger screen, better microphones, dual card slots and plenty of ports. 

If this is true then everyone should ask for it even if they don't need it, or even have a GH5/s for that matter. It would facilitate the democratization of this price segment even more by also putting pressure on Sony or Canon/Nikon if they decide to join as well. 

While far from the original pocket size, compared to any professional video cameras that shoot 4K Raw the new pocket could be considered pocketable. Or at least it can fit in a normal camera bag 
I am quite glad for the increased size compared to the original pocket actually. Proper heat sink, better battery, larger screen, better microphones, dual card slots and plenty of ports. 

If this is true then everyone should ask for it even if they don't need it, or even have a GH5/s for that matter. It would facilitate the democratization of this price segment even more by also putting pressure on Sony or Canon/Nikon if they decide to join as well. 

If this is true then everyone should ask for it even if they don't need it, or even have a GH5/s for that matter. It would facilitate the democratization of this price segment even more by also putting pressure on Sony or Canon/Nikon if they decide to join as well. 

If this is true then everyone should ask for it even if they don't need it, or even have a GH5/s for that matter. It would facilitate the democratization of this price segment even more by also putting pressure on Sony or Canon/Nikon if they decide to join as well. 

Here is another unique use of ML
https://petapixel.com/2018/04/10/this-short-film-was-shot-at-2520mm/
 

While far from the original pocket size, compared to any professional video cameras that shoot 4K Raw the new pocket could be considered pocketable. Or at least it can fit in a normal camera bag 
I am quite glad for the increased size compared to the original pocket actually. Proper heat sink, better battery, larger screen, better microphones, dual card slots and plenty of ports. 

For size comparisons, it is in Camerasize already.

http://camerasize.com/compare/#782,727

Here are two more screenshots, there are three dynamic range modes (video, extended video and film), these were shot with "film" at ISO 3200 if I remember correctly: