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Do you guys think the C100mkiii will have 4K, or will that take too much away from the C300ii? Any chance Canon will include a 1080p Raw instead of 4K?

The beauty of the Pocket and the original BMCC was that enthusiasts and young filmmakers could afford the cameras... these are the same people who are buying the Ursa now. Those Ursa Pro owners will eventually graduate to a Red or maybe an Alexa and that Pro will collect dust or be sold on the used market. Without a base cinema model with updated specs... it doesn't have to be 4K, but 2.5K at multiple frame rates, maybe no need for IR filtratation, and a better screen and BM will secure the next "generation" of filmmakers to climb the BM ladder on their way to an Alexa.

Well Arri Classics are only going for around 15,000 on eBay...

Is CineLog from Vision? The Markii is getting dirt cheap now, it may be worth a look. I love my 50D, but lack of any audio makes it a tough production camera. Am also interested in the 70D with ML Raw and DPAF.

Hell, if Arri came out with a 720p Super 35mm camera that shot 24p/60p in arri log and arri raw, I'd give them $2000.

Good idea.

Me. And if they weren't selling BH wouldn't still have them in stock. And we're not talking about a C100... we're talking about if BM sells more Ursa Pros than they sold and continue to sell of the Pocket. I mean, 3-4 years after its release and there is not another camera at its price range that can match its IQ. IMO.

No way the Ursa Pro will sell more than the Pocket did... the profit margins may be greater and maybe they'll make more in the long run... maybe... but no way they'll sell as many Ursa Pros as they did and continue to sell Pockets.

IDK, I am sure I am biased because I love the image out of the BMPCC, but I think the same material shot on both cameras will look "better" with the Pocket than the GH4. And yeah... if they offered a Super 35mm Pocket in 2.5k with EF mount and I'd hand over 2 grand to them... but I'd rather give them $995... Lol. Yeah very possible. Someone mentioned earlier... in this thread or another... that the Pocket was introduced at NAB '13. The Micro was announced at NAB '15... maybe the Pocket 2 will be announced this NAB. We'll see. According to 43Rumors a Pocket II will be released... time will tell.

I just don't see how they can stay a viable camera manufacturer selling $3-6000 cameras. On this forum alone, if a Pocket 2 was announced, between the regulars and the guests at least a hundred people will buy one (maybe more as I'm unsure of the board's readership) but how many will buy the Ursa Pro... maybe 5-10? There aren't enough professionals around to ignore the enthusiasts and stay in the game. The major companies will eat them alive in that market.

http://nofilmschool.com/2014/12/shoot-bob-trees-outside-winter-snow-blackmagic-bmpcc-sundance I'm sure many have read this article, but the Pocket is usable as is. Is it the most convenient solution... no. But it can be done. With a native lens with OIS, and a ton of batteries, one could shoot a feature handheld.

Well to be fair, you wouldn't cut a piece of wood with a drill would you? So why shoot a 4 hour performance with a Pocket Cam?

Yeah the truth is, one can put a 20mm on the pocket cam and with a monopod shoot cinematic footage like no other camera anywhere near its price point. The footage still holds up today and is better than footage coming out of cameras 2 or 3 x its price. With that being said, BlackMagic is out of their mind if they don't release a Pocket Mark II or a similar camera with a few upgrades at a similar price point... if they want to stay in the camera business.

They won't. Or maybe one of them will offer to buy them.

I don't think you can rig a micro 4/3 or Sony E mount because you would have to go inside the body and closer to the sensor... I think?

Makes sense... would love to see what you do with a 1DC.

Yeah, hot damn that looks good. Have you ever thought about a C100ii or a Mark iii?

I've never used one but I have read good things.

The Ursa Major discount is cool if someone bought one, but now BM is getting into a territory where false promises and rush to production has big name competition. Looks like a great camera though. I can't wait to see what it can do.

Idk, didn't the 4.6k just come out a little over a year ago?

Since they usually announce at NAB, they may have announced the Pro early, so the Pocket ii or BMCC ii doesn't steal any of its thunder. Or maybe they won't announce any camera at NAB and BM has given up on their original mission statement.

They may make a little more in profit, but the Pocket must be their best selling camera... without question. Hell they were probably still making money off the Pocket when it sold for $500.

Definitely not that... look at zero's Mark III Tokyo Video and then re-ask your question. And I thought most comparison tests concluded you do not gain much with a Ninja on the C100?

Did you mean C100i or C300i? And yeah, 5D iii Raw really is something special... and your Tokyo video is more proof of that. Hell even the 70D with ML Raw, and DPAF, has some special sauce to it that cameras twice its price can't touch.

Yeah, the 35mm is a wicked lens I had one a while back but needed some extra money and sold it. Then I bought another one about 6-8 months ago but it was not as described and was in shit condition. And then after talking with you about it the other week, I won one from KEH pretty cheap, but that wasn't described right either. It was so inexpensive I ended up keeping it and listed it on eBay. There's not many in the states, so I figured I could make a profit on it rather than just return it. Do you have the Jupiter? I think that's the 85mm Soviet lens from that era.