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Hi, you can edit H.265 straight on Adobe Premiere and in Davinci Resolve (not optimal for NX1, I've heard). The biggest issue was the lack of hardware acceleration for H.265 encoding/decoding. But if you have 6th generation intel (Kaby Lake) or above there should be no issues.
I chose to upgrade my NX1 and NX500 with the BMPCC4K and I don't regret it. Even tough I still love my NX1, it will be confined to the photo department now. Still love the raw photo output. But the BMPCC4K has a stronger set of codecs, 4K 60p, cheaper media (Samsung T5 SSD), good color science, BRAW etc...
It comes at the cost to rigging it a little bit (NP-F battery plate needed or else). I prefer the NX1's grip (best I've ever had), but with a cage the BMPCC4K is just fine, it's heavier, I like it like this, easier to shoot handheld.

Only downsides I find:

- They could include anamorphic de-squeeze in firmware updates
- Waveform monitor would be great
- A bit tedious to rig on gimbals, fine if you have a cage
- Fixed monitor, you'll have to get used of blind shooting if you don't get a monitor
- Rubber thingy I/O protection can be annoying, you can pull it off though
- Proprietary 2 pin power input
- No clip deletion, will force you to shoot efficiently though

So there are constraints but they can result in more skills, but price-wise we live in a blessed era for cinematography. My teachers had to get 100k loans 30 years ago to get their whole kit for broadcast.
I don't see why a station wouldn't accept PRORES LT in REC 709 or 2020 from the BMPCC4K, they accept Iphones videos sometimes.

That was my 2 cents advise.

Cheers,

4 hours ago, dslnc said:

Just received my BMPCC4K today . yay  - (What a joy using a camera with an intuitive UI)

Finally I bought a Sandisk Extreme Portable Ssd instead of the Samsung T5. (or making my own) Better price for the same config and better performance. Amazon had an offer:
https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B078SWJ3CF/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 
To my surprise it performs quite a bit better than the announced  550MB/s read speed - In the BM speed test I got R:800+MB/s and W:700+MB/s !! (formatted in ExFat) even after a few minutes run.
Recording with the ssd it delivers too. No dropped frames in any settings (raw 4k dci @ 60 fps is no problem)

So solar very recommendable.

I tested a few 64GB v90 sd cards as well (Lexmark and Sandisk). 4K DCI 25fps in prores (all flavours) works fine no dropped frames (in LT get 23 min recording time - in HQ 11...). Even 1080p100 works (24 min in LT) So if slowmo in 4k isn't necessary no need to spend cash on the fastest  sd/cf cards (at least in PAL-land)
( in 1080p25 you get 45m in HQ and 97m in LT - pretty descent)

I have been reading quite some complaints regarding the battery door. It doesn't seem flawed to me. Though the door locking mechanism can probably trick/annoy some. One have to put the locking nod back in place after closing the door. Doing that it should be just fine (not the best design but no deal breaker) 

Since the camera got released there has been quite a few critical voices complaining just about anything it had to offer (or missing). 
Having had it in my hands for a few hours I find a lot of the comments quite a bit exaggerated. Sure an articulated screen could be great in some occasions and sure the battery life depletes quite fast. But those are things one can easily work around. I know I can. I am more than confident that I will enjoy the results filming with this camera ?

 

 

 

My battery door is a complete mess. a slight bump, opening the sd card and cfast compartment for instance and it pops out. A bit annoying, but I've finally opted for a dummy battery, so I'll take it off anyway. I can see it becoming a problem when I'll switch to Blackmagic official power cables (66eur a pop) and will no longer need the dummy battery. I'll ask a door replacement to Blackmagic as I think mine is probably more flimsy than other people's BMPCC4K.

But no big deal, I'm happy for the upgrade. I was using the NX1 before and I love that camera too. But the iso range was just too limiting. Now I have a strong camera for stills and a strong one for video. In some situations, I'll try to match the NX1, NX500 and BMPCC4K to ensure me a multicam setup in well-controlled environments.

ND's are definitely a need though, sticking to iso 400 with the viltrox speedbooster and most shots are still overexposed at f/22 when sunny. Need a 3 stops ND I guess.

 

20 minutes ago, Shirozina said:

You also need to add to a GH5/GH5s many of those things and additionally have you seen the cost of V90 SDXC cards you need for the 400mbps codec?

Nothing wrong with the battery door if you remove it as it serves no purpose other than to slow down battery changes.

 

I won't use any coupler, I'll use their 2 pin (fake lemo) with a NP-F970 plate. So, I'd prefer a battery door that closes. Not huge deal anyway. Gaffa tape will save the day.
And yeah I chose ssd over v90 sd for a good reason. 189EUR for 128GO whereas I get 500GO for the same amount. No brainer.

2 hours ago, thephoenix said:

at what price does it ends up if you add all solutions you need ?

maybe is it better to spend a bit more in camera and less in accesories to fix the flaws of the camera

BMPCC4K -1350EUR
SAMSUNG T5 (500go) - 139EUR
VILTROX 0.71x - 89EUR
SMALLRIG Cage - 134EUR

1623EUR total, a bit less than a brand new GH5. I can't see me spending more than 2000EUR total. If I want an extra SSD + rig parts.
We can shave off 200EUR for Davinci Resolve as well.

The only flaw that pisses me off a little bit is the goddamn battery door. Blackmagic we need a BMPCC4K Battery door MKII, please. That one swings open with 0.2 G force.
 

3 hours ago, Scott_W said:

When did you order? I ordered mine about a month ago and not heard a thing. 

Yeah I ordered mine with paypal checkout october the 3rd, I received a paypal invoice but no order confirmation or tracking number yet.
Is it a normal process from smallrig?

On 10/27/2018 at 5:04 PM, wyrlyn said:

anyone would recommend a cheap (under 50 usd) external monitor that has small screen (around 3.5 inch)? i would use it for screen tilting only.

Cinemartin has a 5 inch for 95 EUR +38EUR shipping. Not sure about the quality though, I couldn't find any review.

4 hours ago, photographer-at-large said:

Would you know if the Canon version works this way as well?

I think it's the same on any Viltrox Adpaters.

10 hours ago, Papiskokuji said:

That is really worrisome ! ? Because I actually had all my wide and not so wide shots, or all my infinity focus shots having softness issues all around the frame ! But as I shot everything with third party speedboosters (such as the Viltrox EF-M2), I thought that it was the cheap speedbooster as well as the slightly bigger m43 sensor that was the cause. I have no native m43 unfortunately to make a test. If it really is the camera’s fault, then it’s gonna be quite a bummer ! For us and for Blackmagic...

I will try an adapted lens with dumb adapter to see if it changes something. If not, I might be returning my camera. It’s a shame because the image out of it is so gorgeous !

And by the way, the lens IS doesn’t work with the viltrox EF-M2 yet. I hope a future firmware will correct it.

I also recently noticed the red orb discussed by someone else in a previous post. It can be bothering in prores :/

But so far it’s this softness issue in the corners that absolutely needs investigation !

Did you set infinity focus on the Viltrox, that could be the issue. You need to turn the optical element inside to make sure infinity focus is correct. I have the Nikon Version and no problem on a Pana M43. Still waiting the BMPCC4k to try it on though. Maybe the Viltrox covers the sensor a bit too much. Their factor is wrong it is not 0.72x but a little bit more.

2 with silent motor would be amazing.

 

Maybe Vasile is fighting against the kernel. Which would take time.

voted

Cool thanks, it works on NX500 and NX1 
 

Hi outerbeat and thanks to you and Kino Seed for your great work,

Newbie here, I installed the 1.25 version of the mod recently, Do I have to uninstall 1.25 and install the mod-pack release? Or do I have to replace the scripts folder only?

Thanks again

I can't see moire but interlacing in the sample.

I've tried it yesterday and there are not much risks, at first the liveview froze when I selected VGA(2.5k) 25p but a simple reboot and it worked. However, VGA(2.5k) 50p captures 2 times the normal speed and some other options in VGA made the video rip apart.

I can't report much on the quality, I'll do tomorrow if enough time with a daytime scene.

Great work from Vasile again, we can really see improvements steps by steps. Any chance we could modify the width of the sensor region for anamorphic?

Cheers!

Wow! Nice contribution Justin

+1 and keen to donate a decent amount of money.

Here is a comparison of HEVC vs Prores I did an hour ago. To me banding is still less apparent in Prores but for most projects HEVC will be my choice for saving space on my HDs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOzJntHIn5U

Same here. I shot a lengthy 5 hours of interview (in 4K) with a 16,000 mAh powerbank. I only had a few seconds break to swap the SD Cards once full.

It's a shame we are limited to 30mins.

They've been doing really well so far. It was cool when we've gotten 60Mbps h.264. They are the reason why I didn't sell my D5100 and D5200. Bought the NX1 6 months ago though,  but I still use them as B and C cameras. Raw would be awesome!!!

Long live Nikon Hacker and ML!!!

That's one of the request I added to the document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pwCklH7KMPvGlOWiy9RjGKUKaQnD7gJ-hiW7xotVJ6o/edit
For unknown reason it seems someone removed it. I hope they will follow the path of the GH4 and allow continuous shooting in next updates, even if we have to pay a small amount due to that stupid EU tax. Who uses DSLRs/Mirrorless cameras to pirate movies at theaters anyways.

Hi, I recently bought an ISHICOR 16D (same as SINGER 16D) that I've attached to my Helios 44-2 (no clamp).
I am looking to secure my setup, any suggestions of a good and reasonably priced support or easy diy solution?
I do not have a height adjustable baseplate on my rails so I am worried that all the lens support on the market will not reach the base of the anamorphic attachment.
Just in case the base diameter is 60mm.

Thanks!


 

Yeah it looks like the ring controls the lens. The only one I know with aperture blades in the adapter is made by fotodiox.

I bought this one: http://www.amazon.com/Pixco-Adjust-Aperture-Adapter-Samsung/dp/B00FS1EWM8/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1433878966&sr=1-1&keywords=Nikon+G+to+NX&pebp=1433875850743&perid=07JXG032T6K06P8NY44E

It does the job well considering the price of the adapter. It has a really slight play (half a millimeter) but it doesn't affect focusing even with a follow focus unit.
Plus, it has the aperture control ring that you can also find on the more expensive novoflex.

I couldn't recreate the bug on mine, DR settings and ISO custom wheels are fine.