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Great rig, I like to see something small to match the camera.

Interesting. I've only had a very quick look at a ProRes clip so far (I don't have my monitoring setup working yet so it's hard to even focus), but I saw aliasing on that. So it's possible that only RAW debayering in Resolve is improved. That would suck a little, as PoRes does come in handy.

My two arrived today. Sweet little puppies, RGB LEDs sold me instantly (I'm a cheap date). Haven't had a chance to check the image out yet, but the bodies are cute, build quality seems great. Fans, interesting. I had them sitting on my desk, running to full-charge the batteries (I only worked out later that you can probably continue charging after powering off via the power button, still, was a nice burn in). Strangely, the fan vibrations caused both cams to quietly hum on the wooden desk - at first I couldn't work out where these faint strange whines were coming from : ). It was only vibration, lifting them off the desk cured it. One thing though - a) the top inside of both boxes was marked with a kindof black friction pattern, exactly where it touches the lens mount blanking plate, as if the camera was pressing hard against it during transport (or manufacture?). And b) the plastic receptacle holding the body was cracked with large splits, in both boxes. Anybody else see that?

Interesting, that explains the reports of less moire. I'll have to run some of my old problem Pocket footage through it and see how much it helps. I wonder if the Micro has the improved debayer on-board in ProRes? If not, RAW might become mandatory for me.

Evening all. So my two Micros (I shoot dual-body 3D and damnit, they've got proper Genlock) seem to be good to go, should have them some time next week. I've spent the best part of a year getting all the parts I need (cables, filters etc) and writing software for tablet-based viewing and remote control, and the gear has slowly been gathering dust in a box ; ). Now no GS, boo! I just hope they don't screw us early adopters who are buying regardless (with mixed feelings in my case) with an updated version at the next NAB (or a sudden price drop|) - that would suck. Still, I locked in a good deal on them before the exchange rate dived. I have two Pockets and agree that moiré Is their one fatal flaw (that accent came from spell correction : ). Often you don't see any, but when you do it can be awful. The tiny screen also doesn't reveal it, so it can mess up a shot and you only find out in the edit. I really don't like it eg. when shooting lit up cityscapes at dusk, that kind of thing with lots of small highlights. I absolutely hate the rgb shimmer you can get around the in-focus highlight edges and the added sparkle when you slow-pan. Considering these cams are all about purity of colour, they really should fix this once and for all. I've complained a lot that I don't get why they don't. Sure (it seems) AA filters are expensive. But surely they would be cheaper for BM to include (it could be an order option) than the aftermarket cost for us. Or if that complicates their assembly line, they could still resell them as a DIY install bundle, and save us some cash. Apparently there are new types available that blur less than the older type used to (read up on it once), that would be ideal.

Are you sure about the aliasing being fixed on the MCC Ebrahim? That would be huge as it's the only serious IQ flaw of my Pockets, and I wasn't expecting it would be fixed yet. If true did they do it without an OLPF, just with a new sensor design? I've got two MCC's on pre-order; with Genlock, full remote control, global shutter mode and narrow bodies they are everything I asked for over the years for dual-cam 3D. After hacking my Pockets for workaround 3D frame sync I'm now putting a full-featured MMC 3D rig together that will be awesome if the IQ works out. I expected it to be the identical Pocket sensor but Grant Petty confirmed in a video that its a slightly improved version. If the aliasing is also fixed or reduced, wow. Less noise will be great too. The only other thing I'd need in future models like this would be the 15 stops, and purer colours. The Pockets do blow out bright colours early, I don't think this is just a DR limitation (where 15 stops would help) but possibly a gamut issue, ie. how pure the RGB filters are. I expect there is a trade off here with sensitivity (deeper colour filters reduce the amount of light hitting the sensor).