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Is the question "can anyone persuade me not to buy the MX?"

Is it easier to "blame the media" rather than face the reality that it was the American people who wanted (and voted for) Trump to lead their nation?
How long ago was it that we were rallying to bring down the Saadawi empire? Or criticise Zach for his off-topic ramblings?
All good fun! 

The importance of planning. And then the importance of flexibility.
I think, too, something about how the footage on the card goes through an editing process in order to deliver the product they will want to show people (i.e. they are not the same thing). Even little tips like the shot doesn't have to start when the camera "start" button is pressed - but it can't start before that point!
Have fun.

That may indeed be true. However, it is also largely irrelevant. Given the electoral system the American People vote under (and presumably understand and accept?) the simple fact is that the American people voted Trump into office. 
Just as the majority of people in the U.K. did not vote for Brexit - 51% of those who turned out did  however. And it is futile for me as a Remainer not to recognise that.

Is it easier to "blame the media" rather than face the reality that it was the American people who wanted (and voted for) Trump to lead their nation?
How long ago was it that we were rallying to bring down the Saadawi empire? Or criticise Zach for his off-topic ramblings?
All good fun! 

Looks great David!
Promoting hate, however, causes suffering. Hating someone is like taking poison and expecting to hurt the other person. The only person hurt is the hater, mentally and physically: stress hormones damage healthy tissue, reduce immune function, etc.
Additionally, look at all the information about what is going on, from both sides, and from other countries around the world if you'd like to get a better understanding of what is really happening. Do you want to be a leader helping to heal yourself, your community, and the planet, or do you want to be a slave-pawn in someone else's selfish game?
We need to focus on loving ourselves, those around us, and everyone else around the planet, and holding those accountable who are promoting division and hate, replacing them with more enlightened leaders.

Yeah screw this talk of making another BMPCC v2.0, just put the BMPCC on another $500 sale again! :-D

In many ways I think that what I do with my video cameras is essentially to take "moving stills". By that I mean that I like to take landscapes, scenary and atmospheric pictures. I used to throw photographs into FCP with a 5s delay and show them as a sequence of stills. But they lacked something. They lacked any sense of movement - ripples on the distant lake, a leaf blowing on a branch, the sway of the grass or a person walking across the scene. Taking video "stills" addresses those deficiencies. The best example is with aurora photography - any 30s exposure still can give a decent image. But it's not the aurora - it lacks the dancing and drama of movement. The same 30s  "photo" with the A7s and a shogun... totally different. It's not really "film-making" but it does bring "photographs" to life.
As I learn more about camera movement I see new opportunities but I do think there is a grey area between video and photography - the moving still.

Just checked Whois - www.craftcamera.com is registered to: E.Saawadi, Mansoura, Egypt
Yep, I'm just kidding.

Neither RED nor ARRI make their own sensors. They have them outsourced and made to their specifications. Just like BM do with their 4.6k sensor. 
BM make their own circuit boards.  They don't outsource them.  Then make them from scratch.  They make the physical bodies themselves.  They rely on commodity items for the chips and screens but they manufacture more than most other companies in house.  They have an active policy of not outsourcing.  
You're just guessing or making things up when pass mis-informed opinion as fact.   Maybe think about qualifying your guesses next time so those reading will understand that you're guessing or making something up.
How does anyone know what the margins are for Blackmagic ? A company that don't tend to outsource but do tend to keep as much as they can in-house.  Just like the first post that posited that few would sell when thousands have already been sold. It's just guessing at best, and most are way off.
They're doing fine.  Compare them to AJA and the Cion.  Similar sized company to BM, they made a camera based on the same sensor package, but one that was considered to be the much better camera.  Look how well that went for them.  Why is it that Cion failed ? Everyone who was a "pro" breathed a sigh of relief that a "real" camera would be made and yet...
Axiom ? That was going to show everyone how an open source market/ ML style approach would make a camera right ? Show those Blackmagic clowns how to do a camera OS.  Look how grindingly slow that's been going because Canon didn't do all the heavy lifting on the sensor front end.
or DB ? Why did they fail ? Again, they have an apparently loyal following and unique features.
Again it failed. 
Panavison have failed at least twice to launch a new camera to replace the Genesis.
Dalsa, who everyone forgets made the first 4K cinema camera have gone out of making cameras.  
Aaton went bust trying to make a digital cinema camera.
Ikonoscope went bust using the same DB sensor.
You armchair quarterbacks are all posting guesses but you actually have no idea what it actually takes to make a camera from scratch.  I sure don't but I know that after seeing Blackmagic do it up close for the last few years it's way more complex and intricate than I ever imagined. I know that when I ask about a feature or aspect that I like or don't like of the engineering team they've spent a long time already thinking about it or trying to get past the hurdle. 
Making and developing cameras is a very expensive game and there's no way it would be some kind of loss leader.  It's just way too expensive.
At least they're still in the game and offering choices.  They continue to innovate, and I think if you look at their first efforts, compared to now, they obviously listen to what their customers want even if it doesn't appear to be so.  
They have certainly hit some pretty big bumps in the road too but they are still here and trying to compete with the big boys, something a lot of others have failed to do.
I find the "qc" issue hasn't hit me.  I guess I'm lucky or maybe I don't expect to have my camera working or repairable after dropping it but in years of using all the BM cameras I have on commercial and paying jobs, I've not run into most of the problems that are cited as being their weakness. I mean honestly the camera doesn't overheat and yet it's constantly written as a problem on review sites or in the mythology.  
In the early days of RED they had to educate their users about how to get the most from their cameras and how to shoot RAW.  
I think BM need to do the same thing because you still get people who have no idea about a RAW workflow stumbling into using RAW for the first time after having only shot 8bit 4:2:0 previously.  
This community more than "pros" is where BM cameras do the most for filmmakers.  Which other big box company gives you ProRes or even 10bit ?
JB
 
 
 

Yeah, you'd be 100% wrong there. But carry on...
They seem to have sold thousands of them.  Mostly they're still backordered.
Such as...?
Resolve...?  Oh wait, you get that included with the camera...
Monitors ?  Converters ?  I think you're stretching a pretty long bow....
JB

His dentistry friends who he tagged:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002625780591
https://www.facebook.com/ghader.moustafamanah
https://www.facebook.com/Nism.nougat
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004619610557
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004469431009
 
Amused somewhat by his latest FB update:
 
Oh FFS, he recently got a PS4:
 
Yet cries he is too broke and poor to repay those who he robbed??? 

I had been listening to people who told me, look, it's not even real HD and UHD is the way to go nowadays. They were right, I saw the Pocket's limits in resolution, and it started to bother me. I sold it and every piece of equipment associated with it. Now I have tons of footage from the said people in glorious 4k and I can watch it in native resolution and I can compare it to my old Pocket footage. And I could cry. Resolution isn't everything. What about handling? People have exact CWB, various implementations of AF, AE or - and this is not exaggerated - millions of combinable profile-settings. None of these has the Pocket. And yet, all these funky functions don't seem to help much, because of the image quality.  You don't believe that or see that? Then be happy, stay happy ...

In that case, I'd highly recommend ITV Studio's Shetland as shown by BBC.
 

Big companies could promote one-off "as used by Ebrahim Saadawi" versions...

Big companies could promote one-off "as used by Ebrahim Saadawi" versions...

We must live on different planets Dave - I've bought and returned $1000 used cameras from B&H after using them for maybe 75 clicks and felt extremely guilty about returning them.  Not take a $5k camera on two international trips and then openly discuss returning it to Adorama on a popular website.
Clearly doing paid work and then returning the gear used is a dick move IMO, but then to mention the details in a public forum is even worse.  But what do I know.

Quite noticeable desaturation/colour tone shift compared with neighbouring shots...micro shake of smaller camera body in motion...apparent big lift in contrast compared with other footage....has a 'smeary 360 degree shutter look'. These are almost certainly the pocket/micro shots, there are probably a few more that I'm not spotting but those are the ones that stick out as a 'sore thumb' to my eyes.
like I said earlier, if it makes up part of an engaging sequence that by which point the audience is along for the ride (often literally) - then nobody should give a f**k if they intercut technically mis-matched footage. If it works in context, it works.
But my observation is that when a DP says that they are dealing with great footage in post, and imply that these cameras cut in seamlessly with A&B cameras are either a bit blind/ misquoted/ or has concesiously decided that any mismatch will not take the audience out of the experience when cut together (which I agree it should not matter...as long as the shot is cool enough).
It is possible to grade these tiny cameras to intercut seamlessly, but unfortunalty this DP (and many others on other recent films) seemingly decide to use them as glorified GoPro's - often revealing the slight shortcomings of image quality when exposed to very dynamic lighting and motion. The shots in the trailer I noticed looked like a saturation and slight contrast punch would have been of benefit to match the neighbouring shots. Feels like they left those shots pretty flat - to retain as much shadow detail as possible, yet forgetting that in the flow of a sequence, any contrast or saturation jump can sometimes look way worse than crushing any blacks.
Ironically, a 70year old Eymo wind-up 35mm camera (which I keep banging on about) - would have probably performed way better in terms of being able to match any surrounding shots, as the nature of film can still handle highlight roll off and dynamic exposure manipulation with a lot more grace than most of the highest end digital cinema cameras. 

If you're genuine, why not stay involved here (with Andrew's permission)? There's a lot to learn and one lesson might be for you to realise that you CAN contribute from your experience not merely fabrication. You live in a fascinating part of the world - potentially a useful contact! Realise that from now, trust has to be earned. Respect has to be earned. But both are worth working for. Good to see this step forward.
There must be a film in this sorry episode. Creatio ex nihilo...

http://ebrahimsaadawi.blogspot.co.uk/
Interesting...

I think there are valuable lessons that have been learnt in this thread and that it should not be deleted when the items have been refunded.
ES deserves for his name to be immortalised as a scammer because it is very likely that he will find other ways to scam people in the future and hopefully the presence of this thread in the search engines may protect his potential victims in the future.

3:17 - 4:32? 
 

I love this place as I find inspiration and positive energy here, so I don't like posting something negative, but I feel you need to be warned.
A month ago I paid @Ebrahim Saadawi for a SLR Magic Rangefinder he offered for sale both on this site and on dvxuser. He had previously done an extensive review of the Rangefinder, also posted on the EosHD forum. I assumed he was selling this unit; he told me he had no use for it and no interested buyers in Egypt. As he claimed there were no other payment options in Egypt than Western Union money transfer and knowing his excellent track record on the forum, I decided to give it a go. Yeah, really stupid me I guess.
He went totally silent after my payment confirmation on June 17th. I sent four update requests since then through the forum's message service, which he all read (the site shows you this). Also messages through Instagram and email. Still no reply. Being certain (and baffled) that I was scammed I was considering what to do. Then I read @Tito Ferradans cautionary tale in Facebook's anamorphic shooters group of a LOMO scam he barely escaped (he also posted that on this site). On Facebook, another group member, Tomas, mentioned he also bought a Rangefinder from Egypt. Same seller, same story.
So we have the second highest rated EosHD account ever (second only to Andrew himself) through which at least two people have been scammed. Now here is the catch: the account of Ebrahim is used by two people. Ebrahim senior, and his grandson Ebrahim junior (the profile signature also mentions this). The other buyer did get in contact with the seller, which turned out to be Ebrahim junior.
It looks like Senior has build quite the reputation with posts I myself have also greatly enjoyed and learnt from. Junior pisses all over it now with this crap. We'll see if this post helps him reconsider, at any rate, other forum members may be prevented of becoming 'fools' (as Junior so sympathetically described me).
 

Perhaps.  But then again, I say as a documentarian, so what?  From the POV of my reality I think I disagree with your assertion.
I guess, by certain perception, I'm in the "I can barely make it" camp.  As it happens, I've never been beholden to the idea that certain gear is inherently not-good-enough simply because of the market it's being sold to.  I rent when I need to and I shoot with many of these contemptible "toys" when I need to.  My opinion is that a tool is a tool.  I'm not going to bring a "knife to a gun fight" nor am I going to do the opposite.
It's curious, I think, how some people perceive themselves as superior in an (supposedly) artistic medium simply because they have more expensive pro tools to do the craft.  Does anyone else find that odd?  Especially these days?  That sort of elitism was curious even a decade ago.  Now, it really doesn't make sense.  Anyone with $3K can access more than good enough IQ/audio/post for a production that, with skill, will look around 90%+ as good as anything.  That's NOT rhetoric.  I'm convinced it's just the truth. 
What am I to believe?  The defensive opinions of industry professionals threatened by the gear democratization, or my lying eyes when I see the work of Kendy Ty or a Ruslan Pelykh?  You tell me, because there are a lot of people out there kicking ass with cameras that wouldn't even cover the cost of a friggin' camera battery from a few decades ago.
What get delivered is what counts.*
But, as far as I'm concerned, if I artistically need to use an iPhone or an Alexa to cross a finish line, that's what's gonna happen.  And for what I'm doing, it's been leaning toward the former rather than the later for years now.
Finally, I'd even argue "amateurs" is exactly a pejorative.  If anything, by the original etymology of that word, it probably has more merit and artistic integrity these days than "professional."
* ( For reasons only they can justify, a lot of corporate work I do actually wants the allure of "real" gear around during the process. )

Very enjoyable. Not sure why but it reminds me of an encounter I had with a piste (track cutting) machine whilst XC skiing in Saariselka...