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It's much more flexible, you don't need 1 device for lav mic, 1 for shotgun and 1 for XLR. In fact, Zoom's XLR module gives you 2 inputs instead of 1 AND you can use 1/4 jack as well. You buy one recorder and then whatever mic you put on it. If you were to utilise all three variations, the F1 is MUCH cheaper than buying the 3 Tascams. You'll also have all your recordings on 1 card at the end of the day, which will be helpful What do you think about the preamps etc. though? I was under the impression that the Zoom would sound cleaner, but may be wrong.

Wow that seems way better, and more versatile than those Tascam recorders, and for more or less the same price too! If only the XLR addition had phantom power ?

That's a fair point haha.

If you already shoot with that setup, why not do your own tests?

First Bluetooth app for iPhone. BMD have an official app for iPad, but this is the first I could find for phones. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bluetooth-for-blackmagic/id1376947780?mt=8 Also, here's some actual real world night footage. Ungraded and it looks pretty amazing to me. Lots you could do with it.

Fixed that for ya

Shipping to customers over the next few weeks. Still so vague haha!

I just got an email from the camera store saying 'Your order is on the way'! Needless to say, i was quite excited, and then I remembered I ordered something else from them yesterday (Sunday) so it's not the camera that's coming. ?

Including a lens, recording media, top handle and a few other accessories too, no doubt. Definitely a deal, but I wonder if the Braw will push the market prices up.

you could also just film 1080 in camera with no crop. It only crops the sensor at 120p. Up to 60p it will be the whole sensor.

But will be much more processor intensive during editing. ProRes plays back crazy smooth very easily, but 10 bit h.265 at these datarates will require a more powerful system. And then ask yourself if those are things you need ? EDIT: ^^ and it seems like you'll be rigging the Fuji anyway haha!

That's surprisingly low, if you consider how many people use Adobe products.

That's true, but since its their own codec, it doesn't make sense to hold it back from their own customers. Especially since it's open for other manufacturers to use. I'd say its 100% going to be implemented, and 99.9% it'll be free. Nice. I mean, we could all sell stuff to offset the cost of any camera. Just like we all have our own lenses and accessories that only work with one system so it makes sense to stick to that system. I was just thinking about it myself and the only this the Fuji really has for me that the BM doesn't is the photo mode, which to me doesn't warrant the extra price, especially considering lenses etc. even if I did sell off all my current gear. It's much more stress too, I hate selling on the 2nd hand market, people here are cheapos.

I've also suddenly jumped back on the fence. I've come to the conclusion though, that the only thing the XT3 offers me over the P4K (in my usage, yours may differ) is an infinitely better stills mode. The XT3 is also more expensive and I'd have to replace my lenses, so it doesn't make sense for me to change my mind. Add on the new RAW codec in a few months and I'm more than happy. It makes it a 'better' camera than the one I pre-ordered 6 months ago, at no extra cost. (It's incredible that they're adding that, when other companies charge extra for log mode) For holiday snaps that will never be printed, I think the stills from BMD will be adequate. Certainly better than my phone. if not, I'll still have my trusty gx80 for stills and I can use all my lenses. Not sure what this adds to the thread.

Have you guys seen this? Seems to be a new way to use a gimbal. Low mode HDMI sender for live playback on your phone/tablet Extra zoom and focus controls. Shame the rep doesn't know about the price or release date though haha! Sorry about the Cinema5d link, it's all I could find ?

@CaptainHook In the raw player, is there an option to toggle the sidecar file, instead of having to quit, move it and reopen the app? That would be a great feature.

This is the best one yet.

@Alt Shoo The gyls300 has been out for 3 or 4 years.

I might be misunderstanding something. But with Braw, could you bake in a lut for fat turn around, and then if need be, take the lut off in resolve for better archiving?

That chart only shows max frame rates, and we already know 120 is windowed. I think even at 24/25/30/50/60 it's still going to stay 'windowed' though, because even Ultra HD is. Essentially it's just pillar boxing, but the camera crops the black bars for you, instead of you cropping a DCI image to 16:9 later.

Yes, Grant Petty says it will come in that long video about it. But also on B&H, where they normally just say 'We'll pass this on as a feature request', they say this: Also, you can download the Braw player here (Mac only for now) https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/nl/support/download/9cadff466707404487123c114efce572/Mac OS X Edit OSX 10.12 and up only - Hopefully someone else (VLC) will build it into their software soon enough, I won't be updating my OS just for this.

And Nessie is a wrongly convicted murderer.

Don't forget emailing hundreds of sidecar files to and from a colorist, like it's nothing.

I told y'all they'd come the week after ibc. Hope these aren't jokesters