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I think it depends what you mean by digital equivalent. Ease of use? Price? Ergonomics? Image quality? -- As far as a point and shoot doc camera, I'd say the Ursa Mini Pro g2 is pretty close. With Braw you really can fix everything in post - apart from focus. File sizes are reasonable and you have good audio inputs and with dual ISO, even lighting isn't an issue, other than for artistic effect. Next I'd say FS5/7 and Canon's Cx00 range depending on specific needs. Or if you have the budget, go for Red. Eosm is nice, but not grab and go, plenty of room for error, although the footage will probably have a closer feel.

So XT3?

It's likely that the bigger drives have faster transfer speeds.

The GH5s came out like 8-9 months before the Pocket 4k. And that's not including any shipping delays or waiting lists etc. I bet there are many who shot for over a year with the GH5s before they could get their hands on the P4k.

If you got a similar message with the SD card, I would assume the hourglass warning is saying the buffer is full and the media isn't fast enough to free up some space. Similar to what BTM_Pix mentions above, I used a right angle cable on a Pocket 4k, but I got errors while recording. Despite the cable supposedly being fast enough, it's not. I proved it with Blackmagic's Disk Speed Test software. Assuming you have a computer with a USB-c input, you could try all your cables with it and it'll show you if they're the bottle neck, or if indeed it is the T5 that's on the way out. I get 483MB/s Write and 509MB/s Read with my T5

This was such a great feature for the JVC LS300. They called it VSM (variable scan mapping). there's even a zoom rocker for smooth zooms from S-35 to MFT crop. You really didn't need any other lens other than the 18-35.

Oh and they also added crop marks to cover up the flickering lines so they're not distracting at all while shooting. So what you see on the LCD is what your the file records, but your file does have a little bit of extra height since you can't see the bottom 1/8th (or something) of your frame while shooting... Other than that, it's perfect.

Sorry to quote you again, but there's a new test build with complete realtime preview, non-cropped for 5k modes now. I just shot 2 minutes of 16:9 12bit raw without any dropped frames. I could see my framing perfectly as though I was using a native camera mode... almost. There's currently some scattered lines at the bottom of the LCD screen. It's not distracting, and they're working on it. but seriously, I would advise you to use this build. I just used the 5k anamorphic 16:9 frtp preset and laughed at how good it was. https://bitbucket.org/Dannephoto/magic-lantern_jip_hop_git/downloads/crop_rec_4k_mlv_snd_raw_only_2020Sep21.EOSM202_frtp.zip

That's what I thought about Blackmagic RAW stills. Then I remembered it only makes things harder to edit really. For example, at the moment stills on the pocket cameras are DNGs which you can open and edit in basically anything. That's not going to be the case with Braw stills. Also, I was kind of hoping we'd see a hack to exploit the DNG stills. Some kind of rapid fire 24fps stills function, essentially bringing back DNG video, but as a hack so BMD aren't liable to the patent BS... Maybe they also thought the same and want to put a stop to such a thing before it happens.

Nobody even has this camera yet, and BMD have released a pretty amazing update for it. Also updated RS readout times:

According to Fuji Rumors, this update also gives:

I was the same when I got mine. I don't understand how people can enjoy using those modes... Maybe if you had an optical view finder it could be fun. Now though, I never shoot more than the 1080 Rewire option. It's non-crop (other than the aspect ratio) and realtime live view. If you shoot this way, it's basically the og BMPCC with a bigger sensor and much better audio / battery. If you run through MLV APP and convert each clips to DNG frames, there's barely even any extra steps in post. As far as my test of the new builds goes, the live view in the higher resolutions and crops is getting to realtime, but they're refining it. Give it a few weeks and come back to it.

One more request / suggestion: Is there a way to implement the Window Sensor mode? Assuming the camera's already set to shoot ProRes 1080p, having the window mode at your fingertips would be really cool. It would make the 18-35mm lens even better for any run'n'gun situation.

That is amazing news! Looking forward to the update and AFX pre-orders !

Rawlite make them for Blackmagic cameras, so it is possible. But also camera specific, and who knows if they're developing it for any other systems. https://rawlite.com/

1600 in Holland, also with an adapter for Leica M lenses. https://link.marktplaats.nl/m1586586466?utm_source=ios_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_ios the problem is, for an extra 100 or so you can get it brand new, with warranty if you’re in a position to get tax back.

Well, that bottom frame alone is enough to make me want this setup. It's been on the wish list for a while, and has been bumped up a notch, that's for sure.

More Bluetooth issues with BMD updates. I imagine this will also impact the AFX Focus Module?

I think Doc Brown has already made an eND like this. Oh wait, no, it was @BTM_Pix If I recall correctly, many Canon L lenses have rear filter slots. I'm not sure if there's NDs built for them, but I would assume so. And there may be a few other lenses with a similar design.

If anything you'll gain quality as there isn't any extra glass between the lens and the sensor.

As for distribution and recouping any money - I'm not really thinking that far ahead. There's a big story to tell and it's going to take at least a year of filming with him every week to get all of the information. Then of course, there's editing it into a nice chunk with a story arc. Once the project is coming to the end, I'll worry about that. My day job is also camera / editing related, so this is just a project on the side for now.

It's not really a wildlife doc. With no spoilers - There's a person I've met, who under quite strange circumstances, was given some wasteland / fly tipping hotspot in the 1970s for free from the government. It's now worth many millions of euros to developers wanting to build housing, but he's refusing to sell, even creating plans after his death to stop any form of development on the property. Since he's had it, he's cleaned it up the land and wildlife in the area has surged. I was hoping I could film the foxes and badgers that have returned. He knows every inch of the land with his eyes closed, so could help me rig up a camera at a badger's den for example.

It has 2 'Inputs' and 1 'Mic' cover - potentially 2 XLRs? From the size, I can only imagine its the micro XLR like the Pockets or 1/4inch jacks. Doesn't look like there's room for an EVF either, but who knows.

@BTM_Pix Thanks for very quick and effective responses, and I'm sure many people were grateful got your email about this issue, but I think you may need to send another as BMD have released a new update expected to fix the Bluetooth. I'm going to test it out this evening, and will happily report back if you'd like. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/readme/a801de7e49a744b7aad008a438f27d35

Thanks man. I’m sure it’s great quality! Little over what I was hoping to spend though. But thanks for the tip.