Yet somehow I managed to scratch a big hole in the BMPCC’s LCD screen on the first day of field use. In fifteen years of using, testing and working with digital cameras on all six continents and in extreme conditions I have neverscratched a rear LCD. The screen is also physically extremely soft. ![]() It’s large at 3.5″ and of decent quality, but at least two generations behind the mainstream manufacturers in terms of contrast and brightness. Certain compromises become apparent quickly. Firstly, it needs to be said that from a cosmetic perspective the camera feels good in the hand, and for the most part materials and construction quality are good. It doesn’t take long with the BMPCC to appreciate that this camera is capable of producing some remarkable images, yet it is also a highly flawed product. Has added significant compression, loss of resolution and a small gamma shift. Please be aware that this video is hosted on Vimeo, which, as always, The BMPCC was used along with a variety of Panasonic and Olympus lenses.Ī detailed write-up on its production can be found here. Over a three day period in Algonquin Park in late September, 2013. Quality that far exceeds that of any video DSLR, and which in most respects rivals that of cameras costing many thousands, even tens of thousands more.īut this achievement brings with it numerous compromises and in some cases a few serious gotchas!Nothing game ending, but this camera is definitely not going to be for everyone, and for good reasons. Instead, It is fair to call it a Cinema Camera, notwithstanding its Lilliputian dimensions, because with its Super 16mm sized sensor, lack of an AA filer, ability to shoot ProRes 422 HQ at 220 Mbps, and raw video ( with a future firmware update), this camera is capable of producing stunning image quality. If you’re looking for a normal video camera (camcorder) do not buy the BMPCC. ![]() This is by no stretch of the imagination a camcorder in any traditional sense. “Camcorder” implies certain design norms and features which the BMPCC simply lacks. Some of it is “ truthish“.Ĭalling this a “C inema Camera” is in fact more accurate than to call it a camcorder. Some of the above is true, some of it isn’t. It has an “active” Micro Four Thirds lens mount, with both auto and manual aperture control, autofocus and support for lens-based Image Stabilization. The BMPCCis a very small professional grade cinema camera. What then do we have? Has the wait been worth all the fuss, and does the BMPCC offer the price and performance breakthrough that many of us hoped it would? While not exactly a tsunami of availability, people aretaking delivery around the world, and the fiasco of the original BMPCC shipping delays seems to have been averted. Well, here we are, almost two months after the Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera’sstarted to trickle out from down-under, and our cameras have finally arrived.
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