@Ironfilm what a nice camera at a fair price. Easy way to just plug in a hard drive. Can't wait to see the IQ.

Design wise, this ranks up there with the Konica Airborg camera

It appears it doesn't? I haven't seen it.

No genlock is not a major issue for 95%+ of users. But timecode is something most people could benefit from if they wished to.

It's neither guaranteed that the camera would output enough power to spin up the G-Drive nor that it would be able to keep up with the output from the camera, but otherwise, you're totally right. It does seem fairly silly to complain that a camera uses "expensive" USB-C SSD storage. :)

BM has bite the right size. It may fuck gh5 Gh5s for video at a lot of levels. Still, they have to sale.

Smart move from BM, wait for gh5 to grab market, wait for Gh5s to stop the low light limit notion people had about those "small" sensors. Launch product after market accepted gh5 case scenario m4/3 limits are off now.

Prediction: they will sell like hot cakes, on a Sunday morning at the favourite local hotcakes restaurant. If the IQ is what we want for 2018

Good size for riging up, good body, fuck the design, is functional, has proper sony sensor, has proper 12 bit raw, has the lenses and the mount for versatility. Proven batteries, proven work flow.

Who's LSI is? Is theirs? From whom may it be? Camera has bigger sensor and at its core is compact body design.

For me the bigger quest will be if IQ is better than other BM products, and knowing is stravis sensor, low light and fix pattern noise, and all those problems BM had, will dissappear pretty quickly. Don't expect same colors though.

if this machine if really well implemented, I wonder what does BM has been thinking about ursa mini replacement or 2.5k BM camera replacement.

Those cameras are still working infield, say what anyone says, they are still in filed working.

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Blackmagic pocket cam? Fool me once...

I imagine some Blackmagic guys a few years back sat around saying "We make raw processing software. We make recorders. Heck, slap a sensor on there and we've got a camera!" Except Blackmagic doesn't know half of the things that go into a real camera that the big camera makers all know. And so you get a half-baked product that's more frustration than anything else. There are reasons why real cameras cost more, and you hardly see professionals using Blackmagic cameras.

Blackmagic's marketing is very slick. I'll give them that. But I won't give them my money again.

Amazing specs for the price. IBIS is the main lacking feature for me, but at this price you could pick up a Zhiyun Crane 2 instead.

How solid is USB - C connection? IOW, how likely will it fall out?

I'd only be using it if on a tripod shot, or if with a dedicated cage which has lock screws.

Smart move from BM, wait for gh5 to grab market, wait for Gh5s to stop the low light limit notion people had about those "small" sensors. Launch product after market accepted gh5 case scenario m4/3 limits are off now.

I don't think it happened quite like that.

BMD was just waiting for a suitable 4K sensor to use, and this is the first one which ticks the boxes for them (and BMD isn't alone in jumping onto this sensor! Kinefinity and Z Cam have done the same as well. As BMD couldn't go forward with BMPCC v2.0 until an appropriate sensor was available on the open market).

if this machine if really well implemented, I wonder what does BM has been thinking about ursa mini replacement or 2.5k BM camera replacement.

Those cameras are still working infield, say what anyone says, they are still in filed working.

This is undoubtedly the "replacement" for the BMCC. (heck I'd argue the BMMCC was the "replacement" for the BMCC!)

Crop factor? 2x?

Slightly less.

There are reasons why real cameras cost more, and you hardly see professionals using Blackmagic cameras.

Tonnes of professionals use BMD. For example, a large chunk of this TV show is shot with URSA Mini Pro cameras:

Agreed with him, internal NDs is the big feature missing from the BMPCC4K.

Same sensor bro. It's who implemented better.