I've just now KIND OF got the raw workflow figured out and 2% of resolve figured out lol i'm in the process of uploading a edit with 3 clips right now.

I'm not sure if it's a QC issue on the BMCC, rather with the Tokina. Some samples work, some don't, some folks were at least able to adjust them.

I'm under the impression that BM is adhering precisely to the correct flange distance, while others allow a bit of leeway. On the Scarlet (where you could adjust back focus anyway) I can focus my Contax Zeiss lenses a tad past infinity, while they are dead on with the BMCC. The Tokina just about reaches infinity on the Scarlet and doesn't get focus on the BMCC below about 14mm. As we all know, back focus is more critical with wides.

So, while I think that it is not literally BM's fault, I'd rather have some leeway and loose a bit of MFD. The Tokina has great glass, but crappy mechanical precision. That's why there is a long list of folks waiting to get one re-housed to PL by Duclos.

that DR video was very hard to watch. He's worried about the DR clipping, I'm more worried about every "S" he spoke into the mic.

Yei, I'm not the only one who whistles the essses I guess...it did sound natural to me. My bad.

Jokes aside, gosh...I'm not saying like "now our dslrs are shit" bla bla...but it's such a big difference, and it looks like lots of frustrations (and frustrated recordings) might be over with BMCC.

Looking forward to the MFT version...

Last info I got at BM forums is:

• BH and Adorama are the ones receiving most BMCC's. Adorama has shipped some cameras bought on January. That's fast...errrr or sth. I read Adorama's shipped 30+. BH still shipping June preorders.

• Blackmagic sends BMCC first to the resellers who first asked for them and also, who asked for more. So that's why Adorama and BH are getting them faster than smaller resellers (though sometimes, those can be better option).

• Europe doesn't exist. Biggest reseller in Europe, not even 10 BMCC received. They're receiving 1-2 per week now that Blackmagic is back again at full production...

If BMCC MFT version should be released after most EF preorders are satisfied, I guess I'm buying it with Spanish Pesetas again.

My only guess, is that being Adorama and BH the ones that receive most orders in the US, Adorama even from elsewhere, they satisfy quite a big demand. After satisfying preorders, and thinking that might happen around April...maybe then we have the MFT version announced for release (again).

NAB's making a lot of sense to me, maybe for announcement, maybe announcement is in March with NAB as a release date. Waiting after NAB might be a really bad decission. And 2055 is my guessing for the end of the world.

@L1N3ARX

Good news.

however if there's something you're curious about or some kind of shot you wanted to see let me know!

I have some doubts here that you'll like it, as I had been glad to see internals :-)

@l1n3arx i'm not to thrilled with the rolling shutter, but if you can get past that, it has a slick image obviously. I was shooting a few clips on a tripod in the wind the other day, and it caused waves across the clip. I was kinda pretty shocked by this.

Damn, how windy was it?

Having a tripod is one thing. What kind of tripod and how the camera / lens is mounted is another. That does not match my experience, but you might have used the bmcc far more extensively than I have! What lens did you use?

You can get camera shake in wind with any tripod with any camera. I've had O Conor 2575's on a beach with a 150-600 and an Alexa and had the shot not be useable. A long lens kind of turns into a sail so it then get's buffeted.

And you also start to see rolling shutter show up on even the mighty Alexa on that lens length.

In my experience, the RS on the BMCC is the same league as the 5D/GH cameras. Most others seem to agree...

jb

Add here's an uncorrected in-camera frame grab from the Alexa on a wide lens. Look at the window of the van driving past outside.

also, does anybody know what the highest bit rate of the bmcc shooting raw can be or is it not calculated like that? i'm not sure if this is right, but I think I shot a clip in raw, exported it to an uncompressed format and it was 700+ mb/s ??

this is my test 2.0, my favorite clips are the flag in the snow, and the tree followed by close up of tree. i'm still quite a ways from using resolve to it's full potential ; ) and yes, there are a lot of clips of a flag, but it's usually something I can rely on that is showing some movement. lol

@GravitateMediaGroup well compared to S35, the 85mm is a 136mm and a 195mm on a full frame. That's a fair amount of image magnification, coupled with wind and depending on the quality of your tripod and operating...

I think it will be a while before they will do in camera clip delete. Far more likely is formatting a whole card. There are a few reasons for this, but know that BMD have made a CHOICE to have it this way. Red and Alexa for example, don't allow for individual clip deleting.

Also, the UI is done by a separate processor I believe and they are limited with the number of pages and detail that they can do there as well. (adding a lot of extra menu options for example).

jb