So you've got an old gearbox and you've been waiting for the right engine to be produced for it. Along comes something that allows you to use it, cheaply and with mostly good to great quality... And you're complaining? Beggars, choosers and all that.

@lmackreath +1 thanks!

@Stylz You're entitled to your opinion. If you think all BMPC footage looks great the way it is then that's cool :) I'm not too into pixel peeping myself but I think the current issue with cadence/shutter (or whatever it is) is a bigger issue. And that's just my opinion.

The biggest issue for me is the BMPC is being sold as essentially the same camera as the BMCC except that it's smaller and has a tighter cropped sensor, when in reality it's falling short of that standard (at least right now... hopefully not forever).

I'd still like to own one, one day when everything is fixed and stock is plentiful :)

if you are paying this much for a camera you want to make sure it doesn't have any issues..

Then you'll never buy anything, nor should you, at any price, because all cameras have "issues".

Don't think anyone wants to stifle discussion, particularly if the camera objectively fails to do what it claims to do (adjust shutter angle), but viewing 3rd party material via vimeo or youtube on a computer monitor probably isn't the best way to conduct tests or draw conclusions. And demanding to be "blown away" by vimeo or youtube footage, either uncorrected ProRes or the typically incompetent CC seen on the web, may not be the most useful measure of evaluation.

@jrd hehehe... you said do do.

But getting on topic: if there are issues with the camera, of course we should be talking about them. We want BM to address anything that they possibly can. Laying back and just saying: "oh well, this is what we get, don't mention anything bad about the camera" is crazy talk!

We aren't bashing the camera here (at least I hope not). I don't believe most of us would be here talking about it if we weren't excited about it's prospects, but I see nothing wrong with pointing out short-falls to a camera, especially if some of those short-falls could be rectified with a firmware update. If they can't, then at least people know what they can expect.

These are not topics you'll find on the official BMPCC product page, so why not discuss them then on a discussion board about this camera?

It's the London Eye.

@feonn

I was getting ready to say that. I don't like that at all. It looks like old, badly coated glass. I'm out :(

Yeah think I have had enough now too. CVP who I ordered with have tweeted Andrew over at eoshd and said about the current BMPCC order status "@CVPgroup: @AndrewClemson @EOSHD A big fat ZERO I am afraid - No info, No cameras - Deja-Vu - We'll shout when they start shipping to end users though!"... So this blatant disregard to customers.. Resellers and distributors.. As well as the now obvious issues with motion on the sensor.. As well as battery usage..and. Black sun spots.. Etc etc means I am out too

Nope, they do have a thread on it and are blaming it on un natural light sources. Hmmm. I'll ask Note to do a day test.

I'm behind on the blooming issue. Can someone point me to it?

Just found it. I thought it was something weird with a lens or two. Hmm.

Yep and BM is no responding. Not good. I always thought sunny footage looked a little dreamy but couldn't pin point what it was.

Black spot really isn't an issue.

That other thing, that would be.

Also about BMD responding, they do, trust me. I've had things from day one that I reported to them and they were fixed in the next update. It's the weekend, one, and two I'm sure they're getting plenty of emails.

Gotta actually give it time.