Anybody who has their hands on the BMPCC which batteries are you using? How do the Nikon 1020mAh compare to the supplied BMD 800mAh ones? Anybody using any third party ones that have higher mAh? such as:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121138521394?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-3pcs-7-4V-1800mAh-EN-EL20-ENEL20-Li-Ion-Battery-for-NIKON-1-J1-COOLPIX-A-/261272769365? http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B007FGN19Y/ref=s9_simh_gw_p421_d0_i6?pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=03D8B5EPE3J0DBJ66QJ5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1375923922&pf_rd_i=915398 http://www.amazon.ca/eForCity-Compatible-Li-ion-Battery-EN-EL20/dp/B009C0C32W/ref=pd_sim_sbs_p_3

The Nikon battery lasts slightly longer than my supplied battery, but not truly do not last long enough to do much with.

A few pages back I estimated two hours to charge the battery, unless you have a rapid charger it actually looks like three hours: I didn't even kill the Nikon battery, put it on the charger at approximately seven o'clock and it's now ten-thirty, still definitely has about thirty minutes to go judging by the light on the charger.

I imagine that using any electronic functions on a lens decreases life as well.

Just sharing the information, don't shoot the messenger. I already found my battery solution, just waiting on it to arrive.

@JuMo actually it wasn't me that found it, it was a user on the other forum, I should've rephrased that. Was going to use Anker batteries but there are some cheap batteries floating around on Amazon that cost as much as the Nikon batteries, but are 12v 4500mAH.

Any of those Anker battery type deals will power the camera, I think the more important solution is to power the camera and charge a battery in the camera at the same time.

For sure. The 4500 should be about four hours, in fact there's a comment about two pages back from another user that got the same battery and he's saying four hours, so four of those at about twenty four dollars a piece, a pair of Nikon/OEM batteries, you should be set for a reasonable day.

That said, if going into an actual shoot, like you, I would likely tack on the Viewfactor riser and throw on an IDX Battery, just run all day on that and never have to power down.

Do anyone know if the short "The one" was shot with a 180degree shutter? I have seen this ghosting problem with BMPC before at 180, but that short looked really video’ish to me. The grading was great though!

The short "The One" was shot at 180 / 25fps

BMD are apparently looking into the strange blurs occurring at some shutter angles, they haven't reported back yet.

@MRFanny beat me to it :)

For some reason I can't see whatever you linked, Brian.

@MrFanny

Does it charge the battery within the camera? Checked? Wonder what Phillip is using, probably saw the same thing you and I did though xD

@nomand

Hopefully I have a defective charger, then, because it's taking three hours a charge. It's also the genuine Nikon charger and genuine Nikon battery.

@peaceonearth thanks but what is the average duration of the standard battery?

It seems the Fatima secret. Everybody speak about alternative batteries and power source but what is the duration with pana/oly lenses?

Bye

@Ian_T Frank said on another forum that he sharpened 47% on Resolve.

I got some 1200mAh on amazon... they are 1200 for sure just like Gh2 not 1020. As soon as this "Succut" Or whatever its called Holiday thing is over(B and H is closed) I am going to switch my order to the MFT BMCC so I may be just selling all my batteries I ordered.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0065MMH7Q/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

FYI it's not 47 percent, it's 47 in Resolve, that's three points out of a total of 50 that he could have gone.

Trust me, it's barely any sharpening at all.

I never go below 47 (the lower the number the more sharpening and it starts at 50), 47-48's typically good enough.

This camera is definitely soft, even with very very sharp glass, however it's a different kind of soft and the actual moving images coming right out of the camera, as ProRes, are very interesting in this aspect. It nets PLENTY of detail, but it's soft in the sense that it isn't overtly sharp.

I suspect when more people begin to use sharp glass to offset the softness, they'll feel like it looks more "cinematic" because of the general softness that sort of... uuhhmmm... what's the word, like, "coats" the natural sharpness of the lens being used.

It's hard to explain. But, having the Sigma 18-35 on the camera or say Zeiss Compact Primes, or Superspeeds (MKIIs) really brings out a certain kind of life in the images.

Anyway, yeah, the Resolve sharpening settings can be confusing at first, but it's simple once you know it.

Edit: I guess I should hurry up and shoot something worth posting, and just do a write-up already.

@kholi

Pp use sharp glass and then mediate the sharpness with filters to create soft focus. But here, it seems BMPCC by default is soft, no matter what kind of glass you slap on. The test will be to enlarge the footage and play it back on the big screen to assess detail and resolution. One can always increase sharpness in post, but this is technically not the ideal way. The acquired image should always be pristine sharp.