Remove the period. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joedp/the-digital-bolex-the-1st-affordable-digital-cinem

Looks neat, but video out could be a lot better, viewfinder could be better, and to ISO of 400 could be a lot better. If you're going to brag about 5.5 micron pixel size, why not take advantage of it?

This all seemed really exciting until I saw the footage they showed. I was underwhelmed. They could potentially have a winner on their hands but they ought to make their footage look better than the behind-the-scenes.

Is their firmware Open Source? That would be a nice touch and make a lot of sense.

I really hope it succeeds but I don't like the image. The main problem is the DR, the highlight roll-off is terrible. They went CCD I think for no rolling shutter. But the compromise in term of low light and DR is too much for me.

And the workflow will be compIex, also.

@paglez dng to cineform raw ... that's all... same as ikonoskop

The choice of a CCD over CMOS could be a stroke of genius, or the opposite, its impossible to say at the moment. Would love to actually see some (preferably outdoor) stills at full res without any CC from the prototype. Or are there some there somewhere, I couldn't find any.

@Mimirsan, maybe I missed it... is it in the Kickstarter video? What timecode? All I see are nasty flat shots against a wall with terrible lighting and washed out color.

Ah, that's better. I still don't really dig the look, but it's a step up.

I wouldn't judge this footage as it was probably already graded.

@Mimirsan - No hate, I just thought the footage looked weird. Especially the little girl with the storybook, but the rest of the kickstarter video as well. I just assumed if you're trying to raise over $100K, that you would make the image look amazing, right?

They said they chose a vintage subject matter for the short because the camera had a "vintage" look. I'm not sure I'd really call it vintage. It seems like the film curve is slanted toward the dark end with a very steep slope and shoulder. You could say it's a bit like cross-processed Ektachrome in that way. But I don't see the rich colors I associate with reversal film.

Anyway, wishing them the best, but I'll sit on the sidelines. I find it very easy to get several great vintage looks with my GH2 and FD lenses plus a bit of color correction.

They might be smart to put some raw footage on their Kickstarter page for camera geeks like us to mess around grading. You know we wouldn't be able to help ourselves, and pretty soon there would be a ton of looks and talk about the footage floating around the Interwebs.

The motion in the video looked strange to me, its also terrible that they say they shot their film with the prototype and then you see the GX2300 in the BTS.

If these folks can't deliver their cameras, is there any legal recourse to the people who ponied up $2500 on kickstarter?

  ->its also terrible that they say they shot their film with the prototype and then you see the GX2300 in the BTS.

Well technically if they are simply re-branding the GX in a more user friendly package, then the Prosilica IS the prototype. ;)