@Vitaliy_Kiselev not sure if you noticed but he didn't even mention it in the launch.

They don't want to talk about it. I can get away with it because I'm not BMD and only talking about what you can work out by looking at patents. Even then it's not the whole story....but I'm then bound by NDA.

JB

I can say that the sensor can only work because of the Codec. They started the development of the sensor and codec together. That is a key part of making this work.

And Blackmagic are in a unique position now. They design the sensor, they design the codec and the have the platform for working with the codec. No-one else is has this nose to tail thinking in place.

JB

I really wish they'd just put out the brains and sensor of the P4K in a little box like a Z-Cam or the previous micro cameras. I've been using my P4K in a live setup with the ATEM Mini and it's great to be able to control the camera and run the in camera color corrector from the desk but I need more of them and I don't want to buy several P4Ks with big bodies and giant screens I don't need just to mount around the studio. If they updated the older Micro Studio / Cinema cameras to be controllable with the ATEM Mini I'd consider them but they still haven't dropped in price despite being very old at this point (I'm guessing because of motion picture / reality TV use maybe?).

@johnbrawley

Part of why Z-CAM is great is how their CEO and lead engineer are handling the feedback and support.

We don't have this at BM and it is big reason why lot of BM cameras became not so popular.

Like that other disruptive company that likes to trade in the same notions of being accessible and accountable to their customers ?

I am serious here. As we have quite long story dealing with Z-CAM and I must say that thir top guys deserve the prizes.

I think many that have approached Grant in person at trade shows and find he's open and willing to listen. He's not a forum or Facebook person. He's an in-person person.

Well, we covered almost all appropriate trade shows and always had been told that CEO is unacessible (by people who are responsible top arranging interviews at BM). I also never noticed big amount of his interviews, actually it had been rare exceptions.

he's open and willing to listen. He's not a forum or Facebook person. He's an in-person person.

Please tell him to turn on computer or at least TV, so he could get news that it is no trade shows in next few months (and also in previous almost 6).

So, it is time to become, as you said "Facebook person". Yes, painful, but it is time.

Blackmagic are not stupid; they know that a camera with a screen where you can shoot out of the box will bring in a lot more 'weekend shooters" who won't go anywhere near the z-cam because they don't want or don't know how to kit out a box body - which is reserved for a small group of professionals.

I don't want to upset you, but it is designs with fixed build in screens that are plague of BM. As such form factor comes with lot of shortcomings from all engineering point fo view. Add here usage of FPGA that add lot of limits to heat management.

Progress of third party monitors is just staggering, you can now get 2000 nit cheap monitors, various more expensive HDR ones. And very soon it will be 5000 nits with micro leds, stuff that will be able to show you 12-14bit HDR videos accurately. And biggest fun will be that support for various kind of such monitors will be just added to Z-CAM and similar cameras.

Because there are only a small number who are interested in z-cam, their CEO can cater to a small group of professionals over a very small product line (a few cameras only). It is not too time-consuming.

It is really time consuming and their groups, including unofficial are rising in counts very fast.

So how can we expect CEO and lead engineer to respond to every single feedback? There is no time and it is not how you run big company.

Where you saw that I talked about responsing to each input?

They need to have open and public system that allow people to provide all feedback and clearly and publically respond to most valuable and important feedback and proposals.

If you go to BMDs official forum their product managers for each specific product interact all the time with users.

Tim Schuman is the Ursa Product manager. Kristian Lam is the Micro and Pocket product manager. Peter Chamerlin is the Resolve product manager.

They all post all the time there and engage with users.

Grant does not use forums. He doesn’t do social media.

JB

VK I want to get why you falling in love with the 12k sensor?

Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K camera just got a price reduction from $9,995 to $5,995. This 40% price drop.

New price makes sense as the Canon and Sony are going to have similar IQ, along with the upcoming Nikon.