And those images, showing that you do not need an external monitor for high level work, are the problem. It simply is not true. And we owned a BMPCC so we tested it. And if you have to go full rig then why not use a 2.5k BMCC?

Blooming is fixed. Black dot is fixed. There will be plenty of loupes and hoods for this camera in the future, in the meantime I will make my own. The only other real problem that could use a fix is sound, but I'm really glad I didn't cancel my preorder. This camera has some really gorgeous images coming out of it and I won't have any trouble using it for run and gun or guerrilla style shooting. This camera is revolutionary and it looks like BMD is listening and trying to work out the bugs. Now if I could only get that April 8 preorder to come through!

@philiplipetz - VERY valid point.... I mulled this over allot actually. Money...is main reason- I just cant afford an addition $1500 for the other camera and hard drives (which i hear you have to be very careful about brand/capacity) Otherwise id call B&H and switch it likely.

8 64GB Sandisk Extreme Pro SDHC cards, giving 512GB of recommended storage for a BMPCC, costs $1040. A Sandisk Extreme 480GB SSD for the BMCC costs $450. Most people have two 480GB SSDs. And you do not have change cards all the time. And at this storage level the difference in total cost of ownership between the BMPCC and the BMCC vanishes.

Kinotehnik's brand new LCDVF BM - SOON

Not my footage, but it is good to see that some shots are using the "video" mode rather than the "film" mode, and are giving a nice output too.

@philiplipetz Eight 64GB cards give you storage for five hours of ProResHQ footage - not sure if everyone needs that. (Don't forget that the footage recorded by the Pocket has lower bit rates than those of the bigger BMC cameras.) Besides, you can now buy Sony 64GB 95MB/s cards for 60 Euro a piece, and they flawlessly work in the camera. That's less than half of the costs that you calculated.

For RAW you'll need the reliability and card size, so I get where that cost comes in. Less than four 64gb cards wouldn't cut it for me, that's going to total more than 400.00, I've got [around] four times that amount of space shooting uncompressed CinemaDNG with the 2.5K, in the form of four 240GB Sandisk SSDs.

If you only plan to shoot ProRes, however, the cost isn't that big of a deal. You can survive on three 32gb Sandisk cards and a laptop just fine.

Will likely try to break this down in comparison to the 2.5K camera in more detail now that I have a Pocket Camera, so far though I don't see why people are arguing about the "pocket" designation: you either want to use IS glass, get a 3M glare protector, a bunch of batteries and use it without a rig or you're like me and never saw it as a literal pocket camera from the get-go.

For my preference, it belongs in a Viewfactor cage, external battery power mounted to said cage, a handle, and likely a TVLogic. At that point, it's still only as large as the actual 2.5K body, and yes, with a monitor and the right battery.

For me, that's fine, it's something that I wouldn't mind literally carrying around with me to just play with or using on location.

The smallest the 2.5K camera can go for someone like myself would be a TVLogic and a handle, and maybe a similar battery, and that's definitely larger than a Pocket Camera near-to-fully setup.

Just my opinion, though.

As a pretty avid and obvious supported of BMD, their products, and especially these cameras, half-a-dozen batteries at twenty dollars a piece (more like 25.00 for the Nikon batteries, which are probably the safest bet right now) sounds easy...

Until you consider the three chargers that you need to charge them, the eye that you have to keep on those three charges to make sure that you switch so that you have power later on, organizing six batteries and three chargers (making sure you label or place discharged/used batteries separate from charged batteries), replacing the lithium batteries soon because they can't hold a charge due to rapid, repeated discharge and charge cycles.

Although you wouldn't have to replace the chargers, one charger for every two batteries adds an additional per charger 30.00 to the bill.

Realistically, for an entire day of shooting only on those batteries, you want eight (8), as they discharge in about an hour or sooner. I've noticed that the hotter the camera gets, the quicker the batteries discharge as well. Slightly faster, but still noticeable. Perhaps once you're using IS, HDMI out, Audio input, or anything external that reduces battery life as well.

You can actually save some battery time by reducing the brightness of the LCD screen, but I am curious what the HDMI out offset would do for that.

Anyway, my point is, it's easier said than done, not just for this camera but for any camera that's worth shooting. There are some legitimate concerns, but they are also problems that can be solved through research, not complaining.

Again, just me thoughts on it all.

As an aside, I have no idea why I would choose any other DSLR over the Pocket Camera at this point in time, outside of sensor size. You can get close enough to 1080/60P by shooting 30, conforming to 24, then using Resolve 10's Optical Flow retiming, so that's off of the list.

Maybe other functionality? Just thinking.

No, you're right. It's more like 48P and I've only tested with moderate motion, nothing crazy.

I should have taken more time to express that opinion better. Also, have been shooting with the Miro lately so everything under 200fps looks about the same these days. XD

Sorry about that.

@kholi I don't know what your shooting scenarios are, but it really sounds like you want a traditional video camera (more a pocket ENG than a pocket cinema) for whole days out shooting. And in such scenarios, the resulting file sizes (8 hours of ProRes footage = 0.5 TB data) are just a hassle, and you're better off with a camera that produces nice out-of-the-box 8bit HD video, with no need to denoise, grade and sharpen in post. If you have the money, then a C100/C300 would be the right tool, if you're on a budget, then the GH2/3. Seriously, I'd use my own GH2 for such purposes rather than the Pocket.

Otherwise, you can just feed the camera with the provided power adaptor if you shoot indoors and under controlled situations, or you use higher capacity external batteries - the camera accepts almost anything up to 18 volts.

Has someone announced some kind of battery grip for the BMCPC? this would be very useful. Maybe a battery grip with some XLR audio inputs on it, like the A-Box from Wooden Camera but with a battery holder, i know maybe it sound crazy; but how knows it maybe possible. Zacuto already announced its luxury viewfinder.