I know why it is happening second year in a row.

They need to order proper service.

Evidently, there are quality issues with some of the arriving new BMPCC

Cancelled my preorder too ... I don't see any footage that convince me about 13 stops DR.. seems to be 10-11 DR, like hacked GH2 ... and blooming effect is not acceptable.

@Vitaliy_Kiselev hahaha

@lolodigital hacked gh2 with 10-11 stops of DR? could you please tell me what kind of magic hack you are using?? :-)

BMs customer treatment is inacceptable. bringing the camera in for calibration is a smack into every customers face. you dont have to live in botswana to have problems finding local support.

For the price the camera is still appealing to me. Lets give this baby some time on the market, i can still recall all the screaming about the gh3s shortcomings in the beginning. Also i am surprised that some people really think they would get a super duper flawless camera without any shortcomings for that price. Which camera is free of that? Find the tool that works best for your needs and use it.

Evidently, there are quality issues with some of the arriving new BMPCC

this whole Blackmagic Camera thing doesn't feel professional anymore. Overpromise, underdeliver big time.

@Vitaliy_Kiselev Can we talk about that Pentax K-5 raw video hack again ;)

@Mirrorkisser

hacked gh2 with 10-11 stops of DR? could you please tell me what kind of magic hack you are using?? :-)

The one that transforms 8 bit H.264 into lossless RAW. I thought everyone was using that one?

Oops maybe I was supposed to keep that a secret?

@mpgxsvcd: ahh you mean flowmotion 3.03? i thought that was not officially released? rumour is it even has 13 stops of DR, editable filmmodes and 16bit color space?

i agree with you on your statement about BM. they wanted more than they can swallow. then this is the first generation of those cameras and i would be more than happy if they bring some movement into the market. for the next 10 years i dont want to have a new canon each year with no other development than adding one megapixel or a menu point. sometimes people have to strive for things that seem almost utopic, unless the name of their product contains something like "bolex".

Blackmagic is certainly not on my good side for the delays on this camera - pre-ordered on first day, here we are two months after "release" and still no camera.

However, the whining about the camera itself has got to stop. The blooming and "black dot" issue are problems, but given the camera's price point, they really need to be looked at simply as limitations of the camera. You have to be careful about how you shoot and aren't going to be able to get all the kinds of shots you want. You just come off sounding like a child when you complain that a camera capable of images previously reserved for cameras many times more expensive has limitations. Hopefully, Blackmagic will work to and eventually will resolve these issues, but if the reliability of your DSLR despite it's imaging limitations are preferable, then just stick with your DSLR and quit griping.

As for other issues: Short battery life, no in-camera formatting, etc... Life is full of trade-offs, and unfortunately, the more money you have, the less trade-offs you have to deal with. That's reality. To not expect LOADS more trade-offs in a camera offering the Pocket's specs at it's price amounts to wanting to have your cake and eat it too.

@theconformist i agree to an extent that people should accept some trade off's that are inevitable and expected like short battery life, formatting and deleting clips etc... these are gripes and minor irritations, design choices some of them even. but the blooming sensor white orbs is a real issue. we shouldn't have to put up with issues like that which in my eyes make a camera pretty useless. i think BM need to be more transparent with us that the first batch is beta testing. or better still take the bloody time to conduct proper tests themselves! i still like BM and i think most people do to , their rocking the boat and people respect them for that and some really great achievements they have made like the BMCC . however i think this contributes and aggravates the issue further - we like them and don't want to think of them as greedy bad companies like the P , C and S words so when they disappoint its just that much more disappointing! transparency. some work on PR and a bit more care are needed to stop this downward spiral BMD seem to be on ..... do not fuck up the 4k!

I agree @itimjim . Hoping they can shift calibration slightly toward blacks to reign in that highlight clipping and smooth the roll off without losing much shadow detail. A little noise is not the end of the world.

The blooming and "black dot" issue are problems, but given the camera's price point, they really need to be looked at simply as limitations of the camera.

Don't accept this. Limitation is a cheap display, missing audio meters, restriction nowadays to 25/30p - but not this bad image quality.