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Black Magic: Official $1,995 raw cinema camera topic, series 2
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  • haavardhaavard

    I'm using the Lilliput 5Dii/o 7" with both the Blackmagic Cinema camera and the Pocket camera, no problems. I'm using a dirt cheap HDMI/SDI converter from eBay powered from the screen's USB port and stuck on the back of the screen with Velcro.

    With regards to cables, you need a double shielded RG6 type cable, I think they are 75ohms.

  • ahblezaahbleza

    @andyharris I am using the BlackMagic SDI to HDMI converter, and have had no luck getting the HDMI to work with a Lilliput or similar, yet it works just fine with a 55" Samsung TV and my Zacuto EVF, so I'm not sure if the cable is the answer.

  • andyharrisandyharris

    @haavard Its a 7" Wide Screen --- I can't see any other useful markings.

    So to answer my own question

    It appears to be about the quality of the cable. I tried with a short length of RG58 and it all worked. A long length of 'CCTV' cable didn't work. I'm going to do a little research on the right impedance for SDI cables.

  • haavardhaavard

    Which monitor is that and which converter? The different Lilliput models have quite different input support, some only support a couple of settings while others seems to take anything you their at it.

  • andyharrisandyharris

    Evening all. Wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction. I'm using a Lilliput monitor with a cheap SDI-HDMI converter.

    I'm not getting an image on the Lilliput. I'm set to 29.97FPS and no SDI overlays. I've seen an image once for one second but thats it.

    Any thoughts ?

  • cbm32221cbm32221

    Nice. Hopefully you'll get the chance to upload your personal footage.

  • vicharrisvicharris

    @cbm32221 Yep, might be the first real footage shot with it :) Regrettably this footage is for a theatrical feature and I can't release it but I'm going to shoot a bunch of stuff for myself on the way out of the desert. The optics are the same so there really won't be any surprises there but it's built much better.

  • cbm32221cbm32221

    Awesome @vicharris! Is that the updated SLR Magic 12mm on your BMCC? Would love to see footage shot with that one.

  • vicharrisvicharris

    Dueling Black Magics :) Yep, it's a rats nest but I wasn't there to look pretty!

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  • chauncychauncy

    yeah, gotta agree on the ludovicio camera test. I thought many of the images from several cameras looked horrible. Makes me question if anyone in the test had a clue what they were doing.

  • bozfxbozfx

    This one has a real nice look. Love the combo of Blackmagic+filmLUT...

  • BozzieBozzie

    Cheers @matt_gh2.

  • matt_gh2matt_gh2

    @Bozzie Looks great.

  • BozzieBozzie

    'Tricksta' - An impromptu horror short film using the Black Magic Cinema Camera (ProRes 1080p).

  • MikeLinnMikeLinn

  • vicharrisvicharris

    I'll have to agree that these last two videos are horrible. Whatcha doing @MikeLinn, trying to make this camera look like shit? :) I saw that first one awhile back and just ignored it. Horrible. Period. Then this last one I'm almost certain is so biased, that it's ridiculous. I'm not a colorist and I can get betting looking skin tones in 2 min than this comparison. Just another skewed review. There's no reason the BM shouldn't look damn close to the Alexa since it's being used as a B cam to it often these days.

  • Brian202020Brian202020

    Wow who ever did the color correction on the comparison video about did such a bad job that in every test each camera looked different than it did in another test. That video is useless.

  • MikeLinnMikeLinn

    Nikon D5200, Blackmagic Cinema Camera, Nikon D600, Canon 5D mk III, Canon C500, Sony F55, Red Epic, ARRI Alexa comparison:

  • MikeLinnMikeLinn

  • matt_gh2matt_gh2

    @azza_act Image looks damn good to me on a 17" 1440x1080 MacBookPro. Plus with this type of scene, viewer probably focused on woman, not the black corners of the screen. Overall, image looks very nice to me. I would also expect more noise on GH2 for this type of scene.

  • azza_actazza_act

    @vicharris thought so :) Just wanted to double check.

  • vicharrisvicharris

    @azza_act Looks fine. What did you expect? You shot prores and have underexposed areas. Try this scene on a GH2 or GH3 and compare. See which one looks better.

  • azza_actazza_act

    Hi guys, a month ago I shot a little short film with my BMCC MFT. With this shot, there seems to be something going on with the grain or noise in the shadows... I think? I shot in prores, with the Nokton 42.5mm at 800asa. PS the shot is a bit under expose..

    Is it me? Cheers

  • mintcheeriosmintcheerios

    Here is a documentary we shot for the Seoul, Our Movie contest. Most shots were with BMCC MFT with either the Voight 25mm or Tokina 11-16mm with Metabones. Enjoy!

  • kavadnikavadni

    @shian ... that was indeed hilarious

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