The BMC is not a good spontaneous shooter. I wouldn't use it in the same way i'd use a normal Video camera doing live events and such. With preparation and care you can avoid a lot of Moire issues. I still think this Moire thing is a bit overblown. There's been so much footage shown that doesn't show a ton of moire. Yes it's there but not always in a way that is distracting. The small amount that is there is what we're looking to try and mitigate. I hope one day to have the funds to upgrade to a BMC and hopefully by then there will be some solutions.

I think overall they made some curious choices in design that they can address in a new version down the line, however, this model is still quite a beast in terms of IQ. I personally wish it had the form factor of the C300. That seems to be the best merging of the DSLR and a Video Cam IMO. A BMC with that kind of form factor would be unreal.

@nomad, charge by the hour, for extra post. Seriously, other than an OLPF add on at the sensor level, it was said on another forum that Tiffen are designing some new combined filters. Quote of a quote (hearsay?):

"As for the BMC we will be showing the New IR VARIABLE ND at NAB. Plus a wide range of IRND combined with Diffusion filters, such as IRND Black ProMist, IRND Digital Diffusion FX and IRND GlimmerGlass. So the options of how you creatively add a forward OLPF of some description as to say has now increased and is down to you." Carey Duffy, MPTV Filter Group Consultant, Tiffen International Ltd.

Don't quote me on that!

The good thing with combined filters in one, you may only need one filter in some cases, or perhaps only two, instead of a bigger stack, which may be problematic for wider lenses, etc.

The BMC has detail to spare, so I would think you could use filters or Stockings stretched out over the lens and I think it would still look detailed enough. I would love to see an experiment of that.

@nomad, I was thinking the Pro-Mist path as an option for possible reduction of moire issue with various cameras. One of my 4x4 filter sets came with a Pro-Mist 1/2, which is too dreamy for normal and subtle use. Do you have experience with Pro-Mist for moire issues? Do you use a 1/8 or 1/4 to reduce moire effect, while recording an image that is not too dreamy or soft?

@Aria, yes, those methods in post look promising, however, I am still waiting to see the results in a motion clip, not just the still frames.

No decision is perfect. I don't get it why they put in such a sensor and not an OLPF. If Mosaic can make one as an add-on for 400, BM should have been able to put one in for something like 250 in mass production (if you want to call the current flow mass production…). They have enough photocells to generate very decent 1080 quality even with an OLPF. And it would have no effect on the really good DR. BTW, have a look at RAW photographs from our beloved one. Not 13 stops, but far better than it's video.

A Pro-Mist can help to some degree, but it's not a cure for all cases were moiré might bite you.

The BMC is extremely sharp and I wonder if anyone has tried using a Pro-Mist filter on it to see if that tamed Moire. I would guess that once the camera is shipping in higher numbers that Mosaic will likely make a filter for it.

I don´t say jello can´t be a problem but I work around it. I try to avoid cameras which are jello sensitive for projects or shots which require something else.

I don´t mind the lack of LPF. Yet at least. (I haven´t been shooting any brick walls) I like to have good 1:1 resolution w/o sharpening and it´s very difficult to achieve that with a LPF..

I really, really want the MFT version though!

Jello is no worse than with the gh2, I reiterate what I said before, after my first shoot with the cam. I had 135mm for one shot on a monopod and it was barely useable. Functionality could be better. Shian and many others touch upon that. A simple histogram would do it for me.

I´d like a simple button / screen lock to be added (this would be a good feature for most cams!). I accidentally recorded a few mins of raw in a shoulder bag when moving between angles. A longer "take" and it could have fucked the day.

Pictures are absolutely beautiful!

@nomad why would the moire be worse to fix with a BMCC than it is with any EOS? It should be better, albeit annoying of course, because it won't have mosquito noise and all kinds of other nastiness mixed in with the moire. It's pretty trivial to get rid of it with 7D footage, I know from experience.

i have mine for 2 months now. still surprises me on how good it looks on lowlight

heres something i dislike though, accidentally touching the screen brings up the slate menu. annoying.

Well I've had it for about a week now... and I can safely say that I'm in love. Didn't think I could love a camera... but I do. It's kind of one of those things where you have to use it and see your own footage to really get into it. On paper... there's quite a few limitations and imperfections and is certainly not everyone's cup of tea.

If you're a hands on person, and like to "craft" the image into exactly what you want then this is the camera to use. The log footage simply transforms into whatever it is you want it to be with simple grading... it really is amazing. Anyhow... just a few simple tests trying out the camera.

BMC isn't a perfect Video camera and won't be for everyone. They seem to have sacrificed a lot of pure video centric features in order to keep the price down. It's a box that takes in light. Pure and simple. Some can accept that and some can't. IMO From what i've seen of the BEST BMC footage, NONE of the cameras in it's price range look anything like it. For me personally the final product is the biggest issue! It's simple. Don't shake the camera around like a salt shaker and Expose the damn thing to the right and I see very few problems. The damn thing looks gorgeous when used properly. From what i've seen of it's exactly the look i'm looking for. It's just not the most ergonomic or fully functional video camera out there.