That's actually a thing that worries me. The longer it takes to get some great footage due to conditions and hands the more I think this is not a camera I should even consider. There are 'always' some conditions and hands, somewhere, allowing good footage. But that's not the way I think a camera should be. It shouldn't get into your way.

@vicharris

Good points, you might be right about people blind-faithing because: ProResHQ! I'll always have a soft spot for the old workhorse HVX200. So many memories. So much squinting (that screen gave me more headaches than whisky). I know a few studios that still keep them around and will probably have them kicking around somewhere until the end of time. Re: the pocket cam - it feels like we're all still waiting to see what this little thing can really do in the right conditions / hands.

@vicharris

lol, hopefully not on purpose, but so far it does seem that even experienced DSLR shooters are having a hard time wrapping their head around exposing this camera properly. To me it pretty much looks like a lot of people are shooting like it's a baked in 8bit codec - trashing potentially usable data in favour of getting the skin tones (or whatever subject) in 'the zone', often leaving huge headroom on one end or the other. This type of camera may require a different type of approach than what the actual target demographic of this camera is accustomed to. Personally, I'm thrilled that lower budget projects can realistically start moving away from the 5-7 stop DR, baked in like a left over lasagna, blow your highlights out your ass, type of shooting. I expect that a lot of us will be cringing at our DSLR days in the near future.

@rlima Eh, to me those videos were among the worst I've seen. Sorry but all the skies were blown out during the day so they didn't know how to expose there. Looked just like GH2 or GH3 footage to me. And then once again people are trying to open this camera up at night as far as they can and yet again, we not only see the Orbs of deception but they are accompanied by the Black Spots of Misfortune. Somehow this person managed to expose everything wrong! A mighty fine feat if you ask me :)

@Wilbo One thing I'd like to bring up, though it's only for people with more than 1 type of BM camera, I'd hate to try and watch shots while shooting with both cameras as I imagine many of would be shooting with both. If you're just shooting with one type, no big deal but both, might run into some problems.

IMHO, the blooming really doesn't bother me that much. I didn't notice it at all until everyone started talking about it but I think I could chalk it up to a unique characteristic of the camera if that was the only issue...

The game stopping problem for me is still the weird shutter/cadence. I could live with the globes :)

OMG now the white blobs on our nightmares.... lol... All this talk is wierd.. didn't them tested for this problem before? This is a well-documented issue related to sensor construction. How the sensor behaves under strong clipping situations? Should be on their check-list!! So, all those desirable portrait shots for extreme bokeh with our f0.95 lenses in downtown at night are under real risk?? ;(

@Flaaandeeers I'm confused, what am I missing about this photo?

I think maybe most of ya'll are making something out of nothing really. One thing is for sure...this issue does not show up in every video out there. It could either be what some already claim as over-exposure or only appears on certain faulty cameras. If so there's a workaround for both. The first...careful with over-exposing...or the later...return your camera for a working one. Regardless I'll just wait for a response from BM on this.

Personally...I think this might be mainly related to ProRes. Maybe RAW will show something different.

EDIT: I doubt over-exposure.

@No_Surrender Most likely true (on both accounts).

@LongJohnSilver Philip is a better business man than a DP. His massive ego and the ability to BS everyone has brought him a long way in life. In my opinion nothing he has done is ground breaking in anyway. He just somehow gets to be one of the first to play with new toys, so we all pay attention. He doesn't have the eye a lot of DP's have, so it doesn't surprise me if he didn't see it.

@WarrantyVoided The way Philip tweets about nearly everything including if he has to go to the bathroom, I would think if he noticed it, he would have tweeted about it. I bet he is recutting his "Part 2" to include it now, like he saw it the whole time.

So based on the criticism presented thus far (blooming, black spots, extremely short battery life, limited recording times, etc) is the general consensus to have faith or.... pass up the BMPCC and wait for something better?

@LongJohnSilver I wouldn't say he didn't notice it just because he didn't post a frame on Twitter, which he did earlier on with the black spot. The second part of his review is all about actually using the camera, so it could be he mentions it in that one.