Fantastic innovation from an Aussie Company, this is the big wake up call to all the majors.

Looks pretty killer. Shorter flange distance would've been nice -- does it cost money to join the m4/3 consortium? I suppose it must. That mount seems somewhat more sensible to me, but EF is ok.

I know video folk are generally pretty dismissive about stereo jacks, but dual 1/4" plugs doesn't really sound like a liability to me, as long as the sound hardware is good.

I think this is truly fantastic. Gamechanger gets bandied about so often now but this is absolutely what this camera is. Forward thinking for a new generation of filmakers. After the disappointment of the 5D Mark III's crippled update, this is amazing. I don't care about 4k and nor should anyone who isn't at the bleeding edge of cinema production. 4k workflow is just too crippling at the current time unless you throw masses of very expensive resources at it. Also this trounces the rather outré Digital Bolex which was at best only a sensor and some electronics in a shoebox. The footage shown is not from the manufacturer it is from a great DOP in Aus who has been asked to shoot some home movies with it. That's all he can show but there will be more stuff that I am sure will blow us away. But the most significant thing about this and what you have to remember when you complain about this and that is that this is a camera that can shoot raw with 13 stops of latitude, it comes bundled with Resolve and Ultrascope, looks incredibly sexy, for $2995.00 and it's only version 1.0!!!! It's seriously blown my mind to be honest. Imagine the greenscreen keys you could get off this.

i am on the phone with a friend at the booth

-no plans for pl mount

-plans for firmware update that will do 60fps

-no hdmi option

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http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/16/2953158/blackmagic-cinema-camera-25k-video-price-release-date

I think he meant 4.3 aspect ratio. Look at the spec of the sensor it is much more square and they are windowing it to 16.9

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The workflow is what does it for me!

absolutely great i think around 2k its more than enough for normal use and even cinema. 3,4,3,6k is overdoing it, so true raw 12 bit and else is what we needed hope this changes other company's view, i guess vitaliy you weren't far away with your post about future camera raw.

btw they are saying in the interview its a 4/3 sensor, why not add 4/3 mount!

I'm watching a video above.

The the Rep said it was micro4/3 sensor?

This has 13 stops. If it is M43, how many companies produce this size? Panasonic, and who else?

I think 2.5K is perfect for the next 1-2 years. Modern computers already support 2.5k displays. Now we have plenty of headroom for stabilization and cropping without loosing resolution. And the bandwidth isn't as much trouble as 4k-6k RAW.

what about EVF options? i personally cannot shoot like this..

@JDN agree.

@Kevin

Get them all around camera and let them shout loudly "give us m43 mount" at the same time :-)

Finally, a revolution, innovative and something fresh, a real camera at very good price tag.