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  • proaudio4proaudio4

    I'm really looking forward to seeing more on this camera. Based on the numbers, it certainly appears to offer what many have been waiting to see in this price range. Kind of what RED dragged their customer base for in this price range which never happened.

    Just based on the current footage, the dynamic range certainly appears to be decent, but the noise levels (beach footage) look horrible in the dusk and lower light shots. I realize they are still tweaking this camera, I'm hoping it gets a lot better for signal to noise.

  • Brian202020Brian202020

    @neveraholiday

    No, it's 2 balanced channels of audio, so one channal per jack unlike DSLR's where there is 2 unbalanced channels per jack. Balanced audio is better.

  • DrDaveDrDave

    @johnbrawley Then that is impressively sharp!

  • DirkVoorhoeveDirkVoorhoeve

    Phantom power on jack plugs? tip +24 V / sleeve -24 V. Wouldn't that shortcircuit and damage your cam or mic when you plug it in?

  • kavadnikavadni

    Phantom power is excellent question .. I wonder if JB knows

  • neveraholidayneveraholiday

    Audio: In one video, the rep was talking about two stereo-jacks. Does this mean, it can record 4 channels of audio? That would be the best that could happen. I am still waiting for an affordable cam to record 4 channels.

    And - does anyone know, whether there is phantom power on the jacks?

  • BuellerBueller

    Hitler ordered his 5D3 from B&H. Now that's funny.

  • brianlucebrianluce

    @leonbeas You're killing me man. Best yet.

  • No_SuRReNDeRNo_SuRReNDeR

    I love MY Gh2 but if this is no joke...It will be my photography/Bcam If I have $3K in July

  • johnbrawleyjohnbrawley

    @kavadni I've been using EF-S lenses. jb

  • danyyyeldanyyyel

    Wow, this would be ideal with a sound devices Mixpre D which I think has a digital AES/EBU output.

  • EbachervilleEbacherville

    One other "feature" of this camera.. people will be offloading other used bodies and systems so that us "bottom feeders" and hobby shooters can snap up nice used bodies cheap, and maybe score some nice glass.. this camera will change the market in a number of different ways I think it will be a very good thing for everyone consumer wise.

  • allenswrenchallenswrench

    Wow, that is a wonderful feature!

  • Brian202020Brian202020

    Agreed, this is a very nice feature.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Concerning audio:

    the audio input can be switched (via internal menu) from balanced analog audio to AES/EBU digital format. Show me a DSLR that not only has two balanced analog audio inputs, but two digital audio inputs.

    I think it is the most important :-)

  • svartsvart

    Or they could have used inductive/resistive touch screens..

  • Brian202020Brian202020

    @svart

    If you are shooting outside in the cold or just want to wear gloves just use a LANC controller.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    You can't use gloves with cap touch

    You can, you can find many gloves made for iPhone and similar phones :-)

  • svartsvart

    the only real problem I see so far is the cap touch screen. You can't use gloves with cap touch..

  • Brian202020Brian202020

    @johndfrey

    Thanks for the link. It was nice to see the 5DIII/Blackmagic Cam overlay.

  • JDNJDN

    @mrbill we keep talking about gh2 because everyone here is invested in it, many here have devoted huge hours to maxing it out, and because we're all weighing the question, what is my next camera, and the only way to do it is to compare it to what we got.

    On that note, gh2 advantages for me remain: - Form Factor -- way easier to use hand held. Sorry but on first look, handheld shooting with BMC is kinda like filming with a heavier iPad - Concealment -- oh the places I've been able to film with the gh2 without a permit. Even more so than a 5d. This thing looks like a toy and that is a good thing. - Replaceability -- I will take this camera places and do things with it I will not do with anything else. Stick it underwater in a $40 dicapac? Sure. Clamp it to the roof a 150 km/hr with a $250 chinese car mount (awesome, btw -- can buy from the cachit deals). Why not? Wade a mile into a hip deep cypress swamp. Ok. Mount it in all sorts of crazy places with my magic arm and get gopro versatility with pro quality. Sure. And hey, if it breaks, or gets wet, or whatever else, there's another 2 in my bag (which is also pretty handing when wanting to hose down three angles at once).

    For me, the perfect B cam is one you can break, and one that you can buy a lot of. I'll take 3 gh2s, you take one BMC.

    Now if they add slow motion and even a 4 pin hirose audio jacks, I'd revise my opinion.

  • kavadnikavadni

    @johnbrawley As you have seen the camera can you advise if EF-S lenses will work in addition to EF.

  • johndfreyjohndfrey

    More info on this camera

    http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/is-the-new-blackmagic-cinema-camera-the-hdslr-killer

  • kavadnikavadni

    Resolve works fine on my windows 7 machine. Dual Xeons, 12G, Quadro (Cheapest) Also runs fine on my i7 notebook with 8G (NFI what graphics card)

  • kavadnikavadni

    I will be keeping my GH2 .. it's half the price of this with a lens. And as we have seen it can be intercut with RED so I see no reason why I won't be able to intercut GH2 with the BMDC camera

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