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.

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

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?? ;(

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 :)

@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.

@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 :)

@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.

@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.

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.

Bang on, Vic. This is a cinema camera. Cinema is fucking parade of preparation - if you'll pardon my french.

Camera seems fine when underexposed slightly in night conditions. Should be the same for daytime shots with harsh highlights. So - it would work for run & gun shooters (handled right) but is maybe not ideal. (until fixed) I´m looking at the pocketability as a feature, rather than a condition for the usability of the camera.

On the other hand, the bmcc doesn´t suffer from the same orbing issue so the pocket cam issue should be fixable. (they have the same sensor)

Underexposed?! The one thing I remember about the BMCC is het fact it likes to be overexposed, up to the point you wouldn't think anything good could get out of it.