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I'm not sure it fake or not but It's said "Start shipping. I wander which country get it first!

Where are you seeing this?

Sean van Berlo wrote:Where are you seeing this?

Someone in Australia received this in an email.

B&H, who had listed October 5th, now says November and confirmed that in a chat on Friday. Frustrating, but maybe reflecting time to fix bugs detected in the first shipments to Southeast Asia.

I've got a box: strap, speed booster, 1TB portable SSD, USB cables, and a cold shoe for the 1/4 thread on top. Now all that is needed is the camera.

User manual of the PCC4K is online:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/manual ... Manual.pdf

Yep, was just told by my guy in New Zealand they'll be here by end of week.

I think it is safe to say, with the user manual up on the BM Support Page, the new Pocket 4K Cameras have started shipping.
Cheers

I just got an email - mine is shipping today from New Zealand. Should have it tomorrow or Thursday.

I just received mine from Lemac Sydney so yes it has started

The email is from Lemac. I got my email yesterday. It gives me discounts on accessories that can be shipped with my camera. They have started shipping according to the email. I am due my camera soon.

That's awesome! I pre-ordered mine last month with B&H, I hope I'm in the batch that had the Oct 5th release estimate.

Incredibly exciting to hear! Can't wait to see more footage.

Florent Piovesan wrote:I just received mine from Lemac Sydney so yes it has started

Wow, it looks a lot nicer "in person" than in the photos on the BMD website. It seems a bit smaller and sleeker in this photo for some reason.

Yes, it is the new Polycarbonate/Carbon Fiber case instead of the prototype case shown previously.
Cheers

The shop I preordered at told me yesterday, they are receiving a shipment right now.

Though, they don't know when it will arrive and how many units are beeing shipped. Since I'm #3 in queue, I still have my hopes up.

Brad Hurley wrote:

Florent Piovesan wrote:I just received mine from Lemac Sydney so yes it has started

Wow, it looks a lot nicer "in person" than in the photos on the BMD website. It seems a bit smaller and sleeker in this photo for some reason.

Yes, I was surprised too. It still is quite big, but feels really light. So responsive and the screen is really nice.
Spent a couple of hours shooting yesterday, awesome camera.
Here is another shot so you can see the back.

Tim Lota wrote:The shop I preordered at told me yesterday, they are receiving a shipment right now.

Though, they don't know when it will arrive and how many units are beeing shipped. Since I'm #3 in queue, I still have my hopes up.

Europe! whoop

Are US shipments delayed? B&H now saying it will be November before they are available. Not sure if that is just a B&H placeholder or what.

blairn14 wrote:Are US shipments delayed? B&H now saying it will be November before they are available. Not sure if that is just a B&H placeholder or what.

I'm getting the same from the local BMD vendors in western Canada, so that very well could be the case.

HotRod Cameras indicated to one of its customers, US shipments will start arriving to the US distributer by the end of this week, Cameras should start arriving to the shops next week. I would not go by what B&H is showing on their site, which has not been updated since last week, and they are closed until Oct. 3.
Cheers

Florent Piovesan wrote:

Brad Hurley wrote:

Florent Piovesan wrote:I just received mine from Lemac Sydney so yes it has started

Wow, it looks a lot nicer "in person" than in the photos on the BMD website. It seems a bit smaller and sleeker in this photo for some reason.

Yes, I was surprised too. It still is quite big, but feels really light. So responsive and the screen is really nice.
Spent a couple of hours shooting yesterday, awesome camera.
Here is another shot so you can see the back.

How's the XLR audio quality? I'm super interested in what this is going to sound like. I'm hoping to be able use a boom mic plugged directly into the camera and get some good audio.

Que, read the caution in the manual about what you screw into the top mounting point. It’s a weakling and you are responsible if you damage it due to weight. They don’t say what is safe though so the warning isn’t going to give much guidance. They do say a cage should be used if you plan to add a handle for example.


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Rick, I do not think Que is going to attach the boom mic directly to the camera, a boom mic is normally held by the Sound Guy, or rigged on a stand.
Cheers

Yeah, just the cable, mini xlr to the mic using say... 15ft cable. Someone holding the mic.


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Very good and I misread “directly to the camera.”


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Robert Niessner wrote:User manual of the PCC4K is online:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/manual ... Manual.pdf

I was unaware it only did 1080p on the HDMI output

Intended to support an external monitor for viewing although you can hang a recorder like the Video Assist.


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For anyone interested I just did a quick test shoot by the beach to test the camera out and see how it performs in low light. Pretty impressed so far. Link below:

Que Thompson wrote:Yeah, just the cable, mini xlr to the mic using say... 15ft cable. Someone holding the mic.


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Hey, I haven't had the chance to test the xlr out yet. I have a couple of shotgun mics that I'm keen to try it with. The mics on the body are definitely better than the original pocket though haha. Will do a test on the weekend hopefully. Just posted a quick test shoot below. Will post more footage very soon .

Florentina, enjoyed that quick post! What do you think of ISO 3200? I’m also curious about how well ISO 6400 performs but I may need to wait another week or two to find out for myself. I’ve heard nothing from my vendor.

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Hope you enjoy what Apple iOS autocorrect thinks your name is! Florent.

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rick.lang wrote:Florentina, enjoyed that quick post! What do you think of ISO 3200? I’m also curious about how well ISO 6400 performs but I may need to wait another week or two to find out for myself. I’ve heard nothing from my vendor.

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Hope you enjoy what Apple iOS autocorrect thinks your name is! Florent.

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Haha, I am used to it !! Glad you liked the short video. I think ISO 3200 is pretty good. You can notice the jump from 1000 to 1250 when the dynamic range resets. 1250 is really clean too. I found that using only native 400 and 3200 might be tricky at time when you need a bit more light but not enough to justify to use 3200. Blackmagic mentioned that footage should look good at any given value. I found 400 to be really good even in slight low lit environment, noise is minimal. I will do more tests soon. In the short video you saw, all footage is from camera in terms of noise.
Hope you'll get yours soon, I think I had one of the first if not the first one in order (regular order I mean) in Australia. Still can't believe it arrived so soon haha.

https://www.redsharknews.com/production ... nto-the-uk

Looks like its stared to ship!

EDIT: Didn't read further up the thread. But definitely looking forward to some independent reviews of real world experience.

Florent Piovesan wrote:

rick.lang wrote:Florentina, enjoyed that quick post! What do you think of ISO 3200? I’m also curious about how well ISO 6400 performs but I may need to wait another week or two to find out for myself. I’ve heard nothing from my vendor.

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Hope you enjoy what Apple iOS autocorrect thinks your name is! Florent.

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Haha, I am used to it !! Glad you liked the short video. I think ISO 3200 is pretty good. You can notice the jump from 1000 to 1250 when the dynamic range resets. 1250 is really clean too. I found that using only native 400 and 3200 might be tricky at time when you need a bit more light but not enough to justify to use 3200. Blackmagic mentioned that footage should look good at any given value. I found 400 to be really good even in slight low lit environment, noise is minimal. I will do more tests soon. In the short video you saw, all footage is from camera in terms of noise.
Hope you'll get yours soon, I think I had one of the first if not the first one in order (regular order I mean) in Australia. Still can't believe it arrived so soon haha.

Thanks for the test video - looked great - and feedback from someone independently just getting out there and shooting. What lenses were you using? They seem to have a really great vintage type character, and with creamy popping colours.

Tristan Pemberton wrote:

Florent Piovesan wrote:

rick.lang wrote:Florentina, enjoyed that quick post! What do you think of ISO 3200? I’m also curious about how well ISO 6400 performs but I may need to wait another week or two to find out for myself. I’ve heard nothing from my vendor.

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Hope you enjoy what Apple iOS autocorrect thinks your name is! Florent.

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Haha, I am used to it !! Glad you liked the short video. I think ISO 3200 is pretty good. You can notice the jump from 1000 to 1250 when the dynamic range resets. 1250 is really clean too. I found that using only native 400 and 3200 might be tricky at time when you need a bit more light but not enough to justify to use 3200. Blackmagic mentioned that footage should look good at any given value. I found 400 to be really good even in slight low lit environment, noise is minimal. I will do more tests soon. In the short video you saw, all footage is from camera in terms of noise.
Hope you'll get yours soon, I think I had one of the first if not the first one in order (regular order I mean) in Australia. Still can't believe it arrived so soon haha.

Thanks for the test video - looked great - and feedback from someone independently just getting out there and shooting. What lenses were you using? They seem to have a really great vintage type character, and with creamy popping colours.

Thanks, glad you like it. I used the Lumix 12-35 2.8. Grading was just done using a the BM lut film to video in Davinci

I’ve just had an email from CVP in the UK stating shipping will start soon !

Florent Piovesan wrote:For anyone interested I just did a quick test shoot by the beach to test the camera out and see how it performs in low light. Pretty impressed so far. Link below:

Looks great!

Thanks for sharing

Looks like the Americas region is late to the party this time. My initial tests will be related to using the camera for some theatrical shoots this fall. I’ve had good results with the Mini 4.6K Camera at ISO 800, but I’m eager to see how the Pocket4K will compare shooting with ISO 1250-3200. Less dynamic range of course, but with a proper exposure, the theatrical lighting should be well within 12 stops so that may not a factor at all. Seeing into the shadows cleanly without clipping highlights will be the real test. Having the single frame shutter release may be useful and fun too.

Creatively it could allow me to use the Pocket4K with a SLR Magic 25/32mm APO PL to capture the stage while I shoot with the Fujinon Cine Zoom to follow the principals more closely. Having two cameras intercut will require that I can colour match both cameras at least close enough to be acceptable to the producer. If that works then I can tell another producer, I’ll use two cameras for a concert in December; that performer already has used a professional videographer, so it will be good to know what she thinks of what I come up with. There’s even the chance I’ll be able to use the Tokina Cinema ATX 11-20mm for that shoot. 2018 may be a very memorable year.


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Florent Piovesan wrote:For anyone interested I just did a quick test shoot by the beach to test the camera out and see how it performs in low light. Pretty impressed so far. Link below:

Nice! How was the battery life?

Andy Coulthurst wrote:I’ve just had an email from CVP in the UK stating shipping will start soon !

Really? When did you preorder?

JacobSchuhle wrote:

Andy Coulthurst wrote:I’ve just had an email from CVP in the UK stating shipping will start soon !

Really? When did you preorder?

The evening of the 9th of April.

For what it's worth just got an email from B&H that the camera is still out of stock and is on backorder status

I ordered mine on 9/11

Andy Coulthurst wrote:

JacobSchuhle wrote:

Andy Coulthurst wrote:I’ve just had an email from CVP in the UK stating shipping will start soon !

Really? When did you preorder?

The evening of the 9th of April.

Thanks. I was hoping to get mine in their first batch but I didn't get in there until the 14th...

Que Thompson wrote:

Florent Piovesan wrote:For anyone interested I just did a quick test shoot by the beach to test the camera out and see how it performs in low light. Pretty impressed so far. Link below:

Nice! How was the battery life?

Thanks . Pretty good actually, just under an hour (50mins I'd say). Left the screen on the whole time too.

Rakesh Malik wrote:

Florent Piovesan wrote:For anyone interested I just did a quick test shoot by the beach to test the camera out and see how it performs in low light. Pretty impressed so far. Link below:

Looks great!

Thanks for sharing

Thanks a lot

Fornez wrote:For what it's worth just got an email from B&H that the camera is still out of stock and is on backorder status

I ordered mine on 9/11

I am shocked you got an email as they are closed for the holiday Sept 23 to Oct 3.

They send that email automatically every fifteen days.

I preordered on April 10. Fingers crossed I’ll hear something next week.

Andy Coulthurst wrote:I’ve just had an email from CVP in the UK stating shipping will start soon !

Just talked to CVP and they've received.... 1.

Fornez wrote:For what it's worth just got an email from B&H that the camera is still out of stock and is on backorder status

I ordered mine on 9/11

I just got the same email. I ordered on 4/10.

I’ve just received (along a fair few others I’d guess) an invite to the european launch night in London on the 10th so hopefully they’ll be in the uk by then!

Excited! Anyone else going?