My experiences with the BMPCC 4K. The good, the bad and the ugly:
If you want a summary of the positives and negatives, I've published it here: https://wolfcrow.com/blog/blackmagic-po ... ld-review/
Notes:
Dual Native ISO as introduced by Panasonic means if you shoot specifically in those ISOs, the footage must be similar enough to match later in post. E.g., you shoot at the lower ISO (800) at daylight or in studio and the higher ISO (5000) in low light/night. They should have similar color and noise response. The Varicam does this quite well. No camera is truly dual native, of course, but that's the general meaning of the term.
With the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, there's no way ISO 400 and 3200 matches in terms of color response and noise. 400 and 1250 are similar. Maybe BMD can market this as some other term instead of "dual native ISO"? It's not dual native ISO in my book, and if so, it's definitely not ISO 3200 as I've tested it. More like 400 and 1250.
I'm sure others will test this as well, and maybe BMD can fix it with a firmware update or color science update. Maybe Resolve 15.1 isn't doing something right, who knows?
Also, thanks to Imiy F. for pointing out the clips from a similar format are only visible on playback. That's even weirder. The BMPCC 4K isn't restricted by electrical frequency or whatever, so why have this at all? I hope they fix this.
If you want a summary of the positives and negatives, I've published it here: https://wolfcrow.com/blog/blackmagic-po ... ld-review/
Notes:
Dual Native ISO as introduced by Panasonic means if you shoot specifically in those ISOs, the footage must be similar enough to match later in post. E.g., you shoot at the lower ISO (800) at daylight or in studio and the higher ISO (5000) in low light/night. They should have similar color and noise response. The Varicam does this quite well. No camera is truly dual native, of course, but that's the general meaning of the term.
With the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, there's no way ISO 400 and 3200 matches in terms of color response and noise. 400 and 1250 are similar. Maybe BMD can market this as some other term instead of "dual native ISO"? It's not dual native ISO in my book, and if so, it's definitely not ISO 3200 as I've tested it. More like 400 and 1250.
I'm sure others will test this as well, and maybe BMD can fix it with a firmware update or color science update. Maybe Resolve 15.1 isn't doing something right, who knows?
Also, thanks to Imiy F. for pointing out the clips from a similar format are only visible on playback. That's even weirder. The BMPCC 4K isn't restricted by electrical frequency or whatever, so why have this at all? I hope they fix this.
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