rick.lang wrote:This contradicts the earlier post that explicitly defined the connector as the SF6 series, SF610, not SF810. BMD needs to add the correct connector definition to the Technical Specs and the camera manual.
And I’m not asking, “please.” Running out of patience in such trivial things. Details on other connectors should also be provided such as each of the power related items specifying limitations including wattage and amperage of all the power inputs.
Hear, hear. And I'm getting frustrated by the numerous third-party accessory companies touting a BMPCC4K power solution by way of dummy batteries, which is a horrible (or at least second-fiddle) way to feed external power, when there's such a dramatically better option via a secure locking cable, which even if momentarily disconnected would not corrupt/interrupt your footage given the existence of a battery backing things up. Simply not the case with a dummy battery -- and dummy couldn't be a more appropriate term for that "solution"!
I'm looking forward to the arrival of my official Blackmagic cables in the next two weeks of expected delivery (and they ought to market an a la carte version instead of all 3) -- but what the accessory folks need to do, is invest a little more than their minimal effort, and procure the right cable.
As you rightly point out, most manufacturers tiptoe right up to the boundary of what they can get away with, assuming customers aren't savvy, and almost always, even the median of customers are smarter than they think. (The accounting departments always cloud judgement.)