Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:09 am
I had a problem with the camera turning on after upgrading to v 1.8 on my bmpcc.
I have 7 batteries. All fully charged. After the update the camera first got flaky then flakier.
The camera would go on briefly then shut down, making a sound like a shutter clicking.
I managed to play around with an external battery and got the camera to go on and stay on.
Then when I shut the camera down, it wouldn't go back on. Just the brief flicker and click and a blank screen.
I contacted BlackmagicDesign support in the UK, since that's what was open when I needed assistance.
Support were very helpful.
Suggested the problem was with the socket of the camera, or with the battery housing.
Told me to send the camera back for replacement.
But before that, perhaps to roll back to v. 1.7
I first played around with different batteries, pushing buttons and praying, and got the camera to go on and stay on. While it was on:
I rolled back, by going to the BMD support page and downloading the v 1.7, uninstalling v1.8 and installing 1.7
And then everything worked just as it was supposed to work.
No problems.
Camera turns on and stays on.
I was advised to now upgrade again to v 1.8 since perhaps the last upgrade was flawed.
I declined to upgrade, so far.
It's a bummer to have that flicker, click, and shut down happen.
Larry Price
documentary filmmaker
Price Communications, Inc.
Jerusalem