So seeing as the folks at Blackmagic can't be bothered enough to inform their
loyal customers of the current status regarding the BMCC4k, I have scrounged enough info to shed light on its current status. This of course should have been done weeks ago by someone moderating this thread; someone who cleary takes their job about as seriously as BM takes their promises. Updates are as follows:
According to an EOSHD article, Blackmagic held an event in LA yesterday the 25th (same day as promised release) at which info was, "..being reported back by attendees from the Blackmagic reps present." The article goes on to say, "The Blackmagic Production Camera 4K will miss the scheduled July shipping and one rep at the event said that a ‘trickle out in September would be the best case scenario’. The image ‘needs more work’ to hit a target of 12 stops dynamic range and ISO 800."
Full article:
http://www.eoshd.com/content/10856/blackmagic-4k-production-camera-now-due-in-septemberA forum member of EOSHD named Kays Alatrakchi apparently attended the event and had this to say:
Kays Alatrakchi wrote:"Just got back from the L.A. Blackmagic event today. I suspect Blackmagic is about to get ranted on by quite a few online sites for pushing back the release date that they so confidently affirmed wouldn't be an issue back at NAB. The Blackmagic Pocket is also a slow trickle. According to some dealers yes the Pocket cameras will start shipping over the next week or so....straight to the Blackmagic offices and not to dealers! That's right, the Pocket cameras will actually first stop at Blackmagic where they will receive a firmware update, and only then will they start to be shipped to the dealers. I'm told to expect a very few trickle, so for some people who preordered the Pocket cameras, it could still be a couple of months away. The Blackmagic Production camera was also a disappointment, not just for the delayed shipping, but also for the fact that they still seem not quite ready in the software/firmware departments. Lastly, Resolve 10 is supposedly still on track for "3rd quarter" which could be any day, or still a couple of months away. All in all not a particularly exciting or revealing day with Blackmagic....but they did have free cookies!"
Another member here on the BM forums added his two cents on the Pocket Camera thread:
SergioV wrote:Ok, check it out: I heard it from a guy who talked to some other guys who said the following:
(The guy was the Black Magic Design rep at the LA product event)
BMPCC: Still waiting on the green light (I assume from some form of manufacturing QC) for mass shipping. No numbers yet (I don't think they even want to know them) but a few more demos have begun shipping to retailers. It should be a couple or three business days before those start shipping out. You're not getting RAW on the first wave. That's coming later on a firmware update.
BMCC4K: Still has about 3 to 4 weeks worth of development before those are ready to be approved for shipping. Not sure what the technical issues are, but those are taking a bit more time.
But that's just what I felt like knowing.
One other thing: they said they expect to be shipping full quantities around the end of next week to the beginning of the following week.
This is what the original press release said/still says:
Availability and Price
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K will be available in July for US$3,995 from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide.
This was the last update regarding shipping by a BM employee on this thread:
Christine Peterson wrote:It sounds like the team is still on schedule for the 4K camera. We definitely don't expect anything like the delays we had with the BMCC. That said, a lot of the resellers have long preorder lists, so it's difficult to predict with certainty when anyone specifically will receive their camera.
So on behalf of everyone who was hoping to get their cameras on time because they hadn't heard anything to the contrary, thanks for not keeping us in the loop Blackmagic Design! We didn't think you could piss off your already dwindling followers anymore than your first failed release, but here we are. All you had to do was pretend like you give a ---- and simply clue us in to what was going on. Instead, on
your release date, we scratch or heads and find out the hard way that your plans have secretly changed. This company is either run by nerds with no PR skills, or by monkeys who have had their thumbs cut off. Either way, i'm glad I could get this info into the proper thread where it belonged to begin with.