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Does anyone use a B cam with their BMCC? If, so what camera? I have a 60D and I am curious how we it will hold up as a B camera to the BMCC? Does anyone have experience with this? Thanks.

Well the perfect B camera would be the pocket camera. Though DSLR's work perfectly fine too. I've been doing multi camera shoots with both the BMCC and 2 600D's for a few months now, and it's always been easy enough to make them match. You just need a few tweaks in the colour correction.

Nick great to hear! Do you have any of your work on Vimeo or Youtube to check out? Also is you BMCC the EF version? Thanks.

The Pocket is the obvious one, but if your on an EF camera then you may be jumping between EF and m4/3 lenses which may be a hassle and an extra cost to consider unless of course you use an adapter. But the less obvious for some people might just to get another BMCC, at $2000 it's not as stupid as it sounds.

Your making a big jump between many DSLRs and the BMCC, it would be a miracle if you can get the footage not looking so different it's jarring. For some Doc work etc a different look can be got away with, usually not so for narrative.

IANDUNN wrote:Does anyone use a B cam with their BMCC? If, so what camera?

For 2000 bucks a pop?

An other BMC - same goes to C-cam

Absolute nobrainer - I can get 3 BMCs for the same price I payed for one FS100.

Can anyone confirm if the BMPCC being an active mount will support IS? I heard that most M43 lenses require an internal camera function to turn this on, but the BMPCC at the moment doesn't have this--maybe a firmware update will supply this?

IANDUNN wrote:Can anyone confirm if the BMPCC being an active mount will support IS? I heard that most M43 lenses require an internal camera function to turn this on, but the BMPCC at the moment doesn't have this--maybe a firmware update will supply this?

The BMPCC pocket cam definitely "supports" lenses that have built-in IS.

Unfortunately, BMD camera firmware (as currently described by BMD) does not include a menu item to turn IS off. It also doesn't include a menu item to select IS modes a lens might offer. This is not generally an issue when shooting hand-held, but can be a problem when the camera is on a tripod. And of course, it's also not an issue if a lens has a physical IS on/off switch.

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I agree with Frank and JimmyKorea.

If you are using the EF mount, get a second one. Think how much you'll save on accessories, and lenses! The B-camera almost never has the same lens as the 'a' camera. The pocket camera needs different lenses if you're shooting EF- but if you're shooting MFT, then the pocket camera makes sense. But... how long will you wait to buy one? BMCCs are literally on the shelf right now - I can pick one up on the way to a shoot if I need to!

I'm actually anxious for the 4k - not for the 4k, mind you, but for the larger sensor, so our wide lenses will actually be wide! That and 'global shutter.' I suspect it will be harder to match to the BMCC than the pocket camera will be, since it's rumored to be a different sensor manufacturer.- but that's a different thread.

Our BMCC will be demoted to 'b' camera once the production camera ships - though, if I needed it for even one or two jobs, I wouldn't hesitate to add a second BMCC EF to our toolkit.

I hated my 60d - except as a still camera, or for time lapse. Definitely wish I'd kept it for that.

Jimmykorea wrote:The Pocket is the obvious one, but if your on an EF camera then you may be jumping between EF and m4/3 lenses which may be a hassle and an extra cost to consider unless of course you use an adapter. But the less obvious for some people might just to get another BMCC, at $2000 it's not as stupid as it sounds.

Your making a big jump between many DSLRs and the BMCC, it would be a miracle if you can get the footage not looking so different it's jarring. For some Doc work etc a different look can be got away with, usually not so for narrative.

You can get an EF->MFT adapter and use the same lenses.

I would think the perfect B-cam would fill in the gaps of the BMCCs weaknesses. I would choose a camera you can cut between and offers 60p like the GH3. If you dont care about slomo, then the pocket camera at $1k is easy. If you are like me and have mostly EF lenses (I work in the stills world, too), then like some others have said a second BMCC would be really good with the price reduction.

MagicAndMayhem wrote:

Jimmykorea wrote:The Pocket is the obvious one, but if your on an EF camera then you may be jumping between EF and m4/3 lenses which may be a hassle and an extra cost to consider unless of course you use an adapter. But the less obvious for some people might just to get another BMCC, at $2000 it's not as stupid as it sounds.

Your making a big jump between many DSLRs and the BMCC, it would be a miracle if you can get the footage not looking so different it's jarring. For some Doc work etc a different look can be got away with, usually not so for narrative.

You can get an EF->MFT adapter and use the same lenses.

I know, that's what I said. I hope you mean using an adapter to put EF lenses on a MFT mount cause it won't work the other way around.

Once I've sold my GH2's, I'll get a GH3. Having 1080 60p will supplement my BMCCMFT nicely.

A. BMCC MFT
B. BMPCC
C. GH3

A lotta people giving no love to the DSLR's but the GH3 has the 60fps and is also a fantastic stills camera. With lens compatibility across the board, I will definitely do RAW timelapse on the GH3.

Cheers

innerspark wrote:A. BMCC MFT
B. BMPCC
C. GH3

A lotta people giving no love to the DSLR's but the GH3 has the 60fps and is also a fantastic stills camera. With lens compatibility across the board, I will definitely do RAW timelapse on the GH3.

Cheers

Yes but B cam means different things to different people, the GH3 is a decent option if you want to get some slow-mo shots but if you are cutting often between BM cameras and the GH3 in one scene for example it's going to look crap.