First - I have nothing against wanting a LF camera, but I'd like to address some of your bold claims here:
devinpickering wrote:I would say something that I believe is very much overlooked, is that a very large percentage of operators who own or work with the p4k use a speed booster, gaining additional exposure and giving the image a closer 'feel' to a larger format with greater depth of field and a smaller crop of 1.2. This isn't a minority - it's the majority of users.
BMD has likely sold around over 100.000 PCC4k. Are you honestly telling us here that the majority of those owners have bought a speedbooster? Who is that majority and how do you get the numbers?
devinpickering wrote:That means something, I think it says a lot about what DPs want in 2021, and what people want from a camera from BM.
I think it is safe to say "it says a lot about what SOME DPs want in 2021, and what some people want from a camera from BM.
devinpickering wrote:So Blackmagic is facing a very large share of DPs and Editors who desire to work in this format which is quickly becoming the new standard
No. There are a few (compared to the majority of customers) who desire to work in this format.
And becoming "the new" standard?
Has there been a consortium deciding for all of us what's the new standard sensor size?
Or is this just your wishful thinking?
devinpickering wrote: and basically being okay with telling those people they don't care if they lose them. Which hurts.
They have told nothing those people. That all just happens in your imagination because they haven't made "the" camera yet you want so badly.
devinpickering wrote:Because After spending years using their software and backing their ideas behind their camera line and philosophy of bringing democracy to filmmaking by attempting to take away the financial barrier that often prevents artists from expressing themselves in their truest senses, it feels like a betrayal.
So they now owe you a LF camera? Because you were able to get a great camera and software for much less in the past then before that makes them obligated to make exactly what "you" want? Are you sure about that?
Oh and true artists need LF sensors to express themselves in their truest sense...
Can't be done with S35 sensors; just not possible...
devinpickering wrote:You're saying 'work in m43 or S35 or get out'. And that's unfair.
That is just your projection. BMD has not said anything.
Larger sensors are harder to make, you get a smaller yield which makes it more expensive. That even the Kinefinity version is so expensive should tell you something.
So I would not expect a LF camera from BMD in the immediate near future but it will be done eventually when it becomes economically meaningful for them.
Of course I could be totally wrong about this and Grant will surprise us next year with a 18k LF camera. But I am quite sure it won't be from the pocket line then.