ARSLANFIDERO wrote:I created an account only to post this comment. I have been a BM owner since their first camera. 2.5K. I have a pocket 4K and G2 at the moment. I just purchased a PL mount for it. I was considering getting a Komodo but my love for G2 prevented me from doing it. I just can't pull the trigger to sell the G2. That being said I am very very disappointed by Blackmagic. You don't do this to people man. You don't just ignore this many comments and act like we don't exist. We are the people who have supported you. since the beginning. I am still not sure if I will sell the G2 but I am sure of one thing that I will never, ever buy a camera from Blackmagic again. Never. You just don't give support to your best camera? How on earth do you think these people will buy a camera from you again. Mr. Grant? Come on, what is wrong with you people. I honestly don't know how did you manage to build a company like this. You should just stick with Davinci Resolve. I am so disappointed and feeling betrayed, I don't know what to say. It is not that hard man. It is not that hard to take yourself from a weird company to a great company. Just don't betray your customers. RED Komodo is 6K too and there are other great cameras in the market too. Horrible, horrible customer service. Shame on you. Next time you make a camera announcement I will remember this Mr. Grant. I would never buy your 12K experimental thingy and I would stick with my G2 but I will also remember how you made a 50% discount on your newest camera and made it the same price as my G2. Honestly, you have been displaying how to screw your customers perfectly. Shame on you. Now you can ban me. I said what I had to say and what I will ever say on Blackmagic. Well, one last time: SHAME ON YOU. I am sick of you.
I will say that I will still buy Blackmagic Cameras in the future.
I too had the OG 2.5K Cinema Camera. Loved it for what it did. I had the UM4.6K and now the UMPG2. I also have the P6K and P6KPro. I'm leaning towards getting the 12K, but still gonna wait to see what next happens with it.
So, ultimately my viewpoint is this. The UMPG2 delivered exactly what I expected when I bought it. Two years and no firmware updates and it still works the way I knew it would when I bought it. Am I disappointed there haven't been firmware updates? Yes. But, that doesn't mean I'm upset with the camera because it is still reliable and works great. Would I like the updates we have requested. Yes, but if they don't happen it doesn't mean the camera is unusable by any means.
I've seen a cycle. The 2.5K and OG Pocket sensors were very much cut of the same cloth. They paired well together. That would be Sensor 1, and Sensor 2 would be the Production 4K, URSA, and URSA Mini 4K. That's 3 generations of bodies for a single sensor generation. Small improvements happened for the sensors with each body, but we can see that Blackmagic used Sensor 2 for 3 bodies. Sensor 3 would be the 4.6K sensor. URSA Mini 4.6K, URSA Mini Pro, and URSA Mini Pro G2 were the 3 generations of bodies for that sensor. Sensor 4 will be the Pocket 4K, Pocket 6K, and Pocket 6K Pro. Sensor 5 is the URSA Mini Pro 12K...
Thus, we can expect Sensor 5 will probably go through three generations of bodies. Generation One was the UMP12K. Thus we can expect to see body changes next using the 12K and it will accommodate improvements needed for the body and as well bring incremental updates to the 12K sensor. Then there will likely be a third generation on the 12K before Blackmagic goes to the next sensor. The Pockets might see a new Sensor as well, and we'll call that Sensor 6. Whether that utilizes the 12K or not is tough to say. So either way, this is my current observance.
Again, I will continue to buy Blackmagic Cameras.