Frank Glencairn wrote:Flat4 wrote:Darryl Gregory wrote:Welcome to BMD, We aim to produce Beta versions of "Untested" cameras, with the quality control inspections by 12yr old Chinese children.
Yep. Can't believe I paid 3k for this garbage.
As if this would be an exclusive BM thing - actually it happens to ALL companies.
On the Red forum - for example - they have several treads on sudden dead RED bodies.
How about those Alexa XTs that shipped without working fans? Dead cameras.
I've rarely had an Epic shoot go smoothly, for one reason or another. Camera freezing during a shot, have to reboot and make sure we got the footage. Need to double check everything before formatting a certified SSD because of a strange frame issue.
One shoot we went clean through and didn't pick up on the left side of the image being shifted down one or two pixels until I went to DIT cart to glance, and noticed it. THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE OF THE IMAGE. Unaligned.
We had to have a second body dropped off in secret. Covert corrections.
Client never noticed it, but we had to use the footage.
Camera are cameras, if you get one that's not having mechanical issues, then you're likely unsatisfied with the images.
If you've got one that has very few mechanical issues and has a great image, you've probably purchased an Alexa Studio. =P