I actually got to
touch a BMCC for the first time today.
One of the rental houses in Portland, Oregon (
http://www.pixthis.com) received their BMCC this week.
First impression: I
really like the camera.
I only had a few minutes to play with the camera, but they did allow me to put my SSD drive in it and record for a few minutes total: 10-sec. each of all the cam's record modes @ ISO 800 w. WB @ 5600K.
As others have mentioned, one of the things I liked about the BMCC is that it switches between modes very quickly (almost instantly), and powers-up within a second or two. I think the built-in LCD will be quite adequate for many of my shoots (probably with the addition of inexpensive 3M anti-glare film & Hoodman sunshade), and otherwise I'll use an external monitor or EVF of some sort. The double-tap the touchscreen to focus & peaking feature is very useful, as is the zebras @ 100% to detect sensor clipping.
The attached 1920x1080 JPEG frame grab is from ProRes 422 HQ in "Video" (Rec.709) 30p recording mode. The lens was my >45 yr. old manual Nikon F 55mm f1.2 prime lens at f2.8, mounted via an inexpensive Fotodiox adapter. (The rental house also rents very nice cine glass, but I didn't "test" any.) The lighting was dim ambient daylight coming through frosted glass windows. I did a minor WB tweak in post, but no sharpening or NR, before creating this JPEG.
Today wasn't any kind of a real test, just an opportunity for me to play with the cam a bit. Enough to leave me looking forward to be an owner of one ASAP!
Cheers.
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