Stephen Press wrote:Why can't they just tell us? If the answer is "no" well that sucks but after some initial whining abut how much butt hurt it is for those of us UM4.6 users etc. we could get over it and get on with it.
This coy "we'll have a look if we can do it" BS is pathetic.
Do or do not, there is no try.
The physical limitations of hardware and the code that runs it don't care about attitude. It either works or it doesn't, and all humans can do is try to make it work. That's what BMD will do, they'll try to make it work. If they promise that it will work and for whatever reason they run into a hard limit that prevents it from working, they'd be crucified for not delivering on their promise.
Pathetic is a totally inaccurate and unfair way to characterize the ONLY company out there trying to give cinematographers top level cameras at prices that are 5x to 10x less than comparable cameras from other companies.
If BMD were ARRI or Sony or Panasonic, we'd be paying $$$ for the Blackmagic RAW codec update. The copy of Resolve that I bought in 2011 has seen 6 major updates that added a full NLE, a DAW and a Hollywood level compositing app plus an amazing number of features to the color toolset FOR FREE. What other company has ever done that for its customers?
I totally agree that it will be great for the original 4.6K to have Blackmagic RAW. I still use an original 4.6K in addition to my Ursa Mini Pro, and it is a hassle not to be able to run the same codec and color matrix on both cameras. But, I totally believe BMD if they say they are working on it and have faith that they will do their best to make it happen.