jimijim wrote:
Hi Stefan! Have you heard back from BM? Just upgraded from my BMPCC4K and this issue is terrible.... I just sent an email to support but kinda worried about it.
Sorry for bringing this thread up again but since I've been working on a big project I haven't been able to properly follow up on this issue.
So, after a couple of back and forth mails with BM tech their answer is basically "It's the sensor, can't really do anything about it".
The last "test" I did back then was in a lighting situation that was mostly grey (and blue but no purple) and highlights were touching yellow in false color, so no crazy underlit or high contrast situation, and still had issues with the smearing. Although less noticeable, it was there, and again, also with the lut applied I could see it flickering around in the deep shadows of the image from ISO 320 and up. Yes after compression its less noticeable but it shouldnt be there to start, not like this.
This is the full (final) mail concluding the convo;
"
Thank you for your email and I can appreciate that you are still experiencing the CMOS smear in some under-lit situations.
We are also aware that is can happen sooner on the Cinema Camera 6K than on the Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro but please be aware, although they are similar in appearance the two cameras are different internally and are built for different purposes.
The Cinema Camera 6K has different sensor technology in order to implement a full frame sensor and is designed entirely as a Cinema Camera, which may not be comparable in certain situations in comparison to the more versatile Pocket Cinema Cameras that have smaller sensors and multiple codec options."
So to conclude this (for me): Camera is amazing in daylight, normal settings. Once you go for anything moody in a natural setup (aka not controlled with lights etc), I'm not confident to use it... so I wont. It's a great camera for a specific type of shooting I guess. Which is fine, but kind of a bummer.
And the Rolling shutter in Open Gate is the 2nd reason to pass for certain projects. It's really bad lol. The crop mode is great though, but yeah, defeats the purpose of FF.