I think Blackmagic Design does really great at rolling out (announcing) several smart products annually. However, I believe that their success in marketing these products have been as a result of existing clients giving great reviews on them.
If the majority of us pre-existing clients (some of who have a complete lineup of pre-existing cameras) hold off on placing orders for new cameras until Grant Petty and his team give us an idea of what's actually going on with firmware updates and fixes for the BMCC/BMPC 4K /BMPCC, we will be left stranded. Below is a list of products announced at NAB 2014, and non of these have anything to do with the existing Cameras.
The new products we are announcing are:
Blackmagic URSA Camera
DaVinci Resolve 11
Blackmagic Studio Camera
ATEM Camera Control
ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K
Smart Videohub 12 x 12 and Smart Videohub 20 x 20
Mini Converters with 6G-SDI and Ultra HD
Mini Converter - SDI to HDMI 4K
Mini Converter - HDMI to SDI 4K
Mini Converter - SDI to Analog 4K
Mini Converter - SDI Distribution 4K
Teranex Express with 12G-SDI
DeckLink SDI 4K and DeckLink Studio 4K
Cintel Film Scanner
The rate of fragility complaints, coupled with accessibility issues are rapidly on the rise, causing most retailers to rewrite their return policies strictly for Blackmagic Design products e.g if you have a BMD camera from Adorama, you can no longer return it once the box is opened.
ALL this said, I have been a long standing advocate for BMD and own a long list of their products which I do resell, and will continue to give great reviews on them. The new products look stunning, but when my client begin to doubt my promises, I have to do a reality check.
If the majority of us pre-existing clients (some of who have a complete lineup of pre-existing cameras) hold off on placing orders for new cameras until Grant Petty and his team give us an idea of what's actually going on with firmware updates and fixes for the BMCC/BMPC 4K /BMPCC, we will be left stranded. Below is a list of products announced at NAB 2014, and non of these have anything to do with the existing Cameras.
The new products we are announcing are:
Blackmagic URSA Camera
DaVinci Resolve 11
Blackmagic Studio Camera
ATEM Camera Control
ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K
Smart Videohub 12 x 12 and Smart Videohub 20 x 20
Mini Converters with 6G-SDI and Ultra HD
Mini Converter - SDI to HDMI 4K
Mini Converter - HDMI to SDI 4K
Mini Converter - SDI to Analog 4K
Mini Converter - SDI Distribution 4K
Teranex Express with 12G-SDI
DeckLink SDI 4K and DeckLink Studio 4K
Cintel Film Scanner
The rate of fragility complaints, coupled with accessibility issues are rapidly on the rise, causing most retailers to rewrite their return policies strictly for Blackmagic Design products e.g if you have a BMD camera from Adorama, you can no longer return it once the box is opened.
ALL this said, I have been a long standing advocate for BMD and own a long list of their products which I do resell, and will continue to give great reviews on them. The new products look stunning, but when my client begin to doubt my promises, I have to do a reality check.
Last edited by emdy on Mon Apr 07, 2014 5:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Emdy Jones
Producer/Director
www.equa.ca
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Producer/Director
www.equa.ca
info@equa.ca
https://www.facebook.com/EquaStudios