Peter J. DeCrescenzo wrote:I don't think the URSA or BMPC-4K are pieces of cr*p (in your words), but I totally agree that it's bizarre that the "URSA HDMI" doesn't also have a HD-SDI input! Why isn't it "URSA HDMI/SDI"?
If BMD would care to explain their reasoning on this point, I'd love to hear it.
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I think it would have been a PR nightmare to have a BMCC/4K connected to that thing. I think it will probably come out with an SDI connection in a few months, but not right now while tempers are flaring.
My BMPC4K is sitting in the box waiting to go back, so it's not really anything to me at this point. Plus, I don't have any confidence in the URSA, it may be a revolutionary camera. However, it doesn't really matter because a product that doesn't have support, is not a serious business tool. If you ever buy an Alexa, you can have the confidence that if something happens to your camera, they will actually get the issue resolved. I've had them actually drive out to me with a new camera.
In the production world, cameras that work are free, the ones that don't, are the ones that cost a lot of money. At several hundred perhaps thousands of dollars a minute, that $80K you saved might turn into a massive loss.
At this NAB, they need to announce a comprehensive support program, that is way more important than more toys.
Tue Apr 08, 2014 1:14 am
