Wow! I am still astonished that these problems of noise and vertical lines appear on the latest cameras manufactured by Blackmagic. What is amazing is the amount of people who think all this is normal! and tries to justify this unacceptable problem of current professional camera.
Now, there is still no explanation of Blackmagic ... Why ?? it becomes a great mystery !! ... a mystery that is not a good advertisement for the Australian firm. These same problems are spreading on forums for over two years ... We never saw it in others (Red, Canon, Sony, Panasonic ...). Why Blackmagic merely exchange the cameras recognized (?) As "defective", without giving an explanation ?? ...
Yet I remain interested in their cameras because they are really good !! without these problems, their sensors are fabulous !! Their cameras (BMPCC4K, Ursa or Pocket) are very close and Arri cameras at several levels higher than Red.
So is this good news if Blackmagic does not leave new camera Porbablement this year ... ... in fact, it is hoped that this is the case, for better review the reliability of sensors ...
I already had the BMPCC (Pocket) and first BMPC4K, perfect, without any problems on my shoots. There are some days I bought another BMPC4K ... this one with a sensor combining all the problems Blackmagic !! A horrible noise, vertical lines on all the shadows ... The support does not talk and making the exchange.
But without guarantee me that the next camera will be perfect ... (I just contatcs meet three people in the same situation, who have done more than three exchanges before receiving a "normal" camera ...
I believe there was a petition last year to force Blackmagic to respond to this wave of problems ... but I think this had no success, only a few people were present ... what surprises me lot ... and this can also reassure me. Because it would mean that these problems are not as common as you might think?
I wait anxiously my "new" camera ...
(sorry for my bad english…
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