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So, what was not announced at the NAB press conference was a replacement for the Pocket Cinema Camera.
12bit raw and 10bit prores instead of some MPEG profile paired with a great dynamic range are still great.
However 1080p as an aquisition format no longer is.
Still putting up with a noisy audio preamp after 4 years gets tiresome.
Large, fast cards have become more affordable and paired with some external power to match the runtime the life of the Pocket could be extended for a while. But not indefinately.
People who own their cameras instead of renting them are usually locked into a system by the lenses they have invested in.
What upgrade pathes exist for all these Pocket users who have come to love the image it produces?
The Micro Cinema Camera is still only FullHD. So it's more of a downgrade. Loosing screen and controls.
The Micro Studio Camera requires a ton of expensive infrastructure that isn't mobile or handheld.
The various URSA, URSA Mini and URSA Mini Pro all have PL, B4 and EOS lens mounts and are not ment to be carried around in a pocket or bag just in case.
A non-Blackmagic choice would be the GH5 but it's 10bit footage can only be opened by the Resolve 14 studio version, it doesn't offer raw video at all and even the 400Mbps h.264 All-I update some time later will still only be half the data rate of Prores422HQ for 3840p25 . Currently it's about a quarter of it.
12bit raw and 10bit prores instead of some MPEG profile paired with a great dynamic range are still great.
However 1080p as an aquisition format no longer is.
Still putting up with a noisy audio preamp after 4 years gets tiresome.
Large, fast cards have become more affordable and paired with some external power to match the runtime the life of the Pocket could be extended for a while. But not indefinately.
People who own their cameras instead of renting them are usually locked into a system by the lenses they have invested in.
What upgrade pathes exist for all these Pocket users who have come to love the image it produces?
The Micro Cinema Camera is still only FullHD. So it's more of a downgrade. Loosing screen and controls.
The Micro Studio Camera requires a ton of expensive infrastructure that isn't mobile or handheld.
The various URSA, URSA Mini and URSA Mini Pro all have PL, B4 and EOS lens mounts and are not ment to be carried around in a pocket or bag just in case.
A non-Blackmagic choice would be the GH5 but it's 10bit footage can only be opened by the Resolve 14 studio version, it doesn't offer raw video at all and even the 400Mbps h.264 All-I update some time later will still only be half the data rate of Prores422HQ for 3840p25 . Currently it's about a quarter of it.
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