Original black magic VS the new 4k

I think her objection may have been more to do with the juxposition of the statue on the table next to the young woman...
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Denny has a good point if that statuette has nothing to do with the school or grad functions. It’s possible someone found it inappropriate at the time.

Can’t recall if I already mentioned this, but when the girls graduated last June, I was on the Dry Grad Executive Committee and offered to do a pro bono video of the official all night Dry grad party for the school’s AV system as a promotional for this year’s graduation functions. That was a no-no. I did do a video for the Decorating team, but that didn’t involve students, only parent volunteers.

Times have changed. When I was young the catchphrase for a memory you wanted to preserve was a “Kodak moment” that could last for a lifetime. For the current generation of teens, it’s SnapChat and poof, it’s gone. I have the family album going back well over a hundred years. Today’s youth...


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Yes Rick, shooting photos of students is now a “no, no” unless you have the written permission of the parents or the student’s guardian. When I was working for the local TV station, we had to do this if we were going to show any students in the video, mostly we shot the “talent” night show, and a couple of special Studio projects the students were involved in, and even with permission slips, we could not “boradcast” any events showing minor students. We did DVDs for the family and school.

Times have changed, and for the better I think.
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I decided to order the BMPCC 4k and also buy a used Super Takumar 50 mm f1.4 lens

Should I order from B&H or Adorama, or...?

The photo in question and the others were taken with the full permission of the parents and they were all present at the time (a problem in itself). The complaint definitely wasn't about the statue.

Sadly, nowadays, no one is allowed fun things anymore.

should have taken on a beach, then she would appear overly dressed, maybe no one would complain, (apologizing for my poor attempt at humour)

would anyone know why Adorama has Super 16 mm sensor in the description for the bmpcc 4k?? I thought it was a bigger micro 4/3 sensor??

and i was just ready to order, this is so frustrating.

Probably because it's the closest Cinema standard. There aren't any variations on these guys.


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The sensor is slightly wider than the traditional mFT at 18.96x10mm versus the 17.3mm width on most cameras before the BMPCC4K and Panasonic GH5s were announced last year.


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would anyone know why Adorama has Super 16 mm sensor in the description for the bmpcc 4k?? I thought it was a bigger micro 4/3 sensor??

and i was just ready to order, this is so frustrating.

Probably they copied the original Pocket Camera listing, which had a S16 size sensor. The new Pocket 4K is closer to a Std. Academy 35mm format. As Rick mentioned, the new sensor is slightly larger than traditional MFT format.

And it will definitely not be covered by most S-16 lenses, wides in particular.

So can we agree that while you need to know your tools and how to best use them, it's not the camera that makes the difference?

Though it's true, there will always be ever more people trying to find a camera that gives them a "cinematic" look because it's easier than developing one's craft.

Agreed.

i was reading in other forum about the original pocket having a sensor with bigger pixels?? Anyone with understanding concerning this?

The BMCC and BMPCC use photosites that are 6.5 microns square. The URSA Mini 4.6K/Pro use 5.5 microns. The BMPCC4K uses 4.63 micron photosites.


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The Pocket 4K also has a back-side illuminated (BSI) sensor, among other upgrades, which improves light gathering capability quite a bit by moving a lot of electronics out of the way of the sensor.

I imagine that may make up for the smaller photosites and then some.


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The BMCC and BMPCC use photosites that are 6.5 microns square. The URSA Mini 4.6K/Pro use 5.5 microns. The BMPCC4K uses 4.63 micron photosites.


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Does 6.5 microns square difference affect quality of picture?

The BMCC and BMPCC use photosites that are 6.5 microns square. The URSA Mini 4.6K/Pro use 5.5 microns. The BMPCC4K uses 4.63 micron photosites.

Does 6.5 microns square difference affect quality of picture?

If all else is equal, larger photo sites lead to lower noise and a higher dynamic range (bigger photo sites can collect more light before they saturate -- think of them as buckets).

However, all else isn't equal, or even close; for example, the Pocket 4K has a sensor that is back-side illuminated, which removes a lot of obstacles from the front of the sensor, leading to as much as a 20% higher light gathering ability... which when combined with cooler and less noise-generating electronics, cleaner opamps, and improve image processing, more than makes up the difference as far as noise goes.

Does 6.5 microns square difference affect quality of picture?

In general, larger photosites = more photons hitting each photo site = less noise relative to a smaller photosite (of the same design)

it also has a relationship to color. The stronger the color filter dyes on the RGB photosites, the more accurate the color, but the less light that passes through (lowering the native ISO of the sensor). So, there are trade offs between photosite size, light sensativity, and color quality.

Those tradeoffs explain part of the reason that all of ARRI's cameras (so far) have exactly the same photosite size. When ARRI has increased the K count of its camera sensors, it has done so by increasing the size of the sensor while keeping photosite size the same. This means that the image between different ARRI camera sensors - the s35 Alexa, the Alexa LF, and Alexa 65 - is very consistent in terms of color quality, dynamic range, native ISO, and noise character.