Apreture Control on Pocket Camera

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Merfury1989

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Apreture Control on Pocket Camera

PostThu Jun 20, 2013 4:12 pm

Hi, Just wanted to ask whether the Pocket CC is capable of controlling the lens aperture? I am mainly talking about Pana/Oly lenses that are designed for such mount.

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Re: Apreture Control on Pocket Camera

PostThu Jun 20, 2013 6:49 pm

Merfury1989 wrote:Hi, Just wanted to ask whether the Pocket CC is capable of controlling the lens aperture? I am mainly talking about Pana/Oly lenses that are designed for such mount. Thanks in advance


Yes.

Aperture control, and support for lens IS, with fully digital-type MFT lenses such as those by Panasonic & Olympus. "Momentary" (one press) auto-aperture, not continuos auto-aperture or auto-ISO. No auto-focus support. Unknown if lens power-zoom will be supported or not.

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Re: Apreture Control on Pocket Camera

PostThu Jun 20, 2013 6:58 pm

So just to put it right, i can manually adjust Aperture, the same way Shutter Angle is adjusted in the camera? If that's the case i am pre-ordering right now.
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Re: Apreture Control on Pocket Camera

PostThu Jun 20, 2013 7:03 pm

Merfury1989 wrote:So just to put it right, i can manually adjust Aperture, the same way Shutter Angle is adjusted in the camera? If that's the case i am pre-ordering right now.


Like the original BMCC-EF, you press the FF/REW buttons on the BMPCC to adjust the (fully digital MFT lens) aperture "manually".

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Re: Apreture Control on Pocket Camera

PostThu Jun 20, 2013 7:06 pm

Thats great, thank you very much for this wonderful news :D
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Re: Apreture Control on Pocket Camera

PostThu Jun 20, 2013 7:49 pm

Merfury1989 wrote:Thats great, thank you very much for this wonderful news :D


Just remember you need to focus manually on all BMD cameras.

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Re: Apreture Control on Pocket Camera

PostThu Jun 20, 2013 9:35 pm

Peter J. DeCrescenzo wrote:
Merfury1989 wrote:So just to put it right, i can manually adjust Aperture, the same way Shutter Angle is adjusted in the camera? If that's the case i am pre-ordering right now.


Like the original BMCC-EF, you press the FF/REW buttons on the BMPCC to adjust the (fully digital MFT lens) aperture "manually".

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Actually peter you press the up or down arrow buttons on the back, but the end result is the same.

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