John Brawley wrote:They'll tell you when they actually release it. What's the harm in that ?
Seeing that BM has already sold/accepted pre-orders, it's simply good business
to be open/upfront about when/what the next firmware will ship/contain.
Fact is: BM shipped an incomplete camera.
For all we know, the next firmware will only contain 1,2 tweaks and won't be released until 2015.
Never assume anything: We all learned that from RED.
John Brawley wrote:I think most people felt there was no comparison. The BMCC was an order of magnitude better on several fronts.
It was by far the best review so far...but not as comprehensive as it could have been.
Still...no movement on the green screen tests, no comparisons of Prores regarding keying.
Look John: You have the BMCC don't you?
Why not post a clip of greenscreen with movement? What's the saying?
Put up or...John Brawley wrote:I think they should concentrate on building really awesome products and shipping them. BMD have a forum. The CEO himself explained to you what the holdup was, as soon as it was PRUDENT to do so,
I don't see anything like this from Sony, Canon et al.
jb
What Canon/Sony has to do with this is beyond me. Or are you now saying BM should adopt Canon's
practices of releasing firmware years/ages apart for cameras that have long passed their glory days? (Canon 7D)
I just felt Grant was being vague about the firmware. He said it would be available 'in a few days'
well...
it's going to be a week shortly. Just like when BM said cameras would start shipping in July...August...
So is this what we are to expect from BM?
If there is one thing they could do in the interim, is to be upfront about what features they are working on including in the firmware, this will greatly help many who are deciding whether/not to buy this camera,
as well as if it is worth getting lenses with image stabilizers vs other lenses.
Petty mentions there will be 'support' for lens stabilizers...but is this only for Canon OIS? Or Sigma? I don't have a clue. He mentions DNxHD,
but what version? There's six different versions of DNxHD. With ProRes BM went solely with ProRes422(HQ), even though many of us would have liked the choice of ProRes422
and especially ProRes4444.ProRes4444 would be a Godsend as it would give us
the full 2.5K resolution and 12-bit range.
Also, ProRes4444 is 148 Gigabytes per hour...so you're looking at 90 minutes of shooting time on a 256GB SSD drive Vs. 30 minutes shooting DNG.
Why isn't this being discussed further? We all seemed to 'accept' DNG/ProRes422(HQ).
I want ProRes4444!Petty mentions other
'small features' , like what? Many want a basic counter for the amount of time left on the SSD/battery. Many want to know if they can delete clips...
or will they need to get a laptop to lug around the field to do quick deletions/formatting?Petty's update regarding the firmware was about as clear as mud. All what I got out of it was that they had sensor issues...and thus shipments could be delayed until 2015 for all I know.