My very first shoot with Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. I’d played with it, worked my way through the menus, now time to blast off some footage.
I knew of a field where there are often horses kept out in the open. Maybe the horses would be out today…
As I approach I see a van, theyre unloading the horses down a ramp.
I’m there with the camera. Can I grab a few shots, I shout out.
I knew of a field where there are often horses kept out in the open. Maybe the horses would be out today…
As I approach I see a van, theyre unloading the horses down a ramp.
I’m there with the camera. Can I grab a few shots, I shout out.
The guys nod yes and I film all the action, everything handheld. My first shoot with the Pocket Camera has turned out to be a run and gun style shoot.
Luck is with me! The horses bounce around, real broncin buckos. I film with one single lens which is a Nikon 14mm F2.8. The Blackmagic Pocket Camera has a crop factor slightly under 3 x. Im shooting the 35mm equivalent of around 40mm.
Luck is with me! The horses bounce around, real broncin buckos. I film with one single lens which is a Nikon 14mm F2.8. The Blackmagic Pocket Camera has a crop factor slightly under 3 x. Im shooting the 35mm equivalent of around 40mm.
The issues so far: severe highlights can cause a black blob effect, which sounds terrible though the way to avoid it is to set the zebras and not shoot over 100%. The other problem, also with highlights, is what people have referred to as blooming – where a bright part of the image, like the sun or car headlights, will appear hard and defined like a disc. I would hope these issues will be dealt with in firmware updates.
The camera shoots ProRes – RAW is still to be enabled.
When RAW is available it will be a whole new story. I really want the RAW.
For now you can see the images: Horsing Around – a few shots with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. The images were shot with the film setting, 25fps, with a decent amount of grading in Final Cut Pro X. The images look good, to my eyes. Nicely saturated, sharp, resonating with the ProRes (HQ), 10 bit, 4:2:2 quality. And it has that look which should perfectly match the Blackmagic Cinema Camera EF and MFT.
More tests to follow…
When RAW is available it will be a whole new story. I really want the RAW.
For now you can see the images: Horsing Around – a few shots with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. The images were shot with the film setting, 25fps, with a decent amount of grading in Final Cut Pro X. The images look good, to my eyes. Nicely saturated, sharp, resonating with the ProRes (HQ), 10 bit, 4:2:2 quality. And it has that look which should perfectly match the Blackmagic Cinema Camera EF and MFT.
More tests to follow…
