I do not know what Blackmagic Design did, but it is hands down much better. The Audio is way better with the Production Camera. F4 or F2.8 are the sweet spots where the footage is pleasing to the eye without having the “I have to shoot everything wide open look” to all your interviews, over-the-shoulders, or close-ups. Hello Super 35mm! The larger sized sensor in this camera is something I have looked forward to for awhile. The Dynamic Range? I feel like it’s a hair less than 12 stops, but I’m shooting ProRes clips and I’m sure the loss less raw, coming in a future firmware update, will have the full 12 stops of range advertised.
I had the camera on my shoulder whip panning with no problem. This is huge for me, at times I have the need to shoot hand-held run & gun style and to not have to worry about a rolling shutter is very nice.
Technical note, I was playing the footage off the SSD cards via thunderbolt. My computer is a less than spectacular piece of hardware so trust me, if the 4K footage plays on my MacBook it’ll likely play on your computer too. Thankfully, my MacBook Pro easily played the 4K ProRes 422 files. I wondered, will one be able to play the clips on a MacBook Pro. The color and the resolution is everything I was expecting and then some. Actually, the Production Camera recognized my Canon 28mm F1.8 which the Cinema Camera does not… a nice bonus. I’ve been shooting on the Cinema Camera for nearly a year and all of my accessories work on the Production Camera as well as they do on the Cinema Camera.
It, also, has an identical menu structure. It has an identical camera body as the Cinema Camera. The next camera that is even close is more than twice the cost, or the GH4 with MFT sized sensor which does not have a global shutter or a S35mm sized sensor.Įrgonomics? Like it or not, If you have used the Blackmagic Cinema Camera then you can pick up the 4K Production Camera and start shooting immediately. Think about it: ProRes 422 in 4K and 1080, Loss less compressing coming via firmware, sometime soon, and a Global Shutter. The price + the specs alone, that’s enough for quite a few shooters to buy. That is so inexpensive and makes the 4K Production Camera an instant contender for a lot of people looking to move to 4K.
What’s amazing to me is this: $3,000.00 for this camera. If you’ve had time to shoot on any of Blackmagic’s cameras then this camera has a few pleasant surprises in store for you. Blackmagic’s New 4K Production Camera is here and I have been shooting with it as soon as I could rip the box open.
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