Marco Solorio
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This is going to be an info-packed event! Not only do we have people flying in from other states to be a part of this event, we have one individual coming in all the way FROM DUBAI!!! That will definitely break a record! If anyone is interested in attending, please make sure to get registered soon as there are only 24 seats for each day.
We’ll also be showing some BMCC sample footage from our short film currently in production, “NEXUS, The Critical Phase” (https://www.nexus-film.com) as well as BMCC sample footage from another documentary project we currently have in production that involves BMW.
I’ve been using the Cinema Camera since mid-2012… before its public release! So there’s a lot of hands-on experience and information from me that I’ll be passing on to you that you can’t get anywhere else. It’s going to be fun!
Cheers!
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The SanDisk Extreme 480 GB is the only way to go, AFAIC. I’ve been mentioning this often around different BMCC outlets and in my BMCC workshops/presentations. I’ve been using the SanDisk 480 GB with the Cinema Camera since mid-2012 and to date have not received a single dropped frame in either RAW or ProRes, even when mixed on the same SSD. I’ve had issues with other SSDs. In short, I’m not messing around with any other SSD since the SanDisk model has been 100% rock solid. At this point we have many of these SanDisk SSDs for our BMCC and all are perfect.
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Both software comes with the camera, as Resolve requires a dongle (comes with the camera) and Ultrascope requires the camera to work. You can download Resolve Lite for free from the BMD website to start learning Resolve.
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I guess I’m confused then. The process of file transferring should NOT be done manually. As mentioned it should be done with software like ShotPut Pro or things like this will (not might) happen. It does all sort of various data checks to ensure the files transfer over correctly.
Resolve isn’t the only software that can work with CinemaDNG, but Resolve definitely is the best software to manage CinemaDNG. If a shot has missing/dropped frames, it’s not the fault of Resolve, as this could be the case with any image sequence file structure that is imported into Resolve. IOW, Resolve isn’t the software doing the original file transfer and as such, isn’t responsible for any missing frames, just as much as After Effects wouldn’t be responsible for missing frames in an image sequence import either.
ShotPut Pro:
https://www.imagineproducts.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=5
Good luck!
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Glad to be of help! Personally, I’d get on the DIT and find out what they used to transfer. If they didn’t use ShotPut Pro or Pomfort Silverstack to transfer the footage (and did it manually), they (A) shouldn’t have the title as DIT, (B) shouldn’t get paid, and (C) never get hired again. Media transfer is SERIOUS and there’s no joke about it, ESPECIALLY since you had rental SSDs and have no access to the footage ever again. I honestly feel bad for you because this sort of thing should never happen with a real DIT on crew; they’re an assurance that the footage that was shot is being transferred reliably, safely, and systematically. Using any of the transfer tool software I mentioned will never result in missing files like you had. Honestly, if you don’t have access to the SSDs, or they have already been formatted by the rental house, then you have a serious problem on your hands with those missing frames. Not sure what can be done about it.
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You absolutely MUST use a program like ShotPut Pro to transfer the media off your SSDs or you’re asking for trouble doing it manually from SSD to the Finder by just drag-and-dropping. The same holds true for any other camera that populates its storage with countless files.
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[Matthew Sonnenfeld] “Could you please direct me to where you are finding this information? I don’t think I have ever seen anything that says that it captures “uncompressed” over thunderbolt as opposed to raw. My understanding was that the SDI is uncompressed while the Thunderbolt is raw.”
When using TBolt on the Cinema Camera, it captures Uncompressed (not ProRes) for 1080 HD at either 8-bit or 10-bit, and at 23.98, 25 or 29.97 FPS. There is currently no support for 2.5K resolution over TBolt.
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[Brian Collins] “How are you guys using the camera? Studio, location, what types of work?”
Brian, I can only speak for myself, but we’ve had the camera since prior to its public release in mid-2012, and I can say we used it in almost all manners of production: studio, location, live event production, documentary, nature, interviews, product shots, even time-lapse (introduced in version 1.2). If you’ve shot with HDSLR, then the Cinema Camera shouldn’t be too big of a step away from that. I remember when HDSLRs were thought of as unconventional for shooting video with, but it seems most people were able to work with it just fine, including myself.
With all that said, if most of what you’re going to shoot is ENG, then this isn’t the camera for you. If however you plan on shooting cinema style with it, then this camera works very well in that scenario.
Cheers,
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It’s done it on every firmware update to date with the camera, including beta builds. Not sure why, but there ya go!
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At this point, there’s only one MFT prototype in the world that I know of, and John Brawley uses it on occasion for testing in Australia for BMD. With that said, John would be the only one to truly know if it would work, and if Redrock Micro sent him one to test one.
I’ve seen this solution in the past, and on paper, it looks like it would work with the BMCC MFT model. No saying for sure until they’re physically put together. I think this could be a great solution, but the original BMCC EF model still has the advantage of Image Stabilization with supported IS lenses. I’ve found the IS feature on the BMCC to be useful and helpful in certain situations.
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