Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema

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Nov, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 330 reviews of Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema. The average rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other Camcorders for all reviews. People are impressed by the size and design. The portability and price are also mentioned favorably. Many are negative about the battery. Opinions are divided on the reliability.

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Consumer review (amazon.ca)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 2 user reviews of Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema from Amazon.ca. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other Camcorders on Amazon.ca.

100% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : Dan Havlik (pdngearguide.com)

Product Review: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

Capture cinema-quality video almost anywhere with this RAW-capable compact camera.

Captures cinema-worthy RAW video with impressive detail and wide dynamic range; ProRes format video files offer excellent image quality with less post-processing needed; portable, pocket-size camera build; affordably priced

Small image sensor magnifies lens focal lengths by 2.88x crop factor; small sensor size prevents capturing dramatic, shallow depth-of-field; noisy at high ISOs; short battery life; many operational quirks take some getting used to; steep learning curve...

The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is a curious device. On the one hand, it fully delivers on its promise of being able to record cinema-grade HD footage full of detail with eye-popping dynamic range in a RAW video format. And it does it for a price...

May, 2014

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Expert review by : Michael Hession (gizmodo.com.au)

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Review: Small, Fussy, Beautiful

The announcement of Blackmagic's $US3000 RAW-shooting Cinema Camera in 2012 caused such a stir that not many could have anticipated a followup model, so soon, that was a fraction of the cost and a fraction of the size. The Pocket Cinema Camera...

Clearly the Pocket Cinema Camera has a lot riding against it. But I have no hesitation in saying that for certain applications, it’s still worth buying. If you need something cheap, and want top notch-image quality, this camera could be for you. It’s...

Jan, 2014

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Expert review by : Michael Hession , Gawker Media (gizmodo.in)

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Review: Small, Fussy, Beautiful

- The announcement of Blackmagic's $3000 RAW-shooting Cinema Camera in 2012 caused such a stir in 2012 that not many could have anticipated a followup

Clearly the Pocket Cinema Camera has a lot riding against it. But I have no hesitation in saying that for certain applications, it's still worth buying. If you need something cheap, and want top notch-image quality, this camera could be for you. It's...

Jan, 2014

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Expert review by : Michael Hession (gizmodo.com)

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Review: Small, Fussy, Beautiful

The announcement of Blackmagic's $3000 RAW-shooting Cinema Camera in 2012 caused such a stir that not many could have anticipated a followup model, so soon, that was a fraction of the cost and a fraction of the size. The Pocket Cinema Camera continues...

Jan, 2014

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Expert review by : Jesse Will (pdngearguide.com)

Object of Desire: Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera

Ditch your digital SLR for a pocket-size camera that's made to shoot 1080HD video.

Blackmagic says that the extra-wide range produces a richer moving image than DSLRs can, and mimics that of Super 16 film shooters, eliminating a loss of detail in blacks and blown highlights. The camera comes body-only; it has an active Micro Four...

Jul, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

not for the uniniated

The BBMPCC is not for the casual videographer. The expense of fast SD cards and the short battery life place the camera firmly in the advanced amateur to professional realm. IN addition you will have to process the footage with an editing program (...

The BMPCC is a Siper16 sensor camera that uses micro4/3 lenses (not included). The camera can shoot in both ProRes422 and cinema raw (with a firmware update).I have tested both the Panasonic and Olympus lenses with mine and both work well.

You will require the fastest SD cards available if you do not want to have dropped frames ( I use SanDisk Extreme pro and SanDisk Extreme both cards can record at 80 Mbs or better). The camera will give you approx. 32min per card using Pro Res. You...

Jan, 2014

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Consumer review (bhphotovideo.com)

Incredible

Really stellar dynamic range in a small package.

Jan, 2016

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Consumer review (bhphotovideo.com)

A perfect first pro camera.

If you're switching from DSLR to a serious cinema rig this is the best place to start. Fortunately for you all the firmware updates are completed and the camera was finally finished about a year and a half after it was released.

Jan, 2016

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Consumer review (bhphotovideo.com)

Great Camera

This camera is working great for me so far! I shot a short film with it, and the quality of the image is amazing. There is so much that can be done in post with the color grading. A great little camera that I would highly recommend.

Nov, 2015

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Consumer review (bhphotovideo.com)

A Surprisingly Good Camera

Like all Blackmagic Design cameras the Pocket Cinema Camera is polarizing. On the one hand, it's small, shoots ProRes and even RAW, but on the other hand it needs a number of accessories to make it a really useable camera (defeating the pocket-ability...

Nov, 2015

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