Myself and Mike went out on the 10th October to Teston Park to shoot some of the nature there with my Black Magic Production Camera. The aim was to let Mike understand and get acquainted with the camera he would be using in the Major Production and to test the camera itself.
We had the camera set at:
Pro-Res 422
25fps
1960-1080
5200k
F3.5-6.0 (Dependant on the shot)
The lenses we shot with were:
Canon L Series 24 -105mm
Sigma 70 - 300mm
After we had filmed we took the footage off a couple days later and tested it's colour correction capabilities in Premiere Pro and SpeedGrade. Mike said he would take it home and tweak it to make a before and after video comparison.
Pros:
- As can be seen in the video, the images are very nice. Even these which were almost run and gun style.
- The post-production possibilities are very strong too: the camera is designed to capture as much information as possible to then take into correction.
- The camera's features are operated by software which can be updated when the developers release them: therefore adding the possibility of improvement.
Cons:
- Slight issue with focussing though that may be down to the LCD screens' 800-480 aspect ratio which is quite paltry when shooting in 1080p or higher.
- The features on the camera are bare bones. It would have been handy to have things such as the ability to change the colour of the focus peaking highlights; expanded focus, and lens info.
- The battery life is only around 90 minutes.
- High file sizes (my 480GB SSD drive can be filled in 20 minutes when shooting 4K RAW)
We will carry out another test in the next week or so to really see what the camera can achieve but for now things look promising despite the little niggles overlooked in the camera.
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