Film Equipment: Blackmagic Cinema Camera – Another contender for the “indie” cine camera: Blackmagic Cinema Camera (a few years back it was the RED camera).
Adam Wilt is asking: Is BMD the new RED?
So, is BMD the new RED? They’re certainly revolutionizing what it costs to get into interchangeable-lens, raw-recording motion-picture cameras, just as RED did—but I don’t see RED, Canon, Arri, Sony, or other camera makers quaking in their boots. The BMC Cine Cam looks like a great DSLR-killer, but it’s a smaller sensor (or so I’m led to believe, so far), it’s “only” 2.5K (thus none of the 4K cameras need fear obsolescence just yet), and it’s unclear if the camera has the systems-level capability to satisfy productions beyond the lone indie-filmmaker crowd. slot
But it’s early days yet; the camera won’t ship for a few months. And, fercryinoutloud, it’s $3000! One can live with a lot of compromises for $3000.
I can live with $3000 for a cine camera. Of course, you will probably have to rent the lenses to keep the budget down.