So as another photographic device, I think this Pocket Cinema camera is a powerful yet frustratingly quirky tool that punches well above its weight. For a person like myself, who just enjoys documenting life in general and trying to paint those moments in the prettiest way, this camera is definitely an interesting disruptive tool not from any of the companies out of Japan. So it is basically like a movie camera shooting individual frames that one can edit just like a still photo. The BMPCC is a great tool because it shoots very sharp high bit rate ProRes HQ 4:2:2 video, and the ability to also shoot 24 (or 30) frames a second of Cinema DNG RAW’s. Why this camera, and why is it better in some situations than the larger sensor DSLR’s most everyone these days use for video? Well.

A long name for a small camera that is about the same size as a Playstation controller. Would I like one for testing? Of course! 🙂 The small camera pictured below is the BlackMagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera. After 4 years, there’s a new 4K version, shipping later this year. UPDATE 4/2018: Wow, they finally have an upgrade to the BMPCC.

I’ve placed this at the end of this rolling post. DNG’s with sample files from the PCC that you can download for your own personal learning purposes. The latest modification of my hand held rig: BMPCC, JuicedLink and Rode NTG1 UPDATE: Since this is my most viewed post about the Pocket Cinema Camera (posted in Feb of 2014), I’ve added pictures of just one type of workflow you can use to edit Cinema.

Download cinemadng sample