After a very limited initial release, the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is slated for an end of September ship date in greater quantity. The good news is that the extra time has given Blackmagic some leeway to tweak the camera.
In the space of just 2 weeks Blackmagic have fixed the white orbs / hard clipping on the Pocket Cinema Camera as well as the black hole / sunspot which have been affecting both the original BMCC and Pocket for some time.
This is great news and now means you can order the Pocket camera with confidence.
I am not a fan of using early adopters as beta testers but Blackmagic have certainly responded well to the concerns raised on their forum threads about the problems, some of which now number 25,000 views.
The black hole issue will be fixed in a firmware update for the Pocket. It isn’t clear yet if the fix will be rolled out to the BMCC though I fully expect it should. [Continue reading…]
Source: EOSHD.com