The new camera is on preorder at BHphoto and Adorama.
We have to thank Blackmagic for making this years NABshow more exciting than expected. Their new MFT camera is making quite big waves in the film comunity for the following reasons:
- Cheapest 4K RAW recording camera
- first camera that will let users connect media, like an SSD, directly to the camera’s USB-C port for direct external recording.
- Camera with similar (or same?) GHS5 sensor for half the price
Of course it’s not a perfect cam: you don’t get superb GH5s kind of autofocus, no IBIS, no tilt screen, poor battery life. And the worse news of all it will officialy ship in September only. But I fear REAL shipment will start by very late 2018 only (typical for Blackmagic).
Here are new Hands-on videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ecRgGdnls