When piecing together a film, it is vital that every element is a cohesive unit of the whole - or at least not an unintentionally jarring and disparate sequence. A drastic change in quality from one clip to the next can appear like shoddy production value to the viewer, so small cameras can be overlooked when making high quality video when there is a significant worry that the overall project will suffer. One pocket cinema camera in particular has been generating interest thanks to the growing list of big budget films which include images captured on it: the Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera.
Pocket Sized Punch
This little soldier is an economic and powerful friend to have on your side. The quality is nearly impeccable, matching the power of full sized units with its ability to record in 1080HD and CinemaDNG RAW lossless file formats gathered from an impressive array of feature film quality sensors. All of this is in a package less than five inches long and weighing less than a pound, or smaller than many of your friend's cell phones. Thanks to its powerful capabilities, movies that are slammed full of stunt work have been using it to enable their 2nd units, including Guardians of the Galaxy, the Expendables 3, and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Assembling The Avengers
Just watching the latest Avengers movie should paint a clear picture of just how capable the camera is. There doesn't seem to be an angle that is left untouched by a camera, whether it's inside vehicles soaring through the sky thanks to a fiery explosion or tucked under a bit of debris in the middle of an enormous battle between superheroes and robots. The blistering action shots are interspersed throughout CGI and first unit shots without missing a beat.
The Future Fits in Your Pocket
For being the size of your common hand held camera, the density of quality in the Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera allows it to purely preserve those rare moments of inspirational images that are impossible to catch again once they have passed. The fact that they are priced about the same as those other cameras is just icing on the cake at this point. If you are looking for an affordable upgrade that can produce the images you want from wherever you want them, then you would struggle to find a better choice.
