This weekend I got my hands on the black magic. After the tech dem with Lee, I was excited to get out and use it. This weekend was really a chance for me to get used to the camera so I could begin to plan out some of my techniques and camera tests for the following week.
I tested the camera in my home, with a few focus pulling tests. One thing I really enjoy about the black magic is how the camera has a low depth of field, meaning you can pull focus between things in the shot which was very difficult to achieve with the P2 or the AVC. The P2 had a very flat image but the black magic allows much more depth to the image, instantly making it a more interesting shot.
I also took the camera with me when I went out walking around Captain Cooks monument. The shots you were able to achieve with a beautiful scenery and subject within the frame was great. I really enjoyed the quality of the image. However, I did go out on quite a dull day, so things were looking grey to begin with, but like many digital cameras the black magic seems to drop colour within the image, giving it a bit of a grey wash over the image. You can see this even when you go from viewing the live image in camera to then viewing the material you have recorded. This is nothing you probably couldn't fix with a good colour grade, but I probably won't have time for that, so it is one of the disadvantages I noticed.
Overall, I'm a big fan of the black magic as a camera. It has much more depth to its shots, which for me is perfect, as when looking at any sort of professional material, whether that's film or tv, they always have depth in there image.
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