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$30k is not particularly expensive for a cinema camera
by lm28469 2y ago
$30k is not particularly expensive for a cinema camera
- dylan604 2y agoIt is rather expensive for BMD though. It's not like this is the full set of panels for Resolve with that price tag.
- diggan 2y agoIs it though? Two URSA Cine would run about the same cost, and this camera effectively are two URSA Cines put into one.
- dylan604 2y agoYes. Because it's twice the cost of the URSA Cine. The equivalent to the Cine from other makers starts at the $30k and goes up depending on what options you want. Except, at those prices, you're only getting 4K. Red, Arri, Sony, etc won't even get out of bed for anything less than $30k. That's just BMD's DNA to give the customer so much bang for their buck. Every thing they offer is so much lower MSRPs than competitors. I remember when they first released Resolve for Mac, for free after BMD acquired DaVinci. Of course it couldn't do much without a $20k MacPro build, but the software was free. This was running right next to the $50k Resolve Linux build, so naturally it was jaw dropping.
- ryandamm 2y agoRed has two cameras that cost less than $10k.
- dagmx 2y agoThis is the same cost as the standard Ursa Cine 17k however that it is derived from https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/release/20240912-03 https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/release/20240912-03
- KeplerBoy 2y agoYeah, the $30k is a drop in the bucket of the many millions you need for a modern production. The real cost will be the editing to make sure it's actually a good experience.
- Andrex 2y agoAnd the tech would be enough to make a 2012-era James Cameron drool. Sometimes tech is amazing.