Cinema cameras were once the cream of the crop. Now you can get one for under $2,000. Here’s everything you did (or didn’t) know about BMD.
I still remember the first time I saw the OG Blackmagic Cinema Camera (the BMCC for short). It was a tight, silver, square box that looked more like a lunch pail than any of the ergonomic DSLR camera designs I was used to. However, I also remember the first time I edited any footage shot with it, and that eureka moment where I saw just what that extra dynamic range meant for the colors in my video.
For those who aren’t old enough, or just simply haven’t been in film and video long enough (or heck, even for those who have plumb forgotten), let’s take a look back through the history of Blackmagic Design in this cool featurette from Forbes.
Starting from Video Capture Cards for Video Editing
Starting in 2001, CEO Grant Petty founded Blackmagic Design in his hometown in Australia. He sits down with Forbes magazine for this featurette, and we get a pretty cool behind-the-scenes glimpse of BMD’s history and the philosophy at its core.
Author: Jourdan Aldredge
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
