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Originally Posted by Tahrgat
It would be great to see cheaper high quality cameras. DSLR handles darkness pretty well if you keep the iso at 1600 or less, but I would love to be able to just shoot what I want without the limitations or worrying about noise. That is to say better automation and greater light level comparability.
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That's the way things are headed, especially with respect to greater handling of low light. The Black Magic handles low light really well, barely any noise. Even the Mark III looks really good even with the ISO boosted. And with new accessories like the Ninja, you can pull great images directly from the sensor (better color subsampling and things, bypassing native codecs). As far as automation, that depends on what you mean. I think one of the biggest issues with current prosumer cinema camera manufacturers is the user-friendliness and likeness to film cameras (ability to control everything manually). Something like the Alexa is great because it's super simple and has everything on the camera body and a simple menu design (unlike, say, many DSLRs and even the RED cameras, which can be a nightmare to operate sometimes). So I think that's where camera designs are headed in that respect. What did you mean by automation?