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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2 Review: Still Fits in a Niche

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After getting familiar with the physical features, we powered on the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera to look over the user interface and settings menus. Upon startup you go straight into the recording mode which shows an image from the sensor across nearly the entire display, except for a very small strip along the bottom that shows the camera’s current settings. Pressing the Menu button brings up the settings which are divided into camera, audio, recorder, and display.

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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2

We drove home, feeling disappointed and hoping that we’d have a better experience the next time out. In digital film ISO is a measurement of the image sensor’s sensitivity to light. This means the higher the ISO number the more sensitivity to light so it’s possible to shoot using natural light even at night! The Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K features dual native ISO up to 25,600, which means it’s optimized to minimize grain or noise in images, while maintaining the full dynamic range of the sensor.

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Shoot Incredible High Dynamic Range (HDR) Images

For indoor clips, to retain the industrial aesthetic of the shoot, detail in the windows were purposely blown out during color grading. The elegant design of Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K packs an incredible number of high end digital film features into a miniaturized, handheld design based on the Pocket Cinema Camera platform. Made from lightweight carbon fiber polycarbonate composite, the camera has a multifunction handgrip with all controls for recording, ISO, WB and shutter angle right at your fingertips.

Models Walking in Daylight

At $1,995, the 6K G2 offers most of the features of the $2,535 6K Pro and all of the experience of the pro model. Still, it designated the product’s function, indicating that it wasn’t a hybrid camera but a smaller version of the company’s cinema lineup. Unlike offerings from other companies, the only difference between Blackmagic’s cine-style cameras and the BMPCC is the shape. At its core, it’s the same cinema camera as the bigger URSA and any Blackmagic user can seamlessly transition between the two without much adjustment.

USB-C for External Disks and Ethernet Control

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Partner with us to reach an enthusiastic audience of students, enthusiasts and professional videographers and filmmakers. Click here to contact a sales representative and request a media kit. We shot with three lenses during the review, all three from the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED line.

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The Fujifilm X100VI is the sixth iteration of Fujifilm's classically-styled large sensor compact. A 40MP X-Trans sensor, in-body stabilization and 6.2K video are among the updates. BM cameras are full of caveats and I speak as an URSA owner that shot two solid movies on them. You could add a Blackmagic or even Atomos recorder and have a much more usable interface for that kind of thing. But this Pyxis will no doubt have a good UI built in, with the proper English industry terms for everything, etc.

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Adjusting saturation in Blackmagic RAW images can help make the colors visually pop or become muted. "We have not made any significant progress since last year," says Sigma owner and CEO Kazuto Yamaki, when asked about the planned full-frame Foveon camera. But he still believes in the project and discussed with us what such a camera could still offer. Sony has announced the FE 16-25mm F2.8 G, a compact, fast wide-angle lens designed to complement its recent 24-50mm F2.8.

Post Production Friendly File Formats!

The only thing really missing is a viewfinder or an articulated monitor, which admittedly ads to the cost. Blackmagic PYXIS features a built hardware streaming engine that supports RTMP and SRT streaming to YouTube, Facebook, X and more. For internet access, customers have two options, one to connect via Ethernet or customers can connect a 4G or 5G phone for mobile data. As the streaming is built into the camera, customers can see the stream status and data rate in the viewfinder and the LCD.

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Gallery

After that, the noise starts to dramatically affect the sharpness of the image. Saturation can be adjusted between making images black and white, or up to very strong colors. Changing the saturation setting can even reproduce film looks, or adding lots of color can be great for kids shows that need to be fun and crazy. Setting the color temperature tells the camera how to interpret white and other colors in an image. Instead of saving images with color values baked in, Blackmagic RAW makes it possible for you to change the temperature in post production with DaVinci Resolve Studio.

@Samuel, I believe BM are producing a viewfinder for this camera, that does indicate shoulder mounting is a good possibility. I think with a suitable plate for a shoulder pad, battery power on the back and viefinder, this camera would have good balance on the shoulder. Maybe there’s also something about vibration that would bother a hinged screen?

When uploading to Blackmagic Cloud, customers can use an Apple or Android phone to get a connection to the internet via mobile data. Simply connect the phone to the USB-C port and Blackmagic PYXIS will configure for mobile data. Customers can also connect via wired Ethernet using the camera’s Ethernet port. This lets customers get their media out as customers shoot so post production teams anywhere in the world can start work in real time. Blackmagic PYXIS supports creating a small H.264 proxy file in addition to the camera original media when recording. This means the small proxy file can upload to Blackmagic Cloud in seconds so their media is available back at the studio in real time.

This camera in stripped down form will spend time on drones, the outside of moving vehicles, etc. John Brawley shares his experiences with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. ‘Models Walking at Night’ is his second camera test where he was checking out the camera’s higher dynamic range and color accuracy. “What’s impressive about this package is the micro four thirds sensor. The Directors Duo Christopher Schlierf and Benjamin Kratzin are well known for their big cinematic shots and commercials.

A series of heatsink vent grills draws the heat away from the FPGA processor and image sensor. As the heat is drawn away from critical components, the liquid flows to cooling fins that are designed and specifically angled to minimize intrusion of dust or other contaminants. Blackmagic Cinema Camera records in Blackmagic RAW to preserve control of detail, exposure and color during post production. It also records HD H.264 proxies in real time making it easy to share media around the world in minutes! Blackmagic RAW is highly optimized, multi‑threaded, works across multiple CPU cores and is also GPU accelerated to work with Apple Metal, CUDA and OpenCL. This means your images always maintain unprecedented resolution and quality for color, keying, compositing, reframing, stabilization and tracking in HD, 4K or 6K.

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