BMPCC 6K S35 raw camera, war on Z-CAM

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Camera 6.6 is now available from our support page. This update adds the following:

New features for Pocket Cinema Camera 6K

Added support for Blackmagic Pocket Battery Grip.
Added support for language localization.
Added support for built-in camera horizon tool.
Added support for pinch to zoom up to 8x magnification.
Added USB PTP control support.
Added ability to type in customized frame guide ratios.
Improved auto focus performance.

MikeLinn

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Vitaliy_Kiselev

Nice deal with free Shinoby + cage

https://www.adorama.com/bmccp6keff.html

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Faudel

For those who use the dummy LP-E6 battery this could be useful:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000120731337.html

Config is 2S3P , you could build a 75WH battery (7.2V/10.5Ah) for around 50$ with LG or Samsung 3.5Ah 18650 batteries.

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Vitaliy_Kiselev

Small talk is that price drop must had been pinnacle of BM CEO livestream at first IBC day.

But due to B&H timing error it had been decided to postpone this as effect won't be such big for now.

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Vitaliy_Kiselev

Price for BMPCC 6K dropped to $1,996 USD.

Expect BM PR soon, as B&H returned price for now.

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Vitaliy_Kiselev

@Firworks

This guys just are few months late.

Look at our Z-CAM topic and find June post about price.

Btw. BM 6K sales are worse than BM anticipated, hence no delays in all countries.

Firworks

Looks like the title of this thread is very accurate: https://www.newsshooter.com/2019/09/08/z-cam-reduces-the-price-of-their-upcoming-e2-s6-to-2995-usd/

No way that price could hold with the P6K on the market.

halfmac

At BIRTV

There was plenty of buzz around this new camera at the show. Very lightweight for what it is.

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andyharris

Here's my more or less full review of the BMPCC 6K. In summary I've grown to like it more and more over the week. This is down to getting the right ancillary cables.

In particular, powering on V Lock battery and the mini XLR adaptor for the microphone.

I like the 6K downsampled to 4K for smoothness:

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Small review

https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/26/blackmagic-bmpcc-6k-review-peerless-video-power/

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andyharris

Here is a test shot - done against a blue chroma key.

It is graded to neutral - normally I'd give this a little colour boost. What I'm really impressed with is the way that 6K video interpolated down to 4K looks smoother in the chroma key process. It was made at ISO 1250 which allowed for f8 in my studio, this helps with depth of field (135mm CNE lens).

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Andy

andyharris

OK Dear Forum.

My BMPCC 6K arrived yesterday and today I've been using it on a real (but not super important project).

I've run into a few issues:

The supplied battery will not charge on a standard Canon charger -- shows a 'protocol' fault.
A Wise 525MB/s CF card will only record 1.06 seconds at 6K - not obvious that it had failed since the recording light stays on, there is a warning on the screen to be fair
The battery is good for about 15 mins
There is a small fan in the bottom
It worked with an 85mm F1.2 L series, 300mm 2.8L and all the CNE lenses
BRAW seems to be easier to work with
BRAW claim the white balance as shot was 5900, but the camera is set to 5600
Not got a grade I'm happy with yet, some examples below
I'll have to buy a pile of connectors, specifically audio and power

It feels light, the menus are good, plays well with Resolve 16. Chroma Key is possibly the best I've ever got -- first time!

So that's My Grade | Using the specified LUT (Extended Video) and | My grade.

These are downsized exports so pixel peeping is not going to help here.

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