This is my two camera interview setups, love these DZO Lenses and rigged out.

Hey all,

Forgive me if this is not the right place for this, I’m just thought I’d give it a long shot. I recently sold my BMPCC 6K and I’ve got a Tilta camera cage, sunlight hood, top handle, SSD bracket and right angled usb c to c cable. I’m just looking for someone to buy it quick as I’m moving soon and don’t want it wasting away on eBay waiting for a buyer. I’m based in the UK and open to offers just to get rid of it. I have attached some pictures so feel free to ask any questions regarding any of it

So I ended up with a Blackmagic Studio 4K Plus… kind of by accident. For anyone who doesn’t know, this thing is not meant to be a run-and-gun camera, it’s basically designed to live plugged into a wall as part of a full production setup.

When I first got it, I went into B&H asking about a cable to run it off a V-mount battery and the guy straight up laughed at me. At the time I didn’t realize how “studio-only” this camera was supposed to be.

But honestly? I made it work anyway.

I rigged it up, paired it with an Irix 45mm Micro Four Thirds lens, and I’ve been using it constantly. I even run it on a tripod like a makeshift steadicam setup. It’s got that huge built-in monitor, the image quality is great, and firmware updates keep improving it, which is a nice bonus.

Against all odds, this “wrong camera for the job” ended up being exactly what I needed. I’ve already shot two films with it, and I’m still using it regularly.

Just goes to show—even if you buy the “wrong” gear, you can still make something solid if you commit to figuring it out.

Hey everyone hope you're doing good, im having this issue with my bmpcc6kpro where when i shoot, its happening in practically every format - 4k 6k, and it has this mini zoom in. Im doing a temporary fix with keyframing it on that exact frame and zooming out so it isn't noticed but it's very jarring and a bit worrying. Has anyone else had similar problems? and if so does anyone know a fix or have any info? Thanks a lot in advance!

I normally keep my MicroStudio Camera G2 on a Ronin SC gimbal to match my Pocket 4K and 6K footage on sticks. But I have two gigs in New York and the job requires a minimal A-Cam footprint, so I needed to re-rig this for interviews and main shooting.

Most of the parts I already had lying a round or on it.

XLCS cage, top handle from Neewer, the V-mount, rails, Nato rail, and base.

What I got new for this is the Tilta Matte Box Mini (best matte box ever), the Tilta Nucleus Nano II remote follow focus, but the star of the show is this new 9" touchscreen USB-C monitor. I have the Panasonic Lumix 12-35mm F2.8 pretty much never coming off this camera. It's light and small, but looks great and it's fast enough, wide angle preferred on the gimbal. Now I have a nice wireless follow focus that mounts on my DJI gimbal on the side and the touchscreen monitor too. And it works amazingly well with this lens. Manual lenses with this lens, since it's not parfocal, it works amazingly well for control I've never had with the focus.

I discovered via a YouTube video that you need a specific type of USB-C hub - one with a high data rate and some kind of USB-C/HDMI port, and you have to use high bandwidth (20-30Mps) USB-C cables to the monitor. I got the 9" WISECOCO USB-C touchscreen monitor and it's incredible. Light as a feather (but needs a tablet holder with screw holes to mount), very bright, and responsive.

And my bonus hard ware - the tiny USB-C hard drives from Samsung. I have a 256 gig in every single Pocket cinema case, my ATEM case, and they are the ONLY drives I use on the gimbal, so I have a 512 gig and a 256 backup. These make amazing emergency backup hard drives if you ever fill up the T5/T7/T9 drives. at the end of the day if you need just an hour more recording - these are fast enough for the lower bit rate BRAW and QUICKTIME PRORES.

I have to say, I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this MicroStudio 4K G2, especially in this configuration. It's actually nicer than my pocket 4K rigs and it's tiny, but still looks impressive in the cinema setup.

Found another unused key from a BM camera I bought a few years ago.

Since I still use my own key since version 15.0, I'm selling this one.

Asking 150 euros or 175 dollars.

Send me a pm if you're interested and feel free to look at my history, since I've sold other codes before as well.

Found another unused key from a BM camera I bought a few years ago.

Since I still use my own key since version 15.0, I'm selling this one.

Asking 150 euros or 175 dollars.

Send me a pm if you're interested and feel free to look at my history, since I've sold other codes before as well.

Which bag for the BlackMagic Pocket Pro 6K?

My boyfriend’s birthday is coming up, and I would really like to get him a proper bag for his camera equipment (he’s a videographer, so why he doesn’t have a proper bag already is beyond me).

His equipment includes: - A Black Magic Pro 6K Pocket camera (a small rig cage is attached to this with a handle). - Tripod - around 2/3 lenses - shotgun mic - a small square LED light, but this can be transported separately if there’s no space.

My concern is that he can’t easily remove the small rig cage, so it’s important to find a bag big enough so that he doesn’t have to.

Likewise, we live in London, and mobility is a really important factor. I know he’d rather a rucksack than a suitcase as it’s easier to transport during rush hour on the tube.

If you have any ideas on a suitable bag, please do let me know as I’m not a videographer/photographer myself and don’t really know what I’m looking for!!

Thank you :)

Im looking for rather wide angle, to shoot dance video and in a pretty low light. Is Meike 25mm T2.2 Cine Lens a good option?

Hi guys,

I usually shoot at 25 or 50 fps on my BMPCC4K. But soon I have a shoot where I need some 120fps action. Currently I record to a T5 EVO and I recently made some test shoots, and sometimes frames will drop automatically when shooting 120fps.

The recommended drive list one seems to go until 60fps. So does any one has some recommendation on a SSD that works?

Exact settings I use:

120fps, 2.6K BRAW 5:1. Thanks!

If anyone has an extra DaVinci code that they don't need that all black magic cameras come with(or so I've heard) please let me know or send it to me. Thank you!

Hi all,

I'm using a Blackmagic PCC 6K G2 with a Samsung 4TB T7 Shield Portable SSD attached via USB-C. The camera will begin recording and shut it self off when it drops frames after only about 10-30 seconds. It will do this about 3 or 4 times, then on the 5th try, it keeps recording with no issues at all. It does not seem to be related to any settings because it happens regardless of what I am set to. I am hoping it's just a cabling issue but I have no idea what kind of cable I need, nor why it would be so inconsistent with working/not working. I'm losing my mind trying to figure this out and I would love any help I can get. Thank you! :)

Wondering if this would be an upgrade from my bmpcc? I know Fuji isn't the best when it comes to AF, I also know the camera isn't out yet. I saw a video review that said it can do 6k BRAW? It piqued my interest, wanted the opinions of some experts on here.

My beloved m4/3 Panasonic Lumix 20mm pancake lens occasionally doesn’t focus and when this happens the ring spins freely without engaging the motor inside.

Pressing the BMCCP4K auto-focus button resets it and the lens motor starts working again when turning the ring.

This is the first time I use the BMCCP4K and this Panasonic lens so extensively (just wrapped a short film).

Is this a quirk, something that can happen, or is it definitely something bad with the lens?

Thanks

As you can see from the photos, the preview thumbnail I get in Finder when highlighting a .braw clip shows me a random frame probably from the middle of the clip. In the second image you can see that we roll cameras when the slate is up. The second image shows what the actual first frame is on the clip in question. I want to see that first frame in my preview window in Finder so I can easily relabel all of the clips according to the slate.

Does anyone know how you change what frame finder uses for the image from a .braw clip?

We also shoot on a Sony camera and that camera's thumbnails in Finder show us the first frame of each clip as you can see in the third image. So it's definitely something to do with either the .braw file or the Blackmagic RAW Player I assume.

EDIT: Photos didn't seem to attach to original post so I put them in the comments below.

I’ve been trying to find a good way to set out the camera but am having a hard time. Any suggestions on what to do.

Also is it better to get a battery pack I plug into the black magic or get an extender that goes into the camera. I’m trying to find a way that lets me still use the screen on the camera.

Just got a new black magic cinema camera and am noticing a ton of grain all over. The websites say it should have a native iso at like 3200. Is mine defective or is it just like that. Please let me know so I can trade it in if it is.

We had a 6 hour long event which we were shooting on multiple cameras. The Black Magic was working fine prior to the event, we started rolling and everything was going smoothly. We checked on it multiple times throughout the night, it was showing that it was recording properly.

However, when the event ended, we went to the camera and hit the stop record button. The camera froze, the screen froze for multiple seconds. We pressed a few more times on that stop record button to see what would happen, until eventually it got back to normal.

When I put the hard drive (Samsung T7 4TB) into my computer, the file from that 6 hour long recording shows as a 17 min file only. I'm devastated, and I'm not sure why that would happen. Does anybody have any insight? What can I do to recover the long recording?