Blackmagic Pocket 6K or 4K? 😲 Don't buy either before you watch this!
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- So how is the new Pocket 6K camera from Blackmagic? Watch the review to find out and for example footage. ⬇️More INFO below⬇️
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Overall the image quality is almost identical in both the 6K and 4K versions of the pocket cinema cameras. I say almost because even though the colors and dynamic range is identical the resolution alone does make a difference. The 6k sensor creates noticeably sharper and more detailed images. It also helps a bit in hiding the noise when shooting at higher ISO and low light situations.
Another minor thing I noticed is the limitations of the codecs. For example when shooting in either of the two versions of 6K (16:9 or 2.4:1 aspects) or in 5.7K or 2.8K resolutions plus Anamorphic, you are limited to only the BRAW (Blackmagic RAW) codec. Once you switch the resolution to 4K or HD it then defaults to Apple ProRes. I wonder if Blackmagic will be addressing that in a future firmware. For me personally this wasn’t a problem since I always shot in 6K and I also prefer BRAW format. Also if you are wondering about the 4K Apple ProRes format, it does actually use the whole sensor, so no cropping happening there.
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I answer all your questions about the Pocket 6K camera here: ua-cam.com/video/wGKx1YrHBV8/v-deo.html
i want a camera to use for shooting documentries and music videos ,my budget is between 2000 till 6000 , what do you advice me?
One of the best reviews I have seen on both of these cameras and its great to see Black Magic shaking things up in the industry!They can no longer be dismissed like they were in the past!
I have been watching reviews for this camera but I have to say this is THE BEST review I have seen. Thanks Tom.
Thanks for this video Tom. I am waiting to have my BMPCC 6K delivered. You have answered all the questions I had with the SmallRig cage and the Samsung T5 SSD. I will have a look at he Angelbird SSD's now. As always you are on the top of my subscribed list. I appreciate all the work you put into your UA-cam videos.
Thank you!
DutchAussieProductions I don’t
Your reviews are the best.
To the point and you know what you’re talking about! Thanks Tom!
best early review! I own the 4k and I am still in the exchange period so I will be definitely be upgrading. I really want the reframing capability. keep up the good work
comar v no
Great review - looking forward to more info on the Pocket 6k. Thx so much Tom!
Great Video ! Thanks for the review! Looking forward to seeing more comparisons .
Excellent review!!
As always, excellent review! Thanks, Tom!
Thank you Tom!! I was waiting for this review! I'm sold! pocket 6K it is for me.
Thank you for your time, dedication, and always great and very thorough reviews. Best film school I ever attended. 🎥🎬🍻
Thank you Carlos!
El Carlos Diaz for real?
Great video, Tom! Super informative
Thank you, for this detailed review 👌
first quality review of the 6K on the interweb. thank you sir :)
Great video, Tom!
Many thanks. Your video contains many valuable information I didn't find from the other videos.
Tom, you always have the best reviews. I greatly enjoyed your lighting videos from years ago, please do more :)
Thanks! I do lots of lighting videos still except youtube doesn't notify subscribers unless you hit the bell notifications button. Here are my lighting tutorials: ua-cam.com/video/Iz2U-SHQ7_w/v-deo.html
I clicked the like button before watching and wasn't disappointed! yay!
Fantastic review! Thanks for comparing both cameras!
Your channel is the realest bro. Keep up the good work
Thank you, Tom!!
Your wife is such a good sport, always putting in the work as a model. Thanks for helping him, lol.
Yup she's the best. That's why I married her!
Thank you !
I'm impressed by its dynamic range in the video samples here.
Aaand here's the man I'd listen to when it comes to gear. Thank you for the knowledgeable, non-biased and easy to understand review as always, Tom!
I'm definitely happy with my newly arrived p4k and considering I'll most likely downscale to 1080p for the project I bought this for, it'll serve me very well.
If I had to deliver 4k footage then I'd love the 6k as I can downscale for a sharper look but even so, a bit of sharpening in Resolve should do the trick with my current gear.
Yes that is a smart decision. Both of these cameras are great. Just depends what you want. Thanks for watching!
Excellent review! Thanks!
Good review... very much informative... thank you 😘😍
The park footage looks insane! Great Review!
Loved ! Thanks Tom !!! 👍 👏
Thanks Tom, great review.
Wow! Great comprehensive video!
Good job. Cutting through the noise on YT with this hands on review
TORCHY wha? No
Awesome review, killed it.
I really love your videos. They give a lot of information. Nice review/test.
Thank you
Thank you. Great review!
The image it produces is just beautiful
Great video, very informative and great with the hands on tests of rolling shutter etc!
It is more of a comparison than it's a review though..
I kinda got lost in a lot of comparing with the 4K version,
which wasn't what i was looking for.
Great as always. Very detailed and informative video. Thank you. Hopefully you can make another video about the crop factor on the 6K because from what I've read, it has a crazy Crop factor when you shoot in 2.7K 120fps. Really want to see how you think and deal with it in real world shooting.
Cant wait to see it wit LucAdaptor + Anamorphic lens!!
Very good review thanks.
Great info. THX!!
Thanks for showing image stabilization!
Most informed review and comparison so far 🙏🏼😎
THEWORLDISYOURS no you should check out this guy named D....
Thanks Tom, always straight forward and honest. Don't need the 6k and like the wider shot with the speed booster as a second camera to the UMPG2. :)
jfergusonphotos no
Tom, thanks for the very informative video
as always - great video - merci.
can't wait for mine to be here.
Good review! I'm loving mine too! I can't believe the quality vs price!
Jesse Watson no
Your work is amazing
Thanks for the review, fair as slways. I own the P4k and still have no real need for the P6k yet but I will for sure get one with in time. I love the Idea of having super 35mm on the Pocket to have bit better match to my UMP and have native EF mount, those things means the moast for me to have the pocket 6k, shooting in 6k is just a plus for me and I can of course see some use for it, even in 4k projects.
I am usung pocket 4k on my drone in 4k raw but it would be nice being able to shoot 6k raw on the drone so the p6k will come in handy.
Again thanks for your reviews, plain facts fair and honest reviews are always welcome.
Tom like many here, I love your content. You get straight to the point a deliver a ton of relevant info. I have made buying decisions based on your information.
Thank you Mark!
Same...mainly the Rhino slider and the Manfrotto fluid head for it... Love them both!
Great video :)
If anyone is wondering you can pull out the port covers and put them back in later if needed. They get in the way a lot.
Thank you so much for your detailed review!! Do you think a maxed out Macbook Pro 15" mid 2015 can handle the 6K raw in resolve?
Great review. watched the whole damn video.
I have the pocket 4k and I use it with Rokinon Cine DS lenses with EF mount with a Metabones T Cine speed booster XL 0.64x. This configuration makes it better for low light conditions because the speed booster gives an 1 1/3 stop extra. That means when I set the ISO to 3200 is like I'm exposing to 8000 ISO. I like that. I love the benefit of the speed booster that makes it better in low light conditions. I think you never considered that when you talked about it, because when you use the speed booster you have to compensate the exposure for the extra 1 1/3 stop that makes the lens even faster.
Excellent!!
Nice review Tom, thanks. Blackmagic rocks the market for Indi-Filmmakers. I´m still corious, what the Z-cam 6k footage looks like. Which tripod did you use for the Manfrotto-Head?
And also a great B camera for the Mini Ursa G2 by having the same EF mount.
Daniel Borges no
Get the old original BMPCC as a b cam then upscale it to 4k
Great work Sir
Thank you!
Good review
This was very insightful, thank you. I was about to rush into purchasing the Pocket 6K but after seeing the difference between the 6K 35mm image size compared to the Pocket 4K with speed booster, I'm hesitant.
Marc Martinez get the ursa
That is one amazing release... USB-C to a 3rd party SSD to record raw file... Thats a pretty good deal
VISION0STUDIO no
Great video. What camera are you using to record this video review?
Thank you for the great review~! I am, however, interested about the possible comparison between this BM 6k and the upcoming (slightly rumored) sigma fp.
haechi21 sigma is better
@@jadoon702 Haha, this comment didnt age well AT ALL.
both great options! i had to get both! only 2k for the 6 right now!
Fantastic Review - how did you get the sigma 18-35 art at 1.7 on the 6k? I understand how you would hit that with the metabones on the 4k but wouldn’t your fstop be limited to 1.8 on the 6k?
Great review...I was planning to get the 4k, but I think I will go for the 6k. Thanks Tom.
Oinam Anand but no 4k braw..
@@maoyron True...it sucks. I fail to understand why they have limited the 6K. But for the price 6K is still a steal. Perhaps they will introduce it with updates. I am relatively new to cinematic cameras and I was going for the BMPCC 4k with speedbooster as I take tiny steps into film making. But as a seasoned Canon (photography) user the mount on the 6K is big deal for me. The money saved on the speedbooster or new mft lens will be spend on 6k and I get to use my canon lenses. I will appreciate if you have any thoughts about my plan.
maoyron Firmware update will be on the way. Hang tight.
Oinam Anand no don’t get the 6K get better lenses
get better lenses instead
Nice review man. Seeing so many videos of people talking about the camera but they don't even have it. Should get mine in a few days. Still not sure about getting rid of my 4K haha.
uhhhhhhhhh ill buy it off you lol
@@catman6089 Haha I think it is taken already :)
Finally got mine ordered, looking forward to getting it in and then out in the field!
Hello Tom. Great review as always. Thanks a lot for this works. I have the BMPCC 4K and when I film (or shot? Sorry for my english) in RAW 2K it creates an adicional crop factor because filming in 2K only use half sensor. My cuestion is: If you use the BMPCC 6K but film in RAW 4K, do you get and adicional crop factor or use the whole super 35 sensor en RAW 4K too?
I love your videos ❤
Thank you
Great review Tom.Like camera specs it has really good features for that price.Easy to use and operate.This is a good step up for blackmagic.And good step for the industry.
Nobody was able to touch good uncompressed RAW footage in the past for less then 30000 usd$.
But if you want to have accurate colors this is not the right choice.If you look carefully in the image you will notice that there is a brownish tint. Like sepia filter applied over the picture.
Check the greenery in these footages. It doesn't look correct.
This is the biggest disadvantage of all blackmagic cameras together with the fixed noise pattern in the dark areas.
For green screen keying is it ideal solution.Low noise in the green channel.Good overexposed and underexposed compensation range.The quality is much better when you overexpose then underexpose the picture.
It is perfect for small production with low budgets looking for professional quality.
If they fix the color space to make it look very close to the reality the other big camera makers are in real trouble. :))) For sure good camera to have it.
I would like to see a side-by-side 120fps slow-mo
What camera are you using in this for your on camera parts? Looks great!
I have the P4K and I love it. That said, I consider a Speed Booster to be a near essential purchase, and considering the price of the Metabones products, there's going to be few reasons for anyone not to just go straight for the P6K in future. Both very fine cameras regardless.
So, which SSD can you use if the Samsungs are not working? I have the 4k and there's no way I can buy 40 cfast cards...
I don't think any SSD will be fast enough simply because the USB part on the camera can't provide higher data rates
I’m particularly interested in the anaphoric capabilities when you test them. What plans do you have?
Thank you for the detailed and honest review. Details like the stabilization not being powered on all the time when running on the internal battery really shows the dedication to bringing a truthful video.
I wouldn't buy the Pocket 6k anyway since I don't have the money for it, but this video really helped kill the desire to buy something I wasn't ever going to need anyway.
The lower third in the beginning was awesome! What did you render it in?
The best and detailed review so far for P6K. I use P4K for doc. I always use 1:8 ratio for 4K but the size is going to be too big with P6K. I would like to know if 1:12 ratio of P6K comparing with 1:8 of 4K as to quality.
Thanks, Tom.
This is the best test film I have seen on UA-cam!
I think 6K and 4K are the same, the picture quality and clarity are the same, what do you think?
Hi Tom, hope your keeping well, thanks a million for the video on the 6k I found it very informative. I was wondering if you could give me some advice, I am working with a small budget and I am thinking of buying a MEIKE 25mm lens. Do you think this would be a good all around lens for documentary interviews ?
hey, nice video! what lense did you use for the woman walking in the park in the clos up?
Nice Packet!
I far prefer the almost full frame equivalent when using the xl speedbooster. Plus the option to use a whole host of other lenses including m43 lenses.
I was one of the lucky ones that bought the BMPCC 4K then happened to sell it just before the 6K dropped. Not joking, I said a quick, sincere thank you prayer when I first saw this new cam appear, I reckon it would have made the value of my Pocket 4K drop drastically. Very keen to get two 6Ks for doing short films. 'Satchel 6K'!
Thanks Tom
Did you say adapt Sony emount lenses to Micro4/3? I didn't think that was possible with M4/3 flange distance being greater than Sony emount. Is there a speedbooster that allows refocusing? If you've done this, please include name of adapter or link, I would love to use this, thank you.
Thanks for the review Tom. Very thorough and succinct.
What tripod are you using? iFootage? Which model? It looks like a well proportioned pod for a BMPCC. Just what i need. I'm currently using a Miller. Bit over-kill for the BMPCC.
Thanks Tom.
Yes its the iFootage tripod that I reviewed before.
The speed booster is a great tool I guess, but man I can really see the difference in image sharpness.
Great review. Can you measure how much it crops in 2,8k/120FPS?
Sam Masghati it’s around a 3.3x crop factor.
I really couldnt tell the difference
Im not upgrading
I like the wider image with the booster
A company called LucAdapters is making an EF APSC to EF Full-frame speedbooster for this camera making it full-frame. They're calling it the Magicbooster.
@@Holtenstein sounds good but almost too good to be true or at least functional. I've seen a few companies attempt to do that kind of adapter but in the end it's near impossible because of the flange distance
@@TomAntos They already make a similar adapter for the Ursa 4.6k. How useful will it remain to be seen? But it could make this camera even better.
maybe if they come up with a speedbooster that goes into the mount, like inserting it into it, and only have a very thin ring that protrudes from the actual mount they can make it work, if not, the flange distance factor will make it impossible
@@TomAntos Please test the 2.8k at 120fps (what's the crop?)
whats up with the autofocus? did it improve? i know it's a cinema camera, but if you put this beast on a gimbal, continuous AF would be nice.
appreciate this informative video.. I was considering the p4k , but then this camera was announced , at first I was excited but after weighing all the pros and cons I think I will stick with the p4k if anything .. or maybe revert to my original plan and get the gh5s to pair with my gh5... decisions decisions .. never easy
im in the same situation. either get a p4k or gh5.....im leaning towards the p4k because its cheaper and has alot for the price, the gh5 is also a dope camera
This is great. My only question would be 120fps vs 120fps on the 6k and 4K
Are they similar? Or 6k having less moire and jaggies?
I just have only canon lenses and I loved the BMPCC4k but it’s almost the same price as the BMPCC6k (including the speedbooster). Also I love the S35 style, it gives the image something and idk I just am used to it and I really prefer it, instead of full frame. It’s the perfect camera for me but idk if it is for everyone.
About time you uploaded on the Pocket 6k
Thank you Tom as always great Review
I think the 2 cameras are really for one, simple reason: lenses.
The quality I've seen from the 4k is pretty damn incredible. For $1300 and if it fits your shooting style, an absolute bargain.
But there is a lot of Canon glass out there and it basically raises the cost of the 4k if you come from the EF camp. So yes, there are some definite advantages of the 6k camera. But it's all about the glass.
Thanks Tom for the review with camera in hand. What do you think of "LucAdaptor's magic booster" will that make BMPCP 6K a full frame look?
It can but I would have to test out the adapter first before I can confirm it and recommend it.
Tom, Please let me know what LUT you have used in this video.Thanks