Some newer camera models offer variants of their products, like for example the Panasonic S1H. You get also a BS1H version, which is the "box" or cube format. The cubes are apparently better in terms of thermodynamics and can allow for longer usage periods unlike their fellow mirrorless form factors.
Interchangeable mounts, much wider lens option. 422 HQ with the z cam app is like Braw. Overall you just have to know what kind of filmmaker you are and how either camera will benefit you. I'm currently a 6k pro user.
Please do an unboxing of the Kinefinity!! I currently shoot on the S6 but just like you I’m looking to switching over.. Would love to see your take on the Kinefinity
Great review mate, thanks ! Also would you say it's a good investment to buy a camera with an EF mount in 2023 ? Of all mounts proposed with this camera, EF mount seems to have the widest range of lenses available AND affordable, but with the end of EF support I wonder if you'd buy it as of today
For sure. so you can set the file splitting from 5 minutes to 60 minutes. In post you'll have to use The z cam application to merge the files. It's an extra step but it's pretty simple. The longer the clip and fileS that have spilt will be the longest part of the process to stitch. Personally I set mine to 60mins. But I do have a critical interview to film I set it to 30mins just for safety
Hey brotha, I love your videos and I am very interested in this Z Cam. I don't do a ton a video work but would love to increase. If you need an assistant and let me know I would also love to see this cam up close to determine if I should buy. Keep up the great videos.
Nice! I just picked up the F6. I’m learning it now. One question is that I have a lens that doesn’t have a focus ring but a switch for manual focus. I can’t for the life of me see where to manually focus in this camera with a lens without a focus ring. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
you cant use that lens with the camera, that type of lens is made for autofocus or most likely it will have a wire that will connect to a focus controller. Sorry if that didn't help as I'm not 100% sure what you're talking about
@@RyanPiwarski No I think you’re right. It was an older lens but it has a switch for manual focus. But I was confused because how do you manually focus a lens without a focus ring? Maybe I just haven’t seen a camera that has that feature.
Hi Justin, I am intrigued to use this camera for shooting cinema. I am vastly curious... what lens/focal length did you shoot the baby and the cow at? Thanks much for your review.
Cool camera But...what about the ugly stuff? can you talk about that too? How bad is the rolling shutter? How hard/easy is to work with ZRAW. can i just drag and drop it into resolve and start editing? Many cameras have an ugly side.
For me those things are not an issue. Rolling shutter I can't realy talk about in the s6 because i have a F6. but yes a global shutter like in the komodo is better. You can import ZRaw directly in Premiere with their free plugin but honestly i don't shoot Zraw because the ProRes HQ is so robust in grading. RAW is overrated in my opinion. Edit: Love your films on your channel. you are very talented.
Z Cam E2S6 owner here! I work as a commercial DP so some of this might not be relevant to your use scenario. Here's what I can recall from the top of my head regarding the ugly stuff: 1) HDMI lag is affected by the overlays you use in camera (not a problem with BM cameras). e.g. if you use preview lut or focus peaking. 2) HDMI lag is perceptively higher than BMPCC4k, but I didn't do any scientific test, that's just my impression as a former bmpcc4k user 3) can't playback all high fps shots in camera, if you're recording ProRes, so say you've just shot 120fps clip and want to see if the shot looks good in slowmo - not gonna be able to see it slowed down, only in real time. unless you're shooting h265 which is a kinda crappy codec for editing 4) rolling shutter is very average, but again not scientifically tested by me and can't tell how it is compared to the competitors. 5) pretty average quality 3.5mm audio in, I am not very happy with the quality of sound being recorded with my EW100 G3 Sennheiser lavs. 6) neither ZRAW or ProRes Raw (achievable through Atomos Ninja external monitor-recorder) are supported by Davinci Resolve which is the most frequent tool of choice for color grading. You can transcode to CDNG, but that won't fit every workflow. 7) Brand recognition: this is a tricky one and depends on how you do your business. Now and then I work on jobs where there's agency or production company or even director involved that is cautious to use an unknown camera brand for their campaigns. This sometimes makes it harder as an owner operator to convince them to use your camera on a job. Blackmagic cameras used to have the same problem, but have since gained quite a bit of recognition at least in my market. 8) Post workflow: again a tricky one. In my experience most colorists are used to grading either Red Raw or Alexa LogC footage and I find that they struggle to get the most out of my ZCAM footage and it often ends up looking kind of whacky. They're also often unwilling to install additional plugins (z-log color or cinematch) and learn to use those just for one-two day grading job.
Getting an E2-S6/Sigma 18-35 combo soon!
Excited to see what this bad boy can do!
Definitely not getting one BUT! Who could turn down seeing Joshua? I clicked fast as hell.
🤣 I appreciate the love!
Some newer camera models offer variants of their products, like for example the Panasonic S1H. You get also a BS1H version, which is the "box" or cube format. The cubes are apparently better in terms of thermodynamics and can allow for longer usage periods unlike their fellow mirrorless form factors.
Just starting out in filmmaking with the m4 but love the fact that the S6 is within reach when I'm ready to upgrade!
One of the best videos I found on this camera, definitely helping me decide if I’m buying it for a project
Do the SLR microprimes cover super 35? U said u had a mft mount on the camera?
On cine dailies you said you recently sold your F6. What do you feel between the 6k pro and the s6?
Equally great cameras. The 6k pro fit my current workflow from shooting to post better than the z cam.
why use this over blackmagic? (other than better form factor)
Interchangeable mounts, much wider lens option. 422 HQ with the z cam app is like Braw. Overall you just have to know what kind of filmmaker you are and how either camera will benefit you.
I'm currently a 6k pro user.
I WAS GOING TO MESSAGE AND ASK YOU "HOW IS IT GOING IN THE ZCAM WORLD"? YOU ANSWERED EVERYTHING IN THIS VIDEO. YOUR CRYSTAL BALL IS ACCURATE!! HAHAHA.
Haha your energy in this comment
Please do an unboxing of the Kinefinity!! I currently shoot on the S6 but just like you I’m looking to switching over.. Would love to see your take on the Kinefinity
Great review mate, thanks ! Also would you say it's a good investment to buy a camera with an EF mount in 2023 ? Of all mounts proposed with this camera, EF mount seems to have the widest range of lenses available AND affordable, but with the end of EF support I wonder if you'd buy it as of today
Another reviewer mentioned about the file splitting, and audio gaps between the clips. Can you comment on that? Thanks!
For sure. so you can set the file splitting from 5 minutes to 60 minutes. In post you'll have to use The z cam application to merge the files. It's an extra step but it's pretty simple. The longer the clip and fileS that have spilt will be the longest part of the process to stitch.
Personally I set mine to 60mins. But I do have a critical interview to film I set it to 30mins just for safety
Great review! I shoot with the E2M4 but I want to upgrade to S6 as soon as I can afford it.
Great review. Have you tried to e2 m4 version because I heard it noisier than the s6.
A bit noisy because of the MFT sensor. But still is a great camera. Rent it out to test it yourself
Hello I love this video , do you have any videos on how to use the zcam and Devinci resolve ? Can’t seem to find any.
while i ended up deciding sony was better for me in almost every conceivable way, this was a good video.
Hey man whatever tools works for you to get the job done 🙌🏽
Do you use Adobe PP? I need some help with export settings. Do you have a list of what your export settings are?
mate thank you for the review. You look so much like MKBHD.
Love to watch your video!
Hope you doing well and back YT again
Hey brotha, I love your videos and I am very interested in this Z Cam. I don't do a ton a video work but would love to increase. If you need an assistant and let me know I would also love to see this cam up close to determine if I should buy. Keep up the great videos.
Thanks for the video. Do you have a link to the rod mount setup on the front of the cage? What size screws did you get?
Thanks for watching! It's the 8sinn cage. The link is in the description
@@joshuamartinstudios interesting… I have the 8sinn cage but it didn’t come with the rod mount
@@rwootenvideo I believe I got their page a system which came with the base plate and some rods.
But what's your opinion?
What about lenses for Z Cam...?
How you been grading your clips it’s so natural and clean
Nice! I just picked up the F6. I’m learning it now. One question is that I have a lens that doesn’t have a focus ring but a switch for manual focus. I can’t for the life of me see where to manually focus in this camera with a lens without a focus ring. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
you cant use that lens with the camera, that type of lens is made for autofocus or most likely it will have a wire that will connect to a focus controller. Sorry if that didn't help as I'm not 100% sure what you're talking about
@@RyanPiwarski No I think you’re right. It was an older lens but it has a switch for manual focus. But I was confused because how do you manually focus a lens without a focus ring? Maybe I just haven’t seen a camera that has that feature.
what lens is it?
Hi Justin,
I am intrigued to use this camera for shooting cinema. I am vastly curious... what lens/focal length did you shoot the baby and the cow at? Thanks much for your review.
The Z Cam E2-S6 OR fx30 ?
What lenses did you use in the footage you showed of the s6, looked great!
That was a very good review! You just opened my mind for Z CAM! By the way, I started following you on instagram too! Thank you Joshua!
As always, thanks for the great vids. Quick question, do you film your content with your Z Cam? Thanks again!
Thanks for watching! Unfortunately I have moved on from z cam but I do recommend using it. It's a good camera and it offers a lot for the price range
@@joshuamartinstudios Gotcha. What are you using now?
Currently using my BM 6K pro
@@joshuamartinstudios why
Does it have a built in ND filter?
1 year in and still struggling with zlog2 exposure and colour with monitor luts etc but otherwise I have been enjoying this camera
which monitoring luts are you using?
@@exoticcarlife2904 using the zcam official ones atm - was using SBG's they are also good if you're grading using those luts
Cool camera But...what about the ugly stuff? can you talk about that too? How bad is the rolling shutter? How hard/easy is to work with ZRAW. can i just drag and drop it into resolve and start editing? Many cameras have an ugly side.
For me those things are not an issue. Rolling shutter I can't realy talk about in the s6 because i have a F6. but yes a global shutter like in the komodo is better.
You can import ZRaw directly in Premiere with their free plugin but honestly i don't shoot Zraw because the ProRes HQ is so robust in grading. RAW is overrated in my opinion.
Edit: Love your films on your channel. you are very talented.
Another topic for another video 🤙🏽
Z Cam E2S6 owner here! I work as a commercial DP so some of this might not be relevant to your use scenario.
Here's what I can recall from the top of my head regarding the ugly stuff:
1) HDMI lag is affected by the overlays you use in camera (not a problem with BM cameras). e.g. if you use preview lut or focus peaking.
2) HDMI lag is perceptively higher than BMPCC4k, but I didn't do any scientific test, that's just my impression as a former bmpcc4k user
3) can't playback all high fps shots in camera, if you're recording ProRes, so say you've just shot 120fps clip and want to see if the shot looks good in slowmo - not gonna be able to see it slowed down, only in real time. unless you're shooting h265 which is a kinda crappy codec for editing
4) rolling shutter is very average, but again not scientifically tested by me and can't tell how it is compared to the competitors.
5) pretty average quality 3.5mm audio in, I am not very happy with the quality of sound being recorded with my EW100 G3 Sennheiser lavs.
6) neither ZRAW or ProRes Raw (achievable through Atomos Ninja external monitor-recorder) are supported by Davinci Resolve which is the most frequent tool of choice for color grading. You can transcode to CDNG, but that won't fit every workflow.
7) Brand recognition: this is a tricky one and depends on how you do your business. Now and then I work on jobs where there's agency or production company or even director involved that is cautious to use an unknown camera brand for their campaigns. This sometimes makes it harder as an owner operator to convince them to use your camera on a job. Blackmagic cameras used to have the same problem, but have since gained quite a bit of recognition at least in my market.
8) Post workflow: again a tricky one. In my experience most colorists are used to grading either Red Raw or Alexa LogC footage and I find that they struggle to get the most out of my ZCAM footage and it often ends up looking kind of whacky. They're also often unwilling to install additional plugins (z-log color or cinematch) and learn to use those just for one-two day grading job.