ZCam is amazing! Such a great history & their new cameras look so incredible! 6k RAW for $4000??? AND I cam use my phone as a monitor?! Take my money. I cant wait to see the image quality.
Been using the ZCam E2 for 2 months now.. It's an amazing camera. Moreover, the community support from the company is something which you will never get from any other brands like Canon, Nikon.. Even BMD!
How's the autofocus on the E2? I've been looking for information on it and can't seem to find very much. I do a lot of run and gun shooting so autofocus is pretty important for me.
ZCAM is amazing, if you follow their facebook group you'll see how much feedback is important to them and how much they listen. Other companies should envy their customer relationship. Amazing firmware updates back to back. They're here to stay
8:13 BOMB DROPPED > you can use an Ipad as a hardwired external monitor. Seriously, this is huge. You can pick up a cheap ipad or iphone as a monitor? That's awesome.
I'm currently filming with BlackMagic Cinema Micro (yes, FullHD, not 4K), with hooked up Inquisition prototype to control it, but Z-Cam E2G is tempting
I wonder how this will stack up against the BM G2. This is all super exciting, but haven't seen too much about the company at all. Z Cam vs all the other "budget" cinema cameras is going to be a tight race imo when it comes to image, specs, customer service/loyalty, build-ability, etc. Etc. Can't wait to see more more coverage and footage.
DITLONAY I’ve had my original E2 since September, and it’s an amazing camera. 4K/120fps from the very beginning and a constant stream of firmware improvements every few months. Other thing to note is the color handling of their ZLOG2 mode is amazing, and holds up very well in side by side usage with an Alexa
@@ditlonay Bloom has some great videos on those cameras. But I'm always been a fan of the crazy underdog. Really, everything depends on your gig. Will you have lighting and time or are you run and gun. Inside, Outside? Upside down? 😜
Not necessarily. RAW has come to be a marketing term for a lot of very different approaches to intermediate recording codecs. So while RED has solid patents, they may not be applicable based on where on the process that sensor data is stored and compressed ( before de-bayeeing, after, Integer float or half-float color values, per photo site electrical values, ... )
They won't, zCam is using an Open Source Raw format based on Cineform. The Raw launching soon will be 3:1 Raw. You can read more Details on reddit: www.reddit.com/r/zcame2
That mount is primarily to use speedboosters and get full frame field of view. We requested this in the z cam facebook group and they obliged. Amazing company.
They should license BRAW for their cameras instead of having another codec. I guess you could use BlackMagic's new recorder as a viewer and potential RAW capture in the future. The one thing that bothers me about this camera is the lack of frame rate speeds. I'd like 120fps option. Something similar to RED in terms of FPS options. Blackmagic Pocket 6K can record directly to USB-C which is also much better and affordable than CFAST cards. Even recording directly to an M.2 SSD would be amazing because of the speed of those drives you could probably get 8K 120+ fps!
It's affordable but an Ursa mini pro g2 is 5.999, so two thousand more and you get DaVinci software a big touch LCD and till now a bit more of reliability in company history. Nikon con output raw and probably also the next sony will. It's great news and I like the small body but the price isn't groundbreaking like the Cinema pocket. They should try and dl sell it for 2999.
This out specs the ursa mini g2. He said it S6 would do 6k 60p and 4k 100p. The ursa mini is 4.6k. Yes this is bare bones and you'll need to kit it out with monitors and such, but it is a higher resolution at a pretty impressive frame rate. Of course we will have to see if it actually delivers on this front, but 6k 60p raw under $4000 is kind of groundbreaking.
@@ISunnyChicken plus the higher frame rates on the G2 keep cropping the sensor as they increase in fps. Unless I missed something I don't think that's the case on the ZCAM.
Having an 8k camera doesn't mean you have to deliver the output to 8k. It means you future proof your setup and give room to play especially for adding special effects. Don't be daft. And its not an everyday camera its a cinema camera.
I’m very excited for this but was really hoping that the new Full Frame 6K and 8K models coming out would’ve had a Global Shutter option instead of just Rolling Shutter. It would have been ALMOST the perfect cameras. and if they added an internal ND’s It would be perfect. and let’s not forget how intuitive the small built in screen on top of the camera is. Ease of use is what makes Arri and Blackmagic also very popular, also their accessibility to US retailers such as B&H Photo & Adorama. Definitely gives you confidence. Unlike Kinefinity unfortunately. I almost purchased the Mavo LF but was too concerned about spending all that money towards it with lack of reliability and places to purchase. though the color science and the images it produces are really amazing.
Customer service for Z Cam is really bad, Did try their E1 camera broke after 5 months of purchase with just a few uses, could not find a customer support number in the USA to call, email them a few times, responded once, but never supported their product.
OMC Productions sorry to hear that. This is not usual as myself and plenty of other users have had nothing but amazing support from them. This is a small company so don’t expect them to open field offices everywhere, but they interact with their customers daily on their facebook group, respond to emails and PM almost immediately
@@OlivierOzoux Thanks for your comment! I don't expect companies have field offices everywhere, but at least point to a location where they can give all their customers support. All I got from them was a recommendation to purchase a new battery "Which I did a battery and a charger" because the unit stopped powering up and did not charge the battery (DC Port stopped working).
Lol! I understand where ya coming from..it seems like he was very curious to know more on the camera, and was blown away on a few key points the interviewee made..
so Excited about this!!!! And: Anybody who just got interested: check out their Facebook site / group and their Reddit. Kinson himself (CEO btw) and some other Zcam employees are very active there. So You'll get lots of information and insider previews there ;) Cheers!!!
Great but not for raw. Why are they making their own raw format? Will it be as edit friendly as prores Raw or Blackmagic Raw? I don't think so. Apple and Blackmagic spent years to develop these formats so it has to be difficult and expensive to do. Plus, we will have to wait forever to see this format becoming supported in Premiere, Davinci and Final Cut... We will have to convert every single video to an other format for being able to edit it, it will be the most time consuming and frustrating thing... Zcam had everything right but not for this decision. They better be implementing Prores Raw and/or Blackmagic Raw in their cameras, the latter being totally free and open source.
@@benjaminschmitt2716 www.reddit.com/r/zcame2/comments/b5n1jv/zcam_e2_raw_31_coming_in_april_here_is_an/ Why the Mac version will not be have noise reduction? There will be an Adobe and FCPX plugin but what about Davinci Resolve? I think a raw format need to be used in Davinci Resolve for grading because it is the best software to for this and the most widely used, so why not supporting it? And last but not least you talking about a converter, but what will it do? Transcode the videos? Because if you have to wait 1 hour or more looking at a loading screen waiting for a conversion it will be a serious problem in the workflow of a lot of people. The raw format must be editable by any software straight out of camera, if not a lot of people won't buy the cameras just because of these workflow issues. And you were talking about cineform being an opensource format but blackmagic claimed their format is open source too and opened to anyone who wants to implement it in their cameras.
This shows how much big camera companies hold off because they want to protect their lineup.
Mubeen Ahmed Yes it does. It’s enough to puss you off.
Best comment !!!!
It is also possible to sell 8K TV at less than $2000 at this point. But the industry just wants to milk our money over time.
ZCam is amazing! Such a great history & their new cameras look so incredible! 6k RAW for $4000??? AND I cam use my phone as a monitor?! Take my money. I cant wait to see the image quality.
But wait... it also has WiFi and you can take full control over the camera settings with it o.O
They are doing exactly what I had hoped they would. Great price, form factor, codecs and sensor size at 14 stops.
Gearie Bowman I feel like black magic was one of the first companies to do something like this
Been using the ZCam E2 for 2 months now.. It's an amazing camera. Moreover, the community support from the company is something which you will never get from any other brands like Canon, Nikon.. Even BMD!
How's the autofocus on the E2? I've been looking for information on it and can't seem to find very much. I do a lot of run and gun shooting so autofocus is pretty important for me.
ZCAM is amazing, if you follow their facebook group you'll see how much feedback is important to them and how much they listen. Other companies should envy their customer relationship. Amazing firmware updates back to back. They're here to stay
8:13 BOMB DROPPED > you can use an Ipad as a hardwired external monitor. Seriously, this is huge. You can pick up a cheap ipad or iphone as a monitor? That's awesome.
or just get a proper monitor with tools?
It supports iphone AND external monitor, the iphone can run the camera control app.
@@allenpayne9182 not many proper monitors with as high resolution though. Would also be fairly straightforward to bake in LUT support.
Is not only a display, on the cellphone the menu and all settings can be controlled and is great as seen in other reviews.
But why shitty iPhones and iPads and not Android, to control the camera?
I gotta hand it to Zcam: they have some pretty clear, to-the-point model numbers
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also me: good morning.
Andrew Montoya this just destroyed me
$3995 that sounds really good .
Affordable cinema cameras are truly here to stay .
now 2995!
@@AllThingsKen Wait the S6 is $2995?
@@BlackWarriorLures yes it is only 3k and you can get it for 2500 if you preorder with $500 down. That $500 off rebate ends this month though
@@AllThingsKen obviously those prices are possible thanks to the cheap labour ... almost at the edge of slavery
@@politicaattacco2345 lol
What sold me into the Z Cam brand is the strong community between the developers and the creatives
The Z Cam RAW needs to have an open API for software devs!
@JTEK For the end user, more implementation of the their codec in more software.
@JTEK a lot... and if the do this a lot of people will jump on board
Z Cam S35 6K with MFT mount is quite tempting, might wait for these to go on sale
8K recoding internally in HEVC? It seems to be dope af.
Cameras aimed at indie filmmakers... Z Cam you have my attention
They are killing it :)
A slap in the face of Canon
Not very smart, especially with all those EF lens out there...
I'm in the market for a video camera, and the 4k version alone (now prores approved by apple) is very appealing..
Can you use optical image stabilization thru the lens?
Can’t wait to get my hands on one!
compressed raw... impressive! I presume they haven't had a letter from Red's lawyers yet.
Cineform :) - Open source!
I'm interested in that Global Shutter camera he mentioned. The E2G I think he said?
Yup, that's the one!
These will be amazing for gimbal work
just added to my wishlist on BH site when apple prores is a thing with this I am onboard
I'm very very interested in their new cameras over what Kinefinity has to offer. Especially since B&H carries them in the US unlike Kinefinity.
Did he say it's a new 4k coming out that will do 120fps or is he talking about updating the present 4k camera to 120fps??
The current shipping ZCAM E2 will do 120 in 4k, they are still working out the specs for the new super 35 and FF ones.
@@MrRay645 gotcha ✌🏽
I still have my e1 zcam. I trust the brand, hopefully they see this comment and want to work with me 🤙🏼💪🏼❤️
I'm currently filming with BlackMagic Cinema Micro (yes, FullHD, not 4K), with hooked up Inquisition prototype to control it, but Z-Cam E2G is tempting
I wonder how this will stack up against the BM G2. This is all super exciting, but haven't seen too much about the company at all. Z Cam vs all the other "budget" cinema cameras is going to be a tight race imo when it comes to image, specs, customer service/loyalty, build-ability, etc. Etc. Can't wait to see more more coverage and footage.
DITLONAY I’ve had my original E2 since September, and it’s an amazing camera. 4K/120fps from the very beginning and a constant stream of firmware improvements every few months. Other thing to note is the color handling of their ZLOG2 mode is amazing, and holds up very well in side by side usage with an Alexa
After all these competition even BM G2 is sounding over priced, does'nt it? We have come a long way. I am really happy! :D
G2 has a better image. Just Google cinematic footage from both camera. But the g2 just weights too much for traveling.
@@shane6269 what do you think about cams liks the Kinefinity Mavo or Terra? Those seem pretty crazy as well
@@ditlonay Bloom has some great videos on those cameras. But I'm always been a fan of the crazy underdog. Really, everything depends on your gig. Will you have lighting and time or are you run and gun. Inside, Outside? Upside down? 😜
Im in Love with this Camera, I think this camera can Rival against Arri and Red. Quality and Price Wise.
What is the sensor readout speed? (How bad is the rolling shutter?)
The rolling shutter is bad on the E2. But they also have a Global shutter version called the E2GS - but not with 120fps.
I hope Z Cam and BMD don't get hit by RED and their stupid all encompassing patent.
They will have to. RED owns the patents for compressed RAW.
Blackmagic already has.
Not necessarily. RAW has come to be a marketing term for a lot of very different approaches to intermediate recording codecs. So while RED has solid patents, they may not be applicable based on where on the process that sensor data is stored and compressed ( before de-bayeeing, after, Integer float or half-float color values, per photo site electrical values, ... )
@@tonylorentzen They may be able to circumvent the patent by the way they code the compression.
They won't, zCam is using an Open Source Raw format based on Cineform. The Raw launching soon will be 3:1 Raw. You can read more Details on reddit: www.reddit.com/r/zcame2
Interesting. I wonder how MFT lenses will fare on that Super 35 sensor.
That mount is primarily to use speedboosters and get full frame field of view. We requested this in the z cam facebook group and they obliged. Amazing company.
What??? This is MFT mount? Amazing!
They should license BRAW for their cameras instead of having another codec. I guess you could use BlackMagic's new recorder as a viewer and potential RAW capture in the future.
The one thing that bothers me about this camera is the lack of frame rate speeds. I'd like 120fps option. Something similar to RED in terms of FPS options. Blackmagic Pocket 6K can record directly to USB-C which is also much better and affordable than CFAST cards. Even recording directly to an M.2 SSD would be amazing because of the speed of those drives you could probably get 8K 120+ fps!
BRAW is not raw. Did you watch the video?
only works on iOS?
Has an android app. But it isnt as good as the ios app.
It's affordable but an Ursa mini pro g2 is 5.999, so two thousand more and you get DaVinci software a big touch LCD and till now a bit more of reliability in company history. Nikon con output raw and probably also the next sony will. It's great news and I like the small body but the price isn't groundbreaking like the Cinema pocket. They should try and dl sell it for 2999.
This out specs the ursa mini g2. He said it S6 would do 6k 60p and 4k 100p. The ursa mini is 4.6k. Yes this is bare bones and you'll need to kit it out with monitors and such, but it is a higher resolution at a pretty impressive frame rate. Of course we will have to see if it actually delivers on this front, but 6k 60p raw under $4000 is kind of groundbreaking.
@@ISunnyChicken plus the higher frame rates on the G2 keep cropping the sensor as they increase in fps. Unless I missed something I don't think that's the case on the ZCAM.
If I have to choose between Z Cam, BMD or Kinefinity. Its gonna be happy moment. Not stressfull moment. Love these rebellious brands..
are there any tvs that can handle 8k?
Having an 8k camera doesn't mean you have to deliver the output to 8k. It means you future proof your setup and give room to play especially for adding special effects. Don't be daft. And its not an everyday camera its a cinema camera.
@+/-8:12. Connect an iOS device as monitor. Hard wired.
I have the ZCam E2 and I use my iPhone as a monitor wirelessly.
his watch is covering the other leather band why is that bothering me Still liked the interview and love Zcam
good.
Do 1000fps 4K for $5000 Aud and I’m in!
New RAW？But what about software support？I think include Blackmagic RAW or ProRes RAW would be much better.
爱科技iTech they’ll get in 2028, if they continue making cameras. Hasn’t BMD been around for 8 years or so? 🤷♂️
I’m very excited for this but was really hoping that the new Full Frame 6K and 8K models coming out would’ve had a Global Shutter option instead of just Rolling Shutter. It would have been ALMOST the perfect cameras. and if they added an internal ND’s It would be perfect. and let’s not forget how intuitive the small built in screen on top of the camera is. Ease of use is what makes Arri and Blackmagic also very popular, also their accessibility to US retailers such as B&H Photo & Adorama. Definitely gives you confidence. Unlike Kinefinity unfortunately. I almost purchased the Mavo LF but was too concerned about spending all that money towards it with lack of reliability and places to purchase. though the color science and the images it produces are really amazing.
they're working on adding electronic-ND to their upcoming lineup.
@PRIVATE They've said the body will be 10mm longer, but that's it.
Color depth ?? 12 bit ? 10 bit ?
i think 10bit.
Wow
sweet
Customer service for Z Cam is really bad, Did try their E1 camera broke after 5 months of purchase with just a few uses, could not find a customer support number in the USA to call, email them a few times, responded once, but never supported their product.
OMC Productions sorry to hear that. This is not usual as myself and plenty of other users have had nothing but amazing support from them. This is a small company so don’t expect them to open field offices everywhere, but they interact with their customers daily on their facebook group, respond to emails and PM almost immediately
@@OlivierOzoux Thanks for your comment! I don't expect companies have field offices everywhere, but at least point to a location where they can give all their customers support. All I got from them was a recommendation to purchase a new battery "Which I did a battery and a charger" because the unit stopped powering up and did not charge the battery (DC Port stopped working).
OMC Productions ah you are talking about the E1, not the E2 . Still, support is support
I want it in Sony E mount!
Good News ......
Can the interviewer be a lil more polite? Hmm
Lol! I understand where ya coming from..it seems like he was very curious to know more on the camera, and was blown away on a few key points the interviewee made..
what they hell did he do? Do you even watch this channel?
Dennis Vanderben what are you talking about???
so Excited about this!!!! And: Anybody who just got interested: check out their Facebook site / group and their Reddit. Kinson himself (CEO btw) and some other Zcam employees are very active there. So You'll get lots of information and insider previews there ;) Cheers!!!
Why 6k? The best films were on 35mm - or 720p.
RED are shiting bricks.
the ghost of the awful z1 and how they just dumped customers will haunt them forever.
Ok, this all sounds great but there's lots of "future talk" in here. Flying cars are just around the corner. Let talk about what you can buy.
for the love of god its Zcam no Zedcam
British people and the majority of world would disagree 😉
he sound like typical South East Asian ..I bet he from Singapore
Why does that matter. ?
Hong Kong actually
Kinson doesn’t understand what question is asking.
Great but not for raw. Why are they making their own raw format? Will it be as edit friendly as prores Raw or Blackmagic Raw? I don't think so. Apple and Blackmagic spent years to develop these formats so it has to be difficult and expensive to do. Plus, we will have to wait forever to see this format becoming supported in Premiere, Davinci and Final Cut... We will have to convert every single video to an other format for being able to edit it, it will be the most time consuming and frustrating thing... Zcam had everything right but not for this decision. They better be implementing Prores Raw and/or Blackmagic Raw in their cameras, the latter being totally free and open source.
The raw is great - it is based on Cineform Raw a open source Raw format :) - read up about it on the e2 Reddit
@@benjaminschmitt2716 www.reddit.com/r/zcame2/comments/b5n1jv/zcam_e2_raw_31_coming_in_april_here_is_an/
Why the Mac version will not be have noise reduction? There will be an Adobe and FCPX plugin but what about Davinci Resolve? I think a raw format need to be used in Davinci Resolve for grading because it is the best software to for this and the most widely used, so why not supporting it? And last but not least you talking about a converter, but what will it do? Transcode the videos? Because if you have to wait 1 hour or more looking at a loading screen waiting for a conversion it will be a serious problem in the workflow of a lot of people. The raw format must be editable by any software straight out of camera, if not a lot of people won't buy the cameras just because of these workflow issues. And you were talking about cineform being an opensource format but blackmagic claimed their format is open source too and opened to anyone who wants to implement it in their cameras.