I'll have to get back to you with the songs - I'll need to dig the original files out. I should really keep a log of them. The mic is a Zoom H4n pro. Some times it's linked to a cheap lapel mic and other times I just talk straight into it.
Cheers much you've got great tips that are easy to understand plus implement 😊 For me I feel like your videos could use a stronger light source, as they kinda strain my eyes a bit
Thanks for the feedback. The light is plenty bright and exposure is checked using false colour. The highlights are pulled down in the grade to around 75/80 ire on the waveform, this might be what you're picking up on. This is done simply because I feel it gives a more "cinematic" look (it's done in a lot of films) However I'm always tweaking and chancing up the grade because i like to try different things, so it may look brighter in the future. It's all just a personal preference.
@ChristopherMichaelLaw yep Cheers much for your reply Be great to see what it's like a lot more natural and brighter Cheers much again I hope you have a great day Have a good one take care see you mate bye 👋 👍
Cheers so much 😊 Great tips and advice, I agree with them all ❤ However the filmic look also comes down to colour, white balance, lighting, panning speed, softness amount, and yes diffusion you reminded me of in the next video, layers ( including colours layered on top of each other, plus vintage lenses 😊❤
I would advise everyone against these kinds of mods. I was crazy enough to mod my previous 6k with the tilta mod and it was a terrible decision. This mod does looks amazing and I wish the OG design was closer to it but you might lose your camera in the process and trust me it's not a good feeling. Mine worked OK for 2 weeks and then the screen started having issues. Eventually the whole screen and the side buttons died. By the end the screen wouldn't even hold in place. It's not worth the risk.
I encountered the same issue at the 2023 Chicago Air and Water Show when my camera refused to turn on. I later suspected it was due to a power overload or self-protection mechanism, particularly as it occurred while I was attaching my Sigma 100-400 lens. This lens might occasionally draw excessive current from the camera, triggering it to shut off. Fortunately, the camera mysteriously came back to life after about 15 minutes, just as I was texting my friends to tell them it had died. I haven't experienced any similar problems since then, but the incident did raise some concerns about the camera's reliability.
Yeah, it can be scary when your camera doesn't want to turn on. It's probably one of the few areas that Blackmagic have struggled with in their cameras - reliability. Hopefully it's something they will get better with as they gain more experience, but to be fair it can effect any camera brand. Red didn't have the best reputation either.
Great video. There's a few discrepancies with my training that confuse me a bit if you wouldn't mind clarifying. You refer to "shutter speed" multiple times while talking about what I was taught as "shutter angle". Is it possible this is a cultural difference as I'm in the USA? Also, you were particular about the 23.976 video frame rate not being a true 24 but didn't discuss television/video being 29.97 and not a true 30. My training was also back in 2000 and 2001 so things might be different now
Great questions. I think whether you use shutter angle or shutter speed will depend on your education background. People coming from, or taught by people, with a motion film background will use angle. People coming from a stills film background will use shutter speed. Both are probably outdated terms as they refer to a physical mechanical shutter. Modern video cameras don’t have physical shutters anymore, with a few exceptions. A better term would be something like exposure time. I assume most viewers watching my videos are shooting with DSLRs, Hybrid mirrorless cameras where it’s more common to use the stills photography terminology. (but even that can be different between brands). Shutter angle is used in digital cinema cameras, although Sony still doesn’t always use it (fx30, fx3). I don’t know why I didn’t mention 30p not being a true 30fps. I may have had a good reason at the time, or simply forgot, I can’t remember. Most video cameras rounded 29.97fps to 30p in my experience so maybe I thought it wasn’t something people would encounter, in PAL land it’s not a frame rate we deal with much - and I’m happy about that.
I personally use an ssd if there is an option and never sd cards, if your route it the right way it never catches, it's a cinema camera so you shoot for a long time so an ssd and a v mount battery are no brainers, i shoot raw 4k and then you can do a lot more in edit
@@ChristopherMichaelLaw Aye, thanks i bought it today and stack my blackmist 1/4 and its amazing, i have 0 issues with vignette from lowest to highest settings
I’m considering buying one. Have an S5 ii x which can do BRAW external but needs a monitor and the rolling shutter is atrocious and can’t be corrected like BM can using gyro. How do you find the NDs in bright sunlight? Presumably even the 6 isn’t going to be enough stops if you’re shooting wide open. Do you find you still need to add an ND from time to time?
It’s 2024 and I absolutely love my BMPCC 4K. It’s a workhorse and it gets footage the clients love. Rig it out right, it outperforms my expectations all the time. Blackmagic for life 👊🏻
Hey Christopher, this is a really nice review ❤ I am considering to buy one, just wanted to know how are the keys holding up? Are they getting shiny overtime?
All good, no shine yet. It's probably had moderate use for typing since I made the video but I do a lot of editing and some shortcut keys get hammered time and time again. Still looks and acts fine.
Excellent overview and I quite like the aesthetics of the video as well. This is just the kind of keyboard I was looking for. I was drawn to the Nuphy V2, but I wanted a more mature, "classy" look.
Well, I have the BMPCC4K, and I could even buy the new "Cinema-6" and a set of L-Mount lenses, and I STILL won't sell my 4K. It's earned its place iin my inventory.
The problem is that all this YTers who got the unit for free are much to positive. I have one, but the app is useless. The audio is 0.4 second out of sync. And the monitor for a focus puller? A joke. Also you can't switch on the zebra and the focus assist the same time..... And that focus assist? Much to thin. Useless. So the M1 is a nice toy. Not more.
What color temp do you have your key light set to here? I'm deciding whether to buy a bi-color Amaran or a daylight, but all of the accent lighting indoors at my place are warmer lights, so I'm wondering what the best move would be
I have my key light set to 5600k daylight because I want the lights in the background to look yellow/orange. Some people will say this makes it look “lit” but Im not trying to trick people into thinking I’m not using a light, and everything is natural, so I don’t mind. However, I would 99% of the time recommend getting a bi-colour light if you can. It’s give you so much more flexibility in dialling in a look you want.
