Are Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Cameras Good for Travel? 

Fascinating! The S5IIX I heard is awesome, must be that Braw then!

he’s a big reason I got my 6K in the first, it’s great for travel!

Nice mate! The 70d is definitely the OG, I went from my 650d to this haha. It'll be worth it, especially for other work related stuff too!

Thankyou boss!

That’d be a great combo!

All so true. Biggest problem with using these as a travel camera is that if you rig them. They gather way too much attention and people start asking questions, plus they’re just too big, 14 pro with cinematic mode is quite nice however, very convenient!

One great thing that has helped me to keep my P4K to a minimal, is for example using an articulating arm with a very bright Feelworld ext monitor attached that I can even mount at the bottom mount point (for low shots) or just ditching the ext monitor altogether and just brightening/intensifying my focus assist lines on the native monitor which I can see even around noon sun, and using one good NP-F 770 battery which will give me at least 2hours of continuous shooting. No cage necessary as I can use the top mounting point to anchor my NP-F battery. And that's it. Indoors my native monitor is easy to see, so I rarely need the Feelworld and I can act like I'm using a photo camera. Also 4k footage is a lot easier on storage. A 250GB CFast will fill up very slowly compared to 6K footage and using my false color function to maintain detail in the shadows like on the 6K, while protecting the highlights, I can achieve the same quality of range in both the highlights and shadows ( admittedly I didn't think that was possible at first) then you add a good wide lens with ibis, and a camera strap and there you go. Hardly any rigging necessary on the P4K. It took me a while to find this setup but once I did, never needed to do it any other way. I also use a zhiyun gimbal at times and use its native focus wheel which works very well with electronic lenses so no ext focus rig needed. And my external monitor can be rigged onto the Weebill-S' side mounting point and I use one battery to power both the P4K and the external monitor and I still get 2 hours at least of shooting time. So as a travel camera, can the P4K be a good camera, for the most part yes, but knowing how to work with it well will make all of the difference. Unlike it's bigger 6K Pro counterpart of G2, you will have to think about keeping everything to a minimal, and using focus assist very well and the false colors tool. Also knowing your ISO's well will also prove very beneficial. Hope this helps for P4K & P6K (1st gen) users.

Cheers! I’ve never noticed any issues with rolling shutter, but I tend to not do any crazy movement when panning left and right

The S5 is awesome, great camera and smaller for travel. Low light I’ve had no problems with, just need to dial in the right settings, stabilisation is the biggest drawback though

Yeah 100% the fold out screen came in clutch shooting from the hip, it’s well worth it I must say!

Stay with the 4k bro

Thankyou! Truth is if you watch all my Videos they’ve all been shot or 90% at least on my 6K Pro, and I don’t use a gimbal all handheld. Breathing is a huge factor I always deeply breathe in before doing slow pans and it makes a big difference, that plus testing out Gyro + perspective stabilisation and see which performs better is huge too. Keep the camera close to your body, practice, shooting in HFR also helps a lot if it’s necessary for shot.

​ @DesignedbyKirk Thank you so much for taking the time to share these insightful tips. I highly appreciate it and will be sure to implement them! 🙏

Absolutely, I love the camera, and not a fan on spending more than I need, in this case, if you were JUST getting a travel camera, I'd probably look elsewhere

I don't use luts, but i've got a few BTS videos on my channel with my 6K pro that are worth watching :)

No I haven't sorry, I don't own an S5II

great idea!

Yeah totally agree, despite the size, I think the 6K pro is the closest of the four to a mirrorless experience

100% those CFAST cards are so helpful! Much better and more secure then having the ssd on the outside

Not quite, it's the full slide

Handheld and in post

And yes, about 1 hour

i use t7 shield and it works with no problems

@@Sundirre which cable do you use?

@@ashketchup1093 the original cable i got w disk

Yeah the T7 shield works fine, just too bulky for me on a travel setup, but fine for at home or for work

Sure do Blackmagic Gen 5 colour lut from the camera for that one

Shoot with a high aperture

@@DesignedbyKirk Is there any need to buy any special lens for this?

Price is good, but if you want convenient camera features for travel, it may not be the best camera for your needs

@@DesignedbyKirk thanks, is what i was thinking too. Nothing Auto, too big 😅

In the end I think it comes down to what you’d like to do with the camera and accepting the fact that the camera isn’t easy to use like others. I’d really consider the LUMIX S5ii as a beginning camera, its fantastic

Mine is still working great, no problems, but be cautious in the wet!

power battery lie is a