BMPCC 6K PRO After 6 Months | Full Review 

Okay, let's be honest. Did you notice I was wearing my T-shirt inside out?

Man, your lighting, focus, and color grading is all on point here; I trust a camera review a lot more when it's clear you know how to use a camera! Just in case you're still wondering, the word you were looking for was "input."

Ok, this is a fantastic review- simple and straightforward honest, but there‘s one thing I didn‘t quite like. And that is I don‘t think you asked permission from the cow before you took his picture. Apart from that everything‘s cool with me.

Great stuff man, love to see you come back so strong after your break. Also, I've been using the 6K Pro for about 6 months now and I just realized, when you said it, that I can get the full sensor (uncropped) in ProRes on UHD and HD 😅 can't believe I hadn't figured that out by now

Every video, even the shorter ones, shows the commitment and passion you put into this art. I give you the most sincere compliments. The downside is you're making me damn want to buy a Blackmagic. You deserve a lot more following on this platform.

MINE ARRIVES TOMORROW!!!! I'm so excited! XD

Wishlist: To be able to use audio channel 2 as a safety track like 10db lower. Use as a webcam over USB-C. I love the 2 XLR's

Great review. Agreed on the IR pollution. My only other gripe is rolling shutter. Maybe it is just the type of work I've been doing this year, but that rolling shutter has made me reach for my G2 more often. SDI would be awesome.

Freelance videographer using a Panasonic G7 body for my kit. Most of my video work are interviews but this upgrade will give me more tools to get better at filming a variety of B-roll. Also another camera to throw around :D Started using anamorphic lens, needed a monitor to desqueeze and looking for an upgrade. Looking at reviews the BMPCC 6K has a lot of things I want: Anamorphic support Ports MFT Mount 120 FPS High Quality The look More video focus camera Only issues I can see is: Limited screen flip Power hungry Auto focus (But I've slowly been switching to manual to improve) Purchasing extra products before use (But that will be with any new camera)

You got a new follower for your end(with sad music ) caption…This made my day 😆 Thanks for this review , really helpfull I just bought my 6K pro and I’m really excited to produce the best footage in the world back on my French Caribean Island /Guadeloupe.💪🏾

Your videos always inspire us! Very good one actually. Super informative. Didn’t know you had the EOSR (that was my previous one) I must say that the bmpcc 6K pro has been the best camera I’ve tried so far. I made a good decision changing and I don’t regret it. Just the fact of having that image quality, those ports, the internal NDs, all those codecs and that screen for that prices is incredible. I still find the battery life poor. Maybe because, I never had the 4K; or had a canon before, or maybe because I made the mistake of buying a couple of third parties batteries. For the 3 wishes: 1. I would like to be able to see the percentage remaining in the battery (so far we see the voltage and….) 2. Agree with you about the card slot and 3. I would like to see in future models a different form factor (maybe more like a cube) THANK YOU 🙏

Is good to have a place to film. You minimize the friction on doing and makes all the process more simple and easy. And, probably, will put another part of yourself in this videos. It's cool, we can watch the development happening. Great work yooo!

Thanks for the thoughtful video. Btw I think the simple studio set up works very well and is a very elegant and minimalist solution to show a tungsten practical in the back ground with “daylight” key. Very cinematic! As for the camera all agreed and for personal projects it’s great. I spent the last two years using the 4K on commercial work by the production companies request and since it all ends up on the web it makes sense. Also never a problem setting up a multi camera shoot as everyone has one. Of course the image is amazing and the 6k still seems to have so much detail and clarity compared to c70 and fx6 but absolutely the blacks really suffer. I just don’t understand how bm have taken all that trouble to get such an amazing picture and allow the most basic and obvious issue of IR pollution to kill it. An IR filter is absolutely essential. That said the 6k needs an entire redesign as unless it’s used stripped down, it’s flaws become embarrassingly obvious when doing “professional” work across use cases specifically regarding integration. A more modular camera design makes the camera so much more adaptable. Shoulder rig, gimbal, car mount, drone?? It’s not a camera that can go to the “next level” or even pretends to whereas a Komodo or fx6 at least try and as a result have ecosystems built around them. Of course the price makes it a no brainer and it can be very low profile when it needs to be but there has to be a better way forward and given the price drop of the 12k I get the feeling that anything is possible if bm had the intention. On so many levels given their interest in studio remote set ups a brain first camera makes sense. By time the camera is rigged up with accessories it becomes expensive and unattractive. It dictates a shooting style rather than inspires a range. For the work you have posted It seems perfect but I would be interested to know what you’re ambition is? If it’s a life style/travel style content creator then I guess it makes sense so stay as low profile as possible but you seem very talented and I would imagine that your ambitions might make you think of other more expanded set ups rigs and cameras. I’d be interested to know. Meanwhile Thanks again for the excellent content and keep on keeping on!

Loved this review Sjoerd! Really glad I stumbled on your channel!

You can use the SD card Slot on the camera, need fast SD cards to record 6K There is a timelapse mode in the camera and it is automatic There is 8K very thin HDMI cables

Super chill review! Really like the "conversational" style

You're the only one that has caught on to the incredible stills this camera takes. The dynamic range is mind-blowing. I was hoping it could be my little secret... but glad others are putting it to good use 😜

Refreshing to hear your take on having a minimal set up. Seems like everyone with a 6k pro is rigging the hell out of it. I'm more interested o see if this model can be used slimmed down in the field - which it looks like it does!

Wishlist for Black Magic in next generation Pocket Camera 1. Support for a M.2 NVME SSD to be mountable inside a panel on the camera 2. Fix IR issue 3. Better USB port... and another USB interface

Ok, there you have some ideas for next BMPCC wishlist. No crop, 4k downscaled to hd in the camera in raw. Eye autofocus, cube form factor like Komodo, and last but not least SSD slot like old BM production camera or maybe M2 hard drive slot. Modular design to can add V lock or other modules.

Love the honest and direct approach in your videos man, congrats. I bought the 4K a few months ago, mostly due to price and a more convenient mount to adapt any lens. Do you think there is a HUGE difference between the 6K and 4k? I'm stoked with the images I'm getting btw!

My Wish List 1. Better Internal Pre Amps 2. Sdi 3. Boxier Body Style

Wishlist for Black Magic Mini Ursa with 65mm sensor and please upgrade the bmpcc 4K with ND filters and a sony battery

Great video, beautiful images and very useful review !!!

Only cam u need! Hands down! Its all glass after that

Blackmagic wishlist 1. Make the body a cube like the Komodo so it's easy to build out 2. Faster sensor read out / less rolling shutter

I would love to see them do a cube form factor cinema camera like the Z cam or Red Komodo. if they released a new Black Magic Micro cinema camera, with the quality of the 6k pro, id be super excited. maybe with an RF mount. but im happy with EF or PL. i love my 6k pro though, blew me away with the image quality

All I want is SDI out, Dual recording/ shooting proxies and no crop on the 4K DCI mode. That would make this camera perfect

good man. helpful. just got the camera and am looking to get educated. appreciate you!

I'd love to have more then 2 audio layers. Having multiple wireless mics and still have internal audio would be great. I'm not sure if i'd trade the second mini-xlr for sdi, but that's just not my use-case (yet).

Your footage is gorgeous man! Great work. Got me wanting to sell my Sony kit lol

Great review. My wish list: 1. Allow one of the ports to be lanc compatible. Or make an accessory remote for the usb c port. With the DJI RS2 you can trigger record, pull focus and more. 2. Make the auto focus and auto exposure assignable. 3. As the camera has horizon level check, it means it must have a built in gyro. If the data from the gyro could be recorded and later used in post to stabilise the footages. 4. Ability to manually switch between viewfinder and lcd screen. 5. Timecode drift. If you don't use the camera for a week, the timecode drifts. 6. Add wifi for remote app with live view. 7. Add numerical values to the LCD calibration menu. 8. Add a +/_ icon on menus with sliders. 9. Improve signal noise in shadow areas. 10. As it has dual iso technology, why not use that for an HDR option Apart from (6), I believe the rest is software based and can be implemented by a firmware update. I'm not an engineer in no way, but if someone could hack the camera like they did with magic lantern, we could eventually see some real magic (black or white, who cares).

A box style cam with a flip screen on top would be nice.

Super review, thanks! My wishlist: LANC input port!!!! It would be SO useful when filming macro or wildlife on tripod with long lenses.

Like the setup!

I would like to see an SSD Mag option to mount via USB-C port, and it could sit directly behind the flip screen monitor. Tilta did this with the 6K, and it's by far my favorite upgrade to any camera system I've done. I also wish the flip screen would rise up when tilted, instead of lowering down, that would allow you to keep your monitor higher as you tilt it, instead of it going lower. Again, Tilta did this right with the flip-screen upgrade to the original 6K.

Great video, totally agree with your wishlist. Even if our wishes are not implemented yet, i'm very certain that i'll get this thing asap.

thinking about getting one soon! It will definitely be an upgrade and my first cinema camera!

Great video, there's always improvement on soft but the main thing for me is Global Shutter and RF mount with adapter EF because RF can use converter to PL or any lens really aswell focal reducer!!. For the red contamination, I did the second version of OLPF Rawlite and I loved easy to install and fixed all that on my B6k.

This man loves planets for some reason lol

Hello Sjoerd, been watching a lot of your videos and after subscribing, I can say without a doubt that you're the authority on Black magic. I would love if you can give me insight on how you handle storage..with back up and all and why you don't shoot on an ssd..would also want to know the kind of system requirement I would need in a real life scenario to edit braw footages...I'm this close to buying this camera..

I made a stills preset! In that preset I changed the formatting to be fractions and then you can use photography numbers instead of degrees and it works like a slow SLR with no way to preview the images. But they look great!

Great review! I really like the new setup.

A response from BM, so nothing new I guess but still I consider 60p image more pleasing even after speeding up... It might be the shutter speed. ------------------------------------ When you switch from 24p to 60p the camera does a temporary reboot to switch the frame rate, it will only change your frame rate and shutter speed. If you use the 180º shutter angle rule this equates to 1/48 at 24p and 1/120 at 60p. In the UK and Europe the frequency of our mains electricity is 50Hz, when shooting at 60p in this frequency you may find you see banding in the images, this is because of the mismatch in the lighting frequency (50Hz) and frame rate (60Hz/p). If you shoot at 50p in the UK and Europe the lighting frequency should match the frame rate. At 24p 1/48 shutter speed, which is used for modern day cinema, the recorded images produce a more cinematic and blurred look due to the slightly lower frame rate and longer shutter speed. At 60p with 1/120 you will see clearer more crisp images that are more commonly used for live television and sport, the shutter speed is shorter due to the increased frame rate.

Honestly I'm about to go back to my minimalist setup cuz right now I'm using a v mount battery with a Gimbal and a screen on top and for some reason I feel hindered when it comes to my shots. I feel more creative When there's less

Great review., want to buy this

I like this guy. but the way, I added a belt V mount clip to my minimalist setup. Just strap on a little nano2 battery to my waist. I made a short 2 pin power cord from the camera to the base. then I just plug and unplug from my waist.. instead of having to cart around the battery on the body cage. good deal brother. keep shooting the goodness

Great content as always. And of course Blackmagic is watching your video !

I wish for a better boxy shape, a better boxy shape and a better boxy shape. It would look so much better and easier to rig from minimalist to heavy rigs, plus the ease to fly it on a gimbal. Plus an internal IR filter and a faster sensor readout, also a slightly bigger super 35 sensor would be great! Then the SDI output and an extended ND range would make this camera almost perfect.

The inplugs are AMAZING 🤩

the higher power consumption of the BMPCC compared to other cameras is due to the signal processing chip. FPGA (BMD) vs. ASICS (mirrorless)

Thanks for the vid! I'm a P4K user and I love BMD and Braw. But I'm not sure about buying 6k pro. I'm confident, that the day I buy it, they will release something like 8k full frame with Komodoish form factor)

Hey, really nice video, love the setup, lighting, animations and humor! What lens are you using there (the 35mm manual lens)?

Really good. Loved the point about the timelapses. I have the P4K and used that feature once before going back to my Sony for time lapses...

Hey… I watched a lot of videos about this camera… yours made me pull the trigger and buy it. Good job. Question: have you found any underwater housing for it? Affordable ? Thanks for video.

All I want is better/smarter "continuous auto focus" - so I don't need to worry about focus.

0:30 what's the name of the song?

Great video as always mate!

Thanks for the review. What mount and top handle do you use? And what’s the bar you have mounted underneath?

The content you upload is super inspiring!🙏 I am planning on purchasing bmpcc 6k pro but I am a bit concerned for going manual focus system since that is something I haven’t done too much. How is with black magic and do you have some tips to share that could help?

What do say regarding Celab Pike's (DSLR Video shooter) complains about holding and focusing issue with BMPCC 6 Pro please?

I hr on that tiny batteries it actually Amazing! a massive gold mount battery only last about 45min on my Arri Alexa.

Great video, man. Thanks for the rundown.

I love your video and your camera :3

Some very beautiful shots in the My Meditation video. What is the name of the small plate you mount to the bottom to hold the rails?

Hi, you didn't talk about the constant stabilization in post? I just got one and it is tough to have to deal with stabilization after using a sony A7S3 with ibs and active mode stabilizing. Thanks

Great video! I have had mine like a month. Agree big time on time lapse shutter speed. What if they had a plug module that could swap kinda how the insta 360 is kinda modular. But with sdi option, etc. cheers

I really want to buy a black magic for myself, I've used it in some productions, and I found it fantastic to work with it.

Hi Sjoerd, do you have link of your seamless focus gear ring on Sigma 18-35?

Hello Sjoerd, great shots and review, thanks! BTW - is there a dead pixel in the two night shots around 0:56 (lower left)? Or some noise artifact?

In my opinion, BlackMagic needs to work on better image stabilization; sometimes I just want to shoot a clip handheld, maybe close to the ground and I don't want to handle a big setup. Besides that, it would be great with a better low-light performance

Does BM have a build in IR with a slope for each ND so that 1 IR cut filter works on all Nd settings? Can we use the IR even if we don’t use an ND and which brand? Got a 18-35 sigma art ef

Do you have a list of your minimalist rig setup for the 6k pro? How secure is screwing the handle directly to the top of camera? Will the thread be strong enough to hold? Thanks.

Are there any anamorphic lenses compatible with this camera mount? Please advice.

SD card is quite useful to have additional storage, not to film in BRAW but works with ProRes422. I use with the BMCCP4K to do b-rolls. Very great video !

The only thing I wish is a smaller camera body!! It’s a super camera but it doesn’t fit all the gimbals

First of all tnx for your all effort ! and here is the q : do u think this camera still worth to buy in 2023 ? did you feel major differents when you use fx6 ? tnx in advance

Hey man. Have you not seen the option for ‘Timelapse’ through the menus? It’s a pretty awesome way to set up time lapses.

love love love your videos!

I am about to buy a 6k Pro. So stoked! I wanted to ask... would you do a quick tutorial about how to use a follow focus handheld? Sometimes I wish I had three arms so I could hold the top handle, pull focus, and hold the camera steady. What is the best ergonomic way to use the 6k pro? Just a suggestion... Thanks!

Loved the way you've shared your views about BMPCC 6K PRO, I have a set of CP2 Lenses (PL Mount) would it be wise to use this camera using the EF to PL mount adapter.

Hey Sjoerd. Nice review, good job !! Here is my problem. I'm planning a world tour and I'm taking a camera with me. My gh5 crashed on the floor a couple month ago and I have a bmpcc4k. Took my Bmpcc4k to Iceland this summer. The image is insane but i'ts a nightmare to use, you know right 😂 I might change completely to a new system like the fx3 but the image coming from BM is insane for the price. Do you think it's doable to carry the 6Kpro all the time ? Can you rig it easily on a rs2 ? Cheers

I love the camera But I would love them to incorporate the cube form factor like the z cam and raptor or Komodo

Thanks for this review, which v-lock batteries do you use with the BMC 6K PRO, how do you connect it with the camera and transmitter, and how long does it last on your productions. Regards

amazing video and precious informations. I really like the way you explain every little detail. I might have missed something probably but here is something that it is not clear to me. Leica R lenses, like the one I've noticed in this video, don't need any adaptor on BMCC 6K? youunnoticeable I

Nice review man ! can someone please tell me the song name playing at the sample footage ?

Nice dude. Like the BM ....still kinda dislike the form factor (even wider than my GH5), I prefer the box style camera.

Hi Very interesting video. The idea about SD card is really good - 2 questions about your gear - When you are on the bridge, what 35mm lens is it ? And what smallrig rig plate under your camera ? Do you have the links for configuration ? - Personnally I would like tou buy the 6K version, Pro a little bit too expensive for my budget - Thanks a lot

I want to get a Hollywood BlackMagic filter on this camera, do I need to add a matte box on top of it?

I'm not sure if anyone else here has ran into this or if it's just certain ones that do this, but I've found that the screen is inaccurate in terms of exposure. If you solely rely on the screen for judging exposure and not look at the histogram the footage comes out about 1 stop under exposed when you bring the footage into Resolve. Has anyone else ran into this? I've literally ran into one other person that had this issue. Other than that I LOVE this camera.

Good review. Do you use the top handle without a cage?

Be nice if they could change it to a RF mount so with an adapter you can have a full frame and better low light

Let's be honest about one thing. Black Magic hasn't worked out their power consumption issues. The battery life on the 6K Pro is terrible. If you're shooting narrative or docu, external batteries are a must. Plus, those little batteries take FOREVER to charge.

He Sjoerd, goede review man. Zorgt zo'n IR cut filter niet voor andere colorshifts waar je rekening mee moet houden? En is het mogelijk om eventueel nog een promist filter voor de IR filter te plaatsen in een mattebox zonder dat het van negatieve invloed is op je beelden?

I’m buying the 6k pro now and I was wondering if it was truly necessary to rig it up loosing that for what this camera was built of… Being a traveler friendly equipment. Thank you for your Honest review. I’ll keep it simple and see if it’s necessary.

I can't understand why blackmagic don't combined ir cut filter on nd6 filter...

thanks for the informative video. i'm thinking of getting the BMPCC 6K PRO to film surfing with a telephoto 400mm lens. any recommendations? i haven't found any surfing specific information on youtube. maybe you could do one i bet there would be a lot of interest. is autofocus important when filming surfing with a telephoto?

Great video thanks

I wish for better rolling shutter and accelerometer data to be recorded along the BRAW for fast and perfect looking stabilization in davinci resolve like the sony a7 s3 is able to do. Also auto focus is something a lot of people wish for so maybe that too.

Thanks for this assessment Sjoerd. I am soooo close to pulling the trigger on the pro. As an editor, I often need to stabilize footage - and am concerned that shooting with no ibis makes for a risk a poor stabilization in post. With the Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 that I basically feel obliged to buy - would I need to use it on the RS to 'run and gun'? Or would you recommend a stabilized 2.8 type of lens - and the 18-35 on sticks for locked off shots? Also, I am in the camp where I like having the on board audio - 2 lavs and a shotgun. (one man run and gun) Thanks for these videos, Rob