BMPCC 6K PRO | one year later. Everything I've learned. 

This is the best long term "review" sort of video I have ever seen. Excellent work.

shirt changes deserves thousands of views alone hahaha great video, congrats!

A) How long did it take you to shoot this? 2) How many shirts do you own? C) Did you have each shirt laid out in order of take? 4) Have you consider downsizing your wardrobe so you can make videos faster? E) Nice camera 6) Great review of all you learned G) Would you recommend this over the new G2? 8) Would you recommend this for pure phot shooters or pure video shooters? I) Thanks for the different video take.

As someone who works with plastics often (3D printing and boutique keyboard design) Carbon Fiber Polycarbonate strikes me as a very nice choice for a lightweight but strong plastic. For longer than I've been alive we've used Glass Fiber Reinforced Nylon in power tools because its cheap and incredibly durable, the plastic used in the Pocket is just an upgrade on that. Polycarb is a bit more impact resistant than nylon, and the Carbon Fiber refers to the support lattice that reinforces the plastic. The downside to polycarbonate compared to nylon is that it scuffs much easier and is actually quite a soft plastic, hence why it is better at surviving impacts.

Simple and straight to the point. No filler, just the way I like it. Great job on the video man, much appreciated !

Thank you for getting right to the point without doing a bunch of lengthy intros and thank you for not playing music underneath the talking. I recently bailed on the fk in favor of the Nikon z6. I got tired of working around the camera’s quirks. Glad the 6k is working for you.

Literally the comprehensive review we all wanted and deserved. Thank you!

Brilliant. Super useful information here.

This is a great video., The kos informative I've seen and ive seen a few. Thank you for making this

Thanks for that absolutely excellent video. I'm thinking to get one and your video came along at the perfect time. A fellow photographer from the UK.

To dedicate that level to costume changes, my hat is off to you sir! Excellent breakdown of the 6K Pro here Christopher. I've been a Panasonic owner/Operator for the last couple of years but I've had a few projects where I've Blackmagic 6K Pro footage to edit into a project. The image is always fantastic but it's a lot of the ergonomics that let these cameras down. Thanks for posting, consider me subscribed 🙂

Thank you for the great experience review. About the rolling shutter. Turn the camera 90 degrees and the problem is solved if you can crop enough in.

Big-hearted man who is not afraid to change clothes constantly

Great content, keep these videos coming!

I’ll give it a miss because I’ve haven’t got He Man arms like you 😆 Excellent and very balanced overview from someone who’s actually used it and a great bit of kit that’s probably untouchable for its price range 👍 Cheers, Dave.

LOVE THIS! thanks man.

Good job. Thanks for your work!

Amazing guide! I was looking for the image of the back of the monitor just to see the ribbon because that was a concern of mine but I couldn't find it anywhere. thanks for that!

Great video! I'm a full time freelance videographer and use both Canon and Blackmagic. Earlier today I was filming with the BMPCC 6k Pro and the power adapter into the camera broke off when I unplugged it. This is indicative of my frustration with the Blackmagic cameras. They are incredible value for money, yet there are many small aspects like a robust power supply that is making me move more toward Canon. I just picked up my second Canon C70, and for me the main advantages over the Blackmagic are autofocus, ergonomics, waveform, dynamic range, Clog 2 editing workflow, programmable buttons, ports are easy to access, many useful buttons, works with aps-c and rf lenses while also providing full-frame functionality with 0.71 adapter. For me, the workflow and robust quality of the C70 make it feel like a worthy investment for professional environments, yet I appreciate that Blackmagic is able to offer such amazing image quality at such affordable prices.

amazing video loved it!!

Great stuff!

Great video. Thanks a lot

Hi Christopher, Great video (god amount of views!), with good feedback. Nice to hear a colleague's points of view. My settings don't disappear even if I remove the battery! As you know the camera doesn't have IBIS, so it depends, as you said, on the type of lens you use. Some, as you probably know, have stabilization, however, if you use a wide lens the handheld movements will be very soft. For example, I use only cinema lenses (Samyang) and when I work with the 14mm I can walk and it looks great! THe best solution for power for this camera is the Anton Bauer Tilton plate battery!!! Thanks, man

OH, nice idea to change your top for every number, haha! Happy to be part of your gang!

Great review!

My o My, I was not prepared for the secret tip in this video regarding dropped frames that gets resolved when you format the card twice. I have wondered why sometimes I get dropped frames for no reason intermittently. I will try the double-reformatting and see if that resolves my issues too. Apart from that, I agree with most of your points from personal experience

Excellent assessment. Thank you Christopher. One questions though; have you ever experienced any low frequency noise from the K6 Pro 'exhaust'/cooling on your audio tracks when using a cold-shoe mounted microphone ?

Great points my brother

great video... i love this camera greetings from Brazil

Started shooting with the 4K about 3 years ago and then when the 6K pro came out I upgraded to that as well. Yes, the camera has many limitations but once you rig it out and find a way to use it that works for you you quickly forget about all those limitations because that image is just so damn good.

Excellent guide, fashion choices, and the use of NO music.

Good video and clever changing your shirts for every point. I had the 6K and loved it but since I was mainly a one man band, I sold it and picked up the Sony FX3 and never looked back. I miss everything about the P6K but the AF on the FX3 is a dream and not having to over rig it for simple shoots. I hope the next Pocket is actually pocket and a square shape or smaller foot print and has some kind of AF like the Komodo at least. But when you are a single shooter, it was just a pain for me. IF you are doing Big films or have more time to focus and doing more set up shots. the P6K is amazing. Hope your channel grows. I was ALWAYS worried about my shot's being in focus and it eventually was too stressful, for me. Not worrying about focusing totally changed my way of filming and made me enjoy my work more even though the P6K has a "better" imagine. But most will not see the difference when posting on RU-vid or Social networks.

Number 20 made me laugh out loud. - Amazing video, love your shirts.

great video

Very helpful thanks. And that's 52 shirts and tops too.

You went all out on the wardrobe budget I see!

I love the shirt changes 🤣

Excellent job. Just waiting for mine to be delivered.

i love your humor :)) nice

Great review !!! Subbed

Nice play on the shirts. I’ve been thinking about purchasing this camera for like 2.5 years!

6:55 I've had this camera for about 2 weeks now... And I honestly didn't even notice that that button on the front even was there until you mentioned it :^)

Absolutely love my 6KPro. I STILL use my FS700 because damn, that slow mo, but this chunky 6KPro isn’t that bad against a FS700R.

great vid!

wow thanks!☺

Nice summary. Didn't YT do a lovely job of preserving the smooth gradation of the wall behind you :/

Format the cards twice to avoid dropping frames… got it!

I seriously can’t wait to get this camera

brilliant. Tks

Hi Christopher! Great Video. Could I ask you what power solution you are using with your 6k pro? I thought the battery plate for Sony batteries don't work with the 6k Pro as it doesn't deliver enough power? Thanks!!

This is the best reviewer ever

I took the port covers off! Glorious improvement!!!!!

@Christopher Michael Law - Funny character and nice delivery! Good information. I love my 6K Pro. As opposed to NP or V-mount I am currently trying out a 65W PD Power bank for power delivery ATM however, not out in the real world yet which seems to work great messing about at home. Keep up the good work!!

You can simply pull out ther port covers. If you need to return the camera or sell, you can snap them back in, by design. I bought 6K initially before I've upgraded to 6K Pro, I did that with the 6K camera, removed the port covers completely, then inserted them back before returning the camera and geting 6K Pro. Zero problems, port covers are in the camera box. In fact I bought this one used at B&H and I'm still thinking about switching to Sigma fp, so in case I decide to do that, port covers will go back in.

the fact you changed 50x im giving a thumbs up

I have owned the 4K for about two years now and just bought the 6K G2 a few days ago. So far, it's nice, but that tint setting throws me off. lol

Not everyone as 52 nice shirts to wear on on video. I comment you for not letting that hold you back. Great info thank you.

I love my 6KPro!!

#12 the new "gyro" stab in resolve removes almost all rolling shutter. discovered this by accident and I have no idea why more people arent talking about this. you cant use a speed booster or an IS lens, MUST shoot BRAW (the metadata is stored in BRAW), the camera needs the exact focal length (most primes feed this automatically). if you use a zoom, manually input the focal length youre using. obviously no gimble. I almost fell out of my chair, because RS is my biggest problem with my 6kpro. even if you dont dial the "gyro" amount to full in resolve it still pulls almost all RS out. its insane. Shoot with a high shutter speed to eliminate MB artifacts, and put MB back in fusion with optical flow and a vector MB node and youre in business.

Was looking at the pcc4k until I saw this new upgrade on the 6k G2 - I don't know all what I'll need as far as attachments or rigging. I'm mainly doing interviews and business announcement videos. I'll also be doing school informational videos for my kid's private school [so mainly b-roll on the playground and things of that nature] Total budget is under $4,000 around $3,500. When I was reading on the 4k everyone said you have to go metabones speed booster but then that puts that camera just under the 6k price. But I was battling Rokinon mft prime cine lense bundle and no metabones but also looking at the sigma 18-35mm. I'll try to do much on a tripod but nervous when I do the slow mo on handheld with no image stabilizer with those lenses or the camera. I read BM's update on raw and correcting stabilization in Davinci but that's all new to me only. I've only used Premiere... Would love some feedback of what you think.

for best rolling shutter fix is shooting wide and using gyro data to fix

I subscribed because of the cloth switch 👍👍

Would like to hear opinion on the new software and the gyro data when you give them a try. One shirt would do for that video!

Your particular camera unit has some strange, amusing quirks that I have not encountered on mine, like the flickering screen when changing resolution or needing to format my card twice. I use an AngelBird 1TB cFast though so maybe that's why. And I shoot at full 6K 3:1/Q0 every time with no problem.

12:18 #51: Sounds like a relay is clicking. Different resolutions probably require different amounts of power. That's just a very wild guess though

I've taken the port covers off all of my pocket cams. You just pull them and they pop out. It's possible to re-attach later if you need.

Thank you. So is the S1H a better deal? In body image stabilisation, fully articulating screen, weather sealed, shoots BRAW externally...

There might have been a time I would have considered selling off my PCC4K and 6K Pro, but after the firmware update that added gyro stabilization in post dropped, those days have long past.

so many advantages with the bcpcc camera's, but can't decide if it's easy to film yourself as well as cinematic content.

I imagine the shirt changing is you doing these ideas over the year

They've just added gyro stabalisation - Im not sure if its to all their models or just to the new 6K G2

Battery life isn't the best still, but you might consider upgrading your batteries to the 3500ah versions sold by bmd if you don't have any. The one you inserted in b-roll looked like the older 2600ah versions by sony. Gives me about an hour of battery life at 6k 2.4:1 in q3 braw, and 2.5h with the battery grip fully loaded.

there is actually 4 different ways to record on the camera and one combination lets you record to the SD card on the Blackmagic video assist and any media you use on the camera

What jacket are you using? Love it

This is funny. Love your clothes.

Nice wardrobe.

hahah that shirt changes :))

You certainly have many shirts

21 - Se tiver um monitor externo, para vlog/youtube o botão de rec frontal é de grande ajuda ;

May I know where to buy your T5 SSD mount?

This video is cracking me up lol

Asking around…. I got 2 of these for dual angles - both have red, hot pixels - bright red pixels on the monitor (not on footage) right out of the box within minutes - how are you fixing that? Thanks!

Classic British humor… nice 😂👍🏼

maybe the dynamic range thing seems better just because of the gen 5 vs gen 4 thing?

hallo! does it crop in 4k and 1080?if yes how many times crop? thank u!

My camera doesn't click or go black when changing resolutions, weird.

If you can’t trust the false colour, use the waveform or histogram, if they both indicate that your blacks are crushed, then your computer or your monitor is inaccurate.

13 stops of dynamic range is not true at all as advertised, I believe its way more than that especially on the pocket 4k

Gonna need a bigger boat lol…

Well thank you.. sounds like a lot of got damn issues with this jawn and it ain’t worth it for the money! Batter life is a bummer certainly

Lol. The post it!

Hi great review, to shoot Q0 I have an Zitay adaptator CF-V nand Samsung Evo 860 Sata M2...IT IS working but IT not ideal and make the caméra even more ugly

🤑 i’m the 1k subscriber 😅

I don't have 52 t-shirts

just take the port covers off, its easy and non destructive

😎🤣😎

I don't know if I need to buy more shirts or this guy has too many.

“6K Semi-Pro”

“ the camera gets uglier over time “ 😂😂😂😂

I don't have 52 t shirts