Building My Blackmagic Design Micro Cinema Camera Rig 

Just found NP-F bridge from one of your followers so save your comments for someone else, thanks again.

Zach B Interesting battery workaround. Mind sharing how you connect it to the camera, via the extension port or a lp-6 to np-f adaptor?

You can use a Indi pro tools Sony L-series Type Plate, if you have the SONY batteries or similar. This for my purposes is more field portable.

Check out this for the bridge: www.starvingartist101.com/ and Check out this battery to use with it: www.amazon.com/dp/B01M189SS0

I have it and don't like it. Doesn't work well with my sigma on the bmmcc, while it did on the gh4

Mine fits, but it may not be the best. My version is discontinued already too.

EF-BMPCC T Speedbooster. Mine didn't fit at first, but I contacted Metabones and ordered a flange backing plate that fits the BMMCC. This took a while bc customer service is slow, but once you swap the original plate with the BMMCC one it works like a charm. Just be really careful and mindful of the TINY screws when swapping out the backing plates. I accidentally broke a screw the first time, bc there was one so small that I didn't realize it was on there, which resulted half of the screw to be stuck inside the plate. Metabones sent me a second backing plate, but they forgot to thread the tiny screw hole, so the screw didn't stay in. The third time everything came out perfect. It was a big headache, but well worth it. For speedy customer service, go to their website and order what they call a "service request". Then, email them and make sure to include the transaction ID of the service request, pictures of the Speedbooster including serial number, write the serial number itself, and description of what you need (i.e bmmcc flange backing plate for EF-BMPCC T Speedbooster) and your shipping address. The third time, I ordered it this way and it took about a week for the new plate to get to me, since it skips over any back and forth e-mails between you and customer service (this process can take days due to time-zone difference.) Hope your experience goes smooth; you might get lucky and get a Speedbooster that fits right out of the box. If it's too tight to turn, don't force it and order a new plate. Hope this helps. Cheers!

You’ll need a Canon LP-E6 dummy battery with a D-Tap.

Thanks bro

It is basically two wires RED and Black. You can cut a barrel tip from any old power adapter from other electronics and connect to a dtap adapter. But you can always buy the cable. Lots of companies already make it.

MrCheesyCam thanks. I wasn’t sure if there was a voltage difference or not from what’s sold compared to what you made

Smaller than micro four thirds..

Yes the Rokinon lenses are not good wide open, and worse with a speedbooster wide open. You have to stop down and then its fine.

Did you talk about that problem in your Rokinon lens kit comparison? That's really worth a video, particularly for those considering a speedbooster on m43. If I lose a stop anyway, why did I buy that lens other than to one day move off m43 to full frame? I'm basically buying the speedbooster for nothing and might as well go Veydra. Especially if I plan a migration path up to APS-C instead of full frame. Yes, I know it's a T2.2 vs T1.5, but the Veydra glass is better.

This happens because of the speedbooster specifically, not only does it increase light and reduce crop factor but it does this by condensing down the entire light projected by the lens. Without a speedbooster the small s16 sensor would only use the very middle of the lenses optics which is the very best part but also have a horrible crop factor, this is great for old lenses which have a cinematic look but are often weak wide open. As the speedbooster uses the entire lenses image projection then you really will notice it's flaws. it's why the sigma 18-35 is so popular because it has such great image quality with very little flaws.

Actually mine is the ‘Micro Cinema’ camera as it records HD RAW and writes to an internal SD card. The other is a ‘Micro Studio’ camera which does 4K, but has no card to write to. You need an external recorder like the Video Assist 4K (larger monitor), and you will not be able to capture in RAW format. - I like RAW...

For these Micro cameras, they have one camera that records to sdxc up to 1080/60 RAW. Then they have another 4K camera that has no sdxc, and cannot be recorded to raw. You will need a separate recorder for it.

@@MrCheesyCam thanks! I did some research, never realized the micro "studio" and the micro "cinema" are totally different animals. Always thought one was just the 4k version of the other.

My bad, I was thinking of histograms. I use waveforms on my other monitor.

I probably meant histograms.. oops.

that's an excellent question!

Yes the resolution and low light sensitivity are better in the 4K.

I did consider buying one of those but I built a remote, it was super cheap even using quality pushbuttons, case, wire, plug and heat shrink and cable.

Yes it is, but it is what I found works for me. Do you have any information to share?

I am still using the BMPCC and wait for a new 4k model. Best wishes from Germany.

Yes I hope they make some type of announcement at the NABShow this year about a new Pocket Cinema Camera with 4K. It has been too long, and I think they would do really well with a new consumer camera. Best wishes from USA!

Not that expensive when compared to higher namebrands

MrCheesyCam what's the total cost? Nice setup btw

Maybe one day I will look into a GH4, an Atomos, or an Ursa...

Oh come on. The GH4 is as old as the Micro Cinema and a bit cheaper. You do have to spend for the recorder though to get 10 bit. But at least you get 4K@30p prores. The micro cinema gives you gorgeous raw at 1080p. But what do you need that for? I'm not hating on Blackmagic here. They make some great stuff. And I'm not hating on you or your channel either. I'm watching and wish you well in your productions.

1080 RAW is better than 4K compressed. If you are outputting to RU-vid or other social media 4k is a waste. I would take this camera over a GH5 any day.

I'm thinking about a Ursa Mini-pro.... I've heard that it doesn't get a good job unless you can have perfect lit scene is it true? (because I will film a lot of outdoor, so... it is harder to make de light fits my needs!)

Such a funny comment. Do you realize that there is no screen on this camera?