Kinefinity Strikes Back with the 6K Mavo Edge | Dual Native Full Frame & Built in e-NDs 

As of uploading, I'm still on Beta Firmware so it's still buggy but will update this after i get the production firmware. The preproduction version is actually decently stable as long as I'm just recording and not switching constantly between different modes and settings. But I did find myself needing to reboot it pretty regularly during testing where I'm flipping through different modes constantly. Also, the false color references the LUT and not totally reliable in LOG so that's something I'd like to see adjusted. In the meantime, waveform is fine. I was also getting a ton of banding but only in premiere. I tried adjusting premiere settings but couldn't figure out why it looks so much cleaner when i export the same ProRes Files with the same LUT through Davinci.... This just makes me want to make the switch to Davinci that much more.... But overall I'm liking the specs, versatility, and the image. So I think the firmware is what's going to make or break this camera for me. Let me know if you want me to check for anything specific.

Camera seems too big man, you prob dont have the space, ill stop by and grab it today tho dont worry

Wow love your vids bro..keep up the great work

Thanks for the intro to a brand I did not know. Kinefinity, if you are reading the comments, I get a 403 Forbidden error trying to access your site (from France).

Nice video! Hey Gene, the first link is not a link, kinefinity is written the wrong way

you can't beat this price, this looks amazing

I like how kinefinity does maximum frame-rates. Instead of arbitrarily limiting you to, say 60fps when the camera is perfectly capable of doing 71fps simply because its unconventional, they just let you shoot at maximum if you want! I wish other camera companies did that!

You know it’s a good company when the whole review is “This was fixed, they updated that, they improved this thing and added features”.

Kinifinity certainly has the image quality nailed. They aren’t trying to look like a $25k RED camera, they’re going straight after the $90k ARRI image. The issue is what you get for the money. Lots of people on Facebook groups saying it needs to be $8k ish to compete with other cameras.

broke film makers like myself would still benefit more from a Blackmagic, but once I get my life together, maybe ill get an $11,000 camera, does anybody need a kidney?

That camera looks and sounds insane 🤯

Very cool!

MAVO sharpness is good , I like it, and Sony looks like an iPhone footage 😅

Kinefinity seems to be this one camera company everybody always forgets about 😂

Be very interesting to see what blackmagic does next.... the things they've offered at such low proce has been insane. A box cam at $3.5k ?? That would be amazing.

Hopefully you were able to fly today man! Clear skies hopefully? But I had a question. How do you feel the mavo camera fits in todays ecosystem of cameras? With cameras like the Komodo, c70 and fx3. Granted it does have a larger sensor and larger resolution than most cameras, but it seems priced a bit steep. I get the professional world in all but what would make this stand out against something like the komodo?

I wanna test that camera too😕 Small RU-vidr problems😂 btw I think I saw you in a movie🤔 I think it was UP Sorry I know it’s not funny anymore😂

10:16 “please cut that part out” “Hehe, no”

Cameras like this raise the bar for the competition. Especially when that RAW update comes, you essentially have a high framerate Komodo for half the price of a VRaptor. Yes, I know there are plenty of other differences, but the dual media recording, electronic ND and that feature to let you move the highlight/shadow latitude are all really useful and make this camera quite fairly priced.

The image quality test was like comparing a camera to a smartphone :D. The color detail was insane on the Mavo and the lack of sharpening and CA suppression makes it look much more realistic.

That camera is pretty interesting

not much of a strike back with a rolling shutter.

Ten thousand bucks. $3,500 for the 6K Panasonic BS1H box camera. I wonder if they use the same sensor?

Is it just me or does that footage out of Mavo look crazy beautiful?? 😍

I never realised how yellow the skin tones are on an a7siii until now, the mavo really killed it with the colour tones

Can keep proper exposure by setting the variable ND on Auto (like the FX6) so that proper exposure is kept by the ND automatically adjusting to the light conditions, instead of having to use auto ISO or auto Iris?

It is double the price of the proven Black Magic 6K camera and they have a 12K for less than this. André

I hope electronic non-polarizing variable NDs are a trend that sweeps across all camera bodies.

Excited to try this one out, would love to see how this compares to a RED Komodo, especially on the blue channel for bluescreens Although the image might look very similar to an A73, the Kinefinity definitely have some advantages, having the ability to shoot 12-bit is huge, the built-in ND's can be a life saver sometimes & obviously the capability of shooting an uncompressed RAW image. There is some weird fringing when you were doing the comparisons, but most likely it is just the lens. Would have preferred if they went with a global shutter considering you're paying around $10k for it. Loved the video!

Kinefinity makes the most Alexa looking cameras I've ever seen which is funny cause they look like REDs

$10K?? Nope not gonna cut it in the market place

This camera looks amazing

Great job yet once again. Can not wait to see your next clip on this product after firmware update, and more testing. Would be nice to see even a short project shot with this unit that was like something that would be done for even a fake 60 second commercial.

Did they fix the playback problems that they had in the origional Mavo? Just finished a feature with it and we had to add a external recorder to the package to have playback becuase the compression was so bad we couldn’t check anything

Seems like an awesome camera! I love all the features they pretty much thought of everything! if you don't want it I will take it. Kerry: How much was it? Gene: they gave it to me! Kerry: How are they going to give you something like that? lol, you better get to remodeling that bathroom before you get in trouble.

Have you ever heard about the smallest, most affordable, cinema camera, The Z-Cam E2-S6? One of us are hope that you could review and test it for us?

I hope you can find better model next time

you should go to kwadcamp this weekend

Gene talks about a camera I could never afford and I’m so intrigued by this video. Stoked they gave you the camera to keep.

The 6K48p in Open Gate sound great. Wondering about rolling shutter.

I would still prefer a Panasonic lumix S5 because that thing can record both in BRAW and ProRes RAW while I can also take images

I met a couple of the people from Kinefinity at Cinegear in Los Angeles. They are super cool people, I definitely support what they are doing and that they gave one of the best gear reviewers (you) a camera.

Image looks nice and I can dig the features, but the price for it to still be a rolling shutter and not global is kind of still a no-go for me.

This reminds me of the Digital Bolex. It's a great camera at the wrong time. 5 years ago this would have been competitive. Today you could buy two Canon R5Cs for the price of one of these.

Hi Gene thx for the video, i think the Kinefinity link is broken!

I would love to hear the strategy behind pricing this camera at $10,000. Who on earth is paying $10,000 for this when you can buy a Komodo for $6,000?? No "professional" production is renting this over any other reputable camera brand. This camera would sell in the $4,000 price range.

Do they have a U.S. support network or even one place to repair them without have to ship to China? I don’t know their ecosystem at this point.

this camera looks waaaay better than a7s - it got more of a film look to it imo

I really appreciate your deep dives. But all I know, is that montage of Dylan during the sunset looking SO GOOD!

I would love to see a comparison between this and the Red Komodo. In another review the Komodo had to be rebooted/calibrated about every 10deg F. That really seems inconvenient. Also, a low light and color accuracy comparison would be amazing.

'Hehe, no.' - Dylan sounded like an evil anime character!

Nice camera , but how s the lens work dude ? there is a huge interesting for the lens .

Is that your girlfriend? If so, 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Honestly, at this point I just want RF-mounts on everything. This miiiiiiiight be partly due to me purging all the EF-lenses when I got my first R-Series Canon. I still cry at night after the Sigma Art lenses I had.

Updated software?

Sooooo, did they update the SW? :/

Beautiful Image and tons of codecs = Win

I’m kind of shocked by how many interesting features they packed into this bad boy.

IQ looks very similar to that of black magic. Very natural and dreamy

I’d love to see the difference between quad4 and 422 Hq… from like a shooting perspective and then from a DIT/post perspective.

That picture quality is amazing 😍

I wonder how many of your viewers have enough cash to actually buy these type of cameras.

The versatility in the choice of lenses is awesome

R5C 🎇

Unfortunately it looks no better than my Black Magic Cinema 6k or Panasonic S1. We peaked in the image quality area. Buy a Black Magic camera😆

looks good! Pity the price point puts it in a difficult spot

If I buy mavo 6k body, would it be worth? I can't buy full module.

I like how the footage, looks great.

I've tried Kinefinity cameras for few times, like Mavo LF and mini 4k. Overall the image quality is very good, actually impressive! Camera body design is the weakness, not sure about the new models like Edge 6k and 8k.

Yeah the camera is cool but i need that Kinefinity store girl's IG ASAP.... XD

Wasn't the embargo time 12:00PM PST?

Muahahhahahahhahaha that intro is hilarious and you pull it off so naturally...

Nice product but for 10K am thinking there might be better options out there depending on the compromises. RED Komodo might be more ideal but Mavo has Dual Card slots, hot swap batter feature and built in interchangeable lens system and E-ND. but can is it work 4K more. also no NLE natively process KineRAW files.

Should be good be good filming weather. It is going to be blustery the next week with little chance for rain. It rained hard yesterday. I am south of you in Laguna Hills.

Hotboxin the van huh? :-P AWESOME I'll join ya....

May we work together?We have a wireless mic for DSLR camera,do you interested?

Good morning spud berggaid Frist weekend of April. Go be amazing

You should have went Will Smith on those Kinefinity reps, they didn’t know 💩

Love your reviews- always thoughtful and detailed, with good explanations PLUS fun. Thanks for all you do!

Dynamic range is much better on the Mavo

Ok….enough w the mask you crazies Cali’s 🤣😂

You can buy 3 pin fisher for the titla nucleus-m and do run stop.

Were was the kinefinity giveaway? JK But i would love the get this own 😍

@PotatoJet has there been any firmware update on this camera?

Have you considered waterproofing your fpv drone so you could fly in the rain? You could get some epic shots.

Hey Kinefinity... I'm here if you want to bribe me or something

Just came here to say: I like the “I’m a potato” logo. :) Soo … is potato? 😅

hahaha ... large sweatshirt... gimme !

POTATO! The link in the description is broken, you gotta spell it "kinEfinity". Just a heads up lol

Rolling shutter test please!

Too many comments but PUT IT ON A DRONEEEEEE!

you seem very excited about this cam. but breathe man breathe

This didn’t pop into my feed for some reason! As for the camera, it looks cool but I’d probably want the komodo with its global shutter.

Hmmm... Last update a year ago? No new firmware?

is the Contax lense from the g1 or from the 645?

Kari if you read this hunk smash the potato the next time he messes up lol lol

Please common any ZCAM Review?

What would be your recommendation of a start up budget cinema camera? Also, Dylan has lost weight! Good for him, I do miss his talks at the end of the videos though.

8:04 Dylen is in the background being a robot

You write the wrong webside in the description dud! Kine