What if Nikon Bought Blackmagic Instead of RED? 

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I think we all want you to go down the fujifilm medium format rabbit hole for our entertainment :D

That Z 85 1.2 renders beautifully

Nikon 85mm has the magic

BMPCC and the Voigtlander is a perfect match and every cinefilmographers dream.

The 85 3D pop was unreal 😮

Nikon's 105s are just magical

No camera won in today's battle. We did for being entertained and you did for our time.

Nikon looks great, the 85 slays in picture quality. Suprisingly for my taste the most pleasing image for the outdoors vlog was the OG with the 58mm.

I can't believe how good the Blackmagic OG looks with just a 1-inch sensor.. that's the cinema right there!

If you use back button focus instead of the shutter press you can force auto focus during recording, but generally the f mount glass has a switch on the lens to go from manual to auto. Are talking about switching the focus modes?? I'm pretty sure that's no worries on the Z9.

@ 5:30 - you missed focus on the Nikon towards the back. The little bush just behind you is sharp. P.S. - I love the little BTS bit with the focus on the tripod.

In his video : Nikon vs Sony (Modern Z Glass vs Vintage EF L Lenses), the sony was hunting the entire time and the Nikon was on focus. And in this video he uses adapted glass on a non Nikon adapter and expects it to work flawlessly. While when he uses the Nikon lens even vintage the shot is always in focus. I dont think he is unbiased; he does everything to make the NIkon look bad. A menu is like an operating system you need time to get used to it.

Zf is not a video/vlog camera, but that it even gets compared to Sony or BM says something about the potential. Not putting my hopes up that Nikon ever delivers. Going out today to on my Nikon :D

The nikon lens is SO much better than the others...

I still have difficulties understanding English well, and my interest in camera technology isn’t strong enough to make me want to watch such videos. However, I really like your unique style and your music. You are authentic. I wish you continued success!

Everything is amazing, but nothing is perfect. Except for the E-M1. Truly.

The 85 looks damn good man.

The bee man is back

It's already mentioned in the Video, but for reading people, Viltrox F to Z adaptor cannot manual adjust aperture with manual old F mount lens. I have the same 105mm f2.5 and I also stuck at wide open. Hopefully, Viltrox patches the firmware in the future. The official FTZ or some dumb adaptor should workaround that issue.

It's a tough one, I might be bias, although I started with Nikon back when I got into photography but then switched over to Blackmagic with the OG when I ditched photography for video. New cameras are fun and all but I'm stuck on the color of Blackmagic, I don't mind a crop factor, the 105, 85 and 58 are all excellent lenses to me, so it's great to see the comparisons in any case!

You can make the green AF box bigger. The turning green only work with MF lenses with electronic contacts, so the Voigtlander and the Nikon F2Z works great.

You just proved your BMPCC can truly hang, and even surpass much more expensive gear. Good Work! Also, Grass generally registers as middle gray if you white balance on it. I've learned this just recently, and though it isn't true of all grass, it does work more often than not in my limited experience. .

The Nikon with the 85mm 1.2 was obviously the best. Clearly the highest sharpness, contrast and because of that the most 3d pop. It also clearly had the softest toneh. The BMPCC with the old Nikon lens was out of focus, you can tell by the sharp grass behind you and the chromatic abberation on you.

The OG is amazing in this comparison bought one of ebay a couple of years ago for £390 and considered selling it a few times but wow you have opened my eyes to it's potential.

I've just realised that the pop factor becomes much more visible when you're further away from the screen

For Nikon Video, when you manually focus, you can switch back to the auto focus mode you want via the menu system. For the ZF, I use the i-menu since there are not a lot of customer buttons free, but on my Z9, I map auto focus modes to a button so I can quickly switch. The recording does not stop when switching modes.

Nikkor 105mm too the most famous photo ever. I like it's look here. The modern 85mm is definitely sharper than the 105, but it's a modern lens. G.A.S. mixed with indecision is a recipe for head explosions! LOL! Thanks for the fun, have a great day.

I recognise the Blackmagic because it has less saturation and toneh. It should be fairly easy to make a LUT that simulates the Blackmagic look on the other cameras.

I have the R5C and there is a color profile that you don't have to grade cause it looks so good it's called Wide DR. It's absolutelly time savings and so convenient. Love it!

I will try to explain the AF functions in the Nikon Menu system As you mention, you can find AF settings in three main groups: The Photo Menu, the Video Menu and the Custom Menu. In the Custom Menu you have Autofocus settings and Movie settings (both with AF settings in them). You have an offbeat camera, The Z f, which is a modern mirrorless camera in a retro styled body. The Nikon menu system is built for a modern digital camera in a modern DSLR body. That approach works evenly well for a modern MILC in a modern DSLR type body like the Z50, Z6, Z8 etc. Not so much for the Z fc and Z f. But they keep the menu the same for backward compatibility. In a modern Nikon DSLR camera, you had a lot of physical buttons and switches you could use to change almost every setting on the camera, without haven to go into the menu. These physical dials are still duplicated inside the menu though, in the form of the Photo Shooting Menu and the Video Shooting Menu. Since you had dials for various AF functions on the camera, you have the same functions in the menu. With the release of Nikons mirrorless cameras, many of those physical dials are gone (due to the smaller camera bodys) but the menu functions still remain, to provide backward compatibility. Tip: You can also change these via the "i" button and the back Command dial. Quicker than going into the full menu. The Custom Setting Menu contains (as mentioned) two places to change your AF settings. The Autofocus menu (called the "a" setting; a1, a2, a3 etc.) is where you can change the cameras behaviour towards AF in general, but mostly for photograph. The last place you can change AF settings, is in the Movie "g" setting (and this only work when taking videos). Here you most likely want a slow focus speed to get a slow focus pull, something you don't want in photo mode, where you want the camera to focus ASAP (hens, why Nikon split the setting up in two categories). That became a long post, but here we are. Hope it was helpful.

I have a hunch that Nikon pop isn't micro contrast related but more about how they correct for field curvature. The size of lenses means they are probably capable of keeping the bokeh perfectly in line with plane of focus with no bleed. So you look like you're on a perfectly flat pane of frosted glass. It's just a different kind of pop.

You need to try a Z8, really easy switching of video settings. I agree the menus on the Nikon are convoluted.

Such entertainment. And surprisingly inspiring - in gonna shoot some video this morning with my x-t5 +rokinon 8mm wide open and watch the stabe for, what did you call it, alien jello?

That 85 has the pop. What about a range finder to find your focal distance?

The Voigtlander 58mm looks great, the 105 looks a bit soft and the 85 1.2 looks great too

If Voigtlander made auto-focus lenses I don't think I'd use anything else. Just got a 40mm F2 Ultron and the look is unmatched.

the 2Mpix Red with the 1.2 85mm really has some black magic..the 105 & voigtlander are both excellent ..a xiaomi 14 might be the best though

I'm not sure about the ZF, but on the Z8 and Z9 you dont have to use a smaller box unless there's multiple people. It just finds you. You're used to Sony, so thats why youre frustrated. I feel the same way when i have the use the Sony cameras at work (I'm used to Nikon). I used to pull my hair out, but im getting used to it. You really need to fine tune the focus settings on Nikon to get it to work predictably. When you get used to the settings, the overall experience is rewarding. Nikon menus have gotten long in the tooth. I think they need to add some sub menus or a search function. Sony can also be weird with their menu. Sometimes I i find settings in sub menus that make no sense.

The 85mm 1.2 is legit amazingly beautiful! Thanks Casey, you have cost me another 3k!

zf is sensor tech from 2015 combined with procesing from 2021ish. wait for z6III (few weeks) where u get sensor tech from 2023 with same procesing and you will see the difference. When i compared ZF to my z9 the 3d tracking and overall usability was night and day, more so than difference between z6II and zf

Would be great if any camera was able to record BRAW, be it via RAW-over-HDMI. Gives another level to the Panasonic S5 IIX, for example.

Next time use the Markus Pix Method with a wrinkled piece of Paper instead and you should not have the reflection problem

That menu system reminds me of Garmin. Im actually going for a good old and fast gpsmaps cxs 60 navigator. Running maps35 on my phone for the recording of my tracks. Its a different topic but kinda the same, these vintage machines just have something to them.

Micro contrast can exist in camera sensors too, a thicker CFA (Colour Filter Array) on older cameras can give superior colour contrast and depth. Canon older sensors tended to exhibit very good colour contrast but lacked dynamic range as a result, Sony decreased the thickness of their CFA in order to increase dynamic range and allow for better ISO performance. Nowadays, most camera manufacturers have very thin CFA in order to stay competitive in ISO and dynamic range performance. So in reality, a true 3D pop machine would be an older camera body like Canon R, with vintage lenses.

It's Panny Boy Summer... I don't even know what's up with anything else.

Love this shot of Toronto!

There are Voiglander lenses natively for Nikon they seem pretty cool like 50 mil Formula 1

Where is clarity on the object for Nicon? It doesnt look good blury object.

Can you do a pany-boy GH7 review sometime soon?

Hmm…ive shot Sony a7s3 for 3 years, i now switched to Nikon Z8. Imo the Nikon is the better filmmaking and overall camera because of its gorgeous internal raw in 100p Full frame or even 8k60. Sonys Eye AF and extreme Low light was a bit better thats true, Sonys focus breathing a lot worse tho (almost all nikon z glass doesnt breathe its amazing). Not to mention the z8 is ofc. one of the best stills cameras in the world right now. Nikons colourscience is what ultimately convinced me, even after years with Sony i immediately got better skintones when i tried the nikon. And the internal RAW is absolutely amazing…nikon was late but their makeing some awesome stuff atm

I thought my Lumix menus were daft but I used a recent Nikon and almost lost my mind.

Go with Nikon my friend, their log & rich portrait look amazing and the rest is good enough E-mount to Z adapter with some Zeiss glass coming soon? I also have the Zeiss 50 1.4 from F-mount and it's great, though very soft wide open

Man, that 85mm lens looks so much better than your vintage pop. ❤

The 3D pop on the 85mm was surreal kind of unnatural how sharp the subject isolation is. That may be a future purchase for me. In the meantime I will content myself with buying the voigtlander 75mm Z F/1.5 to tie me over.

Nice tests. The 85mm and the Voigtlander look great and have pop. The 105mm is just soft and has a strong cast. I would stick with the Sony, it ticks all the boxes. Colors are of course very subjective but I always managed to massage them to my liking

The 105mm was back focused on both cameras.

The OG BMPCC domination was pretty clear in this one. But also funny was how good the A7Siii looked in the comparison shot you put up at 12:56. Have you checked out the ZVE1 for colors against the BMPCC? I have the A7Cii (I'm not a big slow motion guy), and the colors are nice. I wonder if the latest Sony colors are nicer across the board.

The zf with 85 1.2 looks really cool.

BM OG plus the Voigtländer win this episode. I can't see the terrible quality of Nikon stabe in your videos, though. Sure, it's jerky, but not the kind of jerky as it would be without any stabilization. It's real-world jerky. Stabilization that looks like you're gliding mid-air looks strange to me.

The older Nikon 105 lens looks a bit off, like a bit out of focus.

F*** me - never thought the Blackmagic could look that good. On the opening shot I thought "The image on the right obviously looks much better but that can't be that old little BM cam - surely …" Oh boy - lets all buy the BMPCC today!

Nikon looks out of focus but could also be that when that vintage lens is wide open everything is soft or in combination with the lens adapter. The colors are more saturated and slightly over exposed on the Nikon but your face looks better on the BM.

Love the Nikon shirt, Z6III is coming soon :=)

Voigtlander wins in 3D pop territory.

It has finally happened! You ascended to Northrup-Levels of Toneh without even noticing. 😆

the voigtlander pops more

Full frame sensor with the vintage glass is the key.

The Nikon Z f autofocuses in much lower light than an A7SIII. Depending on how it's determined it's 2.5 to 5 EV better. As still cameras the Zf and Z8 are more than enough for the majority of photographers.

Blackmagic just does it right. I love my BMPCC6k.

Kasey pulled a Tony with the Toneh. No more city just Toneh.

how many emotes were hit during the filming of this video?

What is this "Omaron"? I've never heard of this perfect camera

Waiting for a zf2 too I'm still in the Panasonic camp

The modern Nikon footage looks best IMO but not by much. Sometimes we have to embrace the flaws. There’s no perfection. I’m still using an EM1mk ii with two lenses for crying out loud. 😅 I think it’s ok to just do the best with what we have.

Ugh. I would never want Nikon, or any other camera developer, to buy Blackmagic Designs. We would likely see an end to competitive prices for Blackmagic cameras.

Regarding white balance, try the JJC Hand-held White Balance Filter. It works like a charm - even for a filthy pleb like myself.

Have you considered a sony fx30 ?

BMPCC OG (+Voigtlander) destroy zf +105mm. ZF +85mm nice .

I like how Nikon menus are color coded and grouped, but you're right that there are way too many options and they are a bit all over the place. Still, Nikon has some cool things going for it, like a really nice screen and viewfinder (as opposed to most Sony cameras) and true USB 3 speeds (unlike the lying POS Panasonic who actually still have USB 2 data transfer advertised as USB 3).

Sony A7SIV won't have the green colors anymore so you'll have the best of everything. I'd stick with the Sony system if I were you. Let's wait for the Z6III though.

The less bits is blowed up in full frame. Me thinks…

The buildings made beautiful toneh. 3D pop is real despite what Tony N says. I see it.

I prefer the vintage lenses over the Z. The 85mm might be better if stopped down. Voigtlander is special. Pity the company forgot to invent AF.

That 85mm T1.2 on the Nikon looks extremly Fake. The Seperation is at least one dimension behind the Dome.

The Nikon looks better, but dang they aren’t far apart. I think the black magic just looks less exposed; perhaps if it was exposed a little bit greater, it would look exactly like the Nikon

In April of 2022, Forbes discussed a potential valuation of $3 billion for Blackmagic Design if the company were to go public. Almost the same market value as Nikon. A merger perhaps

The 105mm looks soft af and the 85mm looks like you're in front of a green screen. Black magic for the win.

why is the black magic so much sharper?

You know what looked better than both (with better autofocus)? Your 6 year old Canon R.

The ZF looks way better

The Canon PoweShot V10 was just updated to firmware 1.2 significantly increasing the stabilization! Please give it another try. I thoroughly enjoy it. Love your videos!

The 105mm has a really nice look, but your not in focus!

Interesting.

I'll be the first to admit, I know nothing about video. With that or if the way, the only thing that stands out to me is there's MUCH more contrast in all of the Zf footage.

without knowledge the new lens is just better and more pleasant

You are making too much of a big deal about skin tones and color science. When Marcus Pix takes a picture of his wife in a bikini with his little Sony point and shoot, I don’t see anybody complaining about the skin tones.

definitely missed focus on the black magic.

BMPCC remains undefeated🏆

Nikon Zf looked great imo, I wanted the BMOG to be better, but the focus on the Nikon was better, the colour too. I am so confused about the whole video sounds like someone who is confused talking to even more confused people watching! :)