Blackmagic Pocket 4K vs 6K - Which Should You Buy?

[@salmosdelanoche]

I just had to watch 6:52 over and over and over again. Sick shot!

[@LowDoughTech]

I could be wrong, but I think it's just marked placement for each shot, then a morph cut transition in Premiere. Looks awesome.

[@petrub27]

that's editing

[@Itaketoomanypics]

i did like 8 times lol

[@jaedynchilton8179]

@@LowDoughTech Of course it is, but it was executed flawlessly.

[@al3ndlib]

He placed both cameras at the same spot and then shot each with a motorized slider with the same speed and angle. This makes it very easy to have seamless transition between shots since every thing is matching but the cameras !!

[@exyoris]

"I wanna thank the sponsor WHICH IS MYSELF" the ultimate flex

[@spencer2596]

I don’t have the money nor the need for either of these, but I want them lol

[@LE672AJ]

I second that 🍻haha

[@BeaglefreilaufKalkar]

I have the savings and the time to start with these, but lost my Job because of Covid19 Crisis (Why I have the time) but dont think it is the smartest to go spend it on these until I find a new job, but then I will have far less time to film...

[@amitnatty4923]

Dm me on KZbin I’ll give you 6k pro for free of cost.

[@shiruba2004]

No shame in that.

[@francotamayo94]

Thats exactly why I bought the OG. You can get second hand for around $500, it has some flaws and it only records 1080p but the color science is just beautiful.

[@guptageneralstores5243]

Boys: This video is brought to you by Skillshare Men: This video is brought to you by Squarespace Legends: This video is brought to you by Myself.

[@cameramanced.]

Your a life saver, I was about to buy the 6K but I settled with the 4K because you pin pointed everything I needed to know about the two cameras thank you!

[@hauntedbytheliving1175]

The color issue... I believe that the flat “yellow” look to the 4K is due largely to the speed booster. I’m not saying they are identical without the speed booster but WAY closer. At least the stuff I’ve gotten a chance to see that used both(friends projects) a skin tone test on the 4K with and without speedbooster would be awesome

[@curtisjudd]

Thanks for calling out the 6K's louder fan. I thought maybe it was just me. 😉

[@epjrzsound9531]

Hey Curtis! I love your videos btw. I´m a sound guy too. Is there any option to turn off the fans while you´re recording and back on on stand by?

[@curtisjudd]

@@julianburrus9956 It's workable except for extreme close-up shots where you still need to capture sound. Also, my first copy had a defective fan. I sent it back to the retailer and they sent me a new camera. I don't see it as a complete deal-breaker, I just prefer cameras that shut down their fans while recording. Many of the bigger cinema cameras do this now - shut off or slow down the fan substantially while recording.

[@Leo9ine]

@@julianburrus9956 I have the 6K and I'm an audio guy at heart. In an average silent-but-untreated room, you need to be inches away to hear the fan (with an ear or a microphone). I could only imagine it being audible in a dead silent treated studio where you're recording macro video with the mic on the camera. Even then, it's a very consistent low frequency and would be easy to filter in post. I worried about the fan noise too, until I actually got it in hand. The fan noise in the video is *severely* boosted, it makes it sound like a vacuum cleaner. In reality it's essentially silent and nowhere near such a high pitch.

[@fabthefab75]

@@Leo9ine Thanks for clarifying that point.... i was worried too...

[@mannahatamovies]

How’s it going Curtis? Yeah my main concern would be the fan noise coming from the camera when you’re doing close ups from even an external recorder. Are the fans on the 6K intermittent or are they constantly audible? Thanks

[@impatrickt]

6:53 it’s morphin’ time.

[@wungabunga]

I’m so entitled that it barely even registered with my eyes.

[@FilmAshton]

I love when Caleb sponsors himself! It’s both awesome and hilarious!

[@JaspreetSinghArtist]

my videos are sponsored by me 😂😂

[@EXORDIUM-3D]

Best comparison I've seen so far. I love that you talked calmly which makes the presentation clearer. One of the things I hate most about "content creators" is that they are super-hyped. I swear, I feel tired just by listening to them talk.

[@Henchproductions]

I see all these people talking about the HUGE difference between the metabones and the Viltrox. And it simply doesn't exist. Yeah, blow it up 600% to spot the minuscule difference. That's not real world. As if anybody here is shooting the next Transformers or Avengers. Stop with the pixel peeping, and shoot a film. I mean seriously, is anybody here actually making movies, or are they all just gearheads?

[@backalleycqc4790]

I'm here to make movies, when I can afford this camera, once I get all of my other gear paid for on a limited budget :)

[@luxurybuzz3681]

David Sandberg( Lights Out, Anabelle:Creation, Shazam! ) shoots on the bmpcc4k

[@Nice-music585]

Read my mind!

[@AlphaCentauri24]

Lol. You nailed it!

[@chist2190]

I agree. gearheads want to show off their (useless) knowledge but can't apply it in real world situations. it becomes useless.

[@BasicFilmmaker]

Always great coverage. Love the sponsorship. You have a bazillion awesome camera courses over at your academy which is awesome. I know you put a lot of time into these, so they’re a super bargain. 👍

[@comradecat1859]

Well am gonna buy the 4k and a speedbooster, spend the remaining money on frames, stabilizers and lenses. Thanks for the review.

[@markr041]

Cost of 4K camera + speedbooster cost = cost of. 6K camera

[@Alecxace]

@@markr041 Viltrox EF-M2 is a sharper speedbooster than Metabones for $150. It's interesting that they compete so well considering the massive price difference. So you're wrong on that one.

[@joenicklo]

Just wanted to stop by and day that your courses are freaking amazing. I purchased the GH5 and the BMPCC courses and they're so easy to follow. You do an amazing job at explaining everything.

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Thank you so much Driven! That means so much to hear!!!

[@declanmurphy1006]

BRAW makes life so much better. These are both great cameras.

[@PawelChyrowski]

Lol

[@Visethelegend]

We will know need the BRAW code with such awesomeness . Pun intended.

[@1001Hobbies]

This video is so informative and so professionally done. I can imagine how impressive your guides are. You are surely one of the best people doing such videos on KZbin.

[@Pv_sMediatrics]

I've been contemplating this camera for my primary video camera. The mirrorless world is too many and too frustrating. Plus it has HW style features.. thanks a lot. I'm convinced

[@jeremygardels3170]

Thank you SO much my dude. I've been slappin' my brain wrinkles pretty hard over which of these cats to own. You really solved it with this video's excellent clarity and comparison. I have now a new 4k comin' my way, and my work is gonna be silky.

[@blueboxstudios1336]

I wanna thank our sponsors. Thank you self. You're welcome Caleb. Love it

[@jelte6831]

Aweasome transition 6:52

[@scottgmaclean]

Super keen to see the Sony PMW F3 review you mentioned a while ago... the limited stuff on KZbin makes it look pretty cinematic.

[@IvanKaraulov]

f35 is even more interesting now

[@BlaqcRain]

Best channel in the game right now on breaking products down and giving you the real on what you should get for budget prices

[@christopherpackart]

Before I was thinking the 6K is better but with the metebones the 4K looks great.

[@AugmentedGravity]

My choice is the 4k personally. Both are sick though.

[@georgetentean2038]

That's interesting. The 4K camera has a Micro Four Thirds sensor just like the regular 1080p BMPCC, and I bought a Metabones Speed Booster 0.58x for that camera about two and a half years ago, so... unless Metabones stopped making that type of speed booster, there are at least three in total: x71, x64 and x58 (which is the fastest).

[@MageEditz-ontop]

Idk expecting more…

[@SouthpawAutoworks]

Caleb, I really like the transition at 6:52. Well done!!

[@denny_nguyen]

There's already a full frame speedbooster for the 6K on the market - LucAdapters magicbooster - also adds a better IR Cut Filter and will have clip ND filters in the future. This makes shooting in 5.7K kind of attractive, because the field of view will still be wide, you can shoot 60fps, record in 3:1 and have a better rolling shutter time.

[@TrentsMullet]

Denny could you please elaborate on why you’d shoot 5.7K rather than the full 6K?

[@denny_nguyen]

@@TrentsMullet Afaik there is still no card on the market that can shoot 3:1 Raw on 6k with 50fps. However, you can shoot 3:1 and 60 fps on 5.7k with a Samsung T5 (although the data rate shouldn’t be substantially lower, but it seems to be enough). So higher frame rate, better compression rate. When your finished product will be 4k, which it will be in most cases, then 5.7k is still good enough for getting crispy oversampled 4k or doing crop-ins and I bet you won’t be able to tell a difference, if I upscaled to 6k. Also the rolling shutter is reduced from 19,8ms to 16,3 ms and by that pretty much on par with the BMPCC 4k. So what’s there not to like? Maybe that the crop factor increases from 1.558 to 1.692. Well, put the magicbooster behind the lens and you are on 1.2 and gain 1 stop of light.

[@katlis]

I have a LucAdapters "magic booster" (0.71x focal reducer) for my Pocket 6K. Absolutely love using it with my set of Zeiss ZE primes, and I can unscrew the focal reducer glass by hand whenever I want. By the way, if anyone wants one, Luca is very responsive on Facebook (just search LucAdapters). And I agree, shooting 5.7K is the way to go as it's such a nominal FOV loss with much better rolling shutter.

[@Visethelegend]

What does everybody mean about the rolling shutter time?

[@denny_nguyen]

@@Visethelegend Time it takes to sequentially read out every horizontal line of the sensor. The longer it takes, the more pronounced are effects like wobble, skew or spatial aliasing.

[@beaustine6093]

Once you mentioned wider shots on the 4k with the speed booster, I was sold. Thank you. 🙏🏻

[@wayoutwestcreatives9769]

that morph from the 4k to the 6k was so slick and subtle. I see you flexin' lol

[@luxnatsoap]

I get such a kick out of watching your videos. Very informative. Thank you!

[@trenillo]

Now this was a video that was straight to the point. I have the 6K already but I'm seriously considering getting the 4K with a Speed Booster as well. Just because of the price, like you said. "I can't go wrong with that." Thanks for the video. 😁

[@haroldvillegas17]

the 4k combination is really good thats why I went that route but the main problem is you lose lens/glass characteristics specially if you use a high quality cine lenses.

[@fearkillwrite]

Extremely clear guide and helpful, thank you!

[@GorkaDiazz]

6:49 morphing... amazing!

[@34OLD]

Lmao I'm acting like i actually have a choice I can only get the 4k 😂😂

[@thejohnarnett]

That transition at 6:51 😍 I love it! That's so smooth

[@KAREKINFPV]

We shoot with several and the 6k wins every time! Even grading is much harder on the 4K, especially to get it to match the 6k

[@luz3793]

How do you get a canon lens to fit? I don’t know which mount to buy. I don’t know if I need an adapter or speed booster. I’m new to this.

[@jaykudie]

@@luz3793 You need either an ef mount to m4/3 or if you want to reduce the crop factor then you get a speed booster, there are different ones depending on what amount of crop factor you want. "18-35mm on the BMPCC 4K will apply a 1.9x crop. Giving us 34-66mm. The Metabones Speedbooster will give us a .71x crop, bring our final output to 24-47mm."

[@luz3793]

@@jaykudie I have the 6k. Will this work for it?

[@himynameisryan]

You can buy a "Magic Booster" for the 6k. This reduces it to 1.1x crop. This sits between the sensor and the mount. It also acts as a very light promised filter making it more cinematic.

[@francisco_slade]

I bought one and I do like the result a lot.

[@JoshuaStancea]

Mine is on the way, heard the crop is actually closer to 1.3x

[@ErikHill1]

Mind blowing the detail in the prores 4k coming out of the 6k @ 2:40

[@mantenbrink]

As a user of the Pocket 4K for more then half a year: Please don't underestimate the file size, especially in RAW. Don't buy any of these camera's if it's your complete savings account. You really need a more expensive SD card for RAW (At least lexar 1667x, tested on 12:1 60fps 4kDCI) and a lot of (possible expensive) storage if you're going to be shooting on these. And don't forget you probably want a rig, extra batteries, several cards as backup, maybe even a gimbal like ronin-s or zhiyun, a special baseplate for the ronin-s or a cage for the zhiyun crane etc etc etc. The total towards shooting what you want is probably going to cost a lot more then you think. Make sure you have more savings to use and/or income.

[@jonaslinter]

Correct. The cheapest way to record on both of them is of course an external SSD but that may interfere with your setup.

[@saravanasubramanian5893]

Now that the price of 6K dropped to ~$2000... Is it still a wise decision to buy 4K with .64x speed booster instead of 6K?

[@berndkiltz]

Thank you! Glad you mentioned the noise on the 6k which made my decision very easy! -> 4k

[@jacopoabbruscato9271]

I use prores a lot, but rarely zoom in 800% so I guess I'd go for the 4k rather than spending almost double for the 6k and most people would not be any the wiser

[@williamrenfrow7053]

thanks, Caleb, your videos are so informative and helpful, I really appreciate the clarity and fine points, I learn so much watching your videos

[@t-producciones5138]

This is the comparison I was looking for! Thank you!!!!

[@jcinewilliams8819]

Thank you ALL my questions answered!

[@KomuFrank]

This is such a great help. Definitely gets me a step closer in deciding what to buy. Thank you

[@garvintvkenya]

saving for the 4k

[@pacificostudios]

The 4K fan might be quieter, but it might also be ineffective. A friend took a BMPCC 4K out to the California desert to shoot a narrative film (i.e., actors and sound) and it shut down in the heat. I'm working on a film now using a BMPCC 6K and it is having no trouble shooting in the Los Angles summer. Caveat.

[@thewalkingvloggingman7152]

My Panasonic Gh5 2 doesn't overheat, neither does the GH6. And i dont need no stinking speed booster. There's no crop on these cameras in ANY mode, so the hell with Black magic cameras.

[@BRDNKVision]

If you live in USA, than Pocket 4K is cheaper version. But if you live somewhere in Asia, as i do. Pocket 4K is 1700$ + Metabones for Bmpcc4k is 900$ (including delivery and taxes). So in total it's 2600$. But i love it so much! Worth every cent that i invested.

[@pho977]

Best review from the 10+ I watched. Great work🤙🏾

[@Fran0Ran0]

your my favorite camera guy

[@SimplicityForGood]

speedboasters on the micro 4/3 camera are meant to mount a larger lens then than the 4/3 lenses? is not only the crop factor that change right, but also that you can no longer use the 4/3 micro lenses anymore connected to the camera if one use a speed boater that got EF mount for larger lenses?? or?

[@eviltango]

06:53 that transition is so cool

[@yatheesh999]

you can use LUCAdapter on 6K to get FF View!! then compare 4k w/ Sb vs 6K w/ Luc Adapter

[@horizonteestudios]

No one did it yet.

[@variananora]

the video that i'm waiting for in the community! thanks for the explaination!

[@colewithacam97]

Great video, Caleb. I just bought the BMPCC6k a couple of months ago and have barely scratched the surface of what this camera can do. Watching this video helped to assure me that I made a good purchase, but I just need to invest time into learning this BEAST! Haha. I'll check out some of your other content and your Academy to keep educating myself. Thanks for all you do for the video-shooter community!!

[@MIBIncomeEncourager]

Caleb you simply make the best bloody reviews in the world....sure i watch phillip bloom, Tom Antos, gerald undone (genius but too intense!) and others.....but you are in my mind the leader in your field.....beautiful rich colours....presented so well to understand....comparisons.....in my mind you are the guru of reviews....i shall always be hugely grateful to your time and edits.....just brilliant mate......you are always the first person i turn to for the latest info.....and im so grateful for your knowledge.....thanks matey from the other side of the pond.....your work is brilliant ......always practical and brilliant.

[@DavidVives84]

Great guide! It really helped me to find out which to buy

[@KingCladCrowe]

As a complete novice to cinematography/videography.....I fell in love with the 4K. Strangely enough it makes an ambient noise when I turn it on and it's captured in all my videos. Other than that, I love the camera. Thank you for the video it answers a lot of questions between the two cameras.

[@kmal16]

Yes it does, to counter that I would get a Zoom H1, H2, H4n, H5 or H6, from the smallest which is easily held in your palm to the biggest H6 which can still be handheld, or a Tascam or a Sony field recorder. Then bring in the good quality sound in post. It's an extra step, and annoying, I know, but that consistency of doing that will build a good habit of always relying on top notch sound for your footage, and rarely using the onboard camera recording unless of course you're recording kids running around, making noise and that will actually cover that annoying camera sound. Most of the time, I prefer using an external mic, it makes a vast difference in sound quality and stereo field.

[@KingCladCrowe]

@@kmal16 I can't say thank you enough for this response. I have been using the H1 and I couldn't be more happy. I was under the impression something was wrong with my camera. Thank you a million times over.

[@kmal16]

@@KingCladCrowe You're so welcome. Awesome of you to have the H1. It records beautifully and it's small, pocket size and super easy, and it delivers good quality audio. I guess these cameras have fans, so of course there's bound to be some noise there. I'm sure though that some of the BMPCC4K's might not have that noise issues, but mine does. The only time I'll happily record straight from camera is if I'm in a noisy atmosphere, and believe it or not, with some good EQ knowledge and a Compressor you can get the camera audio to sound closer to the H1. Anyways, cheers and enjoy the Blackmagic. I absolutely love mine.

[@justesmond]

Outstanding video. I've been waiting on a video to compare these two.

[@jonjoy-gaba315]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this!

[@EMBEVIDEO]

I have the 4K for quite a while now and I'm more than happy. I planned to add a 6K version and gave it a try. It's a really solid camera, but I still prefer the 4K. With my speedbooster I'm much more flexible and can use my Canon glass and all my mft lenses. Picture quality is basically the same and even if there is more room for cropping 6K footage I feel really good with "only" 4K. In addition the rolling shutter of the 6K version is really much stronger on the 6K. But that's just me with lots of mft lenses ;)

[@lukegrimes3110]

Both incredible cameras, can't wait to get my BMPCC4K! 😁 a bit late to the party but I'm broke haha

[@topicruben]

That was awesome man! Thanks a lot for all the info!

[@austinhuhs]

You said the 6K can downsample to 4K in Prores. Are these downsampled 4K files the same size as those same prores files on the BMPCC4K?

[@fotoworkshop_stuttgart]

Time for a lens guide!

[@YuPhourn]

good comparison, i always watch your video, and learn more from you guy!

[@JoelAHogan]

Awesome video. Thanks so much for this mate.

[@pimmeelhuysen]

Very well put together video. Thank you for the info!

[@nicklong7442]

Okaaaay! 6:51 I had to watch that over and over. Pretty cool man. I see you flexing.

[@WangleLine]

Incredible guide, thank you!

[@thebuzzmeade]

That transition at 652 was slick😎

[@JanksMorton]

YO! that morph at 6:52 just gave me life!!

[@montanaextension7868]

Glad I discovered this channel , amateur photographer and I was just just google searching mantras it accidentally brought me here

[@miriammoriarty8588]

Very helpful comparison, thanks.

[@CallMeChato]

Watching your videos all I can think of is One Punch Man. But other than that, amazing stuff.

[@aarondavidlewis]

Love this channel Caleb - quick question - the blacks on the 4K side of the 4K/6K comparison seemed very raised... is the dynamic range different on the cameras? And if you DIDN'T apply the same LUT and GRADE but optimized for the 4K - does that smokiness go away? Or is the image really just that much muddier even with a speed booster?

[@PostColorGear]

Pocket 4k for me. All day! Great video BTW. Love the production value on this one!

[@smilleur]

6:52 that edit melted my brain

[@SAGINAWDANCESHOW]

Excellent video

[@nikilragav]

Now that the 6k is $2k, how would you compare

[@conner_productions]

I don’t think there’s any question now, other than if you have a ton of m43 lenses or you want to shoot raw in 4K and have no desire for 6k. Other than that, the 6k is now essentially the same price at the 4K wkth a speedbooster

[@joeldiaz141]

I gather the 4k with a speed booster is a better choice for me. Thanks for this.

[@13StopsPocketFilms]

Great video man! Didn’t know about the 4k down sampling in the P6K.

[@barnseymedia]

Well done. your video has played a HUGE role in my decisions. Ill check out the academy. Thanks!

[@moochercat]

With speed booster the 4k is now about the same price of the 6k since Blackmagic has lowered the 6k price to $1995.00.

[@josegz38]

So should we go all the way with the 6k?

[@Faahlew16]

You are awesome!! Very detailed explanation. I’m sticking with the 4K.

[@michelangelotorres_filmmaker]

I agree with all you say. In opinion, the only reason I would go for the 6k version is to be more flexible when it comes to using vintage lenses (except the Canon FD and Leica R glasses): we all know that lenses are an important factor in filmmaking and if you want to go for lenses for which a quality Speedbooster is not available (for example, Pentax Takumar series) and to have a decent wide-angle glass, the BMPCK 6K is the right choice and I'm very surprised that Metabones in not thinking about a speed booster for M42 lenses.

[@joedidit3233]

Just as with my GH4, if I needed to shoot a 1080p video, I would shoot in 4K and down rez it to 1080p and get a better looking video than if I had shot it in native 1080p. So it seems that the same is true if you shoot in 6K and then down rez it to 4K, you'll get a better looking 4K video than you would have if you had shot it in 4K.

[@Ranger7Studios]

I wonder if adding an ir cut filter wold improve the color of both of these cameras, as black magic is notorious for having bad inferred shift.

[@MarcusWolschon]

It does. But only if and only if there is lots of IR present. e.g. when using an ND filter that doesn't filter IR in bright sunlight.

[@ryanverrastro4405]

Comprehensive, I appreciate that. Thank you. Also, great morph during slide!

[@ErikHill1]

Thanks for the video Caleb!

[@sepeterson86]

6:52 blew my MIND!!! tutorial, please!

[@nilkanthadebnath2358]

I think he locked tilt in his tripod and panned twice with both cameras

[@nausea87]

Hey! Could someone help me? I'm pretty new with filming. Now that the 6k is 2000 bucks, would it be the better buy than the 4k with a metabone speed booster, which would be roughly the same? My taste: I like organic cinematic feel, vintage lenses and would also like to do music videos. Thank you!

[@sydneyjohnson1336]

I've used the 6k before, and while it does get great resolution and picture quality, from my point of view it's not worth it based on all of its cons. If you're more into vintage lenses and cinema, based on this video you're going to be able to get more variety of lens choices with the 4k. The thing I love most about the 6k is its color grading (I can't speak for the 4k since I haven't used it yet). However I absolutely HATE the battery life. You either need the powerbase edge which gives you about 3 hrs. of recording time, or you have to have A/C. Another problem I've run into with the 6k is that unless you significantly downgrade the picture quality, the file sizes are MASSIVE. I shot 5 minutes of footage and it was a 115gb file. That's insane. To be able to complete my project, I had to put the settings on ProRes LT to make the file sizes manageable, and that was about 1gb per minute of footage. With either camera you'll need to invest in a good size external hard drive. Some people really like using higher res cameras and downgrading the footage like he talked about, however the reality is that if you're not actually planning on editing and showing the footage in 6k, it's kind of a waste of money. Technology is just now catching up to be able to handle 4k. And like I said, if you want that vintage cinema feel, I think the lens choices you will have with the 4k cam will give you that ability. That's just my opinion.

[@alirazastudios4427]

@@sydneyjohnson1336 hey man, very good reply, I want to get the 4k now instead of 6k but what lens are the best for 4k? Most lens I seen are all canon mount ones, which lens are best for 4/3 mount? I’m hoping to shoot cinematic travel videos and make short action films

[@sydneyjohnson1336]

@@alirazastudios4427 I honestly can't say because I have very limited experience with BlackMagic cameras. When I used the 6k, I had it paired with a Sigma Art Lens using the Canon EF mount, both the 18-35mm and the 24-70mm, mainly because that's what was available for me to use. Rokinon has a pretty decent cinema lens kit that gives you 6 prime lenses for $2,500. That would be more than enough to get you started. I would say don't invest in super expensive glass until you really know what you're doing. You can learn how to get great shots with a mid-level lens. If you're on a tight budget, then maybe get one zoom lens and one 50mm prime lens. But if you can afford to get a variety, that will help you get a wider diversity of shots.

[@RobertShaverOfAustin]

Now that the 6K camera is under $2000, does that make it more attractive?

[@luxurybuzz3681]

Yes

[@AiringAustin]

Avalanche Sound where is this 1700 price?

[@mattthedirector4670]

@Avalanche Sound where is it for 1700????!!!!

[@VilkanVisions]

I can't decide if I should buy Panasonic S1H or BM 6k/4k, maybe You could make a comparision?

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

S1H is competent for photos and costs twice as much.

[@TheCrazyStudent]

I have the 4K. Battery time from the internal battery is still useless. Less than an hour from full charge, and that’s even just messing around in the menu without recording. An external supply is needed in case you don’t want to keep 50 batteries with you and constantly have to change them. But in order to connect external power, you need to purchase an adapter cable from Black Magic Design, since the power connector on the camera is a proprietary connector and such a cable is not included with the camera. (Proprietary connector and not even including a cable - Who at BMD made that choice?? It’s ridiculous.) When I try to shoot in 4K 60fps ProRes, then neither the internal CFast or SD card can keep up with the write speed. For SD card it’s understandable, but for CFast…? If I want to record to CFast, I’m forced to go down to 1080p. The 4K camera also has a fan inside and the camera gets quite warm even when not recording, however the fan is not that loud. But the worst thing about this camera is probably that it doesn’t have a continuous autofocus. It only has single tap autofocus which you need to push every time you want to autofocus on a subject. It can be done on a physical button or the touch screen. But the lack of a continuous autofocus was to me a huge disappointment and something I wish I knew before buying this camera. Being able to record in either RAW or ProRes for more convenient editing in DaVinci Resolve is pretty nice though.

[@itsmebrotherkc]

Great video, are you going to be doing a guide or comparison video on the Panasonic S1H v S1 now that it's available on the market and not in pre-production?

[@RealMangaAddict]

The 6K is $1995. now. Amazing value!

[@Dj_Barlethh]

New or used ?

[@RealMangaAddict]

@@Dj_Barlethh New from their affiliate partners.

[@technofou]

The big problem is using speedboosters is a horrible experience. Metabones support is inexistant and on our GH4 it actually doesn't fasten properly.

[@autofocus3579]

Thank you for that comparison. Many question marks got erased.