BMPCC6K PRO Battery Grip review (watch before buying)

[@GOA_Pictures]

i feel bad for this situation. such a great content got only 3k views and 3k subscribers, you deserve 1000X more

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Thanks Nika, appreciate that, and I made this video when I had less than a thousand subs :(

[@newyorkartistandphilosophy8091]

That was cool. Theater and gear tech. Great.

[@Romulocks]

That ending hit me right in the gut with the laughs. Thanks for that.

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Glad you enjoyed! Don't worry about the future!

[@tyleradams3490]

HAHA! This should be nominated for a youtube emmy.

[@MarxOrx]

I was here before this won an Oscar

[@Plazuma]

yo wtf, only 100 subs? this is amazing XD

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

100 subs today might be a 1000 tomorrow(well maybe in a few months)

[@KGFIQ]

this intro was the best lol BTTF is my favorite

[@osymajprod7900]

I just bought it and found this eternal problem of the battery indicator coming and going, it's the same as on the original bmpcc, I was thinking of buying the grip, but I'll change my mind.Thank's for your review

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Glad to help, my battery grip is definitely going to be sold sometime soon. I left it too long to return.

[@g_rant_]

bravo... bravo. i clicked sub after the intro skit. i dun even care if your review is horrible... that level of attention to detail in dialogue deserves a sub. You rock sir.

[@g_rant_]

watched it all the way through and the review is solid and insightful as well!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Thank you sir, I'm glad you appreciated my deep love of BTTF!

[@dosmedia1583]

Always professional, so how should I charge those battery ?

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

If you use V-mount batteries, you'll need a D-tap charger, the core SWX comes with one. If you're using NPF batteries you can buy a dual Sony NPF charger very affordably.

[@bmefilms6879]

yupp, just saved myself 145 dollars. I took my pro out with 4 np-f550 batteries and I got less than an 1:30 minutes.i purchased smallrig ssd mount that opens like a phone holder. the side has a quarter 20 screw, I mounted an older ssd holder to that and I put an npf battery plate with the connector in the new holder....right on top of the quarter 20 thread on the camera. I use the 750 npf s (lower profile) with 3 batteries I shot 5.7 k 8.1 braw, monitor 100% for over 5hrs!!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Let me spend that money so you don't have to! Sounds like you have a great solution sorted.

[@BoristheBlade]

I see I see... Very informative thank you

[@laughwithoutsmiling]

Very helpful. I was literally about to press “complete order” lol. Guess I’ll just stick to my anker powerbanks.

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Glad I saved you a purchase, needs a re-design.

[@nottherightchannel5511]

Great video. Informative, entertaining, and funny.

[@GogoDesignFilms]

thank you sir

[@legendp2011]

i did a 12 hour-7 day reality shoot with an a7sii, using off-brand batteries that gave me an average of 50mins per charge. it is annoying, but workable, just need to buy a dozen batteries and put them in a small back pack (for npf the neewer batteries are cheap and seem to do a decent job in my testing)

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

You can absolutely use this method very successfully, but I've had so many good takes or ready to shoot moments be stolen due to having to do a battery swap that I'm over that method now. Bring me battery life or bring me death!

[@patrickmarsh5432]

Great points that feel extremely practical!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

I'm a very practical filmmaker.

[@patrickmarsh5432]

@@thesavagefilmmaker unrelated but have you seen the wooden camera a-box? Seems like a good permanent solution to the mini xlr ports.

[@JesusPursuit]

since nobody has any np 570's anywhere is it safe to use a mix of 570's and 550's??

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Yes they work, they just don't last very long.

[@adamtemple9417]

So I'm going to go out on a limb here and say your issue is with mixing the battery types. The 2 in the camber are charging the one in the camera. At different mills your freaking out the multimeter in the camera, each battery is pushing charge differently to one another. Knowing blackmagic and their first firmware fun, you should only use the bm batteries.

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Thanks for the insight Adam. Great to know, but I've shifted back to a V-mount battery solution the form factor of this alone was too awkward and unbalanced for me to deal with day to day.

[@adamtemple9417]

@@thesavagefilmmaker Yeah I didn't even bother. I only go battery with these if I'm on a gymbol

[@Ryan-Payne]

came to say this! you can't mix batteries when they're connected in parallel as they attempt to charge the weak link.

[@Bradyhuffer10]

amazing video!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Thanks brother !

[@jeremyquan9201]

Usually I skip intro, but I couldnt for this one xD

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Understandable😂

[@directorparisholmes2024]

very creative

[@Patrick-jj5nh]

did u mention what brightness level you set the screen? apparently the 3hr recording & running time is for screen brightness at 50%..

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Yes, I was running it at maximum brightness, which is mentioned.

[@egshane]

Yes

[@richardlambeth9513]

Loving this

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

You're a gentleman Richard!

[@classicsproductions6625]

Does anyone know if it's possible to use the XS Powerbase Edge on a gimbal with the camera? Of course with a gimbal to hold all the weight, thanks!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Never tried this, I feel like you'd be better off moving the Powerbase onto the Gimbal handle seperately and connecting via a D-tap to Weipu cable.

[@Moviewer]

Awesome intro!!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Thank you Hugo!

[@sergiofilmmaker94]

awesome video thanks!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

My pleasure!

[@Ryderoller]

Is battery included with grip? Thanks!!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

No you have to buy the batteries separately.

[@denarwarren6701]

I’ve had these same problems

[@pinang1]

wait so that means your 3 batteries last longer when you actually reload the camera itself one battery after the other rather than using this thing that supposed to prolong the battery life? cause even off-brand battery is 37 min. Times three it should be way more than 77min. seems like it does more harm than good.

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

That is with the screen up in brightness. But umm yeah, look that battery grip was terrible in my opinion!

[@pinang1]

@@thesavagefilmmaker did you ever have a noise issue with the camera fan? It seems like it's quite loud. I think it can be picked up during interviews. I initially thought that it's the battery grip but it seems like it's coming from the fan on top

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Generally my shotgun mic would be seperate from the camera for interviews.

[@pinang1]

​@@thesavagefilmmaker yeah mine too, i was just scared it will pick up the fan noise anyway. but it seems like it was all ok. I had it for the shoot yesterday. It was almost new and still seemed like there was a lot of problems with it. Sometimes it would randomly stop responding. Touch screen would work but nothing else. Cables are a nightmare. USB stops connecting when you touch it. There seem to be no warning about the battery as well. Also for some reason during playback it would still show focus assist and zebra so I would have to manually turn it off each time. I love their picture. Was thinking about getting Original Pocket (much easier to use and easier to handle) before despite shit batteries but this one is a bit disappointing. I have a feeling they've tried to save money on it.

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Give it a chance my friend, this in my opinion is the best Blackmagic camera you can buy, just takes a little bit of work to get the hang of it. You can turn off both focus assist and zebra, by assigning one of the function buttons to remove these things and you can turn off both in the menus system or toggle them on and off with the function buttons (if you have them assigned).

[@matterform4691]

I didn't even bother. Vmount all the way baby. I'm going to run tests on using the pro with vfx soon.

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Yup, I've joined the V-mount gang once again!

[@victore6941]

Hilarious and so right-on....yous da man SF....making it f'ing FUN....hahaha

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Thanks Victor, always trying to make the info fun!

[@jasonhernandez5046]

😂best intros ever!

[@jordanag7359]

Hahahahahaa Guy that intro

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Lovely to see you as always ❤️😊

[@LaplantFilm]

Hahahahaha I Love you

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Love you to brother! 🥰