BMPCC 6k Low Light Test Footage

[@threefoldtv]

Awesome to see how well this camera performs in low light situations. Thanks for sharing your test shots!

[@MarloweHolt]

Thank you!

[@ChickenManUK]

I love this low light performance. I played it on three big Samsung 4K monitors, the shadow got noisy, but that becomes very clean when it displays on a smaller size. That is the amazing of 6K!

[@MarloweHolt]

Unfortunately most of the artifacts in the shadows is from h264 encoding and KZbin compression. The original files did have noise, but it was a very low, and consistent across the entire frame, similar to film grain. There was absolutely no artifacting. I'll see if I can post a download link for evaluation.

[@ChickenManUK]

@@MarloweHolt Many thanks! We all wish to download a sample to have a try on grading!

[@davidmultimedia2024]

Yeah… this is KZbin artifacts. I own this camera, and let me say that the true noise of this camera is beautiful, very filmic!

[@phillipho704]

Love Blackmagic Camera. So cinematic

[@ReggieABrown]

Pretty cool shots and nice choice of music!

[@MarloweHolt]

Thank you!

[@sonnybrown4758]

Yooooo this is great. Test footage or not. Love that song and what you chose to shoot.

[@MarloweHolt]

Thank you!

[@13StopsPocketFilms]

Gorgeous footage and the music choice couldn't be more perfect (I guess I will keep my Muscibed membership. Lol). Good work.

[@MarloweHolt]

Thank you 🙌🏼

[@TransitProductions]

Looks fantastic!! Now expand on that movie. ;-)

[@MarloweHolt]

Thank you!

[@ryta5465]

Beautiful shots and great music. How did you stabilize your shots?

[@guppyfisk]

Dear Marlowe, impressive footage! Pls. let us know the ISO of the shots. Thank you :)

[@clayman55]

This footage is beautiful all around! I have a new dream camera, LOL. What's the names of song you used?

[@MarloweHolt]

Thank you! It's Dark Side of Paradise by GoldFord on musicbed.com

[@habaneropixelcanada]

Great video, but on second 0:07 there is a problem on the right corner. Looks like the Adjustment layer on you comp or video got moved unintentionally? and we can see the color correction and the video that is coming next. It happens to the best tho, i love the video and music 👍looks like a bad ass camera

[@MarloweHolt]

The video was rotated slightly because it was shot a bit crooked. I meant to crop in a few percent, unfortunately I didn't and the video underneath in the timeline shows through. It was my first time using davinci resolve and I was a little preoccupied figuring things out. Thanks for the heads up!

[@underdog_factor]

What did you push your ISO to? Seeing small amount of noise on the car. Everything looks beautiful by the way. good eye

[@K1tips]

these amazing shoots need a good camera, but more than that it needs a good CameraMan. good job n good luck 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@zackketz]

Great music choice!

[@MarloweHolt]

Thank you!

[@tythebelieveguy4228]

AWESOME footage...

[@MarloweHolt]

Thank you!

[@floridaproductiongroup9970]

Very nice! What music track is that? Love it.

[@MarloweHolt]

Thank you! The track is Dark Side of Paradise by GoldFord. It's on musicbed

[@soamjena]

Beautiful. It looks much much better than Gh5 in the low light. BTW, was the lens Canon 50mm 1.4 L ?

[@MarloweHolt]

It's definitely better than the Gh5 and even the Gh5s, which I owned for the last year. I was using a Rokinon 24mm cine ds T1.5 which is like 37mm on this camera.

[@soamjena]

Marlowe Holt great. I guess I will have to buy the canon 16-35mm f2.8 again.

[@MarloweHolt]

@@soamjena I'm renting a few options this week and building a new rig. I'll outline all my findings. I'm grabbing the 16-35mm f4 because it has IS, and the bmpcc 6k has an active EF mount. I'm also picking up the Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 which has VC. Should be interesting, it may come down to weight for me. The Tamron is a full pound heavier.

[@soamjena]

Marlowe Holt why not the 16-35 f2.8 ? It also has the IS

[@soamjena]

Marlowe Holt bTw, this was shot at braw 12:1 or 3:1 ? And was it writing to a SD card or you had a SSD connected ?

[@marshallartsentertainment3741]

Nice! 👍🏾 What time of night was it? What ISO and lenses did you use?

[@bigdap100]

The Future is NOW!!!!

[@MarloweHolt]

For real! True movie making is at our finger tips!

[@LikeAGentlemanPlease]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ video! Have you noticed any difference between 4K/6K low light or is it about the same.

[@MarloweHolt]

This is the first time I have used a black magic camera, so I don't know. Unfortunately KZbin crushed this video. I uploaded it in 60mbs in 6k and it looks horrible when compared to the original footage. BRAW 12:1 is better than the footage I got from my Sony a7s2 with ninja flame in proreshq. I will say that I'm not a fan of the micro four thirds format. Everyone claims to gain a stop and a wider field of view from speedboosters and focal reducers, however I disagree. I owned a Gh5s for the last year, wide open adapted lenses tend to generate extreme blur and a Halo effect that you simply cannot fix in post. I'd actually say you lose a stop of usability because of the blur. For me the 6k is better simply because of the native EF mount. I can stop down to T1.5 without losing too much quality.

[@BlackWarriorLures]

@@MarloweHolt Yeah, KZbin always kills the footage.

[@fourth1000]

what did you edit with? very nice! I like neon lights and filming old dingy trap style motels. very cinematic!

[@willemvandenbroeck6829]

Very very good test. To me the cam looks perfect for docu, not film.

[@MarloweHolt]

I'll be testing the higher quality BRAW compression this week with people and skin tones!

[@davidwarrenbiazon9291]

Hi, the footages looked great! Awesome test shots. I'm just wondering, did you intentionaly did a faded color grade? I'm not really sure if its because of the flare or the tungsten lights bouncing everywhere.

[@MarloweHolt]

I shot it on the film setting in camera, which comes with brighter and more grey shadows. I believe it has the greatest dynamic range. I didn't do much color correction beyond adding a slight s curve. In some of the clips where the color temperature didn't match what my eye saw (I messed up the WB), I added a very slight amount of CTB. The flares didn't affect too many shots, mostly the dwarves sign. It should be noted this video was shot right before a full moon.

[@TVperson1]

Is there any fixed pattern noise in the background?

[@MarloweHolt]

Not until iso 6400, at least in BRAW 12-1. It's fairly random and smooth like film grain. It should be very easy to reduce in post. My Sony cameras have a very distinct noise pattern especially in the shadows.

[@TVperson1]

@@MarloweHolt Oh Cool, is there any Blackmagic moire?

[@MarloweHolt]

@@TVperson1 not that I noticed but I'll shoot some tests on patterns and post them!

[@markusstark8564]

What is the ISO? Choosing the limiting EF mount by BM instead of the MFT mount might be the dealbreaker for me.

[@MarloweHolt]

The ISO is different for every shot. The maximum ISO was 4000. I wasn't necessarily interested in a scientific test. More of a real world situation test. Both lenses I used are T stop, not F stop, so I don't have exact values because I tried to find a balance between what's in focus, consistent lighting, and noise. Honestly I find the EF mount an asset. I own a wide variety of cameras and lenses from many different systems. For reference I just moved away from MFT on a Panasonic Gh5s, I also own Sony a73 and a7r3. It comes down to personal preference and assignment. As far as a film making tool, this camera can't be beat for the money.

[@Thelesurvivant]

Wow

[@GabrielScindian]

WOW

[@MarloweHolt]

Thank you!

[@zameerpactyan]

maybe it is a good camera but there something wrong with the sky anyone noticed that ? it could be the color grading flaw ?

[@MarloweHolt]

You would be correct the colors are odd, also some of the shots are out of order. Las Vegas has incredibly varied colors at sunset because we are in a basin, and they change every 15-30 seconds at this time of day. Which is why I chose to shoot this at Golden hour to show as much variation as possible. There's also a nearly full moon and we are in the desert.

[@zameerpactyan]

@@MarloweHolt Dear Marlowe Can you make an in depth video about it ?

[@insanedb]

Washed blacks, yuck! are you a filmmaker or a hipster?

[@DentargPL]

What ISO was used? Any Noise Removal in post?