Opinions about Blackmagic PYXIS 6K at NAB 2024

Blackmagic Design PYXIS 6K is out! A cube-style full-frame 6K camera is a release everyone has been waiting for. Some love it, some are sceptical. We are at NAB Show 2024, and we asked what are people’s first thoughts right after testing it?
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[@nicolapaoli4561]

Ahah some of them don't have any idea of what they are saying. It's a box camera! One says the ergonomic is bad so he will leave it as a fixed angle in live streaming because it has no good monitoring solution! A box camera! Ahah. Honestly, I am really grateful to BM for this wave of new cameras. I was looking forward for a box and here it is. Full frame, and with sdi. Wow! Finally!

[@Sethmotley]

These people are never satisfied they act like every box camera under $3000 has a global shutter and internal ND. BMD build the PYXIS 2 in a triangle body maybe these complainers will be happy.

[@overnightclassic2]

because it doesn't do anything new. It feels like too late for the product and it doesn't have internal ND and the only display is mounted on the side where it is odd to use. Plus there is no external display that can control the camera. plus in full frame mode, the rolling shutter is like taking a step 15 years back.

[@plutoX1982]

​@@overnightclassic215 years back...wtf u talking about

[@Sethmotley]

@@overnightclassic2 it doesn’t suppose to do anything new. Users ask for a box style cinema camera and that’s what they got and the color science ,BRAW and image quality alone makes it a great camera and let’s not forget the free full $350 Studio Davinci Resolve.

[@ibrahimmomoh]

I think maybe when it becomes a circle they will be more satisfied. 😅

[@OrangeHouseMedia]

The value to performance ratio is off the charts with this. You could literally buy two of these vs their competition.

[@AllThingsFilm1]

The hate being thrown at the PYXIS is ridiculous. For the price, it's a fantastic camera. It's Blackmagic's first box camera. And it shoots BRAW. The guy who said he would be interested if it cost $2,000 is an idiot. You won't find a $2,000 camera anywhere close to the PYXIS. What's sad is that a lot of KZbin creators are jumping on the hate train as well. As someone who has filmed a feature film, I can say without question that the PYXIS is a great camera for the price.

[@waveland]

All you have to do is grab a screen shot of the Pyxis lens mount, draw a rounded box around the sensor, then ask yourself where can you slide the filter out of the way? There’s no place to go. Then go look at the big “chin” below the mount on the FX6. The camera would have needed to be quite a bit taller to make internal NDs feasible. Physics are a buzzkill, but that’s how the real world works.

[@ChimneyMan27]

Phil Holland: "It's not for me" No shit Phil... No shit (Phil is the biggest Red Fan boy in existence...)

[@chucko31499]

in all honesty, he couldve shitted more on it.

[@Sethmotley]

It is the talk of the NAB Show😂

[@Shuttterbugg]

Where is the pro res...I don't get it

[@AllThingsFilm1]

If you've ever worked with BRAW you wouldn't be worried about that. BRAW files are 1/3 the size of ProRes, yet it is 12-bit raw video files.

[@johnaart]

@@AllThingsFilm1 FACTS

[@my2cents198]

" its amazing footage "😂😅😂. It is EXACTLY the same sensor as the 6K pocket... we all know what the footage looks like , only the form factor has changed. Can't wait for people to start posting " test footage " from the new camera 😂😅😂...making total dicks of themselves

[@Sneaky-Sneaky]

Two things are shoppers for me….no internal ND and 13 stops of dynamic range…otherwise it looks great for $3;000.

[@colinthomas2525]

This is to add perspective for people who are complaining about the dynamic range of the pyxis. So here is cineD top 20 dynamic range tests done to a signal to noise ratio of 2. The new bmcc6k gets a score of 11.7 which is the same as the fx6. The pyxis will be the same as it’s the same sensor. A $3000 camera can’t get much more DR. The bmpcc og had a score of 11.2 and it’s 10 years old. Sure a $25000-$80000 cameras have (if you are willing to pay a whole lot more) a true DR of 13-15. 1 ARRI ALEXA 35 15.3 2 ARRI ALEXA Classic 13.8 3 RED V-RAPTOR 8K VV 13.7 4 ARRI ALEXA Mini LF 13.5 5 Sony VENICE 2 8K. 13.2 6 Canon EOS C500 MII 13.1 7 Sony Alpha a7 IV 12.9 8 FUJIFILM GFX100 II 12.8 9 Canon EOS C300 MIII 12.8 10 Canon EOS C70 12.8 11 RED V-RAPTOR [X] 8K VV 12.8 12 Panasonic LUMIX S1H 12.7 13 Sony Alpha a1 12.7 14 Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 12.6 15 Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 4.6K 12.6 16 RED KOMODO 6K 12.5 17 DJI Ronin 4D 6K 12.4 18 Sony Alpha a7S III 12.4 19 Sony ZV-E1 12.4 20 Sony Alpha a7CR 12.4

[@Sneaky-Sneaky]

@@colinthomas2525 This is to add a little more context….if this is approx. the same as the cinema 6k then it is 1/2 fstop worse than a camera that cost me $2000. So yeah …. Paying 50% more for less DR would be concerning for sure!

[@bmefilms6879]

@@Sneaky-Sneaky what camera is that?