The Lie About Battery Life | BMPCC 4K

[@GreggMcLachlan]

Decided to do an 'Indoor Gregg' episode. Do more indoors episodes? Or stick with outdoors only for episodes? Or mix?

[@Wildridefilms]

The BMPCC4k is absolutely one of the greatest cameras ever released. But its criticism is warranted even though it's a bit overblown. The big screen has no articulation, meaning you can't flip it out of the way to slap a V mount plate and battery on it. So now you need a cage, a V mount plate, a V mount battery and an external monitor. It suddenly becomes a lot more unwieldy just to get some usable battery life.

[@GreggMcLachlan]

For sure, we get annoyed by some things.... and then we adjust (and spend) to remedy them. I wish one of the major manufacturers would create a 3.5 inch monitor, lol, as an alternative to always using our regular monitors

[@MakeArtHurt]

Shooting a feature next week with 3 BMPCC4K and a recognizable cast, so I agree wholeheartedly that the pocket 4K is one of the best cameras ever made :-)

[@dwaynewladyka577]

This was great. Good information on batteries. Cheers, Gregg! 👍🏻👍🏻✌️🇨🇦

[@matrixxhunter]

I love my bmpcc 4k. If you plan to use the camera professionally then plan to buy a lot of batteries (internal and external) and cables and mounting solutions for those items. ive spent about $500 on powering my camera and I still run into battery life related situations.

[@mediaflmcreation]

I knew I was gonna have to drop imaginary cash on battery life and I couldn't justify(at the time) the amounts for v mounts so I bought a Dewalt converter piece and use my 20/60v for my BMC4k. Yes in the professional field I have dewalt batteries I can use all across my equipment... never had not a single power issue. I have NPF 980's too that work for my BMC4k too I had prior too.

[@marin_real_estate_photography]

No t sure exactly why KZbin chose to show this video of yours in my feed - I don't shoot on BlackMagic cameras, and I don't shoot wildlife / outdoors video - but I am glad they did. There is, sadly, no perfect camera... no matter HOW much money you spend on it. I do have a passing interest in BMD cameras though. Maybe one day I will end up with one.

[@GreggMcLachlan]

Glad it landed on your feed and love your comment. Yes, no camera is perfect. If we love the camera we use, but it has some quirks, we adapt 👍🙌

[@inSurfersParadise]

Totally agree. I am not shooting Russian Ark. My takes are 5 to 29 seconds long. When doing interviews, plug it in to AC power. One thing I would like is a belt clip mounted big battery with a mag safe style power cord. That way you could freely move around, using the in camera battery while topping up from a bigger tank with a quick release cable. I like to stay true to the DSLR form factor rather than cage.

[@GreggMcLachlan]

@@inSurfersParadise You could totally put a v mount battery on a belt clip too 👊

[@inSurfersParadise]

@@GreggMcLachlan Mmmm. Once I have the tangle safe cable solution I shall go forth and shout it into the world.

[@melanienolley]

For me, those little internal batteries work perfectly for hot swapping larger external batteries but don't last long enough for anything else I need battery power for. lol Funny how we all have different needs.

[@GreggMcLachlan]

@@melanienolley for sure, power choices can change with different scenarios/needs. We are all unique indeed 👍

[@adriancluskey3640]

Only that really annoys me about my P4K is the IR/UV pollution when using ND filter or on sunny days, so many shots with that horrible/red noise. Honestly, since upgrading to the CC6KFF, I haven't touched my P6K as the imagine is so much nicer out of the camera and easier to grade.