Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Pro Review - The Live BEAST !

None of the brands mentioned have sponsored the video nor did they give free products. However we do mention our own Middle Things products and software in the video.

This is the new Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Pro, and in this video we are going to see how it stands up in terms of image quality, workflow, remote control, connections, sound, lens choice whether this camera is for you or not.

00:00 Intro
00:22 Design
01:40 ATEM Workflow Integration
02:14 Tally
03:06 Camera Control
03:33 PTZ Pan/Tilt with APC-R
04:00 Program Return
04:34 Talkback & Communications
06:51 Connections & I/O
08:27 Recording to a drive
09:54 7" Big & Bright Screen
11:41 Image quality
13:02 Lens options : MFT
14:27 Lens options : Testing B4
15:17 Pro vs Plus
16:00 Accessories
17:14 Upsides
18:26 Downsides
18:56 Suggestions

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[MiddleThings]

What's its new little name, BMSC4KP or BMSCP ?

[unnmedfeelng]

I'm surprised I've never heard of this camera before. Turns out that TV production is a whole different world.

[Lotus_Trade]

just found this channel. The moment i saw you i just subscribed.

[akilifill]

You guys are amazing! This was a proper review bro! Great information!

[PouyaNia]

Amazing! Thanks for this thorough review. Still waiting on ours :)

[rfn]

Extremely valuable as usual! I've been watching your channel for a while now, and I like how you provide value in your content as much as in your production. Keep up the great work! I don't understand the interest in keeping the mft mount for studio cameras, having done all kind of live production it's clear to us that B4 is the way to go unless you plan on bringing a whole range of accessories to help you better control zoom/focus on all mft lenses..it won't be comparable.

[IOPvideo]

The Zoom and Focus demands are great in theory, but the big issue with the zoom demand is compatibility. So far the only lenses I have found that aren't discontinued are:  The Panasonic Lumix G X Vario PZ 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 and the Panasonic Lumix G X Vario PZ 45-175mm f/4-5.6. Its weird that they would put out a product with such a narrow range of compatible lenses. You'd really need a servo zoom motor to take advantage of the MFT range.

[ttoereprod]

Excellente review. Merci beaucoup, tu as tout dit !!

[adolfnegeh]

Wow. That's great. I will need one. And i love the way u explained it. Is explicit 👍

[thomaslanterman]

I have a B4 Lens attached w/adaptor to my GH5s. Love it ! So, I share your idea of promoting B4 lenses to fit the BMSC 4K Pro. I would gladly attach my existing B4 lens to it.

[FerrariSpyder]

This is so dope. I learned a lot enjoyed the video as well. You are a great teacher. 📸

[Yanikikudon]

Merci pour la review, thanks for the review !

[rolfhjulstad]

Thank you for a great review!! Ex. zoom motor and B4 adapter would be awesome!

[locust]

18:14 Hi i was unable to use the camera control features using the atem Studio hd and the bmpcc6k, unless i'm wrong can you tell me where i went wrong? from my research the pocket cameras only work with the atem mini, as in camera control, tally features. i tried it on my friends atem mini pro and focus, zoom, color correction all worked on first try. plugged it to my Atm Studio HD and all i could do was switch between cameras. no tally, no camera control. I'm hoping it a firmware update fixable issue. but i'm open to advice.

[jandaranowski]

BMD external zoom motor is essential to use MFT lenses in broadcast style :)

[gewoonlive]

Maybe Midle Things can make a solution for other zoom lenses? I hope for a zoom motor from Blackmagic but i don’t think they will.. Could you make something like that?

[badreality]

@8:37

The color accuracy of the Pro is more accurate, to my eye.

[wasbeen]

Great review. Lots of good information. It is the camera I have been waiting for, but the lack of lenses available worries me. Interesting thought about the zoom motor, I did wonder why they are shipping the base plate for rods.

[Videoproductie-live]

Great review! I have used a B4 YJ20x8.5 lens with 2 x extender and a fotodiox adaptor on almost 80 streams and recordings with amazing results. Of course i used with the lens, support and manual focus wire. I did this with the Pocket 4k. Tomorrow i get the studio pro. For me is the bigger screen and sdi output a must...got already reading glasses 3.0 plus. We work with vmix and not atm. We gonna find out if we get tally work on it. For talkbak we use wireless hollyland system. The work is do varius from talkshows to concerts and the parfocal on the B4 lens is very welcome.
About the lens.., you need to have luck if you buy one. I have a SD version but i found out that they also sold back in the days as HD lens. Because only in the factory was a slide differences in sharpness and even not visible for the eye. But it saves a ton of money. For the sweetspot set the B4 lens on 4.0 stop. Of course a photolens is sharper but with the streams we never use 4k...its not possible with the hdmi output and the stream downgrade it anyway.
But i have so mush advantage because i can zoom en make dynamic slides. Its the main feature why i did so many streams instead of static shots.
But you have a good channel and lots of good info...greetings from The Netherlands

[ONtvChannels]

As always from you old chap (AKA Zebrazone) - a very good well balanced piece - thank you... John M
Sadly BMD have (as of yet) failed to provide either a B4 or EF mount option on this product, which is a great pity IMHO - the 4 screws holding the MFT mount might hopefully mean that this is a possible future option? Otherwise it will mean a third party adapter will be the way forward?