Shooting with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K - Hands on Review

Recently, we've finally gotten a chance to shoot with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, and we loved it. I'm sure there are plenty of questions that aren't answered in this video, which we will cover in the host of other content we're going to be making for this camera over the coming months.

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[shawnwright]

The specs, price, ease of menu and now this video have sold me on this camera.
Thanks

[alibinfarman]

03:26 that old lady looks so sweet. I wish her a happy and healthy life

[just.do.something]

Thanks for the vid. And respect to the behind the scenes camera person, did a great job.

[mauifilms]

From watching this video I can honestly state " this is the best image quality I have seen from any under $10, 000 camera ever!" Maybe it's not set up
for a run -n- gun environment with advanced auto focus, ibis and all the other perks we have grown to but with a little directorial control
the possibilities are limitless. I may just pick one up for producing online commercials and marketing videos. Kudos to Black Magic for the inspiration
I have been looking for. To all you curious content creators out there -

[Nordbiene]

Beautiful model and very nice camera. Thank You for this Video. Kai

[Samantha-dwkj]

I love how practical this review is! Brilliant choice to focus on how the camera performs sans accessories.

[titaniumwaffle]

That guy with the smart phone rig at 3:39

[perspectivestudioscaribbea]

Well done Carl, the Shots are absolutely gorgeous, and Prores 422 Wow !
to me this is the Camera of The Year !!!!

[raise-project]

The colors look really pleasing, realistic and 3Dimensional.

[michaelscanlon]

Damn... the images look amazing especially given the tube station lighting, looks like it was shot on an Alexa!

[lucian]

This is ridiculously well priced! Awesome!

[iamkubrick]

Ace review! I don’t need this camera but I’d like one. I have the UMP and it’s fantastic. But this is totally fine for corporate work. Chuck on a speedbooster and you’ve got a mini ursa mini. We’re getting spoiled with so much great stuff but Blackmagic are really spoiling us with fantastic prices and quality gear.

[allencrider]

Cool. Lots of pro-res footage which I hadn't seen before from this camera. This simply adds to my opinion that every time I see footage from one of these cameras it is always produces very beautiful color.

[shoeflystudios]

Great Review. The footage at 3:30 of the woman in the market is classic BMPCC look. Lots of people were knocking it for not achieving that look, but you got it spot on. And here's to our very patient wives and girlfriends that let us follow them around with every new piece of gear.

[portzir]

This camera looks like a total game changer. 4k60p RAW INTERNALLY (more or less) is just HUUUGE! and is a selling point that just stand for itself. It feels like this will be my first camera since its looking so perfect for stock filming. It's just so mind-blowing for this poop of a price, just so underpriced AND you get resolve on top for free which is totally underpriced as well! BM is really rocking the stage, without mentioning fking BM RAW!! This company is just blowing my mind away. In relation to the price of course, it's not comparable to Arri or Red, but e.g. Sony's FS7 is a super nice camera as well and has its benefits itself and is overall seen probably the better camera but the BMPCC4k isn't that far behind and it's make a huuuge difference if a camera costs 10 bucks or less than just one and a half.

But i'm concerned about lenses; coming from EF and E, MFT feels like a downstep. Do you guys have any recommandations for specific lenses or companys? How are the ones from for example Walimex performing? What about the lenses used in this video? What's about adapters, sticking to Canon EFs? Since it's a small sensor with 4k resolution my suggestion is that you need a really crisp and high quality lens to take care of the big resolution on that small sensor. And i'm also interested in all the rigging stuff; Cage, monitor, handle, power (v-mount would be a donger), ssd, matte boxes, filters...how's the performance with a one hand gimbal like zhiyun's crane or ronin s? In addition to the use of auto focus. It's mentioned that the camera supports AF, but with which lenses and how does it performes?

I'm really excited (say what) about this camera and can't wait to see all the videos and pictures that are coming up in the next weeks! BM is really starting something big and in combination with BM RAW and Resolve it's (being in love with this cam) like a dream come true <3 Finally a workflow that's just working without all that bullshit that's coming along if you have to pick from here and there (e.g. Apple's and Atomos' ProResRAW: SONY FS7, Atomos Sumo and Apple FCPX (and a Mac) or just BM Cam, BM Raw and BM Resolve? Second seems to work as it should work.) Hopefully they are keeping track and in five years we have an even more heavy-weight competiter!

[OfTwoLands]

Nice video Carl, such a cool camera. Been shooting with it for more than a week and absolutely love it. Funny you guys used the same track at 3:21 that I used for my BMPCC 4K Sydney video, must suits its footage I guess haha. Cheers

[tanukik]

Some of the nicest footage I've seen come out of a black magic camera

[cactuslabm]

great, great review. I will buy this awsome girl!

[HeathcliffBlair]

Thanks. Very interesting and informative review. I would have liked to have seen more normal speed motion material to judge the camera's cadence abilities. There's A LOT of slo-mo stuff out there in general, and while it's a pretty and beguiling effect, it doesn't help to determine some key aspects of a camera's actual performance. Indeed it can hide quite a few sins. No disrespect intended. Thanks again.

[ajinkyamanohar]

Skin tones are superb, image quality looks great.
You have done a great job.