BMCC 6K vs Sony A7Siii | Full Frame Comparison

I compare the footage between the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K Full Frame vs the Sony A7siii

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TIMECODES

0:00 BMCC FF vs Sony A7siii
2:15 Handheld
3:06 Lowlight
3:50 Thoughts
5:19 Which one should you buy?

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[NatesFilmTutorials]

Which camera is A and B? Let me know which you prefer!

[aghhygvhgc]

I have 2 equal files, raw from Black and Xavc from A7S3. And the truth is Blackmagic has MUCH better dynamic range, much better colors and overall image

[Lathrop_Media]

The full frame just has fuller richer colors. I just grabbed a bmcc after using clog3 for the last year... wowzers!!!

[MagnetiqLabs]

To be honest a lot of people say that BM has a better colour science etc. but to me, based on what I see in comparisons, Sony is not worse in my opinion, it’s just more neutral and can be easily tuned to be more punchy like BM.
I use CamMackey LUTs in DaVinci and it always gives me more richer and deeper colours than standard ways to grade SLog and better than Phantom LUTs in my opinion.

[JamesJacksonFilmz]

Nice video man. Guessed from the jump that Cam B was the full frame, and it’s the one I preferred. The fuller colors on the skin were the dead giveaway. But you did a great job matching them together.

[AskJoe]

I always prefer the colors on Blackmagic cameras, especially compared to Sony's. The big price drop made grabbing one a no brainer. Although you can eventually fiddle with settings, I just plain love the Blackmagic color right from the camera. All it takes is one of the base LUTs like Extended Video and you're good to go. Besides the color there's a softness that's a bit more subtle. It's sharp, but at the same time, soft using the default settings. Lastly, there is simply no better menu system than Blackmagic's. My only complaint is that you can't point the screen at yourself for self-shooting.

[RafalGendarz]

I have a7iv (similar to a7s3) and bmccff and the image is much better on the bm - less digital, colour science is much better and you don’t need to worry about wb as it’s RAW. Sony is doing post automatic noise reduction so it looks videoy

[GALAXYHUNTER]

7SIII looks much sharper or is it just the focus point missed a bit?

[BlackGritsDoesIt]

At this point, it's just plain bullying LOL😂😂😂😂

[TerasiaEntertainment]

The dynamic range seems quite noticeable, BMCC wins there easily. Actually found the Sony's footage sharper, but then again I am looking at this through YouTube's compression lens. Wish BMCC had better autofocus and low light performance for real world scenarios and independent video makers.

[heynow]

I knew the A7S3 was A. I like it more

[eternalafterlyfe]

Which one would you suggest for music videos and videos for podcasting?

[surrealmedia]

Would you mind sharing the first handheld clip from both cameras RAW so we can play with the grade? I have a feeling the Sony has better dynamic range in all of the clips despite what you say and this one is a good test. How did you come to the conclusion that the BM has more?

[MyFriendlyPup]

A7SIII ALL DAY and im a panasonic shooter

[consipicy]

Thanks man, I'm torn between the 2 of them but am leaning towards the bmcc. Much respect for the Helios, I got mine about 7 years ago. It's definitely a specialty lens but when matched accordingly to a proper scene, it definitely shows it uniqueness in a very beautiful way!

[JamesNixon]

Funnily I preferred the Sony image when looking at the blind tests. But both would be easy to match

[vladgoth]

Excellent comparison, which clearly shows image differences between the two cameras. I definitely prefer BMCC mainly because of better colours. I think that because of just image quality, RAW option and price BMCC 6K wins for all projects where you don't need extreme low light capability, autofocus and IBIS.

[matt.banton]

I got one in the crazy sale too and love it! I do feel they are slightly different tools for different styles of shooting. Sometimes I think I need IBIS and AF, but 95% of the time I don't

[loudmotion]

Coming from bmd myself and moving to the fx3 aka a7s3, definitely the c6k looks more filmic and richer in tonality...something I always told myself when I went to sony, is that below middle grey it is so desaturated and always asked myself if its not how sony fix their horrible greenish skin tones they suffered from before? The c6k seems to have better lattitude in the shadows and its why we think it has better dynamic range but it does not..I really need to find an atomos to try out the RAW from the fx3(since the denoiser is not working there) and maybe we dont even need to have a 2nd c6k body to pull off filmic images. 😌

[DuncanDimanche-sreview]

might wanna try matching cameras better mate... saturation ain't a hard thing to ad in post