SONY FX3 vs BMPCC 6K PRO | Cinematic Review | ARRI Alexa Mini Comparison

SONY FX3 vs BMPCC 6K PRO compared with ARRI Alexa Mini.
Why the Pocket 6K Pro is better than the FX3. Cinematic Review.

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[coreyrobn]

After testing both of these cams, I ended up going with the Pocket 6K Pro as the B cam to my Alexa Mini. Which one do you like better?

[TheEli]

"ultimately as a compitent cinematographer, whatever happens between your framelines is infinately more important than the brand of camera we're using to create it" - Very well said sir

[lol]

reviewing a 6k camera and uploading. in 1080p you killing me lol

[ChaseTheSummit]

AF noise is only an issue with adapted lenses. With Sony lenses or native Sigma/Tamron glass it's silent. Nice video otherwise.

[jbminerva]

My two cents as an award winning cinematographer who has shot films, tv series, short films, commercials and documentaries with Arri, Sony, Blackmagic, Red etc, I’m going to have to say that FX3 is actually way better than the 6K pro.

Just arrived from Qatar, where I shot a low budget, run and gun documentary about the World Cup using an FX3, the A7S3 and the 6K pro. Leaving the infamous 7S3 out of the question, the most reliable camera was the FX3 by a lot.
Yes, the BM shot gorgeous images. On location It made me excited about the image I was getting, even though the batteries run out ridiculously fast, and if you don’t have a sophisticated rig it is a pain to handle and operate. Oh and the micro jitters. It’s so shaky it’s insane. And if you want decent shallow depth of field you need pretty fast lenses.
Also, images look pretty bad during night shoots. To my surprise, making the 6K pro takes work in post was a pain (had to stabilize and remove noise) and that’s something nobody tells you.

The FX3 doesn’t give you the exciting (daylight) image quality as the 6K pro, but it’s full frame sensor gives you awesome shallow dof which makes it look cinematic from the moment you press REC. it has pretty good autofocus (even when using a Sony 24-70mm f4), great dynamic range, it can shoot during nighttime with ease, batteries last a lot, decent audio quality (nothing spectacular) and best of all, a decent image stabilization. Also, it’s compact and doesn’t look like a pro camera that everyone will be weirded about (like it happened with the 6K Pro)

If you want to make the 6K pro work the way you intend, you will need a ton of other stuff to make that happen, and if you end up doing that you might as well rent or use an Alexa Mini. The 6K pro is not a run and gun camera at all. The FX3 is. You make the mistake of using the 6K pro as a run and gun camera and you will be ruined and end up with shaky, out of focus shots. No the Gyro thing doesn’t solve the shaky issue, it looks horrible if you don’t shoot to use gyro stabilizer, which beats the purpose of using it on available light situations.

Also, after some tests, the LUTs i prefer respond better on the Sony than on the BM but that’s just my preference.

My conclusion: the BM offers the very best image quality, contrast and colors of any camera around $4000 below. No question about it. But it’s a pain to make the image actually usable.

The FX3 gives you 70 percent of the image pop of the 6K pro, but it’s a beauty to handle. And the menus are pretty great if you get involved into customizing. No one should complain about Sony menus not being great right after unboxing but claim the 6K is great from the beginning as well because that’s not true. You will need a decent gimbal, or a tripod, lights (in some circumstances) and pretty good lenses. Good luck putting your tripod on a crowded place.

Honestly, people who are interested in these videos are because they want to get a run and gun camera. Otherwise they would be looking at Alexa or Komodo. I love the image of the 6K pro like I love looking at a Lamborghini that has worn, thin tires. Just remember, that car is gonna crash and burn at the worst moment. For low budget, every -moment-counts camera, Fx3 all the way.

Awesome video. Congratulations 🙏🏻

[Taran_Bali]

Jeez at last someone who knows what he is talking about and not saying cinematic 1 million times in a Youtube video. Subbed.

[oluwaseyibamigboye]

This turned out to be easily one of the best review videos I´ve ever seen. Not just stat padding or spitting abstract facts, but with actual footage and examples from said camera. I already own a Bmpcc 4k and I don´t think it´s time to upgrade yet. That´s the only reason I´m not buying one after seeing this video.

[JesseDriftwood]

Great work dude! Also congrats on the baby on the way 🤙

[akpevbe]

Was DPing a serious project recently with the arri mini and P6k Pro, after about 5mins of filming we decided to use the P6K Pro as the A cam, and the Arri mini as the B cam. For this project the P6K was so good and fast to work with. When i started grading the images from both camera in davinci, it got to a point the P6k looked so good, i was now trying to match the Arri to the P6k.
Not saying the P6K image is better than the Arri, but the image is so good (in some case hard to tell the difference).

[Superjeanmarc]

I don't think it's fair to say that the FX3 autofocus is un-usable because of sound when using Sigma glass and and adapter... Of course adapters sucks. I have the FX3 with both Sony GM glass and Sigma ART E-mount and it's works perfectly and 100% silent.. I also have a good NTG shotgun mic mounted on the provided handle and really no problem whatsoever ... I'm not saying the FX3 is perfect, far from it.. but your video sounded a bit too much as a sale pitch for the BM.. 

But then again, I'm speaking from a run and gun documentary shooter, not shooting commercials in controlled environments and everyone has his own priorities when it comes to choose a camera. Only 1 year ago, if you would have told me I would buy Sony, I wouldn't have believed you.. but hey.. things changes.. color science have improved so much, even their menu (I actually love the button lock system.. :) ) I love consistency across all formats (10bit / no crop (or very small one) across all the line.. and finally, as you said yourself.. that body / form factor.. is just gorgeous.

[leoribeirop]

this man talking is EXACTLY the quality that shotgun microphones have in hollywood films... it’s sounds exactly like a big production, not like the most filmmakers here in YouTube who have shotguns mic! seriously, impeccable.

[philippscheithauer]

The quality of this review is through the roof. Instant Sub.

[nbffilmproduction]

This was the best tutorial I've seen in comparison. I have two BMPCC 6K (not the Pro) and I was bomb out about DCI 4K not on it. However the last update was a game changer. Wooley if you could please do a tutorial on the BMPCC 6k Pro, be cause most film makers use it as a run and gun camera. That's not this camera, I had and oldy but goody RED Scralet-X 4K, sold it and purchase two bmppc 6k. My final thought is Blackmagic Design makes cinema cameras, and It's main purpose is cinematic production. Thanks NBF Film Production...

[jeremy_woods]

Great work! It’s crazy. I use 2 FX3’s almost everyday with a 55 1.8, Sig 24-70, and a Sony G 70-200 with the Autofocus and I’ve never heard it sound like this video.

[nightdonutstudio]

of course it has auto focus noise using adapter ef lens. It can actually still doing great auto focus using sigma ef lens in the first place is already amazing feature. It is a plus for fx3. next tine please use native lens when doing review.

[Harnam]

for a film school student like me, this video is not just review its a 11 minutes of knowledge. subscribe 👍🏻

[gharrett]

As a feature producer flirting with shooting as a hobby this POV is exactly what I’m looking for. Killer vid.

[Cinematographer_brenton]

I love how you talk about all the internal politics in film xD it's so true. "image" is almost more important than camera image in that world, a big camera looks more impressive to a client

[VivaMediaInc]

Damn near perfect cameras for us. We use to use a lot of Sonys more recently for our professional work but once we got our hands on our first couple Blackmagic's, that it. We're now die hard Blackmagic fan boys, have sold all our other cameras and exclusively shoot with a fleet of Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro's. Love'em.

[patrickarinden]

You're like a Professor and stand-up comedian at the same time. Killer review. Subbed.