Are Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Cameras Good for Travel?

Interested in using or buying a Blackmagic camera for travel? Here's a few reasons to why the BMPCC6K Pro, BMPCC6K, BMPCC4K and more, may or may not be good for travel, for you.

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Intro: 0:00
My BMPCC Travel Rig: 0:40
Pro Reason 1: 2:00
Pro Reason 2: 3:23
Pro Reason 3: 4:16
Pro Reason 4: 4:42
Drawback 1: 6:59
Drawback 2: 7:43
Drawback 3: 8:41
Drawback 4: 9:12
Drawback 5: 10:02
Drawback 6: 10:20
Are BMPCC's for Travel, Right for you?: 10:46
Outro: 12:33

Davinci Resolve Best Way to Reduce Noise:

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[earnieboy]

Of Two Lands has basically answered this question for the last 3 or 4 years.

[pierreduprey]

Helped me make up my mind. Was concerned it was a little too clunky. Owned the 6k pocket before, was on the fence but not anymore. Cheers bro!

[Maggamillions]

Great vid! upgrading from my 10+ year old canon 70d & am used to working w/ blackmagic, so i’ve been watching tons of these to see peoples’ footage and deepen my echo chamber.

[paulnbrenda]

We recently went to Rome and Turkey. Took the 6K rigged with cage, sigma 18-35, 2Tb SSD, used a big battery rigged to my pants and shorts belt to keep the wait down and used a long camera strap so I could sling the rig off of my shoulders. Was able to walk up to 8 miles seeing all the sites without any problems. The only thing is it draws a lot of attention. While in Rome I wasnt able to take it into the Forum because they thought I was a documentary film crew. But was told at the Coloseum I could bring it inside there. Left in the room and used the new Iphone 14 Pro in cinematic mode.
The other draw back is all the rain we encountered. I used a backpack raincoat. The Iphone was nice as I could just whip it out in the rain.
I was able to shoot all the Turkey trip on the 6K but half of Rome and all of London was on the Iphone. Luckly I did back up shots with the Iphone just incase something went wrong on focus with 6K.
The depth of field is better with manuel focus on the 6K. Wish I could have used the 6K the whole trip.

[ppulkkinen]

Good video! I think the Sigma 18-35mm is pretty bulky for my travel needs - I have been using the Canon EF-S 24mm pancake lens. Recently got a M1 iPad Pro to review footage on go.

[eprohoda]

homie! Like~you made stunning shots~ ✨

[PuttMeetsHelios]

Great video! You showed the gyro stasbilization in Davinci. On another video it was mentioned that the gyro data might help with rolling shutter, too. How is your experience regarding rolling shutter?

[elbedouirayen]

Brother u made me buy the bmpcc 6k pro bit i never get what u get please can u help with your settings and how u grade the footage and what lut u used thank u so much

[OJFILMNYC]

Excellent video. Been looking to do more travel and have the 4K. I will say its not that bad for travel. Biggest limitation is the screen IMO. Everthing else is workable. But the 6K Pro has been in my amazon cart for months. May pull the trigger.

[bertoimagemaker]

Did you compare the S5II collor science with the BMPCC6k?

[tithach]

Those shots in Vietnam are nice. Make me wanna go back and visit 👍 I’m shooting with LUMIX S5 now but thinking about switching to bmpcc. The main concerns are the stabilization and low light performance.

[inSurfersParadise]

Is it right for you?
Are you prepared to put your hand on the lens?
Are you ready to grow as a film maker?
Are you ready to make more decisions about what is happening in your frame?
Are you ready to step up and learn how to take control of your shots?

The reason Kirk’s footage looks great is because he was active in every frame, anticipating where you might want to look next and being there ahead of your eye.
This is THE skill of a filmmaker. It is different in every scene. Learn this skill and watch your filmmaking skyrocket. The only way to get it is to practice technique.

If you don’t want to practice technique, don’t buy a Blackmagic.

[Burritosarebetterthantacos]

I think handheld with it is fine, ive never needed a gimbal. I started with a huge rig bur realized I like it better run and gun. For travel id probably grab an fx30 and a couple sigma lens.

[fjouper]

600gb is fine for a travel video. You have 1tb memory card ;). I have 6k pro with 500gb memory card and a 1tb ssd for backup that I bought before my memory card. Sometimes i regret purchasing the ssd because memory cards are so much more convenient to use with the bmpcc6k pro. Especially when travelling, but also for stability because you can use both hands on the camera body.

[tds]

Awesome vid man! I'm coming from a long line of Lumix cameras and still have problems getting rid of those horrible micro jitters. I have tried the camera strap to neck trick but I still can't seem to get the hang of it. I see some people walking with the BMPCC 6K Pro and then stabilizing with gyro and it looks buttery smooth... any insider tips? Should I lock up my arms or keep them flexible?

[MightyMigi]

I’m watching this in 2024 and I have the full frame 6K and the S5IIX and I still go back to my black magic every time idky lol

[Markplaats-xh]

how do you stabilise ? how much time do you have to shoot ? an hour on a battery ?

[cfazio]

Think about adding an IR cut filter, I find it makes a difference.

[twofoldfilmhouse]

I love my BMPCC4K but in the future if I can pull the trigger on a 6K Pro then I think this video is the reason my opinion was so easily swayed lol. Ya the battery is craptastic but I have a battery grip so if I wanna go cage less and try to lighten the load then I don't see the battery life as an issue. the screen tho ach

[NaveenSharma-uz]

I have back black magic camera 6k. I want to do a shoot in which the background is not blurred.