How I Shoot With The BMPCC Original / A True Pocket Cinema Camera

How I shoot with BMPCC OG and why I think this truly is a pocket cinema despite what people might say.

Stay tuned for the next video where I'll be running through my color grading workflow and I'll show you how I simulate the film look in Davinci Resolve

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Kai Engel - Meekness
Kai Engel - September

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[brennanlabs]

Great Video! I love the look and feel of your filming. I also have this setup and I was wondering how you deal with the lens not retracting when you power off the camera. I have to do a “release trigger dance” each time. I have also been buying your power grades... I think they are amazing.

[alex_montoya]

That was great. The OG BMPCC feels like true S16mm.

Can't wait for your grading tutorial.

[AIJ.productions]

We need more creators like you, unafraid to create regardless of the gear. Getting back to the point of this craft, telling stories with what we have

[RafaelaGomesx]

You capture your daily life in a insanely beautiful and simple way. You definitely inspire me to do the same! Great video Oliver :)

[saiashwin]

3:18 This shot is simply amazing. Hard to believe its shot on the og bmpcc.

[serr]

So beautiful. I’ve been looking into picking one up again, the sensor truly has such a unique look.

[ProducerRB]

Really inspiring stuff and you make my hometown Streatham look much more beautiful than I see it usually! Appreciate your work

[AS-qrmd]

I hesitated on grabbing this for the same reason, got overwhelmed by all the advice about needing a big rig, but you convinced me otherwise. Love the filmic look this camera delivers. Gorgeous scenery you captured here!

[FerLopezPaz]

Nicely said! The misconception that capturing a worthwhile image should be easy or convenient never fails to amaze me. If you want something to look like a Gordon Willis film, you need a camera loader, a budget and a workflow that's borderline extinct. To capture something like Bradford Young you'll need K35's and an Alexa. What's so easy or convenient about that? This tiny camera blows most DSLRs out of the water in terms of image fidelity and cadence with very little work, all things considered. Your work is inspiring. I own two of these cameras and treasure them dearly.

[ethanstrong]

This is the first gear video I've seen in years that's actually moved my needle. You've seriously made me rethink some of my preconceptions of not only this particular camera but of how equipment changes the way that we interface with what we're capturing.

[madedigital]

The funny thing. I saw this was about the BM OG and I clicked on it I scrub through then I stopped, I said hey that's Streatham common I'm sure ....but not 100% then ok I carried on then I saw the train, that was a nice shot and the fruit bowl was too, now I'm paused at 1:36 I see my home town. the st Mathews church and the Townhall clock even the steeple of the church on lambert rd. Which was something I could see from the top floor flat on Bonham rd as a child. Well, it means so much to me because I was born in Brixton and grew up there in the 70's all the way to 2004...where am I now with my BMPCC OG and 4k on the other side of the planet typing this on a Saturday morning in Argentina my New home for the past few years. This post brought me home...the images look good keep it up...tell a story with it.

[sembalo]

this camera looks soo friggin wonderful, that s16 sensor is something else

[innstikk]

Sigma fp and BMPCC OG are the two cameras I use, even if I also have a S5 and BMPPC4k. Just love the image quality of the Sigma fp and the retro image quality of the BMPCC OG.

[LaythHaddad]

Great video! I love this camera! I've been using mine since 2014 and never felt the need to upgrade. But i do treat it like a cinema camera and not a pocket camera

[ratchet_hoe]

I must be in the twlight zone... I've literally just got a bmpcc og last week and the 14-42mm pancake came in the mail today. Also ordered a JJC automatic lens hood for it. And I agree with everything you said... I just want a pocketable camera that can take amazing video. I just want to use it like a point and shoot, taking quick snapshots of memories. I don't need a big rig or a ton of battery life. The appeal to me is to have an actually pocketable camera.

Really cool that we have the exact same ideas and considerations! I love that this camera seems to be having a sort of revival.

[amrio]

I need this. You've beautifully captured your daily life.

[planetablog]

This little camera is beast! The original BMPCC is the o ou camera that has a very very very close look of a 16mm film camera. You can really achieve film like quality with this baby.

[amessman]

00:39 - funny you shot a train, that's the exact reason I am looking at these pocket cinema cameras.
Great video too, lots of actual camera footage, no obnoxious intro, just straight to the point!

[WilliamFrickelton]

Bless you. This is exactly what I needed.

[visualkamikaze]

I come back to this video from time to time and enjoy watching it again! Great work, Oliver! Keep going!