Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

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The elegant design of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera packs an incredible number of high end digital film features into aminiaturized, handheld design. The Micro Four Thirds mount system means that the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K supports an excellent range of glass at launch. Ahigh speed external disk allows shooting 6K in the highest constant quality 12-bit Blackmagic RAW in the Q0 setting or at high frame rates. It's the reason why feature films look so amazing and now you can get the same high end production values for any kind of work. With 3models, you can choose between EF or MFT lenses, making Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera compatible with the largest range and most popular lenses in the world!

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the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K has a standard tripod thread mount at the base with an additional mount where the hot shoe might be on a stills camera, perfect for an external monitor or LED light. For tripod or gimbal users, this won’t be a problem, but handheld users rocking older glass will definitely want to bear this in mind. Made from lightweight carbon fiber polycarbonate composite, the camera features amultifunction handgrip with all controls for recording, ISO, WB and shutter angle right at your fingertips.This isn’t surprising, not only does the Pocket Cinema Camera have a giant screen to power, it’s also got a air vents to keep things cool - and even so, it gets hot. This means the higher the ISO number the more sensitivity to light so it’s possible to shoot using natural light even at night! Using the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K and compact Olympus and Lumix MFT lenses, the shoot recorded all night using Blackmagic RAW 8:1 with extended video mode onto 256GB CFast cards, shooting great looking images that didn’t have to be color corrected. Currently, I have a feature film in development that I aim to shoot on Super 16mm motion picture film.

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With Blackmagic RAW, the exposure settings can be changed in post so you can save shots that were not properlyexposed! With all the attached bells and whistles, it was amusing to note that the smallest object mounted to the tripod was the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera itself! Sometimes the best camera for the job is the one you already own… Even if it’s 6 years old, only shoots 1080p and has since been replaced by newer iterations. The 82mm lens cap easily snaps on to protect your camera’s lens from scratches, dust, moisture, and fingerprints when the camera isnot inuse.

You can be on a shoot, happily filming with what looks like a quarter of the battery meter full, only to have the camera power down and take the footage you were capturing with it. The compact size lets you get shots from any angle, while professional features such as 12‑bit Blackmagic RAW recording and dual native ISO give you true digital film quality under virtually any lighting condition! And I totally agree about the micro cinema camera, for me it’s virtually interchangeable with the original Pocket HD. The larger field monitor made framing and focusing much easier, as did the adjustable mount that allowed us to set the monitor at any angle. Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera features alarge, bright 5inch touchscreen that makes it easy for you to frame shots and accurately focus.

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While you should always try to get the best shot on set, Blackmagic RAW gives you the flexibility to adjust contrast without any loss of quality while you’re editing and colorcorrecting. Despite not articulating, the huge 16:9 screen puts it head and shoulders above other MFT shooters from a video-centric operational point of view. A passive Micro Four Thirds model was then announced at IBC in September for release in December, [5] along with a collaboration with Arri for a set of kits exclusively for the camera. This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, but haven’t really been able to pull the trigger until now.DaVinci Resolve features the new cut page with intelligent editing tools and innovative new features designed to help you quickly find the footage you want, edit it together and output it fast. Adjust settings such as white balance simply by touching the WB indicator, or change the audio levels by touching the audio meters.

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Additional controls go beyond those found on aDSLR, which means you don’t have to go hunting through menus on atiny screen to find acommand! Our flat and somewhat dreary looking footage had become something wonderful and popping with color and detail.

This is why 16mm was so pivotal in the French New Wave movement, and in the birth of independent filmmaking more broadly.