There have been waves of Blackmagic camera mods washing over the filmmaking community recently. These customizations put what is considered an industry-best camera into custom bodies for various purposes, some of which are even considered “better” than the stock vessel in which the Australian company chose to house the cameras. Let’s investigate a brand new design that takes the Blackmagic camera back to its roots. Blackmagic is no stranger to the box camera design. The original Blackmagic Cinema Camera was essentially a box camera. The Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K is also a box camera. But the company struck gold with the “handheld” Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera that premiered roughly 11 years ago. It featured a DSLR-esque body type that was popular at the time with the growing use of the Canon 5D in cinema productions. And ever since, the filmmaking community has clamored for the Pocket Cinema Camera in its various iterations – most notably, the BMPCC 4K, BMPCC 6K, and the brand new Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K (which dropped the “pocket” from the title altogether). Why a “box” camera? For the uninitiated, the “box” camera design gives the operator ultimate freedom in camera setup. You can add or take away anything to the camera rig and set it up however you see fit. Larger cameras such as the Arri Alexa are big and bulky, and its parts can usually only be attached in a specific way. Your monitor, your battery, and your wireless transmitter all have to be...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 11 January, 2024