The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera has one of the best price/performance ratios out there. But it is of limited use out-of-the-box. Join me on my quest to turn the camera body into a decent BMPCC6K Rig. This article is actually a two-in-one article. First, I want to give you a top to bottom look at my BMPCC6K rig and show off all the parts involved. Following that, I’ll give you some background on my journey from the old days and huge cameras to deciding to buy one of these Blackmagic cameras myself. You can use the index feature (little black dots) on the left side of the screen to easily scroll through the sections. PART 1 – pocket form factor I’m not sure why Blackmagic Design decided on a body design reminiscent of a (huge) stills camera when they developed the BMPCC4K and 6K. Maybe they thought users coming from a DSRL or mirrorless camera would feel more at home with the form factor. Or perhaps it was cheaper to produce. Whatever the reason was — the form factor sucks, and out-of-the box the camera is pretty unusable for regular shooting conditions: The very dark and non-articulating monitor makes it hard to work outdoors, the high power consumption calls for bags full of batteries to last a shooting-day and missing built-in ND filters require at least screw-on filters to stop down to a decent working aperture. I never planned to use the BMPCC6K for anything else than streaming, so all...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 18 March, 2021