Blackmagic today unveiled a new Pocket Cinema 6K Pro featuring features that everyone wants in a small compact body. The two major new features are internal neutral density and an optional EVF.
The new Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro now uses Sony NP-F570 batteries which work much better than the original Pocket which uses Canon LP-E6 battery. The lens holder is still EF and uses the same CFast-type media.
All Pocket Cinema Camera models include a full version of DaVinci Resolve Studio.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema cameras have a mini-XLR input with 48 volt phantom power to connect professional microphones. The 6K Pro model has 2 mini XLR connections to record 2 separate audio tracks using 2 microphones, without an external mixer. The four built-in microphones have an extremely low sound floor and are shock and wind resistant. There is also a 3.5mm audio input for connecting camcorder microphones, a built-in speaker for playback and a 3.5mm headphone jack similar to the other current Pocket cameras.
Below is the full listing if you want to see it.
Camera features
The new Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro offers the same generation of five-color science as the URSA Mini Pro 12K and delivers accurate skin tones and true color. Featuring a new dynamic 12-bit gamma curve designed to capture more color data in the highlights and shadows, to see images better. The color science also handles the intricate Blackmagic RAW image processing, so that the data of color and dynamic range of the sensor are preserved via metadata that customers can use in the post-production.
Internal ND filters
The inclusion of internal ND is great. It has 2, 4 and 6 stop IR ND filters.
The IR filters are designed to filter the optical and IR wavelength evenly, which eliminates IR contamination of the images. Activation buttons are located on the back of the camera body, and are easily within reach of your thumb from the multifunction handle. By selecting the user filter settings can even be displayed as ND number, stop reduction or fraction on the LCD.
Recording formats
- Blackmagic RAW 3: 1, 5: 1, 8: 1, 12: 1, Q0, Q1, Q3 and Q5 at 6144 x 3456, 6144 x 2560, 5744 x 3024, 4096 x 2160, 3728 x 3104 and 2868 x 1512 with film, extended video, video dynamic range or custom 3D LUT embedded in metadata.
- ProRes at 4096 x 2160, 3840 x 2160 and 1920 x 1080 with film, extended video or video dynamic range or custom 3D LUT.
- Save rates
- Storage rates based on 30 frames per second.
- 6144 x 3456 (6K)
- Blackmagic RAW 3: 1 – 323 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 5: 1 – 194 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 8: 1 – 121 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 12: 1 – 81 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q0 – 242 to 483 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q1 – 162 to 387 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q3 – 108 to 277 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q5 – 65 to 162 MB / s
- 6144 x 2560 (6K 2.4: 1)
- Blackmagic RAW 3: 1 – 240 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 5: 1 – 144 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 8: 1 – 90 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 12: 1 – 60 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q0 – 180 to 359 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q1 – 120 to 287 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q3 – 80 to 205 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q5 – 49 to 120 MB / s
- 5744 x 3024 (5.7K 17: 9)
- Blackmagic RAW 3: 1 – 264 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 5: 1 – 159 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 8: 1 – 100 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 12: 1 – 67 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q0 – 198 to 396 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q1 – 133 to 317 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q3 – 89 to 227 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q5 – 54 to 133 MB / s
- 4096 x 2160 (4K DCI)
- Blackmagic RAW 3: 1 – 136 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 5: 1 – 82 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 8: 1 – 51 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 12: 1 – 35 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q0 – 102 to 203 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q1 – 68 to 163 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q3 – 46 to 116 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q5 – 28 to 68 MB / s
- Apple ProRes 422 HQ – 117.88 MB / s
- Apple ProRes 422 – 78.63 MB / s
- Apple ProRes 422 LT – 54.63 MB / s
- Apple ProRes Proxy – 24.25 MB / s
- 3728 x 3104 (3.7K 6: 5 anamorphism)
- Blackmagic RAW 3: 1 – 177 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 5: 1 – 106 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 8: 1 – 67 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 12: 1 – 45 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q0 – 133 to 265 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q1 – 89 to 212 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q3 – 60 to 152 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q5 – 36 to 89 MB / s
- 2868 x 1512 (2.8K 17: 9)
- Blackmagic RAW 3: 1 – 67 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 5: 1 – 41 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 8: 1 – 26 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW 12: 1 – 17 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q0 – 51 to 101 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q1 – 34 to 81 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q3 – 23 to 58 MB / s
- Blackmagic RAW Q5 – 14 to 34 MB / s
- 1920 x 1080
- Apple ProRes 422 HQ – 27.5 MB / s
- Apple ProRes 422 – 18.4 MB / s
- Apple ProRes 422 LT – 12.75 MB / s
- Apple ProRes Proxy – 5.6 MB / s
Tilting rear fender
The rear LCD screen is now an adjustable HDR LCD with a bright 1500 nets. The monitor does not turn out or word. This design is similar to the Fujifilm XT-3 design.
What is included?
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro
- Lens turret dust cap
- Camera tape
- 30W power supply with locking connection and international adapters
- NP-F570 battery
- Welcome Booklet
- DaVinci Resolve Studio Activation Key
Cinema Camera Pro EVF
It’s hard to choose which new feature is my favorite, but I think adding an optional EVF should be my best choice.
The new EVF Pro is a 1280 x 960 OLED color and an extra 33% of the screen is devoted to critical information such as frame rate, histogram, recording status, sound meters and more.
The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Pro EVF has a range of motion of 70 degrees and 4 different types of eye-catchers, with options for left or right eye. The built-in proximity sensor not only activates the viewfinder, but also disables the LCD touch screen. This saves battery power and prevents you from accidentally changing the camera setting by pressing the touch screen buttons.
Battery grip
Similarly, the new Pocket has a Pro Grip battery that also uses two NP batteries, giving the camera a nice long run time. The Camera Battery Grip pro sells for $ 145 US.
The new Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro marks a number of boxes that the original models did not, and looks like an excellent option for all shooting conditions. One feature that has not been updated is improved autofocus or internal IS like IBIS.
The new Blackmagic Generation 5 Color Science will be available for all Pocket cameras in an upcoming update. This is good news if you want to add the 6K Pro to your existing Pocket cameras for Multicam work.
The Pocket 6K Pro sells for $ 2495, which is about $ 400 more than the Pocket 6K, and I think it’s worth every penny. The EVF is $ 495 and contains four eye cups.
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