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The pricebreaker in the broadcast and media technology industry Blackmagic Design announced the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K, the follow-on of its 4K handheld camera of the same size. It sports a full Super 35 size 6K HDR image sensor, 13 stops of dynamic range, wider than DCI-P3 colorspace, an EF lens mount and dual native ISO up to 25,600 for incredible low light performance, all for 2500 USD excluding lens.
"The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K features incredible new 6K imaging and EF lens support that customers have asked for", said Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO. "It has all of the great features customers love from the 4K model, but now adds an EF lens, increased 6K resolution for even higher quality images and more. Plus, with the built in Video Assist features, customers don't have to purchase and carry around extra equipment. DaVinci Resolve Studio is also included, making it an incredible all in one solution that enables anyone to be creative and tell a story".
This new model builds on the popularity of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K but has a larger Super 35 sensor size with 6K resolution, 6144 x 3456, allowing for a selection of 4K from the larger image with an higher MTF at the signal's higher frequencies. The associated EF lens mount model works with a wide range of lenses from companies such as Canon, Zeiss, Sigma and Schneider.
The new 6K model will shoot up to 50 fps at 6144 x 3456 16:9 or 60 fps at 6144 x 2560 2.4:1 and 60 fps at 5744 x 3024 17:9. For higher frame rates they can window the sensor and shoot up to 120 fps at 2.8K 2868 x 1512 17:9. Customers may work in true anamorphic 6:5 using anamorphic lenses in 3.7K 60 fps at 3728 x 3104.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K and 6K both have 13 stops of dynamic range which means they preserve more detail in the lightest and darkest areas of an image than simple video cameras can, though 13-15 F-Stops has been the range most smaller professional video camera's have arrived at for HDR support the past few years. This allows customers to set exposure for an indoor scene such as a cafe and still retain the details of bright outdoor light coming through a window. Customers even get more colors than the standard DCI-P3 colorspace used for feature films.
The camera includes a full size HDMI connector for monitoring with support for HDR and clean 10-bit output.
"The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K features incredible new 6K imaging and EF lens support that customers have asked for", said Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO. "It has all of the great features customers love from the 4K model, but now adds an EF lens, increased 6K resolution for even higher quality images and more. Plus, with the built in Video Assist features, customers don't have to purchase and carry around extra equipment. DaVinci Resolve Studio is also included, making it an incredible all in one solution that enables anyone to be creative and tell a story".
This new model builds on the popularity of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K but has a larger Super 35 sensor size with 6K resolution, 6144 x 3456, allowing for a selection of 4K from the larger image with an higher MTF at the signal's higher frequencies. The associated EF lens mount model works with a wide range of lenses from companies such as Canon, Zeiss, Sigma and Schneider.
The new 6K model will shoot up to 50 fps at 6144 x 3456 16:9 or 60 fps at 6144 x 2560 2.4:1 and 60 fps at 5744 x 3024 17:9. For higher frame rates they can window the sensor and shoot up to 120 fps at 2.8K 2868 x 1512 17:9. Customers may work in true anamorphic 6:5 using anamorphic lenses in 3.7K 60 fps at 3728 x 3104.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K and 6K both have 13 stops of dynamic range which means they preserve more detail in the lightest and darkest areas of an image than simple video cameras can, though 13-15 F-Stops has been the range most smaller professional video camera's have arrived at for HDR support the past few years. This allows customers to set exposure for an indoor scene such as a cafe and still retain the details of bright outdoor light coming through a window. Customers even get more colors than the standard DCI-P3 colorspace used for feature films.
The camera includes a full size HDMI connector for monitoring with support for HDR and clean 10-bit output.