Everyone, welcome back to the channel. My name is Victor Melchor.
And today we're going to be talking about my main camera, which
is the black magic pocket Cinema Camera 4K.
So over the past year, with this camera. I've shot spec ads a
mini documentary series a wedding video,
real estate videos and this camera has been my Workhorse.
So I just wanted to talk to you today and talk about what I liked what I don't like.
And who I think this camera is for so I really like that it has Pro features for 1295.
It has features that most cameras in the price range of like 4
to 10 grand would normally have one of
the tools that I really enjoyed was false color this tool alone
Helps, you not have to worry about eyeballing or looking at waveforms.
You can just turn on false color
and expose exactly what you want to expose and this is something I use on every shoot.
So it's a tool that I really enjoyed that a lot of mirrorless and dslr’s just don't have yet.
Another thing. I really liked about this camera was the ease of use everything you need to change
and adjust is right there on the screen.
So simple so intuitive. It's the best menu system I've ever used on a camera.
Another thing. I really liked was the affordability. This camera comes in at 1295.
Not only does it come with the camera body itself,
but it actually comes with the full feature version of DaVinci Resolve.
So you can actually download that. So they really give you the most.
They can for the money and realistically this camera.
You're going to be rigging it out.
So roughly you're going to be spending anywhere from like $2500 like closer to 3 Grand
for everything while that sounds like a lot.
Keep in mind that the Sony A7S 3 is 3500 the Canon C70 5400 the Red
Komodo is like 5900 all these popular options
for Cinema cameras are way more expensive than this camera when it's fully built out.
So another thing that really helps me was the size of the screen.
This is like the clunkiest. Biggest screen I've ever seen.
It really helps me in situations where I'm shooting on a
Gimbal and I don't want to put an external monitor on.
It's not the brightest screen, but the size of it combined,
with the false color will help you properly expose it.
And last but not least, is the image quality. I love the look that comes out of this camera.
It's really magical. It looks so good.
I feel like I can point it at anything and it looks instantly like cinematic,
which you should not depend on your camera. You should depend on like,
your framing your lighting and like story of course,
but the fact that this enhances all of that is so cool.
And it gets me so excited, just to get home
and look at the footage on my laptop because I know it's going to look good.
That's something that's really important. In a camera is
shooting with something that gets you hyped to shoot.
So yeah, that's everything I liked
and now on to what I didn't like the first thing is that this
camera does have a bit of a plasticky build
when you feel it.
It doesn't feel as rugged or heavy duty as holding like a Canon 6D.
or even my gh5, the buttons aren't as punch or clicky.
As other cameras. I've worked with before it does feel like it can break pretty bad if you do,
drop it, but I've never dropped it. Thank God.
And I don't plan on dropping it. Another thing that took a little bit getting used to,
for me. Was that every time you either plug in a shotgun mic or unplug it
You need to go into the audio setting
and you need to switch the source to whichever Source you're recording
whether that's the shotgun mic or the regular on camera mic.
If you don't, you'll get no audio whatsoever.
And this actually happened to me one time when I was shooting an interview,
I plugged my mic in so I can get better audio,
we shot the interview and when I got home to edit the footage,
I had no audio. Luckily. We did have audio from her lavalier mic
and I just had to read her lips and sync the audio from the lav.
So that's just something that was an inconvenience to me and I make it a habit to change.
Now, these next two things. I don't want to say, I don't like them
because it's not something that I feel like should be expected of this camera,
but they're just two things that I do.
Wish the camera had. So number one is, is the battery life without an internal battery.
You're shooting on these Cannon LP-E6 batteries and they only last about 45 to an hour.
So the battery life isn't the best but it's not something that should be expected of Cinema cameras.
It's just something that I would have liked when I want to just have my camera and shoot it alone,
but it's not a deal-breaker and there is a solution to it which is external batteries.
And the next thing also kind of goes with the fact of you
shouldn't expect a cinema camera to have this,
but it doesn't have any continuous autofocus.
Which Shot everything fully manual, since I've started filming.
It's just a feature that as I'm evolving as a filmmaker.
I kind of just find myself wanting for certain shots,
and certain things that it would make it easier for me,
especially because I'm not using a focus puller.
I typically shoot, most my videos alone and like,
in a run and gun style. And I noticed on the recent spec ad I was shooting.
I have my camera on a Gimbal and one of the shots.
My girlfriend was like twirling in her dress and I really liked how it was spinning.
So I put it like super close to the dress. Had,
I had auto Focus. I would have been able to move around
as much as I wanted without having to worry about resetting my focus.
So yeah, that's all. It's just a feature that would help me
as a filmmaker and it's a feature that I will be looking for in my next camera.
And now on to who this cameras for. Hey everyone editor Victor here,
so I ended up rambling on my who, this is for conclusion.
So here is a shortened version if you're someone who wants to up your video quality
and get a cinema camera,
but you still on a budget, this is the perfect camera for you.
In all honesty. There's no other company. I know that would sell a 4K cinema camera
for under $1,300.
So it all boils down to what you want to create.
If you want to do more narrative, mini documentaries, commercials, stuff
you know that you will for sure be behind the camera.
Pulling focus and rigging your camera out, then this is a great camera for you.
But if you're someone who wants to get into content creation, say
for YouTube or you just like taking both photos and videos and you're on a budget.
And you want an all-in-one setup, just get an XT-4 and S5.
They're both amazing hybrid cameras. Okay. So the last one is pretty good.
The black magic has been a great tool for me for both personal and Pete projects this year.
And it's definitely amazing camera.
So let me know if you have Any questions in the comments down below,
and thank you for watching.