hi well i wasn't expecting this it is currently 3 30 in the morning and about five minutes ago
blackmagic just released a new camera to be fair they're an australian company and to them it's
like the middle of the day or something but to anyone in the us odds are you're probably not
already up but i was just about to fall asleep after a late night of cleaning the studio and
then i got the tweet notification from blackmagic and i saw the announcement for blackmagic pocket
6k g2 let's take a look at it why am i doing this right now the nice thing is that the g2
has indeed replaced the g1 sometimes companies pull what i call like an apple where they come
out with a new version but then still sell the previous version can't innovate anymore maya but
uh let's hop over to the tech specs and this is where we can see the differences between the two
so the pocket 6k which i'm actually filming on right now is a slightly smaller body than the 6k
pro and if we go down to the dimensions let me just try to memorize these numbers real quick okay
so same exact dimensions now so it's officially the same body but the weight is slightly different
for the 6k pro it's 2.73 pounds body only and this is 2.65 pounds interesting so they're now
the same size which may be a pro con depending on how you look at it same sensor same dynamic
range same dual native iso they gave it the 6k pro body they added the tiltable screen but
on the 6k pro it is a 5-inch 1080p screen where it lists the screen brightness as 1500 nits
on the g2 they do not list any brightness and so that is going i'm guessing that
means uh it is not 1500 nits so it's honestly probably like 500 nits somewhere around there
and i almost said battery but no that's again it copies the same body style so the 6k now uses
the bigger battery so yeah it got away from the canon lp 6 whatever batteries
uh and now they're the sony npf batteries that last a fair amount longer about 20 minutes longer
pretty much the biggest other difference between the two cameras now is the 6k pro has the built-in
nds and the 6k g2 does not so you can buy this optional viewfinder for the extra 500 bucks or
whatever it is i'm guessing the battery grip also works the same and this also says featuring
a larger super 35 sensor please tell me in the comments below why did i think that my 6k pro
and 6k were the same sensor are those different sensors yep the battery grip is able to be used
on it and that's basically it all right so i'm a little less confused as to why they released
this camera you know blackmagic in my opinion is one of those few companies that really does try to
give the most to their customers while retaining the same price they added more features and so now
if you don't care about internal nds uh the or the slightly brighter screen you essentially could get
what you get with the 6k pro for 500 bucks less maybe you use that extra 500 to get the viewfinder
or other rigged out accessories that's pretty cool just if i blackmagic i love you i love you so much
but if i could just say one thing um this isn't necessarily the camera that we were hoping that
you were working on i don't know how big the teams are but you know cool 6k g2 team cool release it's
out there now now if you can just do the whole reshaping thing remember we talked about this box
no all right let me know what you guys think down in the comments below are you gonna pick one of
these up now that it's uh more features for less money or the same money depending how you look at
it let me know i don't even know how to sign this one off i'm tired i'm going to bed uh see it later