Am I the only one who values color science above built in NDs and a box body?

Great video as usual. Folks that criticize this camera have unrealistic expectations for the price point. This is a great value camera. Of course there are compromises at this price point. There are compromises at every price point.

Honestly, people that complain about the body style don't understand the purpose of this camera. At the price point, they're definitely reusing the housing that they've already designed to keep the cost down. In addition, no other camera offers the picture quality Black Magic offers with literally no rigging needed. Quite exceptional if you ask me! At the price point, you can buy this camera, a lens, & a CF Express card and immediately start capturing amazing footage! Not to mention DaVinci resolve studio comes with it for free!!

This camera that punches way above its weight, especially at that price point. Thanks for the review.

I'm really glad that they have the L mount because from what I've heard dji and Panasonic are teaming up to put the Lidar AF system directly onto the camera itself. If Black Magic can obtain a firmware update that can use the lumix lenses with the Lidar for auto focusing, then this camera is going to be an amazing gear to have.

I think the problem with this camera is that almost nobody who has Pocket 4K, 6K G2, 6K PRO said "I need more quality picture from my camera". People need a different body design, reliable AF, cheap and easy to use storage, a bit more dynamic range, much better battery life. Blackmagic could design smaller buttonless camera with detachable 5inch tilting display, reliable AF, real 2-3H battery life, which would work with SD cards (for 10 bit h265) and CFexpress type B (for BRAW). They could made MFT and FF options with additional PRO line which would have builtin NDs, viewfinder and more professional ports like XLR and full quality output to video assist for additional redundancy or higher frame rates options.

Loving this new cam so far!!

Great video team! I'm extremely impressed by what Blackmagic has done at this price point. While I have my reservations with the design, to have RAW, full frame, open gate 6K for a camera that costs less than $4K Australian is something we could've only dreamed about a few years back. It's not for everyone, but it makes a true cinema camera much more accessible for many.

Wow. What a very fair, kind, and honest coverage. So refreshing and nice to see.

this comment section is driving me insane lmao. so many people missing the entire point of this camera

Great to come along to open day at ProAV today and to look/tryout 6K FF close up plus chat to BMD team as well ProAV. The camera is a tool the real job is your imagination and creativity

Davinci Studio is free with this camera, no need of external recorder, no need of external monitor, no need to XLR adaptor/recorder, almost any existing lens can be adapted to the existing L mount.

After the great tech of the 12K it's extremely dissapointing to see the same poor rolling shutter sensor from the S1H in here. Had they upped the price to $4000 and put the Sensor from the MAVO LF II in there I and many others would buy it in a heart beat. Also the removal of 1080p ProRes in full sensor width means it's unusable for a lot of work I do. Great image, but a step back in almost every other area.

Maybe a box shaped design or something more like a balanced slr body for easier gimbal operation and handheld rigging for us solo shooters

I was at an invitational event today which had the camera to play with and test out. The only thing I wanted to test is the rolling shutter performance since the numbers are a bit alarming. In practice, my concerns were justified. From 50mm and up the rolling shutter effect is prohibitively strong, I'd even say that it ruins the camera for anything else than static shots and relatively slow subjects. Everything else about the camera I love, the image quality, OLPF and the plethora of aspect ratios especially. This is a shame, since I'm a big fan of BM and use several of their products.

I actually appreciate the fact that the camera looks like a DSLR. The reason is that you don't look like a professional and are ignored by the police and subjects when shooting in public on the streets. The form factor does not bother me at all.

I like the Blackmagic Design

Please Blackmagic, if you read this -- the form factor on this thing is killing us. The lack of ability to mount larger batteries, monitor, audio, etc. -- it's just not workable anymore for those of us who love BMD's color but can't show up to set looking like we just got our first DSLR. Create a box camera which we can customize and adapt and it'll crush the Komodo!

I am confused as to why they didn't call it the "Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K FF" when there is already the "Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K (G2)" and "Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K Pro"? Otherwise, it seems to produce gorgeous images. Of course, some of us would love continous AF and ND for convenience...

Looks like a perfect A camera for any 6K or 6K Pro owners needing FF.

Great breakdown!

9:00 sorry that is inaccurate. The Canon R5C in the US is $3799, the BM CC6K is $2595. That's not half.

thanks this is the video all about my question

Looks amazing but sadly its not for me, thanks Carl for the review and Blackmagic design for creating this product.

Looks great can't wait to get my hands on one! 😀

A great camera and great value!

Great camera

Hi there, thanks! A quick question - how does one know which modes use the full sensor and which ones are cropped in by the camera? Are all 4K modes cropped in? I thought it was just the S35 4:3 mode.

when does this begin shipping? All I see from US retailers is that its only available for preorder

Just put it in a box like Z-Cam, that’s all we’re asking

Seeing that camera on your hand I understand why the removed the 'Pocket' from the name and called it only Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K. It seems huge and heavy but may be good for Cinema-style video shooting and not run and gun video style.

So you cant record 4k without crop, anymore? :(

Blackmagic should have changed the form factor, a Red Komodo X body style with a micro v mount would’ve been better.

Great review as always, and what is the name of that song in this review?

Complaining about this camera at this price point is unrealistic. Guys who are complaining have the same unrealistic expectations as women who want men that make $100K and above but there are 10% of men in the United States that make that income. The average men make $50K and below. If you want a camera that has all of your expectations then the high end camera like Red, Arri, or Sony would be great for you at a price you can’t afford. I am buying this camera and use it to the best of my ability until the wheels fall off. Thank you black magic for making an amazing camera that is within my price range.

Camera sales must be very low. 😂 I think it will attract buyers' attention depending on what additional features will be announced in the future. 4k is still enough.

It's a bummer (although understandable) they don't offer this with different mounts. I'm so deep in E mount glass, and far as I'm aware, there is no L mount to E mount adapter even possible because of the flange distance. Honestly I'm very happy with my FX3 and FX30 setup for weddings and events and even short films (we all know The Creator was shot on and FX3 so it's no limiting factor in cinematic productions) but Blackmagic has always intrigued the creative side of me more than the practical side of me. I loved my Pocket 4k in controlled environments. Weddings it was a pain in the ass though. Just not the right tool.

Pity for taking stills it no longer takes CinemaDNG because the camera only does BRAW.

I think this camera is a first step towards a box full frame or a full frame URSA

Where’s the DR test???

Does it fit into the tilta cage for the 6k pro?

Complaint is it’s to digital with all the settings this why picked up old horse 2.5 k where real colour science went in to BM is all about resolution now BMCC 2.5 k was used in huge film production s from avenger to mad max

man...imagine if this was a box style camera in stead of this cursed dslr shape people refuse to leave behind....

Great looking images from this camera but it’s become so niche. No 10bit codec, no 16x9 aspect ratio, clunky form factor. A great camera is not just it’s image quality, it’s the overall package and this falls well short for many of us.

love this camera but its not for me. im selling my pocket because I need evf, af and ibis. sadly ill mis braw. They just shot hollywood movie using the fx3 in a movie called "The creator" Im sure compactness, af and ibis had a big role in this. This is something bmd can capitalize. other camera makers are offering much more at a good price its time for bmd to wisen up.

I think they ( BM) are losing this race to Sony/Panasonic/Fuji

i just dont understand why they feel comfortable with foregoing the internal nds. theyre also discouraging a lot of their current customers who have invested in canon glass by using the l mount. sure, you can adapt it, but like you mention in the video the inclusion of the l mount limits the ability to have internal nds. full frame really shouldnt be enough of a selling point for people to make this leap. internal nd in a form factor this small was *the* selling point. maybe im wrong, i still have my bmpcc4k but i run an r5c as my main camera. if they had included internal nd tho and didnt go with a completely different lens mount i may have considered selling my r5c, and switching to an r5 for stills and getting this guy as my a cam

You mean Leica’s L mount

ummm they do claim that, they keep calling it "high end" ha

“L mount” 😂😂😂 I’ll pass on that.

It looks like a VCR

No ProRes, NoND :)

The big issue that can't be emphasized enough, is that the transition to L-mount simply is going to take a long time, or could fail. Existing sunk lens investments are a controlling factor for this target market, adapters are notoriously unreliable, and L-mount currently serves mostly still photographers at best. (The assertion in this video, that there are tons of L-mount third-party lenses, is hilariously inaccurate.) I kinda resent the addition of the L-mount to the market, even though it was necessitated by the greed and closed nature of nearly all the other current mirrorless lens mounts. Sony and Canon need to lighten up and allow other camera bodies to use their mounts. DJI's shot at trying to use native E-mount was promising, but probably got bullied by Sony's lawyers.

13 stops of dynamic range terrible panasonic s5 gets 14plus stops

Same run and gun body style but still no ibis or autofocus means this is a huge disappointment for me. Also, most people I know are building up their lenses for either Sony or canon so either of those lens mounts would have made more sense for me and my circle. L mount is a dud mount as no other bigger cinema brands really use it.

Is it just me, or is this video out of focus, jerky, pixelated and I can’t read the captions at the bottom left because they are blurred. This video doesn’t sell the camera to me.

If only that camera had an RF mount instead of L .....

Every other company is taking on the Red Komodo! Blackmagic is falling way behind with their reluctance to create what the consumer market wants. They will eventually lose traction in the cinema world. Mark my words.

That crop though in 4k 👎

no AF, no photos either

I’m never buying a so-called “cinema camera” that’s shaped like a SLR. If Blackmagic had any sense they would have changed the form factor.

It’s useless as a cinema camera it’s only 10 bit colour 10 bit. What the hell is wrong with these companies a true cinema camera Hass to have raw and Hass to have 12 pig color. None of the rest of the shit matters.