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I just switched to Cfats 2.0 cards on my 4K and I can't 't tell you how much easier it is now to use. No more struggling with the stupid external drives and the awful mounts that are available. It's so much more pleasant an experience. I say skip the external and invest. You'll thank me for it later.

This video speaks to me and is exactly what I needed! You are so right about the other youtubers and what they tell you you need... $650 speed booster so I can use the $700 lens... hard pass. I'm an editor who just needs to be able to film some solid corporate videos. That's it. Cheers and thanks for the real talk!

Amen. More people need to see this video. 💪

Using c mount Cctv lenses could be a good option. Theyre usually fast and do cover m43 sensors.

You did not mention that with vintage full frame glass, you'd need to look into wide angle lenses to account for 2x crop factor. A sweet spot would be 24mm full frame, which would give one about 50mm focal length on pocket 4K. A good 24-28mm fast vintage lens can be pricey. For the same amount of money one can get a fixed focal length Panasonic Lumix lens in native MFT.

Yay, bmpcc people 🎉🎉🎉 Great video, man, as always. Thanks for all the info. Cheers from Italy

For my barebones set up: Metabones speed booster from my gh4 days. 0.71x Battery: Core SWX Powerbase Edge LITE Battery Storage: 2 128 GB sd and a 1tb SSD mounted directly on to the camera with a cellphone adapter and horseshoe mount. Lens: I cycle between my sigma 18-35, my vintage Nikkor 50mm lens and my 85mm Nikon lens.

beautifully argued...you correct...we need to build our gear as we climb up...this way we also develop a style...of our own...and improve on it...whats nice is having less stuff...forces you to really get creative in your shooting style...and thats what its all about in the end...your style...and your story...wow i actually said that ? nice..i am growing well in this content world...thank you...

Ehhh good video! Congrats on your 100th video man! Vintage lenses is a great suggestion, and you can always find a solid 4K or even 6K on the used market. Don't always have to go new.

And if you're just learning, you don't even need the external battery or the t5 SSD; get those after the lens and sd card.

Hey Great video, I totally agree with you,about vintage lens but actually you could go the TT artisan MFT lens way as well...specially the 50mm F1.2 is nice. About vintage totally agree RD mount for example...radioactive or not I have 1 Gen Vivitar pump f3.5 70-210 and it is fantastic almost parfocal on Viltrox Fmount speed booster. Actually great speed booster for the price 70$...no need for metabones in the begining and the Vivitar was in pristine condition...if you find some first gen 50 years old with 2* teleconverter like me if the glass is good take it...this pump system that you focus and zoom with the same gear is great for filming handheld with little practice I don't know why they abondonned the design it is mega fast to focus and zoom in the same time...

Just bought this today with the Ak4500_ new to the game: ama learn more

BTW, the samsung T7 drives also work perfectly for the BMPCC4K camera, and they even fit in the T5 holders.

Good stuff

love this video, thank you

Was that a salty UW housing? Side note. I’ve been watching your videos for the last 4 hours no stop.

Thanks for the video … has anything changed since making this video? Other than Ssd’s of course .. I’m ready to step into 4k video, and you’ve helped me committing moving forward … :)

Just curious. Is it practical to use a P4k as a B cam to the 6kp? Or, is it better to just use a 6k as a B cam instead?

Some people are worried that radioactive lenses might be bad for the sensor. On a still camera the shutter protects the sensor but on a video camera the radiation exposure increses. I think I might still have super takumar and a bunch of other vintage lenses. I bought my lenses at the time when it wasn't cool to use these, almost 20 years ago. Later I sold most and even made some profit. I do regret selling some of the lenses now. I had an almost mint 16mm Zenitar in the original packaging. Although, I tend to think that the buyer probably had more use for it than I had and I wish it has served well.

You are a life safer bro I am planning on getting a 4k this week I am just confuse as to where to start with the set up and I am working under a budget. I just subscribed. Does the discord group help newbies like me with hints on camera usage?

You also forget the astronomical price of the SSD holder in this pricing guide.

Thanks for this great tips, I live in Amsterdam and now im gonna search for a vintage lense. Btw, dont you think you need something fot stabalising the footage? Like a gimbal or tripod

Great info. Some ppl say the look of original bmpcc is exceptional and one can't get the same on bmpcc 4k or 6k even if they shoot 1080p prores 422 HQ. Is that true?

Hi there, Great content, thanks. I have many questions for you about this camera. I have been using it for some time, but I really am having problems with the noise and with the white balance, it really has a yellow predominance. Hope you read these. Bye

my BMPCC4K bricked after 7.9 update. any suggestions? Blackmagic has known about this update issue for may months apparently and have not done anything to fix it!!!

wish i wouldve seen this video sooner

Hey man.. you say vintage lens? My dad have lots of vintage lens but the brand is nikon, can still fit on BM camera 4k??? I will check if he have still the fixed lens. Thanks man .

What about vnd?

Love your BMD videos and thinking of buying a 4k. I happen to have a t7 ssd. Do you know if these work? Some say they do and others say they don't.

500gb samsung ssd's are now 350 bucks, not 70 😭

so YT decided not show this video in my feeds.

Lenses 200 dallaz? MAAAAAAn its a crap.

bought one, discovered it can't do 4k over hdmi out, returned it. Went back to the GH5 I was going to sell. Yes, being able to record to nvme over usb-c directly from the camera is amazing and every camera should support that, but if you can only monitor at 1080p, someone should have been fired. Even my Ninja Inferno from 2017 is a 4k hdmi monitor.