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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K - Initial Impressions

Cary and Curtis talk about their experience with the Blackmagic Pocket 4K camera so far. This is not a review, but a practical discussion about what we like and don't like. No camera is perfect for every job. But the P4K packs a lot of punch.

You can buy the Pocket 4K at B&H

If you want to run an XLR microphone into the P4K, you'll need an adapter cable like this

And here is the cable that allows you to power the P4K with a cine battery with a d-tap output

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Audio Features - Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K

In this episode, we have a look at (and listen to) the audio features on the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K.

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F8 and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.

Links to gear used in this video:

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K - I used this to record this episode, including the audio directly from the DPA 4017b

Mini XLR to XLR Adapter Cable (Amazon) - you’ll need at least one of these to get a standard XLR cable into your Pocket 4K. This is a pack of 2 (always good to have a backup) and seems to be of very high quality

Blackmagic power adapter cable kit - I use the 2-pin to d-tap cable to power the Pocket 4K with an Anton Bauer Digital 90 cine battery. Will work with any cine battery with d-tap output (v-mount, gold mount, etc.)

Tentacle Sync E Timecode Generator

Deity S-Mic 2 Shotgun Microphone (Amazon)

RODE NTG2 Shotgun Microphone (Amazon)

Shure SM-58 Dynamic Microphone (Amazon)

Panasonic 12-35mm F/2.8 OIS Lens (Amazon) - Used on the Pocket 4K camera

Lupo Superpanel Dual Color Panel Model 400 - Bounced off of a big piece of white foamcore for the key light

Aputure AL-MW (Amazon) - background light for all of the talking head shots. Cool little waterproof light with in-built Li-Ion battery that lasts 80 minutes at full power

Aputure COB120t (Amazon) - background light for product shots

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Freetail Evoke CFast 2.0 Card & Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K Camera - Supported Framerates and Codecs

In this episode, a look at which resolutions, frame rates, and codecs the FREETAIL EVOKE CFast 2.0 (x3700) cards can support on the Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K.

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses, including processing dialogue audio, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F8 and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.

Links to gear used in this video:

FREETAIL EVOKE CFast 2.0 (x3700) Card (Amazon)

Lexar CFast 2.0 Card Reader USB 3 (Amazon)

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K - I used this to record most of this episode

Panasonic 12-35mm F/2.8 OIS Lens (Amazon) - Used on the Pocket 4K camera

AKG C414 XLS Microphone - recorded the voiceover for this episode

Aputure COB120t (Amazon) - background light

Lupo DayLED 1000 Fresnel Light - this was the main light