Unlike most competing cameras, physical buttons are fairly sparse here, and the ones that are on the body have all earned their place. It's smooth but grippy, and the crisp LCD screen dominates the camera. The 6K Pro felt incredible when I first pulled it out of the box.

If you're looking to get your foot in the door on pro-level filmmaking, it's hard to find a cheaper entry point. So naturally, the camera comes with a free copy of the $300 Studio version of the app.ĭaVinci Resolve's free version is already incredibly powerful, and most cinema cameras that push into the 6K range are quite a bit pricier than the BMPCC 6K Pro. Blackmagic also makes DaVinci Resolve, which started as top-tier color grading software and has since evolved into an entire video editing package that can sometimes give Adobe a run for its money. Both formats are great for capturing as much detail as possible while shooting and adjusting your color grade later. The camera also supports shooting in both Blackmagic RAW and Apple's ProRes RAW formats (the latter is only supported up to 4K, though). For low-to-no budget productions, a common way to get this flexibility is to shoot in 4K and distribute in 1080p, but 6K allows you to keep that power while still outputting the highest resolution most people can watch right now. Why might you want 6K footage, you ask? Well, if your editing rig can handle it, you get a lot more flexibility to crop, zoom, and motion-track footage in postproduction, without sacrificing picture quality.

Most notably–so notable they put it in the name–this camera can shoot up to 6K footage, which is hard to find at this price point.

The camera also uses an EF lens mount, which means it has access to a pretty wide range of popular lenses. While it's technically smaller than full-frame sensors, it's comparable to the APS-C sensors you'll find in many photography cameras (though it's a bit wider). The BMPCC 6K Pro utilizes a Super 35-mm sensor which has been one of the most popular sensor formats for filmmakers for decades.

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