What Is The Difference In A Blackmagic Cinema And Production Camera

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Well, the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K is finally here. And we've put information technology through a bunch of tests comparing information technology to the Canon 1DC, the 4K flagship HDSLR by Canon.

Annotation: On the Production Photographic camera 4K we tested we later constitute sensor problems which we looked further into in this post.

When the first Blackmagic Camera with RAW capabilities was announced at an extremely competitive toll it made a large affect on the film industry. A year afterward the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K was presented and its specs shook the states once again. At $3000 these are very astonishing specs for a photographic camera and finally nosotros get a adventure to encounter if the camera can alive up to its expectations.

Since we had two of the really cool Sigma 18-35mm F/1.8 lenses lying around we equipped the Blackmagic 4K and Canon 1DC with them and went out to shoot some starting time side by side tests. This is the first batch of our Blackmagic Production Camera 4K reviews. More than will follow in the next days.

You can see the results in the video in a higher place and since the video was uploaded in 4K nosotros recommend you download the source file to see the full quality of it over on vimeo (source is 4K).

First Results:

The first affair that strikes you is the pricetag. $3000, for a 4K camera that shoots the Apple ProRes (HQ) codec. Wow. And yes, that is a wow, information technology can't exist neglected. The camera we compared it to costs $12,000 and that's a whole unlike league indeed, but information technology'due south our reference camera in 4K, producing cute results.

In terms of ergonomics nil has changed. Blackmagic decided to use the same housing as the blackmagic cinema camera. We, equally run and gun shooters were not too fond of the pattern and though it was not very ergonomic, but we also know Blackmagic has put a lot of thought in it and had a reason for every design choice, fifty-fifty the internal, non-removable battery and we as filmmakers should respect that. This photographic camera is officially laid out for production environments, it's created not for the lowlight run and gunner, but for using it with accessories and a coiffure. Off-white.

In terms of image quality the 4K of the Blackmagic very well matches the 4K of the 1DC. Sharpness is visually identical and gone is moiré and aliasing equally nosotros had seen it on the kickoff blackmagic movie theatre camera. Prissy!!!

In terms of image size the Blackmagic Product Camera 4K has a slightly lower resultion than the 1DC. The 1DC sports a total 4K (4096×2160) as information technology is used in cinema, the Blackmagic uses the xvi:9 aspect (3840×2160) UltraHD. To be honest, at 4K that is and then sharp I personally couldn't care less about a few missing pixels. Actually sixteen:9 serves me well as it is however the virtually commonly used aspect.

Another size difference can exist seen when looking at the sensor. The 1DC uses an APC-H crop of its full frame sensor which in our comparison proved to be 28% larger than Blackmagic'south Super35mm sized sensor. This is a big step up from the previous blackmagic cinema camera that had a very minor sensor.
The result is a more shallow depth of field on the 1DC, merely on the downside information technology ordinarily requires full frame lenses. The Blackmagic can take APS-C sized lenses.

In the lowlight and dynamic range exam the Blackmagic has room for improvement in comparison to the exceptionally lowlight powerful Catechism 1DC. The Product Camera was said to be weak in this expanse which can be a reason to hold back for many who want to shoot quickly and efficiently. Just like on most RED cameras with the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K you will sometimes need additional light sources indoors. If y'all have those available so this volition not be an obstacle, but it is definitely a point to consider.

Finally rolling shutter: A weakness many HDSLR cameras suffer. On the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K in that location is no more of that. The global shutter reads out the whole epitome and once and wins in this category.

All in all this photographic camera is very noteworthy and exceeds our expectations in terms of quality. There is the known weakness in ergonomic blueprint, lowight and dynamic range, but here's a camera that records directly to ProRes (HQ) in a very evenly balanced and abrupt 4K. This is truly a product camera, so if you have a studio setup there'south hardly a question whether this investment makes sense.

Sidenote: Blackmagic promised a gratuitous firmware update unlocking the RAW functionality for this camera soon.

Notice function 2 and part 3 of our BMPC4K review here:
Review Part two: Blackmagic Production Camera 4K in the field
Review Part 3: Blackmagic Production Camera 4K – sensor problems or not?

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