Blackmagicdesign Pocket Cinema Camera 6K User manual

Blackmagic
Pocket Cinema Camera
Includes Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Installation and Operation Manual
January 2020
English, 日本語, Français, Deutsch, Español, 中文,
한국어,Русский, Italiano, Português and Türkçe.

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English 3
日本語 154
Français 296
Deutsch 438
Español 580
中文 722
한국어 864
Русский 1006
Italiano 1148
Português 1290
Türkçe 1432
Developer Information 1575

English
Welcome
Thank you for purchasing your new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera!
In 2013, we released the original Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. We were excited by creating
a small camera with high dynamic range and groundbreaking image quality that you could take
anywhere. After all your amazing feedback and being asked to make a 4K version, we decided to
do exactly that and introduced Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K in 2018. Now we are happy
to introduce Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K!
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K features a Super 35mm sized sensor and an EF lens
mount. Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K has the same Micro Four Thirds lens mount as the
original Pocket Cinema Camera so you can use all your existing MFT lenses. Blackmagic Pocket
Cinema Camera 4K records 4K video up to 60 frames per second and HD video at 120 frames
per second on CFast or UHS-II SD cards. Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K expands on
these capabilities so you can also record 2.8K video at 120 frames per second and 6K video up to
60 frames per second! The USB-C port lets you record on external drives so you can unplug the
drive from your camera and plug straight into your computer for an instant file workflow.
With 13 stops of dynamic range and dual native ISO, you can record beautiful, clean cinematic
images in varying light conditions. The built in 5 inch LCD touchscreen lets you easily check focus
and see fine details, even in bright daylight, and four built in microphones give you high quality
audio straight into the camera!
Your Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is made from acarbon fiber reinforced composite so it’s
incredibly robust, very light, and easy to carry with you everywhere you go. Yourcamera can be
powered via a standard LP-E6 battery, AC adaptor, or an external 12VDC source. We’re also proud
to include our Blackmagic RAW codec, offering the flexibility of RAW processing all in a single file,
providing massive performance increases with reduced file sizes.
We are extremely excited to see the creative work you produce using your new Blackmagic
Pocket Cinema Camera, and look forward to your feedback on new featuresyou would like to see
added to your camera!
Grant Petty
CEO Blackmagic Design

Which camera are you using? 5
Getting Started 6
Attaching a Lens 6
Turning Your Camera On 7
Using a Blackmagic Pocket
Camera Battery Grip 7
Powering Your Camera with the
Included Power Cable 9
Storage Media 10
CFast Cards 10
SD Cards 11
USB-C flash disks 13
Preparing Media for Recording 15
Preparing Media on
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 15
Preparing Media on a Mac 17
Preparing Media on Windows 18
Recording 19
Recording Clips 19
Blackmagic RAW 20
Recording to Blackmagic RAW 21
Maximum Sensor Frame Rates 23
Record Duration 25
Playback 30
Camera Features 31
Camera Front 31
Right Side 32
Left Side 32
Top Panel 34
Camera Underside 35
Camera Rear 36
Touchscreen Controls 37
Settings 58
Dashboard 58
Record Settings 58
File Naming Convention 63
Monitor Settings 64
Audio Settings 70
Setup Settings 73
Presets 82
3D LUTs 84
Entering Metadata 87
Slate 87
Camera Video Output 92
Using DaVinci Resolve 93
Project Manager 93
Editing with the Cut Page 94
Adding Clips to the Timeline 97
Editing Clips on the Timeline 98
Adding Titles 98
Working with Blackmagic RAW Files 99
Color Correcting your Clips
with the Color Page 102
Adding a Power Window 105
Using Plugins 107
Mixing Your Audio 108
Adding VFX and Compositing
on the Fusion Page 112
Mastering Your Edit 121
Quick Export 121
The Deliver Page 122
Working with Third Party Software 123
Working with Files from
CFast 2.0 and SD cards 123
Working with Files from
USB-C flash disks 123
Using Final Cut Pro X 124
Using Avid Media Composer 2018 124
Using Adobe Premiere Pro CC 125
Blackmagic Camera Setup Utility 126
Recommended Recording Media 127
Developer Information 140
Blackmagic Bluetooth Camera Control 140
Blackmagic SDI and Bluetooth
Camera Control Protocol 142
Example Protocol Packets 149
Help 150
Regulatory Notices 151
Safety Information 152
Warranty 153
Contents
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Which camera are you using?
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K models
have similar appearances. Both cameras produce incredible, wide dynamic range images and
share the same chassis. The control buttons and software menus are laid out the same way,
and operating the cameras is essentially the same.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K features a Super 35mm sized sensor and an EF lens
mount, and has a 6K icon above the lens mount. Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
features a Micro Four Thirds sized sensor and a Micro Four Thirds lens mount.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
5Which camera are you using?