Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Unboxing (Day 3330 - 1/6/19)

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Stephen has some pickles as a snack while petting Kepler on his lap. He talks about how they have been using the Panasonic GH4 as the primary production camera for many years. Stephen mentions that they got it before Mallory started her MalMakes channel. The Panasonic camera is used for both MalMakes, VlogMail, and high production videos. So, when Mal was using the camera it couldn't be moved out of place for 2 weeks which the amount of time it takes Mal to finish a painting. Therefore, they had been planning to get a second camera, so that they wouldn't have to take Mal's camera every time they needed to film other videos.

Originally, he had planned to buy the Panasonic LUMIX GH5, but the issue with the Panasonic warranty pissed him off, so he decided not to get a camera from their company. He then talks about how he bought the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K which was hard to buy since it came out in October and there were a lot of back orders for it. Stephen didn't pre-order it, so every day after the camera was released, he checked twice daily on Amazon to see if there was a third-party seller selling it. He descibes the camera as being better for video than taking pictures since it doesn't have stabilization.

Stephen then talks about how he was going to get the same lens that Mal's camera has, but he decided that it's better to get a different lens since he can just switch lenses if he wants to use the lens Mal has. He did end up getting a Lumix 20mm lens from Panasonic since its a wide lens that would be good for filming Breakfast Stream. Additonally, he got a B+W 46mm Digital-Pro UV Haze MRC Filter to protect the lens since he knows some people who dropped their camera and the filter saved the lens from being damaged. The other equipment he got consisted of a Sennheiser MKE 600, an Auray Professional WIndshield, a shock mount, an adapter to convert cold shoe to hot shoe, and an XLR cable to hook up the microphone to the camera.

Stephen unboxes the Black Magic camera. It consists of a software manual on an SD card, a fully copy of DaVinci Resolve 15 which is worth $300, an AC adapter, a LP E6 battery, international plugs, and the Black Magic camera body. He descibes the camera body as being wide, but not heavy. Stephen says that the camera doesn't have stabilization, but it will be fine since they are just putting the camera on a tripod. He is glad he waited to get this $1,300 camera since the Panasonic GH5 is $2,000. Stephen says that they could've gotten any camera for the 2nd camera, but since he went to film school he wanted a camera that could also shoot short films. He mentions to keep in mind that the reviews about quality control for the Black Magic camera aren't the highest if you want to buy this camera. Stephen also mentions that he ordered another tripod.