r/blackmagicdesign

Shot this music video for a local band back in March, I usually rock a BMPCC6K with a Sigma 18-35 for most shoots but decided to rock with the 4K and Sirui's 24mm and 50mm Anamorphics for their character and weight (I was handheld most of the day lol.)

Pretty small crew with just me, the director and one extra set of hands as the crew. Light changed a a lot throughout the day so had to work around that quite a bit.

I didn't want to deliver in 2.4:1 though so I metered for 16:9 on the day. Pretty happy with how it all came out! Would love any feed back on how I could improve certain parts in the future!

I've been looking into getting a used or new Pyxis 12k and was disheartened to see that the warranty is only for one year. Yikes. Are people generally getting the extended warranty with these cameras? My experience with Nikon cameras has been that I've never had to deal with a warranty claim so I've always felt fine buying used models expecting them to last a long time.

But obviously the Pyxis 12k is very expensive and I don't have experience with this brand. What are peoples' feelings and experiences around the warranty situation and also the quality of Blackmagic cameras in general? Thanks.

This has never happened before, but I was working in Fusion for most of yesterday for work, until suddenly, when I tried deleting a Fusion node, my entire screen froze. I didn't receive the whole "DaVinci Resolve is not responding" message; it just... froze. Now, whenever I try restarting the program, my project is perfectly fine until I interact with or delete any node in Fusion. The same goes for any other project file, too, so I can't even just restart my work.

Been trying to fix this for a few hours now, anyone have a possible solution?

An age old question I know... did a search but couldn't find any recent conversation around this so asking the group...

Switched to Linux from Windows 3 months ago. I would be happily operating on Mint, or Zorin were it not for my complete dependence (for work), on DaVinci Resolve. The Dual Boot system I am currently using (Windows/Zorin) is not sustainable (wrought with constant conflicts and forced shut downs), so here I am... installing RockyLinux as the only officially supported distro for DaVinci by BlackMagic Design. And yet again... install issues. BlackMagic's installer .run file is asking me to install packages that when typed into the terminal... RockyLinux tells me are already installed and running? Just reaching out here in hopes some one can point me in the direction of recent documentation or conversation on how to successfully install DaVinci... a full working edition with all codec compatibilities and features in tact, on RockyLinux. BlackMagic's own instructions (updated June 23, 2006) don't seem to help. Thanks in advance for any guidance!!

My microphones inputs labeled ALSA. I tried to install pipewire and pulse in order to fix the issue, but it stays the same. And I could technically experiment and search for the one out of 8 ALSA's that is my mic, but I want also use virtual cable from my OBS because of the filters on the mic. On Windows DaVinci works perfectly, which upsets me, cause the whole purpose of me using Nobara was gaming and editing, but now here and then I encounter so many obstacles, it's actually frustrating. I'll be glad for help, thank you

Hey everyone, since my question unfortunately wasn’t approved on the Blackmagic Design forum, maybe there are people here who can help me.

I have a question about the Blackmagic Design 2110 devices, specifically the IP Converter 3x3G and the MiniBidirect 12G. I have these set up in a test environment.

I connected the 10 Gbit/s port on the Blackmagic device to an Aruba 6300M (JL659A) switch using a CAT 8.1 Ethernet cable. The RJ45 port on the switch supports a maximum of 5 Gbit/s on my model.
After physically connecting to the switch, the converter still displays “N/C.”

“N/C” is displayed both in auto-negotiation mode and when auto-negotiation is disabled and the corresponding interface on the switch is manually set to 5 Gbit/s. I’d like to start by transmitting 1080i, so the 5 Gbit/s port should be sufficient.

If I manually enter a speed of 1000 Base-T on the switch, the display remains on N/C.

Could it be that the Blackmagic device only establishes a connection if the interface end on the switch supports 10 Gbit/s? Perhaps only possible with an SFP module featuring an RJ45 socket?
Because when I connect the two devices directly without a switch, they establish a connection without any problems and without external NMOS/PTP clocking; the devices’ screens display “10G.”

I’ve manually configured the devices’ IP addresses for now; NMOS is running via easy-nmos on a Linux system, and PTP is currently also running via ptpl4 on the Linux system, but the problem there is that the switch refuses to recognize both ptp4l and a stable PTP signal from a Meinberg clock (but that’s a different issue).

If you need more details about my configuration, let me know.
Thanks <3

Possibly a dumb question but is this the most recent version of the Multidock which transfers over Thunderbolt 2? I can't seem to find any mention of Thunderbolt protocol on the site and know there was a 2nd generation made, so just want to make sure I'm not buying anything older gen.

I am trying to figure out 1) how to keep this from happening in the future and 2) if there's a way to fill in missing/dropped frames. I'd rather not use AI tools but if that is the only way to do it so be it.

I can't tell if this issue is a battery issue (but when I used a fully charged external battery it still dropped frames), if it was a problem with the SD card I used, or if I need to fix some of my camera settings.

I’m looking to get a Pyxis 12k and some V-Mount batteries for it, let me know what you guys found with battery life.

I’d probably be looking at a 99Wh Smallrig (VB99 Pro) actually most likely 2 of them. I’d be shooting primarily at 24fps 8k Open Gate 8:1.

Let me know what you guys shoot and how much battery life you get out of yours.

I'm a solo videographer (and an instructional designer by day), and I wanted to make my shoots go a little faster. So I built an app for myself called PocketPrimer.

You point your iPhone at the scene, and it reads the light, works out the right ISO, shutter, aperture, and white balance, and pushes all of it straight to the camera over Bluetooth. It'll even dial in the 6K Pro's built-in ND filters for you, and it explains why it picked each setting in plain English. You can also adjust everything by hand with built-in dials and toggles.

Because I do instructional design, the thing I cared about most was making it usable by people who aren't camera experts or are students learning the film jargon: jargon is explained with a press and hold, every control explained, and every change one tap from undo.

I built it to make my own shoots faster and figured it would be cool to share with other Blackmagic users for free. It's in TestFlight now and I would genuinely love people to break it, test it, and tell me what's missing or annoying.

Heads up: I only have a Pocket 6K Pro to test on, but I built it to work with other Blackmagic cameras that support Bluetooth control, so I would especially love to hear if it works on yours.

TestFlight link: https://www.ixcreations.com/pocketprimer/

Happy to answer anything in the comments!

I'm looking at getting a black magic camera for filming my Nikon isn't doing the trick what camera should I get I'm looking at the pocket 6k but should I save up more for the pyxis 6k?