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Blackmagicdesign Blackmagic Pocket Quick Manual & Notes

Blackmagicdesign Blackmagic Pocket Quick Manual & Notes

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FILMMAKING I
BLACK MAGIC POCKET 4K
QUICK GUIDE & NOTES

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  • Page 1 FILMMAKING I BLACK MAGIC POCKET 4K QUICK GUIDE & NOTES...
  • Page 2 Zeiss BMPCC 4k camera body with: 28 mm f 2.0 lens - Shape CBM4K cage - Metabones N/F – MFT Ultra 0.71x speed booster Zeiss - removable Canon LP-E6 style internal battery 50 mm 58 mm diameter - Manfrotto tripod plate Pro-X Powerbase 70 f 1.4 lens variable ND filter...
  • Page 3 PLAN A MINIMUM OF 1 HOUR FOR CHECK OUT & PREP 1. IN CAMERA MENU >SET-UP: PRESS “FACTORY RESET” 2. PHYSICALLY INSPECT ALL LENSES 3. MOUNT LENSES ON CAMERA AND CHECK FOCUS 4. INSPECT ALL FILTERS AND ALL ACCESSORIES 4. BUILD TRIPOD, MOUNT & BALANCE THE CAMERA 5.
  • Page 4 MICRO FOUR THIRDS SENSOR MICRO FOUR THIRDS MOUNT...
  • Page 5 BMP4K LENSES TOKINA 11mm-20mm / 2.8 ZEISS 28mm / 2.0 ZEISS 50mm / 1.4...
  • Page 6 CAMERA IS EQUIPPED WITH A SPECIALIZED ADAPTER “METABONES SPEEDBOOSTER”...
  • Page 7 IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT METABONES ADAPTER 1. STAYS ON THE CAMERA 2. MUST BE TREATED WITH CARE AS IT CONTAINS AN OPTICAL ELEMENT 3. SPECIAL MOUNTING INSTRUCTIONS for 28mm and 50mm...
  • Page 8 STEP 1: BEFORE ATTACHING LENS STOP LENS DOWN TO MAXIMUM (E.G., F22)
  • Page 9 STEP 2: ALIGN WHITE LENS NOTCH WITH RED DOT ON ADAPTER...
  • Page 10 STEP 3: ATTACH AND TURN CCW TO LOCK...
  • Page 11 KEEP IN MIND THAT THE BOOSTER INCREASES THE SPEED OF YOUR LENS BY 1-STOP THE TOKINA 11-20 ZOOM NORMALLY HAS MAX APERTURE OF 2.8 WITH ADAPTER MAX APERTURE IS 2.0...
  • Page 12 THE ZOOM NORMALLY HAS MAX APERTURE OF 2.8 F = 2.0 1=2.8 2=4 3=5.6 etc.
  • Page 13 ADAPTER’S WIDENING EFFECT BMP4K BMP4K METABONES 8-14mm 11mm-20mm 20mm 28mm 35mm 50mm...
  • Page 14 APPROXIMATE HORIZONTAL FOV 8-14mm 100º—68º 20mm 50º 35mm 30º...
  • Page 15 CAMERA FUNCTIONS & CONTROLS...
  • Page 16 RESOLUTION CODEC GAMMA FRAME-RATE SHUTTER-SPEED
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  • Page 17 RECORD STILLS SCROLL WHEEL...
  • Page 19 MENU...
  • Page 20 HIGH-SPEED/OFF-SPEED QUICK SELECT...
  • Page 21 MAGNIFIER...
  • Page 22 PLAYBACK...
  • Page 24 TO FORMAT MEDIA TAP CARD ICON...
  • Page 28 128GB CARD = 90MIN PRO RES HQ 1080...
  • Page 30 1. RETRACT AC CABLE COLLAR 2. PULL CABLE OUT BY COLLAR...
  • Page 31 TOOLS...
  • Page 32 FALSE SAFETY FRAME COLOUR GUIDES GUIDES GRID, FOCUS ASSIST CROSSHAIR, PEAKING...
  • Page 34 CAMERA’S ISO RANGE 100 — 25600...
  • Page 35 RECOMMENDATIONS DAY EXTERIORS 100-400 LOW-LIGHT
 1250-3200...
  • Page 36 In low-light DON’T use 800-1000 Stop down and use 1250.
  • Page 37 MENU...
  • Page 40 ENABLE OFF SPEED RECORDING FOR HIGH SPEED/SLOW-MOTION...
  • Page 41 HIGH-SPEED/OFF-SPEED QUICK SELECT...
  • Page 44 USE EXPOSURE TOOLS FALSE COLOUR ZEBRA HISTOGRAM...
  • Page 45 FALSE COLOUR...
  • Page 46 ZEBRA DEPENDING ON HOW BRIGHT YOU WANT YOUR HIGHLIGHTS 85% IS FULL MATTE WHITE* 95% IS SPECULAR WHITE 100% IS BLOWN DON’T SET ZEBRA TO 100% *DEPENDING ON AMBIENT CONTEXT...
  • Page 47 HISTOGRAM NEEDS TO BE INTERPRETED WATCH EXTREME ENDS...
  • Page 48 AVOID ALLOWING SIGNAL TO ENTER THE EXTREME RIGHT OR LEFT VERTICAL SCALE...

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