The Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K is a next generation, handheld 6K digital film camera with 6048 x 4032 full frame high resolution HDR sensor, dual native ISO, L‑Mount, CFexpress recording and direct recording to USB-C disks! Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K features an OLPF for better detail handling, records stunning 12-bit Blackmagic RAW for cinematic images as well as real time H.264 proxies!

Camera Features

Effective Sensor Size

36mm x 24mm (Full Frame)

Lens Mount

Active L-Mount.

Lens Control

Iris and focus on supported lenses.

Dynamic Range

13 Stops.

Dual Native ISO

400 and 3200

Shooting Resolutions

6048 x 4032 (Open Gate 3:2) up to 36 fps

4832 x 4032 (Anamorphic 6:5) up to 36 fps

6048 x 3200 (6K DCI 17:9) up to 48 fps

6048 x 2520 (6K 2.4:1) up to 60 fps

4096 x 3072 (Super 35 4:3) up to 50 fps

4096 x 2160 (4K DCI 17:9) up to 60 fps

2112 x 1184 (Super 16 16:9) up to 100 fps

1920 x 1080 (1080 HD 16:9) up to 120 fps

Frame Rates

Maximum sensor frame rate dependent on resolution and codec selected. Project frame rates of 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94 and 60 fps supported.

Off-speed frame rates up to 60 fps in 6K 2.4:1 and 4K DCI 17:9, 100 fps in Super 16 16:9 and 120 fps in 1080HD.

Focus

Auto focus available using compatible lenses.

Iris Control

Iris wheel and touchscreen slider for manual iris adjustment on electronically controllable lenses, iris button for instant auto iris settings on compatible lenses.

Screen Dimensions

5” 1920 x 1080.

Screen Brightness

1500 nits

Screen Type

LCD capacitive touchscreen.

Metadata Support

Automatically populated lens data from electronic L-Mount lenses. Automatic recording of camera settings and slate data such as project, scene number, take and special notes. A 3D LUT can also be embedded in metadata of Blackmagic RAW files.

Controls

Touchscreen menus on 5 inch screen. 1 x Power Switch, 1 x Record Button, 1 x Stills Button, 1 x Scroll Wheel with push integrated into handgrip, 1 x ISO Button, 1 x White Balance, 1 x Shutter Button, 3 x software configurable Fn buttons, 1 x Focus Button, 1 x IRIS Button, 1 x High Frame Rate (HFR) Button, 1 x Zoom Button, 1 x Menu Button and 1 x Playback Button.

Timecode Clock

Highly accurate timecode clock. Less than 1 frame drift every 8 hours.