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I Actually have one right here. My friend is traveling and wanted something ultra light. We traded for a month, my A7s(OG) for pocket 4K. I wanted to try hands on al the BM "magic" everyone is talking about. To be honest, it is still in the bag. lol. Sony has us spoiled. Dirt cheap 1.4 primes with autofocus, IBIS, usbC, webcam and 2 XLR + 2 audio inputs on a body that does not need a cage, makes it really, really hard to set up the BM. i am talking about the FX30 btw, that is my daily driver

I've always been torn about cables and chords in music videos... but at the end of the day I ALWAYS go for visual/audio continuity in all aspects when filming/editing.

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nice! does the light work when it's being charged?

I get the hate of the Cfast, i had bad luck with some of them. But i just ordered 1tb KingSpec cfast just to tried out again. And definitely had its pro's and doesn't take much space

dope

love that camera

Several similar options at this price…

Thank you for this video!

Please make a video on how you edit the ZLog and what LUTs you use👀🔥 just subbed

where the hell did Z CAM E2-M5G 5K go? It was claimed to be the highest dynamic range Z Cam have ever made and it also had global shutter

Shooting in prores, I use arri log and it looks great

Ohhh that was your music video project. I saw it on the Facebook group page. I loved it

Zraw worked for me in resilve

can this recording into external drive, across the usb c port? ty!

Yea man, it looks awesome, can you tell me if you have global shutter on this one?

why not the E6F2 pro ?

Zcam has great camera's for the budget. You can use the Zcam pluggin for Davinci resolve and record in Zlog2 profile. Made my workflow a lot better. (You can make a DCTL and use Acces transform nodes in the node tree but that is a little bit of a challenge to get working in Davinci) Have Zcam E2M4 and S6. Using it mostly for projects where i do my own editing. Probably when working with others Blackmagic/sony camera's are bit more accepted. For my use it is the box style and formfactor. The changable lens mounts is great to switch between different lens mounts like EF and MFT. Love shooting on the Sirui Anamorphic set with the M4🎥

Never thought about using my MFT anamorphic on the Z Cam. Gonna try that today! Thanks for the idea. :) As for the Blackmagic cube cam. Even though they have a new one coming out I have no interest. Love BRAW workflow but I'll take the image quality from the ZCAM F6 (even just recording in MP4) over anything BM has put out any day. Not even the same league.

I have the ZCAM E2 M4 its pretty good. Yes color grading is a bit weird. I can get it right but its a bit tricky. I heard about using sony for color grading Love how I can plug in power via gimbal power which is powered from mains, use a USB SSD then I can timelapse and slow pan for many hours. The screen is very limited. Price is great. I dont like is the lack of integration with davinci resolve. I did get an internal card, I found it more reliable than USB-SSD when doing higher frame rates

You are 100% on what I’m on Bill… Can’t wait to come through this weekend. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

CineD already demonstrated the dynamic range of a Zcam vs Blackmagic. You can clearly see the Zcam has LESS dynamic range than the Blackmagic in the CineD shadow window test. The Zcam dynamic range of 15 stops is marketing fluff. The Zcam only has 12 stops of usable range not 15 stops. FYI: You can export ProRes from Fusion Studio with the Saver node using your same DaVinci Resolve license key. Fusion Studio can export Apple ProRes on all platforms.

I posted my Z CAM E2 M4 on facebook market place but nobody cares, might as well invest in good lens and keep on using it for my projects. This camera is one of a kind!

Great content! I also used Sony profile and Panasonic but what’s really nice is Cinematch plugin that does have Zcam listed as a camera and I go from Zcam to Arri Alexa and it’s looks great.

dead pixels ... ?

Hell yeah bro welcome to team bro !!!

lol um no

I agree on most everything said here but its still is a great camera. Re: storage I grabbed the zitay adapter and shoot as much as I want. I believe when S6 was announced back in the days, cfexpress was still a new format so thats the reason for cfast, the same format used in Canon c200. Yes its been years since then but CFast is still expensive compared to other media. Prices are much more reasonable now and the formats make it so you can maximize the space you have vs the c200 where you can only shoot rawlight to cfast. The F6 pro is the first new wave of models and they retained the cfast but also gave the option of a new propietary media called ZBlade which costs a lot less. Take this as the future direction? But the only other model announced is the M5G but its massively delayed to market. No hints on what the next thing may be but my S6 will probably last me a good while with all the formats and frame rates.

Fellow z cam user herein ft worth. Thought those b roll scenes looked familiar. Good stuff. There is a trick I figured out for the Wi-Fi issue I haven’t used the Wi-Fi in a bit but you can probably find my solution post in the user group

Shot show many productions what to eat to come to thousand 19 all the way set the last set of Zara ads put the Global and yes its sony zigty cfast m2 adapter

Bacon!

Had one for 2 years. Shoot countless weddings and commercials. Had to sell and buy Sony 😢. Still regret. Waiting for an update

I love mine! I have an e2-m4 as well as a turbomount to get back to s35 for times when i need a faster sensor readout. I love it so much!

Love my E2-S6's. I have one fully rigged out that stays in the cine bag, and one that lives on my gimbal. I want another for run and gun work... that's the beauty of it, having 3 of these is affordable :)

There is no difference between CDNG vs pro res raw 😅 ??? That’s a funny one I guess you heard wrong 😅 flexibility of CDNG is not even close to pro res raw

Z-Cam E2-S6 was found bleeding on the floor after BMD's announcements. Gone too soon.

is the Black Magic Pocket 6k a good comparison to this camera?

You’re making me miss my F6. Definitely shot some really great stuff with mine that still lives in my reel. But I had a really hard time convincing producers to include mine in a rental package, so I eventually had to sell it for something with a little more name recognition. But if money were no issue, I would totally just own one for personal use.

None of your footages looks good so why is this camera good again 😂😂

S6’r since 2021, learning to use the camera forced me to think as a cinematographer - just got an F6 - love ZCAM

Yes! I went through a few cams before grapping the S6. I had panasonic S1, FX30, Fs5 then S6. No need to looked further unless its Red etc.

When you say weatherford, are we talking Oklahoma?

I picked up the F6 recently, absolutely love it. I'm working on a review of that camera dropping soon. Z Cam is an amazing little company. They give you SO MUCH for the price, it's nuts!!

Just got rid of my E2 M4. Switched over to the Sony fx30. Enjoying the autofocus.

Sir you can plug your phone stright into the camera no interference or lag. i use an ipad 12.9 inch for camera controle and monitor its the best

I've heard that some people use ARRI as their colour space input in Davinci. Z-cam has an awesome Facebook groupchat as well.

Awesome review!!!🎉 Dude, I love your enthusiasm and natural realism personality. Subscrbed.

Should check out the Storyboard RAW Firmware for the S6. I use it, it's a little complex, similar workflow as PRR, But I LOVE the image from it. but be hush hush the community doesn't talk about it. Kinson hates it in the groups. In fact once you read this, delete it, hide it. Glad you like Z Cam too!

Being inspired by your camera is so important for creatives. Great review and it's indeed a Sony sensor.