Comparing the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K, Canon 1DC, and Red Epic

The Blackmagic Production Camera 4K has just started shipping and early adopters are starting to put them up against other 4K models. See some preliminary results on how this newest affordable 4K camera stacks up.

When the first Blackmagic Camera with RAW capabilities was announced at an extremely competitive price it made a big impact on the film industry. A year later the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K was presented and its specs shook us once again. At $3000 these are very amazing specs for a camera and finally we get a chance to see if the camera can live up to its expectations.

Since we had two of the really coolSigma 18-35mm F/1.8 lenses lying around we equipped the Blackmagic 4K and Canon 1DC with them and went out to shoot some first side by side tests. 

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We did a side-by-side comparison with the Blackmagic Production Camera (BMPC) and the RED EPIC.
This test ist by no means scientific or should prove which camera is better or whatever! The intention was to check, if these cameras will work together as an A and B-Cam setup.

The BMPC 4K had (at the time of this test) only the ProRes 4K (UHD) mode available. The RED EPIC was used with different compresssion settings from 5:1 to 12:1 (for the slomos).

All footage is OUT OF CAMERA without any color correction, LUT or grading applied. The RED EPIC was set to RED Color 3 and RED Gamma 3.

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Via NoFilmSchool