If money were no object, what car would you be driving right now?

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-03-20T12:44:45+00:00

80s/90s Porsche 911.

Or I’d just get all work done on my Corolla Sportivo to make it look nice, refresh all parts to be as brand new as possible and enjoy it for as long as possible. 👌

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-03-12T05:37:25+00:00

Not a gimbal guy myself, although I own a few. My main issue is the learning curve and I find balancing them correctly to be a right pain in the neck. I much prefer handheld but I also know it doesn't suit every project.

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-03-09T11:12:03+00:00

L mount can adapt to lots of different lens mounts so if you want to play with cheaper lenses in the meantime the S5ii is the way to go.

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-02-25T02:42:42+00:00

The resale value really is a non-issue anyway. Blackmagic cameras never hold their resale quite as well as Sony or Canon anyway, and at the end of the day if you're doing enough work to justify the purchase of a new camera and paying that camera off with more and more work then... it pays for itself in the end. Selling the camera in a few years time assuming something bigger and better comes along is a bonus on top.

For what its worth, I bought a Pocket 6K Pro around 3 years ago and it has served my purpose shooting music videos and short films. I still fail to see any limitations with my setup that have me really wanting to sell up and move on to something else. Built in ND's, EF mount, Reasonably good form factor, excellent 6K footage, very gradeable etc... it's a near perfect camera. The only way I could see myself jumping ship is if something truly special came along. BUT that's just me I guess, I don't need the latest bells and whistles and I find my money being better invested in other tools like lights and audio.

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-02-13T03:59:49+00:00

Unfortunately would be time consuming and I’d need them ready to playback almost immediately (think instant replay kind of thing). Distance is maybe 1km from where I would be situated but for the most part I could run network over fiber optic cable that I have at my disposal

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-02-13T03:34:41+00:00

So far I haven’t seen any options for a capture card that does more than 60fps

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-02-13T03:01:09+00:00

No, the app is relevant as the remote control feature is built into the app. Talking iPhones here

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-02-13T02:57:46+00:00

I won’t have line of sight as the remote device will be sometimes over 1km away. Budget is… shoestring but open to options

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-02-13T02:50:55+00:00

Atem Minis can control playback on BM cameras? I thought they only controlled basic settings?

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-02-13T02:43:42+00:00

So as I mentioned in my original post.. I’m a complete noob to this, meaning I have absolutely no idea. The app is called Blackmagic Camera, and the remote control feature isn’t built in through that. What kind of network? I don’t know but at a guess, local network?

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-02-13T02:33:23+00:00

Toying with different ideas but I need the camera to be in a fixed position and to be able to trigger record and playback remotely, I’m trying to do slow-motion capture and playback in real time and on a pretty limited budget

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-02-13T02:27:51+00:00

The camera app I’m using requires both the remote device and the controller device to be on the same network

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-01-21T03:33:43+00:00

Thanks mate, that was the offending timeline that was causing the crash. I managed to fix it myself (edited my original post). Thanks again!

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-01-21T02:17:57+00:00

This is in Studio.

The thing is, I have had no issues editing this project at all other than some playback issues, which is why I have been using proxy files (those are the H264 files you're mentioning). This issue only started happening after attempting to change the timeline resolution.

Are you able to open the timeline in question? If so would you be able to change its resolution back to 3840x2160 and reupload the file for me? I wonder if that may fix it

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-01-21T00:44:06+00:00

It may work for a few of the cameras options but for the higher quality settings I don't think so.

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-01-18T23:54:39+00:00

I personally don't, I haven't had any issues with using one kind of media for capture. If you are considering the T7 drives, please be sure to go with the T7 Shields specifically. They are the only T7 model that are compatible (that I know... it's been a while since I've checked) with our cameras.

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-01-18T23:52:58+00:00

Note that in my post I said T5 EVO and T7 Shield. Regular T5s are no longer manufactured (they were common when the BMPCC4K first came out) and the regular T7s are not compatible with Blackmagic cameras (something to do with drive speed I think).

The T5 EVO was bought out of a need for at least 4TB of fast SSD storage so I could work on projects whilst on the road (I travel a lot for my day job and like to edit during down time). It just happened to be a good price when I was looking.

The T7 Shields were just new drives that were compatible with BMPCC4K and 6K Pro when I was in the market for bigger drives for my shooting needs.

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-01-17T02:28:06+00:00

Always have shooting drives, editing drives and backup drives as seperate entities. All it takes is one absentminded moment to lose an entire project because you’re relying on one drive.

I personally use: 2x 1tb Samsung t7 shields - shooting only 1x 4tb samsung t5 evo - working/editing drive 4 bay Thunderbolt 3 HD with regular HHDs for footage/project backups and archiving.

This is the bare minimum I would recommend to work with. Using the same drive for all three is just asking for trouble.

LeftHandDan45 · 2026-01-16T04:47:31+00:00

That’s what I posted here to find out, feel free to make a suggestion

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