Which is the Best Lens for the Blackmagic Design Studio Camera?
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- The Blackmagic Studio Cameras are a great mid-level entry camera to the world of studio cameras. With a Micro Four Thirds mount it can be quite overwhelming trying to decide which lens to use with them.
So, why not take the pain out of the decision as we look at the best lens to use with the Blackmagic Studio Camera.
Lenses discussed:
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm F4.0-5.6 Lens - geni.us/Olympus9-18mmWideMFT
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH. Lens - geni.us/PanasonicLUMIX8-18mm
Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens - geni.us/Sigma16mmMFT
Panasonic LUMIX G 14mm f/2.5 ASPH II Lens - geni.us/PanasonicLUMIX14mmMFT
Canon CN-E 18-80mm T4.4 COMPACT-SERVO Cinema Zoom Lens - geni.us/CanonCN-E18-80mm
Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f2.8 II ASPH Power OIS - geni.us/PanasonicLumixG12-35mm
Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 35-100mm f2.8 II Power OIS - geni.us/PanasonicLumix35-100mm
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-140mm f3.5-5.6 ASPH Power OIS - geni.us/PanasonicLumix14-140mm
Metabones Canon EF Lens to MFT Speed Booster ULTRA 0.71x - geni.us/MetabonesEFtoMFT071x
Skip Ahead:
00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Go With What You've Got Or Buy New?
01:39 - Going With What You've Got
03:04 - Crop Factor
03:48 - The Best Wide Lens
05:05 - The Pitfalls
07:44 - 'Active' & Cine-Servo Lenses
10:40 - Best Tele Lens
15:05 - Use My Experience
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exactly what I was hoping for, thank you for such a comprehensive explainer
This is the first vid I have seen about this camera. It's been around for a few years and no one has made a review. I have the Micro Studio 4k and it is a gem for studio work, and live concerts.
Incredibly detailed & Thanks :)
The best video on lenses for this camera. THANK YOU!! Most definitely have my sub.
Thanks E!
Thanks man this was great!
This was incredible. Thank you so much.
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Thank you your information helped me to select and buy the correct lenses
Excellent! What did you go for?
I appreciate your effort. I’m looking to purchase some gear and your video was very helpful. Thank you.
Glad I could help 🙌
Awesome video! Thanks for putting it together.
Do the last 2 lens you talk about work with the zoom and focus handle controls from BM?
This would be for the f2.8 wide and telephoto lenses.
Thanks Scott Rose. I’m afraid they don’t, only ‘active’ lenses (like the four I mentioned) or cine-servo lenses like the Canon CN-E lens I mentioned (with an adapter) work with zoom and focus control.
@@DigiProTips This might be the answer to what I'm looking for for months. So are you saying that the zoom control works with a metabones speedbooster + any lens with electric zoom? I have the cheap viltrox speedbooster and not even the focus control works with that. Since the MFT Lenses with EZ seem to be pretty bad, I'd would be great to have a larger variety with other sensors as well.
EDIT: Oh nevermind, just played it back and you said it in the video, thanks!
Great video thank you! I’ve made a bunch of notes on the lenses you’ve mentioned. May I ask what lens fid you use for your talking head vid, assuming the camera was a BMD Studio?
Thank you so much great video
You’re welcome Hasbro Love. Glad you liked it!
I'm curious. With the voltage requirement being 12v at 5.0 amps DC, do they make an adapter that I can plug into a standard automotive outlet?
With a larger zoom lens it's certainly is capable at shooting things at range in outdoor lighting conditions. Just might be hard to see the screen in that kind of light and you'd probably have to go HDMI into an ATEM and adjust in a shaded area remotely.
Thank you for the information, could you do the same video for the 6k version with the EF mount, I'm looking for affordable powerzoom lenses with EF mount.
wonderful info!!!
Quick question:
What are your thoughts on the Studio 4K with either the M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-600mm F5.0-6.3 IS or the M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F2.8 PRO OM, along with a LANC controller, to achieve long zoom for live sports broadcast scenarios?
Can I ask why you went with the Black Magic in MFT mount instead of canon EF?, which there are some faster glass options for.
Which lens would you recommend (with zoom control) for the BlackMagic Studio 6k Pro (EF Mount I believe)?
Thanks!
Thank YOU!
Can we mount B4 zoom lenses on a Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Pro G2 ? If so, can power and rec be triggered from zoom and focus control ? Or maybe from CCU ? Thank you
I need a powerful zoom lens more than 400 mm for BM Studio 6K, what EF lenses would you recommend?
This video could not have come at a better time. Been looking into purchasing one of these cameras. Another question I had was whether you would recommend the Black Magic Design Studio 4k Plus for church live streaming. I've heard that the AF is not too good on this camera for this application.
Hey Joshua, glad you found it useful! I’d say that really depends if you plan on having the camera manned or remote. If manned then I’d rely on the cameraman to focus but if remote then the AF is not what you’d get from some of the newer DSLR’s at the moment, though the camera was never really meant for that purpose to be honest. It’s a studio camera and is usually manned. Hope that helps?
@@DigiProTips I appreciate u getting back to me. Is there another camera that you would reccomend for 4k live streaming? My budget is $1600 but can go up to $2000 if the upside is there.
@@joshriv 100% go for the studio. Beautiful cameras.
You shouldn’t have to worry about the focus, cause if it’s manned, then they can change focus, if it isn’t, then it’s set and forget anyway. Not for run and gun anyway so even if it’s on a tripod you probably won’t have to be doing much focusing anyway?
Do you have videos on how you mad your sets?
Is it a good choice for M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F4.0 PRO? Maybe f4.0 is not like f2.8 for that studio camera? And what about M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8? Both lenses work with zoom and focus control? And how to calculate 0,41x for zoom? Thanks.
Hey nadzieja TV, what I would say is that be mindful of the f4.0. The Studio Cameras don’t have very big sensors so they need a lot of light to get the great image quality you want. f/4.0 at 40mm (which is an 80mm full frame equivalent) would be ok but at 150mm (300mm FF) would be down at f/5.6 which I feel would not let enough light in (unless you have a fantastically bright studio set up).
The 45mm (90mm FF) at f/1.8 would be really nice on the Studio Camera. As far as I’m aware neither are ‘active lenses’ so they would still require manual control at the camera itself.
@@DigiProTips Thank you. So the Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 35-100mm f2.8 II Power OIS is still a good choice? What is the zoom in the calculations for cameras? 10x? 12x? My calculation is like this:
M.Zuiko Digital ED 12‑200mm F3.5-6.3 lens has zoom 16.6x (200 / 12 = 16.6x),
M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm 1:4.0 PRO lens the zoom magnification ratio is 3.75x (150 / 40 = 3.75x). Is that right?
The M43 format of this camera precludes the use of any decent active zoom.
Here's a stupid question, do you need to use an ATEM mini to live stream with a Blackmagic Design camera? Say we're just running over a video transmitter like Hollyland Mars 400s, and into a camlink or video capture card on the other side plugged into our computer. Could you use OBS to do all the switching "in house"? I know you would have more functionality probably running through an ATEM, but would that work?
Hey Mount-It! Not a stupid question at all.
The Studio Cameras are simply cameras with outputs, so you can use them however you like. It’s definitely possible to do it the way you have described. The only thing to be wary of is latency between visual and audio.
With a transmission interface, capture interface and then processing with OBS you may find a significant gap in your audio and video signal, unless you are running them all through the same routing?
If not, you would need to add some delay to your audio in OBS to match your video signal before streaming out.
But yeah, it’s all possible, you don’t have to use an ATEM at all if you don’t want to. I’ve used them with plenty of other switchers over the years.
Thanks!
@@DigiProTips thanks for the response!
9:08 Which generation of the BlackMagic Studio Cameras are we talking about? I was pretty sure the BMD Studio 4K Plus and Pro announced in 2021 (before this video) don't support LANC controllers but instead require BMDs Zoom and Focus demands that use USB connections.
Good shout Peter V, should stipulated in the video this is for gen 1
I just unboxed my new Cinema Camera 4K and mounted a simple EF 35mm f1.2 lens, and for whatever reason, I can't trigger the auto-focus at all. I've tried the auto-focus button on the back of the camera, and the ATEM studio software and it doesn't respond at all. Do you think there's a firmware issue? If so, do you know where can I check or update my firmware? * EDIT* I found a firmware update. I installed it and it still doesn't autofocus. It does still let me change the iris, but that's all.
help ho preso il Lumix 14 140 ma non viene controllato dal Blackmagic zoom demand??
help I got the Lumix 14 140 but it is not controlled by the Blackmagic zoom demand ??
We use a BMD Studio Camera on a 30-foot-wide stage, on a dolly behind the side curtains. The Lumix 12-35mm f2.8 works great, but isn't quite long enough for close-ups. What I find most flexible is the Leica 12-60mm f 2.8-4. Yes it is a bit slow, but in practice, a performer's face is usually more illuminated than the background, so ~f3.2 for wide shots down to f4 for close-ups works pretty well. In addition, the Leica 12-60mm is noticeably more parfocal than the Lumix 12-35mm, which can make or break a live zoom during a performance.
Good point on the parfocal front! For those reading, take this into account and weigh up whether you’ll be fixed rigging your cameras or needing to be flexible on the fly, in which case, parfocal is definitely a consideration.
Thanks Fallen Star Features
Hi, with Leica 12-60mm f 2.8-4, you can control zoom, focus iris, from atem? thanks
Hi. I know your video is from 2022, but I just saw it now. Can you tell me if manual Cine Lens, like the Sirui or 7Artisans work normally in this camera? I dont have experience with broadcast video cameras.
That Canon Cine Servo CN-E 18-80mm T4.4is all the money literally...
I wonder, you were contemplating all these options, some really pricey, how come you did not look into investing in some video lights for the studio to make shooting at f/4 or even f/5.6 feasible?
Imho if you just wanted to go with a single lens to cover all situations from wide to tele, on a native mount there is no other than the Zuiko 12-100 f/4...
what do you think about the Fujinon XA20sx8.5BERM-K3 ENG Lens
How do you power de cineservo lens?
What would be a good long range zoom lens for Michael 4/3 for black magic design studio 4K pro I'm looking at possibly like a 14 mm to 600 mm something like that Puerto Rican of concerts huge events and big huge churches do you know of any?
Hello, I am waiting to see the answer to this question, since with an adapter I have put a 70-200 EF lens that is supposed to be 140-400 in M 4/3 and even so the zoom falls short :( I need a more zoom put on.
Hola estoy esperando ver la repuesta a esta pregunta, ya que con un adaptador he puesto un lente 70-200 EF que se supone que en M 4/3 sea 140-400 y aun asi el zoom me queda corto :( necesito un zoom mas pontente.
What do you think about the Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 35-100mm lens for the black magic studio pro?
Decent lens I’d say. Good amount of light on the sensor at f/2.8, 70-200 35mm equivalent so nice for talking head shots from further away from set while getting some nice bokeh. It also has image stabilisation so good for panning and scanning the camera around.
@@DigiProTips I'm new to this. Thank you so much. Is this good for long distances as well? around 80 - 100ft?
Which lense are you using now ?
Hi, I have a Panasonic LUMIX G X Vario 35-100mm / F2.8 II Power O.I.S / S.O.I. Puissant to be used with the Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Pro. But is not working with the blackmagic zoom demand device. Any one know why this issue? This Lens are compatible with the blackmagic zoom demand device?
I hope you are able to find time to answer this question.
I'm purchasing the BM Studio 6K Pro camera, and I am hoping to find a wide-angle fast lens that will complement a teleprompter within my budget range.
Lens Budget: $999.00
Teleprompter budget: $1,500.00
Can you guide me in the right direction please?
Thank you.
What about Laowa 9mm zero-d lens for wide lens?
GREAT video! This is my first time in your channel. I was looking for a video like this for a long long time.
Just subscribe! and add about 5 videos to my watch later list
If you allow me one question please. I'm building a home studio in the next months. The goal is to make training videos and live streams for my clients. The format will be something similar like you did in your video. (Just me in the screen)
I'm between the Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4 ASPH. Lens and the Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN
Will use it with the BMD Studio Camera 4K Pro. I'll siting about 30 to 33 inch from the camera and this will be my first "Pro camera"
Which lens do you think will be the best choice?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my English; I'm still learning
Have a Productive and Helathy Day!
Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 35-100mm f/2.8 II POWER O.I.S. Lens
Is this lens able control from atem
Hey Ganesh Vichare, I’m afraid not. Only the ‘active’ lenses mentioned and the cine-servo lenses are controllable from the ATEM
@@DigiProTips thanks
@@DigiProTips and they are only controllable if you purchase the LANC controller too? Is that correct?
Hi Connor, if you use an ATEM you can control through the return feed to the camera. Otherwise you need a LANC controller.
@@DigiProTips Thank you for the reply. What all can you control from the ATEM Extreme? Just focus, or can you control zoom and camera movement in place of an operator?
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Short answer is there are none. As always been the case with these cameras. People prioritize studio features and crew comfort over final result. Without proper zoom range and focal length you can't compose the shot properly. I would take old Sony Z150 over this any day - and it would probably be cheaper.
Twice I tried to watch your video but failed. Those loud inserts hurts my ears and do not allow to listen properly the message you were trying to translate to your audience as i have to keep my finger on a volume down button. Sorry, man, I'm out
Good day I am writing to from a local church based in south africa and purchasing black magic cameras, so these two lenses would probably work well on our set up. So I would like to probably get your email address for consultation