“I had so much fun shooting with this camera, because it really opened up doors for me in terms of lenses. It was great to be able to use a lot of lenses that I probably wouldn't have thought of using, or they would have been too hard to use on a job. Having an L mount camera actually gives me more choices as a cinematographer, because I can now enjoy experimenting with all of these different lens possibilities.”“The Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K is really a multi format camera being able to shoot 3:2 6048 x 4032 in 6K, 6:5 Anamorphic 4838 x 4032 and regular Super 35 4:3 4096 x 3072. If you're going for a certain look, then having that larger image circle of 43.18mm means that it works with so many lenses that are out there.”

“There's no other Blackmagic camera I’ve owned that can get this sort of depth of field from my lenses! I have shot on the URSA G2, the URSA 12K and all of Blackmagic’s pocket cameras. But this camera is very, very different. It made me feel like I was using different glass. The emotional effect was like having a more immersive image of places that I have seen and shot countless times before.”“It is hard for me to describe when I get a new camera. You're excited by the physical aspect of it. But with this camera it looks exactly like the BMPCC6K Pro, so you don’t get a sense of what you’re about to see next. I was completely taken off guard by the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K.”

“This camera test was all about seeing what my Sirui 24mm T2 Full-frame Macro cine lens could do on a large sensor. Although this is an incredibly affordable cine-style lens it does comes with a massive 44mm image circle. So it is a big lens. Every time I had shot with this lens, I was using a much smaller sensor and so it would crop narrowing the apparent field of view I could get.”“So this test was all about seeing what 24mm really looked like. When reading the specs for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K, I could see that in Open Gate 3:2 mode (6048 x 4032) it has a big sensor image circle of 43.18mm. So almost the same size as Sirui 24mm at 44mm image circle, so I figured I could see some vignetting around the edges. Every other time I had shot on this lens it was always being cropped, so I have never properly seen what this lens was like on the edges.”

“This was the perfect camera to use my Great Joy 50mm T2.9 1.8x anamorphic lens, because the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K can also shoot 4:3. The great thing about 4:3 is that it produces a 2.4:1 image without vignetting or cropping into the image. I have always loved S.35 and for many years it has been my thing. But I have to admit, you always feel you’re not really getting what you should from your lenses.” “Particularly when your using fancy scenery glass like anamorphic lenses, you actually want to see everything it can do for you. You want the max out of your lenses and this is exactly what this camera does. The URSA 12K gives you amazing resolution and the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K gives you amazing aesthetics.”

“I have a set of color matched vintage Leica Summicron and Elmarit lenses that I genuinely love the look of. My set of Summicron lenses includes a 35mm, 50mm and 90mm f2 lenses from the early 1980s that were all customized with an 80mm front ring, EF mount and cinevized focus ring. I also own another set of color matched Leica Elmarit lenses that include a 15mm f3.5, 19mm, 28mm and a macro 60mm at f2.8. Although they are vintage lenses, you can change the vintage character of these Leicas depending on the aperture you shoot at. So they are a really versatile lens, because you can use them for corporate, commercials and even movies, They are just a great all-round classic set of lenses.”