webrunner5 2,460 Posted November 5, 2018 1 hour ago, currensheldon said: This camera would benefit greatly from a battery grip that can be attached like every other DSLR/mirrorless camera out there. Surprised someone doesn't just make a battery grip style external power source. They'd sell loads of them. Not a fan of the Powerbase form factor from the looks of it, but interested to see how people like it. I can't seem to even find a picture Anywhere on the web of the Bottom of the PK4. Must be a trade secret! Maybe that is why there is No battery grip for it. Nobody knows what to build to fit it LoL. And I am posting this link from hell on the PK4 from the other PK4 thread in case someone missed it. https://creativityinnovationsuccess.wordpress.com/tag/blackmagic-design-pocket-cinema-camera-4k/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leslie 450 Posted November 6, 2018 4 hours ago, webrunner5 said: I can't seem to even find a picture Anywhere on the web of the Bottom of the PK4. Must be a trade secret! Maybe that is why there is No battery grip for it. Nobody knows what to build to fit it LoL. And I am posting this link from hell on the PK4 from the other PK4 thread in case someone missed it. https://creativityinnovationsuccess.wordpress.com/tag/blackmagic-design-pocket-cinema-camera-4k/ enough people on here have a p4k camera by now, heck andrew reid could provide one, and we call it community service ? 1 webrunner5 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
webrunner5 2,460 Posted November 6, 2018 Wow how do they expect people to even put this thing on a Tripod? Even a smallish Arca-Swiss plate is going to cover up the vents, let alone a long Fluid Head foot. That's crazy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattias Burling 2,995 Posted November 6, 2018 The vent isn't flush with the plate. 2 seanzzxx and Andrew Reid reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Reid 8,341 Posted November 6, 2018 The vents are raised off the base and sloping upwards towards the mount. So the tripod plate doesn't block them. Hard to tell from the picture but it's true. 2 seanzzxx and Emanuel reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RWR 39 Posted November 7, 2018 On 11/3/2018 at 8:17 AM, Shirozina said: Have you used an external monitor/recorder? They have fans and get very hot even when not recording and you are just using the display. I've got a VideoDevices 5" monitor and it gets very hot. Umm..articulating screen separates itself in that sense from the recording bits. Probably helpful to managing heat at the recording/processing core. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shirozina 434 Posted November 7, 2018 1 minute ago, RWR said: Umm..tilting screen separates itself in that sense from the recording bits. Probably helpful to managing heat at the recording/processing core. Until someone does a teardown we won't know what the cooling system is doing. 1 webrunner5 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leslie 450 Posted November 7, 2018 5 hours ago, Shirozina said: Until someone does a teardown we won't know what the cooling system is doing. um i think it should be cooling things down, do you suspect its doing something else ? besides you could drill some holes in the base plate or cage if you feel the need Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shirozina 434 Posted November 7, 2018 51 minutes ago, leslie said: um i think it should be cooling things down, do you suspect its doing something else ? besides you could drill some holes in the base plate or cage if you feel the need Is it cooling the Sensor, CPU, screen?. If the screen has a heatsink attached to the back of it then an articulating screen is not going to be an easy option. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Kwok 6 Posted November 15, 2018 Anyone using the Metabones 0.71 Ultra speed booster with a Canon EF-s 17-55mm and can comment on vignetting on the wide end and if the IS works alright? Thx. 1 Thpriest reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhnkng 144 Posted November 15, 2018 Just curious, is there space in the battery door for a cable for a dummy battery? It looks like there is from that pic of the bottom of the camera, but that could be the latch I'm looking at... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anaconda_ 688 Posted November 15, 2018 There's no space on the door, but the door is easy to take off and there's a latch inside to hold the battery in. This way you can safely use a dummy battery. 1 jhnkng reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
webrunner5 2,460 Posted November 15, 2018 Wonder if a person could buy a spare door and grind, or file an area in it where the wire would fit with it closed? I would not be too fond of nothing in the bottom. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
no_connection 100 Posted November 16, 2018 Or power it from 12V. At least I managed to get support to say that i will support constantly being powered from external supply. I don't think he knew what Synchro was but you can set shutter angle manually in 0.1* increments so I guess that works too. I still don't have a clear answer what the HDMI is suppose to output but it should be able to output 1080p50 at least so that could be scaled later. It has a tally light but no way of using it as a tally =/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mokara 132 Posted November 16, 2018 On 11/3/2018 at 6:37 AM, Shirozina said: No - it should have a MF sensor. FF is not cinematic enough these days..... Anything less than a LF is inadequate however, and you should be aiming for an XLF so you can be one up on the Joneses Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhnkng 144 Posted November 18, 2018 On 11/15/2018 at 10:52 PM, Anaconda_ said: There's no space on the door, but the door is easy to take off and there's a latch inside to hold the battery in. This way you can safely use a dummy battery. Awesome, thanks! On 11/16/2018 at 12:01 AM, webrunner5 said: Wonder if a person could buy a spare door and grind, or file an area in it where the wire would fit with it closed? I would not be too fond of nothing in the bottom. I had a BMMCC for a while and the battery was completely exposed, so I got used to it :D 1 webrunner5 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
