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Doubling my image quality
Hello,
First of all, sorry for my very naively formulated question.
I am at the moment filming with my iPhone 16 in 4K, and I would like to invest in a better looking image camera.
I am thinking of this one :
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicpocketcinemacamera
But my concern is as follow : since the Pocket also films in 4K, which does not differ from my iPhone, will my image actually be any better ?
Another way to put it is simply : can two cameras filming in 4K have a different quality, and is the Pocket an actual way to upgrade my image richness ? (my budget is 1000$ max)
I would naively like to double up the quality of my videos as I think you guys understood.
Thank you a lot if someone read me,
Jean
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Hey Jean,
There is no right or wrong answer to that question.
However, your BlackMagic will come with a lot more functionality and options, which comes at a price – as such one might argue that you get better quality with the BlackMagic, but you are also likely to have to invest 3 x cost of camera house, to have a fully functional kit including lenses, tripod and lights.
From time to time I work on productions where the 4K+ imaging chip on a mobile phone will out-perform that of a high-end 4K camera. But that is often dependant on the experience of the camera operator and how controllable the scene is for lighting and audio.
If concerned about matching the camera charitistics, maybe look at CineMatch (FilmConvert).
There is a video example on their website that shows how it works:
https://www.filmconvert.com/plugin/cinematch
And, they have a Black Friday offer right now.Should add that I have the packages that covers all of their supported NLE’s, but as I am no currently doing much multicam, it has not really been an issue.
Hope this helps?
Atb
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