BMPCC6K FEATURE REQEST - VARIABLE ANAMORPHIC DE-SQUEEZE

Dear Blackmagic Team,

Can you please implement a variable custom anamorphic de-squeeze option (at all resolutions) so we can properly monitor images using an anamorphic lens @ 1.5x / 1.6x / 1.8x / 2X [full sensor] stretch natively on the back of our blackmagic pocket 6K camera screens?

I KNOW that I am not the only one waiting on this... Search in the forums... It's been requested many times.

It's a shame to have such a large built-in monitor with out blackmagic pocket 6k cameras but cannot use for any anamorphic lenses besides 1.33x at almost all resolutions and 2x at only windowed sensor because of this missing feature. Surely you can add the above as well? I literally have to put a giant bulky external monitor on the top of my blackmagic pocket 6k camera (with an extra battery + all the extra weight with this new setup) just to use my now not-so-pocket 6K with a for example, Great Joy 1.8x anamorphic lens set. The PYXIS cameras can do the above from what I understand.

Blackmagic, do you know how much extra e-waste you are contributing to by not implementing this simple addition to your already functional 1.33x de-squeeze feature? Surely you must know how popular anamorphic lenses are today as they've become ever more affordable with brands such as Sirui, Blazar, etc with varying de-squeeze ratios beyond just 1.33x and 2x windowed. How many customers cannot use your large built-in displays, which you even recently updated on the 6K's to be tiltable, so more could use them because of this missing *software* (not hardware) feature? How many need to buy Portkeys monitors for ~$125 + batteries just to use your pocket 6K cameras with these anamorphic lenses. It is a totally ridiculous workaround for only a missing software feature. At minimum just add a set of 1.5x / 1.6x / 1.8x / 2X monitor de-squeeze options to your already 1.33x de-squeeze option. The planet will thank you. Customers will thank you. It's only an OS update that is required here... Thank you Blackmagic! I really do appreciate you listening to us when making these OS updates in general. Thanks again for your consideration!!!

Agree, we should be able to decide which desqueeze we want to use in any format. It's a shame that I can't select 1.33 in open gate and have to carry extra monitor only to be able to see it properly, not forgetting that I have to manually apply proper aspect ratio in resolve to my clips afterwards.

Is there a hardware limitation, or why is it possible in the pyxies?

I don’t claim to know but I’d suspect that the devs were maxed out working on Pyxis firmware and that, now that it’s shipped, they hopefully will have time to integrate all that work into the 6K FF firmware.

hope so too!

A reviewer claim the Pyxis when rigged up with external monitor weighs about twice as much as the BMCC6k and a whole lot bigger and actually not as good for run and gun single operator. I pick the UMP G2 over the Pyxis any day.

A reviewer claim the Pyxis when rigged up with external monitor weighs about twice as much as the BMCC6k and a whole lot bigger and actually not as good for run and gun single operator. I pick the UMP G2 over the Pyxis any day.

I believe he was speaking about gimbal operation.

I've owned all of the Ursa Mini Bodies, all the Pockets, and now the Pyxis.

I would say the Pyxis, when rigged with a simple monitor and BP-U battery feels like a "mini" Ursa Mini in the best way. When the Pyxis monitor arrives, it will be even better. A 5"-6" screen feels like the right size for this body.

And since it has many more de-squeeze options and 16:9 options, it will easily be my A Cam.