Fri Sep 01, 2023 4:43 am
Let me start by saying huge thanks for your post. It's motivates me the process of the shifting from BM to Z Cam. I already decided to sell my 6k pro and by e2 f6 pro.
Why e2 f6 pro instead of e2 f6?
Because it's have native monitor (unfortunately only with 1000nits), but which will allow me easily navigate through menu, so it won't be the same experience as you have on w2 f6.
It's records internally 24 bit audio, e2 f6 records 16 bit, for me it's important.
Native v mount plate as I am not a big fan of a np-f batteries.
Cons
There is no dedicated support team, every time on my emails is answering Kinson Loo, with a way like search on our website or if it is a bit easy question I am getting direct answer.
But z cam fb group helps me to get the answers quickly.
ZRAW is so hungry, I can't edit it on windows with PP, so braw 6k are so easy edit.
There is a limiter for a video, max is 1 hour and when it cuts you loose milliseconds of the audio, that's why you need to use their dedicated software which will stitch all videos and bring back missing audio into one file.
Menu is very bad to navigate, why they don't want to make it a bit easy with a help of firmware updates.
No native ND filters
Pros
Interchangeable mounts - newly announced LPL, PL, EF, M, E, soon viltrox will announce mark II version of their E mount for z cam cameras.
FF sensor
Prores, as for now it records only on ProRes 422 HQ, with 6064 x 4040 resolution, when e2 f6 can also record on H.265/MOV/MP4.
Native monitor
Native V mount battery plate
If I am missing something, please you can add or correct me.
Let me ask some questions to you Geoff:
I guess there is some 4k resolutions where it's not crops, but oversample image from 6k to 4k, correct?
If yes which one is that?
Is there anamorphic options for 4:3 or 16:9?
Desqueeze options like 1.33x up to 2x?
In which resolutions it can record that 1.33x up to 2x?
Z Cam E2-F6 Pro / Tokina 11-20 / Canon 17-55 / Sigma 18-35 / Sigma 50-100 /