

Both formats are great for capturing as much detail as possible while shooting and adjusting your color grade later. The camera also supports shooting in both Blackmagic RAW and Apple's ProRes RAW formats (the latter is only supported up to 4K, though). For low-to-no budget productions, a common way to get this flexibility is to shoot in 4K and distribute in 1080p, but 6K allows you to keep that power while still outputting the highest resolution most people can watch right now. Why might you want 6K footage, you ask? Well, if your editing rig can handle it, you get a lot more flexibility to crop, zoom, and motion-track footage in postproduction, without sacrificing picture quality.

Most notably–so notable they put it in the name–this camera can shoot up to 6K footage, which is hard to find at this price point.

The camera also uses an EF lens mount, which means it has access to a pretty wide range of popular lenses. While it's technically smaller than full-frame sensors, it's comparable to the APS-C sensors you'll find in many photography cameras (though it's a bit wider). The BMPCC 6K Pro utilizes a Super 35-mm sensor which has been one of the most popular sensor formats for filmmakers for decades.
