Blackmagic PYXIS 6K

Blackmagic PYXIS 6K

Blackmagic PYXIS 6K L-Mount is an advanced digital film camera with an incredibly versatile design that lets you build the perfect camera rig for your production. This new model features a 6048 x 4032 full frame HDR sensor with built in optical low pass filter, dual native ISO, dual CFexpress media slots, all in a customizable body with flexible mounting options and side plates. Blackmagic PYXIS 6K L-Mount features a fixed L-Mount that works with the latest full frame lenses and a wide range of lens adapters.

Technical specifications

• Effective Sensor Size: 36mm x 24mm (Full Frame)
• Pixel Pitch: 5.94 microns
• Lens Mount: Active L-Mount.
• Lens Control: Iris and focus on supported lenses.
• Dynamic Range: 13 Stops.
• Dual Native ISO: 400 and 3200
• Shooting Resolutions: 6048 x 4032 (Open Gate 3:2) up to 36 fps 4832 x 4032 (Anamorphic 6:5) up to 36 fps 6048 x 3408 (6K 16:9) up to 46 fps 6048 x 3200 (6K DCI 17:9) up to 48 fps 6048 x 2520 (6K 2.4:1) up to 60 fps 4096 x 3072 (Super 35 4:3) up to 50 fps 4096 x 2304 (4K 16:9) up to 60 fps 4096 x 2160 (4K DCI 17:9) up to 60 fps 2112 x 1184 (Super 16 16:9) up to 100 fps 1920 x 1080 (1080 HD 16:9) up to 120 fps
• Frame Rates: Maximum sensor frame rate dependent on resolution and codec selected. Project frame rates of 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94 and 60 fps supported.
• Focus: Autofocus is available using compatible L‑Mount lenses in single shot autofocus, continuous autofocus, object tracking autofocus and face tracking autofocus modes. Autofocus performance may vary when using lens mount adapters.
• Iris Control: Iris wheel and touchscreen slider for manual iris adjustment on electronically controllable lenses, iris button for instant auto iris settings on compatible lenses.
• Screen Dimensions: 4” 1920 x 1080.
• Screen Brightness: 1500 nits
• Screen Type: LCD capacitive touchscreen.
• Metadata Support: Automatically populated lens data from electronic L-Mount lenses. Automatic recording of camera settings, motion sensor data plus slate data such as project, scene number, take and special notes. A 3D LUT can also be embedded in metadata of Blackmagic RAW files.
• Controls: Touchscreen menus on 4 inch screen. Push buttons for other controls. 3 assignable shortcut keys.
• Timecode Clock: Highly accurate timecode clock. Less than 1 frame drift every 8 hours.
• Total Video Inputs: None
• Total Video Outputs: 1 x 12G-SDI up to 2160p60
• Analog Audio Inputs: 1 x mini XLR analog audio in, switchable between mic with phantom power support and line level (up to +14dBu).
• Analog Audio Outputs: 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack.
• Reference Inputs: Tri-Sync/Black Burst and Timecode.
• Computer Interface: USB Type-C for external drive recording, PTP camera control and software updates.
• Ethernet: 1 x 1Gb/s RJ‑45 connector supporting 10/100/1000 BASE-T.
• HD Video Standards 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60 Ultra HD Video Standards: 2160p23.98, 2160p24, 2160p25, 2160p29.97, 2160p30, 2160p50, 2160p59.94, 2160p60
• SDI Compliance: SMPTE 424M, SMPTE 425M level A and B, SMPTE 2081‑1, SMPTE 2081‑10, SMPTE 2082‑1 and SMPTE 2082‑10.
• SDI Audio Sampling: Television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24‑bit.
• Microphone: Integrated stereo microphone.
• Built in Speaker: 1 x mono speaker.
• Media: 2 x CFexpress Type B card slot, 1 x 5 Gbps USB-C port for external media for Blackmagic RAW and H.264 Proxy Recording.
• Media Format: Can format media to ExFAT (Windows/Mac) or HFS+ (Mac) file systems.
• Codecs: Blackmagic RAW Constant Bitrate 3:1 Blackmagic RAW Constant Bitrate 5:1 Blackmagic RAW Constant Bitrate 8:1 Blackmagic RAW Constant Bitrate 12:1 Blackmagic RAW Constant Quality Q0 Blackmagic RAW Constant Quality Q1 Blackmagic RAW Constant Quality Q3 Blackmagic RAW Constant Quality Q5 H.264 Proxy in 1920 x 1080, 8-bit 4:2:0
• External Control: Blackmagic Zoom Demand and Blackmagic Focus Demand for controlling your camera and lens from tripod handles.
• NTP: Network time protocol support allows you to sync the time on your camera, whenever connected to a network with any NTP server of your choice.
• Web Media Manager: Using a browser connected over Ethernet, web media manager allows you to access, browse, download and delete files from any drive connected to the camera.
• FTP: Download files from any drive attached to your camera using FTP.
• SMB: File sharing using SMB
• Storage Type: 2 x CFexpress Type B
• Recording Formats: Blackmagic RAW 3:1, 5:1, 8:1, 12:1, Q0, Q1, Q3 and Q5 at 6048 x 4032, 4832 x 4032, 6048 x 3408, 6048 x 3200, 6048 x 2520, 4096 x 3072, 4096 x 2304, 4096 x 2160, 2112 x 1184 and 1920 x 1080 with film, extended video, video dynamic range or custom 3D LUT embedded in metadata.
• Recording Modes: Standard record mode.
• Storage Rates: Storage rates based on 30 frames per second.

For further information, see Blackmagic Design.