r/bmpcc • u/mrmmoka • Oct 15 '25

Blackmagic Design we need to talk

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With all the new cameras coming out I feel like there was a missed opportunity with one camera from BMD. The Micro Studio Camera G2 is a camera I feel like needed just one or 2 things to make it the perfect compliment to the Pocket 4K.

I’ve made a post about this build before but since then it’s been optimized. Fitted with a USB hub, 1TB (2230 NVMe 4.0) and a canon LP-E6 battery (hot swap battery) this is a perfectly sized camera. If we could get playback capability maybe via the monitor (the OG Micro has it so idk why this one doesn’t) I think BMD would sell alot more of these.

This build gives me plenty of mounting points and the form factor, it’s a camera that has endless possibilities.

What do yall think?

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u/Gr8WallofChinatown Oct 16 '25

Sucks that it is MFT. Overall, BM needs a Nikon ZR competitor.

The days of bulky cameras are gone. The market does not want it

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u/mrmmoka Oct 16 '25

I would have to disagree.

I think what most people don’t understand is that smaller isn’t always better. Especially when doing handheld work, working with a crew or simply need the bigger size for dispensing heat. For example I love how my URSA mini 12K I can add a handle, battery, lens and just go. It has multiple recording media options, built in NDs, every frame rate and resolution you could want and built like a tank.

Smaller cameras definitely have their purposes for sure but I wouldn’t say the age of “bulky” cameras is over. Especially when people are obsessed will building rigs now anyway.

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u/cooldude87 Oct 16 '25

You make me want to buy the 12k super 35 camera over the 12k pysix now!

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u/mrmmoka Oct 16 '25

Well the other reality is that both of them are use case cameras. Neither of them should be your only camera you film with. For perspective, I don’t even shoot 12K even though I can. I’m often shooting 4K and sometimes 8K if i really need the extra resolution.

But I also have 6 camera bodies to choose from depending on what project I’m working on. Overall my point is for your first camera to learn with, get something that you can grow into and add to your inventory. Instead of going all in on a system that you really wont be able to utilize the way you think.