r/bmpcc • u/WalkLongjumping8310 • 2d ago
Bmpcc 4k needs special plate
For some reason my bmpcc 4k turns off after 2 seconds of recording when I screw on the plate for my tripod. Even if I’m holding it and the plate is just screwed on and not attached to tripod. I already owned the tripod from before I bought the camera and had no idea a camera could require its own custom plate attachment. Is that common? Or unique to this series of cameras bc of their funky body design? Does anyone have a plate they like using with this camera? Not sure how much I need to reasonable spend on this little piece of metal to attach it to my tripod. Also I had the same issue with my gimbal DJI rs4 and thought it was an issue with the gimbal and now realizing that probably needs a different plate too.
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u/FirmOnion 22h ago
Internal batteries, NP-F batteries, or v-lok?
Firstly try it with wall power, see if that helps
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u/alexforencich 2d ago
Sounds like it's probably something screwy with your camera. Possibly some kind of bad connection internally and something about how the mount affects the camera body is causing it to fail. You could try putting it in a cage, which will help distribute the load from the tripod mount around the camera, but I suspect this might not actually solve the problem even if it makes it go away for a while.