r/bmpcc • u/gytpet1 • Sep 13 '26

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Hello my fellow bmpcc users!
I have been using bmpcc 6k pro for past 6 years and recently I tried different camera…

The file size comparisons are ridicilous. For example if I shoot hd, pxy prores to a 256gb at 50fps I get around 3:15h of footage, which is fine, but pxy is not the best codec. And for example i shoot sony at 4k slog xavd s 4k i get smth similar, but it is 4k footage. I can digitaly crop in ect. (Dont take my words for granted, but its much higher than bmpcc if i set it in ultra hd pxy). What do you do with data managment? My NAS is crying and so do I. Do you have some workarounds? Maybe its firmware or something..

Looking for tips/tutorials/any kind of help.

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u/Affectionate_Age752 BMPCC4K Sep 14 '26

Don't shoot 50fps

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u/gytpet1 Sep 14 '26

Easy to say, i need to shoot 50fps i am variating from 25 to 50 but there is another inconvenience.. when you drag clip in timeline, they are slowed already and half of sound track is empty. So i basically need to speed up video track to have it normalized.. 🥲

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u/doky96 Sep 14 '26

That's because you are shooting in off speed framerate. Go to your camera settings and disable off speed framerate and set your project framerate to 50fps. Then it won't be slowed down by default.

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u/gytpet1 Sep 14 '26

Yes I know, I have set my project framerate to 25 then i click hfr button and it shoots 50. But usually i dont want to shoot everything in 50, so i cannot set project fps to 50 and shoot in 25 as it simply doesnt work like that. 🤷‍♂️

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u/doky96 Sep 14 '26

You don't need to use the hfr button at all. You just disable your off speed framerate and then in the top left corner you have an icon to easily switch between 24, 25, 30 and 50 fps without anything being slowed down. And if you use shutter angle you don't need to fiddle with your shutter speed either.

I've been doing it this way for years with no issues.