From the shadows of Australia, Blackmagic Design have announced the Pocket Cinema Camera 6K. An alternative to the 4K version, this camera brings all the great features that were found in the smaller 4K variant, but with one major new feature.

With a huge 6144x3456 Super 35 Sensor, housed in the same shape body as the 4K, this camera is made to shoot cinematic images with a shallower depth of field. This is due to the change in lenses it takes, which is now the larger EF mount instead of Micro Four Thirds.

As you're working with a larger frame and 6K, this'll allow you to work with a lot more if your final project is in 4K or HD, so you can reframe and make out a single shot is a lot more than originally intended.

The Pocket Camera is as it sounds: tiny. This gives you far more portability, allowing you to get more unique shots on projects or even when in tight studio spaces. Just because it's small, doesn't mean it isn't packing, as Blackmagic have fitted it with a 5" screen, 4 built in microphones and recorders. There's also all the buttons that you'd need, letting quickly get a hold of framing, focus, audio and file management.

Ideal for shooting quick vlogs, web videos and expos or corporate videos, as well as producing high quality video when shooting sports or independent films, the footage is captured in RAW format and backed by Blackmagic's colour science. This allows the Pocket Cinema Camera to rival massive, expensive cameras that cost thousands, while being easily mixed into projects using other cameras.

While not a photography camera, the 6K will now take stills up to 21.2 megapixels, so you can either use these to do test grades, continuity tracking or use the full uncompressed DNG file as a print.

The Pocket Camera also packs the same Blackmagic OS as the much larger, bulkier URSA Mini. Get access to all the settings you want with the simple touchscreen interface