“I shoot a lot of commercials, so having a small box cinema camera is essential. With this shoot, I wanted to test the camera using the main setups I do with my commercial work. I wanted to mount the Blackmagic PYXIS 6K on an XM2 drone, a dolly, EasyRig, a Ronin 2 with a motorized head and bunch of jib arm setups. All using wireless follow focus and some SDI monitoring. The sort of stuff we use all of the time! I have never shot a commercial with a Blackmagic camera before. And so when they sent me the Blackmagic PYXIS 6K I was only able to do the most basic of tests, so I was a little bit concerned. My shooting style can be challenging for a camera sensor, because of the way I push my lighting. And never having shot with Blackmagic before, I wasn’t too sure what I would get.

The first scene was Timber Cottage, which was meant to be challenging because I like to push a lot of level through the windows. As soon as I saw the images on the Flanders monitor, I was really surprised by the highlight roll-off and color science. With the Blackwing7 lenses, the PYXIS 6K was producing phenomenal images. The rest of the scenes were outdoors in terrible weather. I mean, we had four seasons in a day, which again, was a terrific test for this sensor. The PYXIS 6K has a large 43mm image circle, so I really couldn’t tell the difference between this camera and the full frame box camera I usually shoot on, that is more than thirty times the price! I didn't change my approach at all. Straight out of the box, this thing was shooting amazing images.”