You can also plug it into the 12v input instead of the dummy adapter.

It uses an adapter that looks like a dummy battery that goes into your battery slot in the same way as a battery grip would. V-Lock Battery on the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4KĪdding a V-Lock battery is a little less straightforward than other methods and there’s no one agreed upon way, but once it’s on it’s pretty solid. Many people report getting over five hours of on-off shooting with the V-Lock and while we’ve never needed to use it for that long, we’ve certainly had over three hours with no issues. V-Lock Batteryīlackmagic doesn’t really tout a V-Lock (or V-Mount) battery as one of the powering options on their site, but for us it’s been the best and most cost-effective solution. While I assume that that’s dependant on how you’re using your camera, we’ve not yet run out of power using it but it would be easy to have a spare set of batteries on hand if you were planning on particularly heavy usage and were unsure. We use a Gudsen Moza Air 2 which boasts up to 16 hours of battery life with four Li-ion 18650 batteries. Most professional gimbals will power the majority of popular cameras on the market.

In the 6.1 version of the Blackmagic Camera Setup Software the update addressed power issues like the camera shutting off without warning while there’s still power in the battery, sometimes as much as 40% which obviously is a significant difference in battery efficiency.

Keeping your camera’s firmware up to date is wise anyway, but can also have unexpected benefits, battery issues being one of the ones of recent years. A battery grip for the 4K/6K will set you back £185-£250 plus around £150 each for (branded) batteries.

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