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salvo34
Inspiring
October 19, 2019
Question

bmpcc battery issue

  • October 19, 2019
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I typed in subject and got drop down list and no window to type mssg in.. then used back arrow on browser and got this window to type mssg into... is that like messed up or what ??  Anyway....here's a question sure to fall on deaf ears....

what do you do for your bmpcc so you can actually SHOOT the stupid thing using batteries ????  I just used 4 batteries one after the other ( charged last week ) and each one shut the camera down after 2 seconds of recording...

Not fun.

 

I am sending this message out into the unviverse like a message in a bottle... with the very slight hope someone somewhere will get the message and give me some kind of response... like, what do you use to shoot more than 2 seconds with your bmpcc ??

thanks ( I might be dead by the time you respond, and it's nothin personal... like I ignored you .... I'm just dead)

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    salvo34Author
    Inspiring
    October 19, 2019

    reason I asked about cable: you have 4k and I have original .. on my nikon there's a battery pack you can attach to base ( AA batteries) and it plugs into power directly through base .. is good as a last ditch effort to squeeze out some more shots when internal batteries are dead ducks. I think the web stuff I saw for you is that you use a cable to input.

    My ac to dc adapter is a 12V output, and I plug that into the dc input ... 

    So, I ordered some stupid battery thing that puts out 12V and will plug into the dc input.. and apparently it will ( if a battery is installed inside ) charge that battery as well as run the camera. I have no clue if it will work or burn up the camera or what... and at this point I almost don't care if it burns out... cause it's totally useless without some decent time to shoot outdoor without AC power.

    I'm not happy.

     

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    October 19, 2019

    Yes, my battery plate has a cable that has the correct connection to the BMPCC4K's power port. The BM site and the manual for the camera both give the data for the voltage levels (and it is a range) that will be adequate. There are quite a few different things people are using, from the Sony batteries that I'm using or Canon ones or Nikon ... or the several purpose-built external batteries for rigging movie camera rigs out.

     

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    October 19, 2019

    I bought a battery base-plate from Amazon that can screw into a cage, and uses the ubiquitous Sony NP-F type batteries. I can get about 20 minutes out of the battery that came with the camera, maybe 40 minutes with the larger NP-F batteries.

     

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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    salvo34Author
    Inspiring
    October 19, 2019

    thanks.. you use a cable from the battery to the DC input of the camera ?

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