Blackmagic Design’s Pyxis is the result of substantial customer feedback. The hugely popular Pocket Cinema camera range did so much so well but the form factor left a lot to be desired for many, me included leading to forums and user groups being filled by a vocal many demanding a box-style camera with Blackmagic image quality and at an affordable price.
NAB 2024 saw Blackmagic announce a number of new products, including their first box-style camera, the Pyxis. Amid huge amounts of excitement, there was also a fair bit of disappointment. Things like a non-articulating screen and lack of internal NDs are high on the list, but are those things really a negative? More on that later.
