{"id":11713,"date":"2026-09-05T05:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T03:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2026\/09\/05\/this-is-refreshing-blackmagic-is-making-some-of-its-cameras-over-1000-cheaper\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T05:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T03:04:28","slug":"this-is-refreshing-blackmagic-is-making-some-of-its-cameras-over-1000-cheaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2026\/09\/05\/this-is-refreshing-blackmagic-is-making-some-of-its-cameras-over-1000-cheaper\/","title":{"rendered":"This is refreshing: Blackmagic is making some of its cameras over $1000 cheaper"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tThese days, it\u2019s not often you get to write about prices going down, rather than up.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a refreshing bit of news: there\u2019s at least one camera company out there whose products are getting appreciably cheaper. Today, cinema company Blackmagic Design announced<\/a> that it\u2019s slashing the prices of its full-frame\u00a0Cinema Camera 6K and Pyxis 6K models by over $1000, something it says it can do after \u201csecuring better pricing on parts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Neither camera is particularly new: the Cinema Camera was announced in 2023, and the Pyxis in 2024. So it\u2019s not surprising that Blackmagic is able to make them for less than it initially was. What I wouldn\u2019t typically expect is the company passing those savings on to its customers, given our age of prices rising due to AI-driven chip scarcity<\/a> and inflation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K<\/th>\n$1595<\/td>\n$2715<\/td>\n$1120<\/td>\n$2595<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blackmagic PYXIS 6K L<\/th>\n$1995<\/td>\n$3080<\/td>\n$1085<\/td>\n$2995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blackmagic PYXIS 6K EF<\/th>\n$1995<\/td>\n$3070<\/td>\n$1075<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blackmagic PYXIS 6K PL<\/th>\n$2195<\/td>\n$3265<\/td>\n$1070<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

It\u2019s also not a situation where Blackmagic raised prices due to tariffs in the US, and is lowering them back down now that they\u2019re gone. It did raise prices<\/a> \u2013 the\u00a0Cinema Camera 6K launched for $2595 \u2013 but the new prices are well below what the cameras were originally announced at.<\/p>\n

Realistically, I realize most of our audience won\u2019t be interested in dedicated cinema cameras in an age when the best hybrid mirrorless models excel in both video and stills, no matter how inexpensive they are. But I\u2019d like to think this is a sign that things might be changing in the camera world.\u00a0While it may be too much to hope that we\u2019ll see new models that are cheaper than their predecessors, or similar price reductions for existing cameras \u2013 I suspect the bigger, more established companies are already getting parts for as cheaply as they can, and Blackmagic is just moving up towards that level of economy of scale \u2013 perhaps we\u2019ll at least see some cameras that aren\u2019t substantially more expensive than their predecessors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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