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Blackmagic Unveils 4.6K URSA Cinema Camera

April 13, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Blackmagic URSA 4.6K-3

Today at NAB 2015, Blackmagic Design unveiled its 4.6K update to the URSA cinema camera. The new sensor is a Super35 format with 4608 x 2592 lines of resolution and is capable of an impressive 120fps. Blackmagic claims an astounding 15 stops of dynamic range. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blackmagic Design Tagged With: 4.6K, Blackmagic, cinema camera, NAB 2015, URSA

 

Blackmagic URSA Gets 150fps & More in Software Update

April 11, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Blackmagic URSA-8

Blackmagic has announced the Blackmagic Camera 2.3 software update for its 4K URSA cinema camera, which adds higher frame rates, video codecs and more. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blackmagic Design Tagged With: Blackmagic, cinema camera, URSA

Blackmagic URSA Gets 80fps & More Features in New Update

November 20, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Blackmagic URSA-6

Blackmagic Design has announced a firmware update for its URSA cinema camera. The new update, Blackmagic Camera 1.9.9, adds 80fps at up to 4K resolution.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blackmagic Design Tagged With: Blackmagic Design, cinema camera, firmware, URSA

Blackmagic Camera 1.9.7 Update Adds SSD and SD Card Formatting to All Cameras

October 10, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

Following the release of the firmware upgrade for the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K, Blackmagic Design recently announced the availability of Camera 1.9.7 software, which includes dashboard on screen menus and high performance disk formatting for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. The update is available for download from the Blackmagic Design website free of charge for all Blackmagic Cinema Camera and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera customers.

See the complete details on the Camera 1.97 firmware update in the press release below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blackmagic Design Tagged With: Blackmagic, Blackmagic Cinema Camera, Blackmagic Design, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

Blackmagic Camera v. 1.9.5 Firmware Update Adds SSD Formatting to Production Camera 4K

September 5, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Blackmagic Production Camera 4K

Blackmagic has added yet another firmware update for the Production Camera 4K. The new Camera v. 1.9.5 update adds the ability to directly format an SSD to HFS+ or exFAT within the camera.

The firmware is currently being worked on for the other Blackmagic cameras. You can download the update for the Production Camera 4K here on Blackmagic Design’s website.

Filed Under: Blackmagic Design Tagged With: 4k, Blackmagic, Blackmagic Production Camera 4K, firmware, SSD

Metabones Canon EF Lens to Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Speed Booster In Stock

August 28, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Metabones Canon EF Lens to Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Speed Booster

B&H has the Metabones Canon EF Lens to Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Speed Booster in stock with free expedited shipping. This speed booster reduces the crop factor of Canon lenses from 3.02x to 1.75x on the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. Additionally, the speed booster effectively increases the brightness of a lens by 1 2/3 stops, which means a f/1.2 lens becomes a f/0.74 lens. Check it out here at B&H Photo.

Filed Under: Blackmagic Design, Lenses Tagged With: Blackmagic, Canon, Pocket Cinema Camera

Blackmagic Design Firmware ver. 1.9.3 for Cinema and Pocket Cinema Cameras

August 25, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

Blackmagic Design has released firmware version 1.9.3 for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera and the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. The firmware update adds the following features to the cameras: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blackmagic Design Tagged With: Blackmagic Design, cinema camera, firmware, Pocket Cinema Camera

DaVinci Resolve 11 Available Now

August 7, 2014 By Eric Reagan

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Blackmagic Design announced today that DaVinci Resolve 11 is now available for download from the Blackmagic Design website. This is the final version of the softaware after a beta period of just over a month. It is a free upgrade for existing users and the Lite version of the software is available free to all. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blackmagic Design, Video Production Tagged With: Blackmagic Design, color grading, nle, Resolve 11

Blackmagic Camera 1.9 Firmware Update Available for 4K Camera

July 28, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Blackmagic Production Camera 4K

Blackmagic has announced a firmware update for the Production Camera 4K to version 1.9. It includes new “heads up display” on screen metering that provides histogram, peak audio meters and recording time remaining.

These features will be added to the Blackmagic Cinema Camera and Pocket Cinema Camera in a future update. You can download the update here on Blackmagic’s website.

Filed Under: Blackmagic Design Tagged With: 4k, Blackmagic, firmware

Blackmagic Camera Firmware Update Ver. 1.8.2

July 18, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera-5

Blackmagic Design has released another firmware update for its Cinema Camera line. The latest firmware update version 1.8.2 adds three new Apple ProRes file formats – ProRes 422, ProRes 422 LT and ProRes 422 Proxy.

The new update is available for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and Blackmagic Production Camera 4K.

The new ProRes formats can be captured on SSD drives or SD cards, and can be played back immediately on the camera. You can download the update for free here on Blackmagic Design’s support page.

Filed Under: Blackmagic Design Tagged With: Blackmagic Design, firmware, ProRes

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