Thu May 09, 2013 10:29 am
For your convenience, I have arranged a listing of some of the more commonly asked questions regarding the Blackmagic Camera Family. Each link leads you to a post where we have previously discussed the topic in question.
These topics are still open for further discussion. If you have some input you'd like to give, or need more advice about a particular topic, please reply directly to each respective thread instead of starting a new one. That way, we can avoid splitting the discussions. Hope you find this handy!
But, please, if you can't find the answer below, before you post a question, give the Search function a try, if for no other reason than to refine the scope of your question. Most of the time you'll find your question has already been answered. Reading other responses will also serve as good "research" for your own question.
If you can't find your answer via search, then no problem, post away! But if you're too lazy to search, then don't be surprised if your post doesn't get too many replies!
Finally... PLEASE use your full name when posting. The idea of this rule, which has existed since the creation of these forums, is that users who can be clearly identified will be more respectful than those who remain anonymous.
Happy Shooting!
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If you notice a mistake or something that's out-dated please let me know.
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CAMERA AVAILABILITY:
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K EF: Buy Now
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K PL: Buy Now
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K EF: Buy Now
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K PL: Buy Now
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera: Buy Now
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K: Buy Now
Blackmagic Cinema Camera EF: Buy Now
Blackmagic Cinema Camera PL: Buy Now
Blackmagic Cinema Camera MTF: Buy Now
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K EF: Buy Now
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K PL: Buy Now
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera: Buy Now
Blackmagic URSA EF: Buy Now
Blackmagic URSA PL: Buy Now
Blackmagic URSA Broadcast: Unsure?
Blackmagic URSA HDMI: Unsure?
Blackmagic Studio Camera HD: Buy Now
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K: Buy Now
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USEFUL INFORMATION:
Official Product Information:
- Blackmagic URSA
- Blackmagic URSA Mini
- Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
- Blackmagic Cinema Camera
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Latest Firmware, Manuals & Support Notes:
- Blackmagic Support Page
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Frequently Asked Audio Questions:
> Click Here
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Frequently Asked General Questions:
> Crop factor 2.4 : how is possible have wide lenses?
> Can the BMCC operate while AC is plugged in?
> Prores - Film Vs. Video Setting
> How to Understand the Usage of Shutter Angle?
> Formatting a SSD Drive
> How much footage can I fit on an SSD?
> Zebra on ProRes
> Seeking advice on my BMCC KIT
> BMCC MFT vs. BMPC 4K
> Is it possible to change (upgrade) your 2k camera to 4k?
> So how much extra cost for a 4K workflow?
> ISO when shooting RAW
> General Purpose Filming - Prores or DNxHD?
> Thunderbolt to RAW
> How to check what firmware is on the camera?
> IR Filters
> Adobe vs DaVinci RAW Converter
> RAW + Prores Dual mode recording possible?
> 444 OR 422 - color space can shoot BMCC ?
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Useful Information:
> Misconceptions on how to expose for digital
> Low Light Performance
> Comparing the Cinema Camera: Part 2 The Impact of 12-bit RAW
> 95 Page Book: Shooting with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera
> Presentation: The Impact of Digital Film Camera Technology
> Part 2: The Impact of Digital Film Camera Technology
> Comprehensive Guide to Rigging ANY Camera
> Zebra range and exposure question
> Chroma Sub-sampling
> Playing back Compressed CinemaDNG Files from the Pocket Cinema Camera
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Lens Discussion:
> EF Lens Compatibility List (Firmware 1.1)
> EF Lens Compatibility List (Firmware 1.2)
> EF Lens Compatibility List (Firmware 1.3)
> Autofocus & Image Stabilisation
> Experience with Leica & Nikon on BMCC (EF) ?
> Wider Angles with EF Lens Mount- Is this an Answer ?
> How to guide for filtering Sigma 8-16 on the cheap
> Anamorphic zooms
> Tokina 11-16 focus
> MFT Lens Discussion
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Accessory Discussion:
> Rigs
> Viewfinders
> SSDs
> SSD Storage Cases
> Matte Boxes
> ND Filters
> Good lens tissue?
> Shoulder Rigs
> Tripods
> DIY Auxilliary Power for the Black Magic Cinema Camera
> Affordable battery solution?
> Camera Bags
> Light Meter Recommendations
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Useful External Links:
> The Bayer Sensor Strategy
> Chroma Sub-Sampling Techniques
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FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES:
4.2 (21 December 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K:
- Adds black shading calibration for URSA Mini 4.6K in Setup menu.
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- Improves audio performance when using 6G-SDI output.
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Improves 3G-SDI compatibility.
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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4.1 (11 November 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Studio Viewfinder:
Adds support for URSA Studio Viewfinder.
Adds support for 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60, 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60, 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60.
Adds support URSA Mini OS frame guides, safe area guides and grids in URSA Studio Viewfinder.
Adds support for pan-able zoom.
Adds support for Green preview tally and Orange ISO record tally in URSA Studio Viewfinder.
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K & 4.6K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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4.0 (20 October 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K & 4.6K:
Improvements since 4.0 Beta 2 include:
- Improved timecode accuracy.
- Improved RAW 3:1 and 4:1 performance.
- Improved RAW Lossless high frame rate off-speed recording.
- Stability improvements.
- Improved focus assist on URSA Viewfinder.
- Improved audio meters on URSA Viewfinder.
- Fixed bug where tally could not be disabled on URSA Viewfinder.
New Features:
- New URSA Mini OS.
- New heads up display.
- New menu system to allow faster operation.
- Monitoring options separately configurable for all outputs.
- Added ability to load 3D LUTs (Look Up Table) for monitoring.
- Added ability to save and load camera settings presets.
New Heads Up Display Features:
- Swipe up or down to show and hide the heads up display.
- Added pan-able focus zoom.
- Added ability to change frame rate directly from heads up display.
- Added ability to change iris from heads up display on electronic lenses.
- Added ability to toggle timecode or duration from heads up display.
- Added ability to toggle favorite off-speed frame rate quickly.
- Added ability to change shutter angle from heads up display.
- Added flicker free shutter angle suggestions.
- Added manual shutter angle option for up to 2 decimal places.
- Added indicators for genlock, timecode status, and sensor window in heads up display.
- Added ability to change ISO from heads up display.
- Added ability to change white balance from heads up display.
- Added white balance presets including daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, mixed lighting, and overcast.
- Added tint control.
- Added auto white balance feature.
- Added audio input and headphone level control from the heads up display.
- Added media status page for formatting cards and media information.
- Added ability to toggle battery indicator from heads up display.
- Added monitoring option controls from heads up display including zebra, focus assist, frame guide and grids.
New Metadata Features:
- Improved slate and metadata functionality.
- Added lens data information to slate metadata.
- Added auto-fill lens metadata from electronically controllable lenses.
- Changed slate shortcut from a single tap to a sideways swipe on the LCD.
New Record Features
- Added additional ProRes resolutions for URSA Mini 4.6K including 4.6K 16:9, 4.6K 2.4:1, 4K 16:9, 4K DCI, 3K Anamorphic, 2K 16:9 and 2K DCI.
- Added additional RAW resolutions for URSA Mini 4.6K including 4.6K 2.4:1, 4K 16:9, 3K Anamorphic, 2K 16:9 and HD.
- Added option to select the preferred card for recording.
New Monitor Features:
- Improved screen colorimetry for the built in LCD.
- Added ability to switch 3D LUT on and off for each output individually.
- Added ability to switch false color, zebras, focus assist, frame guides, grids and safe area guide on or off for each output individually.
- Added clean feed toggle for each output.
- Added program tally indicator for the built in LCD and Front SDI when using ATEM.
- Added monitoring option for tally, crosshairs and centre dot as part of grids.
- Added 14:9 frame guides.
- Added configurable safe area guides.
- Expanded options for focus assist to include red, green, blue, black and white as well as peaking.
- Added option for viewing codec and resolution setting instead of meters on the built in LCD.
New Settings Features:
- Added ability to program function buttons as a preset for frame rate, iris, white balance, ISO or shutter angle.
- Added ability to program function buttons for Up or Down frame rate, iris, white balance, ISO or shutter angle.
- Added ability to program function buttons as a toggle for clean feed, display LUT, frame guides, focus assist, false color, zebra, grids, safe area guides, off-speed and color bars.
- Added flicker free shutter frequency selection for 50Hz or 60Hz.
- Added support for drop frame timecode.
- Added ability to trigger color bars from camera.
- Added factory reset function.
- Added hardware ID display.
- Added software version display.
New Presets Features:
- Added ability to create up to 12 global camera settings presets.
- Added ability import and export camera presets to CFast media.
New 3D LUT Features:
- Added ability to monitor with 3D LUTs.
- Added ability to import 3D LUT from CFast media.
- Added ability to store up to 6 custom 17 point or 33 point LUTs into the camera’s internal flash memory.
- Added the ability to export one of the camera’s 3D LUTs to CFast media so you can pass the 3D LUT to a colorist or editor.
- Added ability to delete 3D LUT from camera’s internal memory.
New General Features:
- Improved timecode functionality for external timecode and jam timecode.
- Improved white balance performance.
- Added option for single clip or all clip playback.
- Added loop playback feature.
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Improved colorimetry for viewfinder.
- Improved focus assist on URSA Viewfinder.
- Improved proximity sensor sensitivity.
- Improved proximity sensor timeout settings.
- Improved frame guide appearance.
- Added support for URSA Mini OS metadata settings.
- Added support for new frame guides, safe area guides and grids.
- Added menu items for configuring overlay settings.
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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4.0 Beta 2 (16 August 2016)
IMPORTANT: This is a public beta for trial and testing purposes, customers working on commercial productions are encouraged to continue using the current shipping camera software.
Customers with issues or bug reports should email 4.0beta@blackmagicdesign.com with the following information:
- Steps to reproduce
- Result(s)
- Expected Result(s)
- Any relevant setup information (camera settings, lens, etc)"
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K & 4.6K:
Improvements since 4.0 Beta include:
- Added support for Image Stabilisation (IS) on EF lenses.
- Improved focus assist thresholds.
- Improved support for Sigma EF lenses.
- Improved support for Fujinon Cabrio PL lens control via broadcast 12-pin connector.
- Improved playback support.
- Improved boot up time.
- Fixed bug where camera index in filenames was resetting after power cycle.
- Fixed bug in HD window where power cycle causes misalignment on URSA Mini 4K.
- Fixed bug where URSA Mini 4K allows ISO setting of 1600 which is not supported.
New Features:
- New URSA Mini OS.
- New heads up display.
- New menu system to allow faster operation.
- New monitoring options separately configurable for different SDI outputs.
- Added ability to load 3D LUTs (Look Up Table) for monitoring.
- Added ability to save and load camera settings presets.
New Heads Up Display Features:
- Swipe up or down to show and hide the heads up display.
- Added pan-able focus zoom.
- Added ability to change frame rate directly from heads up display.
- Added ability to change iris from heads up display on electronic lenses.
- Added ability to toggle timecode or duration from heads up display.
- Added ability to toggle favorite off-speed frame rate quickly.
- Added ability to change shutter angle from heads up display.
- Added flicker free shutter angle suggestions.
- Added manual shutter angle option for up to 2 decimal places.
- Added indicators for genlock, timecode status, and sensor window in heads up display.
- Added ability to change ISO from heads up display.
- Added ability to change white balance from heads up display.
- Added white balance presets including daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, mixed lighting, and overcast.
- Added tint control.
- Added auto white balance feature.
- Added audio input and headphone level control from the heads up display.
- Added media status page for formatting cards and media information.
- Added ability to toggle battery indicator from heads up display.
- Added monitoring option controls from heads up display including zebra, focus assist, frame guide and grids.
New Metadata Features:
- Improved slate and metadata functionality.
- Added lens data information to slate metadata.
- Added auto-fill lens metadata from electronically controllable lenses.
- Changed slate shortcut from a single tap to a sideways swipe on the LCD.
New Record Features:
- Added additional ProRes resolutions for URSA Mini 4.6K including 4.6K 16x9, 4.6K 2.4:1, 4K DCI, 3K - Anamorphic, 2K 16x9 and 2K DCI.
- Added additional RAW resolutions for URSA Mini 4.6K including 4.6K 2.4:1, 4K 16x9, 3K Anamorphic, 2K 16x9 and HD.
- Added option to select the preferred card for recording.
New Monitor Features:
- Improved screen colorimetry for the built in LCD.
- Added ability to switch 3D LUT on and off for each output individually.
- Added ability to switch false color, zebras, focus assist, frame guides, grids and safe area guide on or off for each output individually.
- Added clean feed toggle for each output.
- Added program tally indicator for the built in LCD and Front SDI when using ATEM.
- Added monitoring option for tally, crosshairs and centre dot as part of grids.
- Added 14:9 frame guides.
- Added configurable safe area guides.
- Expanded options for focus assist to include red, green, blue, black and white as well as peaking.
- Added option for viewing codec and resolution setting instead of meters on the built in LCD.
New Settings Features:
- Added ability to program function buttons as a preset for frame rate, iris, white balance, ISO or shutter angle.
- Added ability to program function buttons for Up or Down frame rate, iris, white balance, ISO or shutter angle.
- Added ability to program function buttons as a toggle for clean feed, display LUT, frame guides, focus assist, false color, zebra, grids, safe area guides, off-speed and color bars.
- Added flicker free shutter frequency selection for 50Hz or 60Hz.
- Added support for drop frame timecode.
- Added ability to trigger color bars from camera.
- Added factory reset function.
- Added hardware ID display.
- Added software version display.
New Presets Features:
- Added ability to create up to 12 global camera settings presets.
- Added ability import and export camera presets to CFast media.
New 3D LUT Features:
- Added ability to monitor with 3D LUTs.
- Added ability to import 3D LUT from CFast media.
- Added ability to store up to 6 custom 17 point or 33 point LUTs into the camera’s internal flash memory.
- Added the ability to export one of the camera’s 3D LUTs to CFast media so you can pass the 3D LUT to a colorist or editor.
- Added ability to delete 3D LUT from camera’s internal memory.
New General Features:
- Improved timecode functionality for external timecode and jam timecode.
- Improved white balance performance.
- Added option for single clip or all clip playback.
- Added loop playback feature.
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Improved colorimetry for viewfinder.
- Improved proximity sensor sensitivity.
- Improved proximity sensor timeout settings.
- Improved frame guide appearance.
- Added support for URSA Mini OS metadata settings.
- Added support for new frame guides, safe area guides and grids.
- Added menu items for configuring overlay settings.
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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4.0 Beta 1 (16 August 2016)
IMPORTANT: This is a public beta for trial and testing purposes, customers working on commercial productions are encouraged to continue using the current shipping camera software.
Customers with issues or bug reports should email 4.0beta@blackmagicdesign.com with the following information:
- Steps to reproduce
- Result(s)
- Expected Result(s)
- Any relevant setup information (camera settings, lens, etc)"
Known Issues:
- No playback of RAW dual card recordings
- External Timecode is out by a few frames
- Boot up time and switching modes time is still being optimised.
- Pressing record whilst still in MENU mode can cause corruption.
- Screen-door crosshatching on Ursa Mini 4.6k images
- One report of Ursa Mini not recording anything
- Image Stabilisation does not currently work.
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K & 4.6K:
- New URSA Mini OS.
- New heads up display.
- New menu system to allow faster operation.
- New monitoring options separately configurable for different SDI outputs.
- Added ability to load 3D LUTs (Look Up Table) for monitoring.
- Added ability to save and load camera settings presets.
New Heads Up Display Features:
- Swipe up or down to show and hide the heads up display.
- Added pan-able focus zoom.
- Added ability to change frame rate directly from heads up display.
- Added ability to change iris from heads up display on electronic lenses.
- Added ability to toggle timecode or duration from heads up display.
- Added ability to toggle favorite off-speed frame rate quickly.
- Added ability to change shutter angle from heads up display.
- Added flicker free shutter angle suggestions.
- Added manual shutter angle option for up to 2 decimal places.
- Added indicators for genlock, timecode status, and sensor window in heads up display.
- Added ability to change ISO from heads up display.
- Added ability to change white balance from heads up display.
- Added white balance presets including daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, mixed lighting, and overcast.
- Added tint control.
- Added auto white balance feature.
- Added audio input and headphone level control from the heads up display.
- Added media status page for formatting cards and media information.
- Added ability to toggle battery indicator from heads up display.
- Added monitoring option controls from heads up display including zebra, focus assist, frame guide and grids.
New Metadata Features:
- Improved slate and metadata functionality.
- Added lens data information to slate metadata.
- Added auto-fill lens metadata from electronically controllable lenses.
- Changed slate shortcut from a single tap to a sideways swipe on the LCD.
New Record Features:
- Added additional ProRes resolutions for URSA Mini 4.6K including 4.6K 16x9, 4.6K 2.4:1, 4K DCI, 3K Anamorphic, 2K 16x9 and 2K DCI.
- Added additional RAW resolutions for URSA Mini 4.6K including 4.6K 2.4:1, 4K 16x9, 3K Anamorphic, 2K 16x9 and HD.
- Added option to select the preferred card for recording.
New Monitor Features:
- Improved screen colorimetry for the built in LCD.
- Added ability to switch 3D LUT on and off for each output individually.
- Added ability to switch false color, zebras, focus assist, frame guides, grids and safe area guide on or off for each output individually.
- Added clean feed toggle for each output.
- Added program tally indicator for the built in LCD and Front SDI when using ATEM.
- Added monitoring option for tally, crosshairs and centre dot as part of grids.
- Added 14:9 frame guides.
- Added configurable safe area guides.
- Expanded options for focus assist to include red, green, blue, black and white as well as peaking.
- Added option for viewing codec and resolution setting instead of meters on the built in LCD.
New Settings Features:
- Added ability to program function buttons as a preset for frame rate, iris, white balance, ISO or shutter angle.
- Added ability to program function buttons for Up or Down frame rate, iris, white balance, ISO or shutter angle.
- Added ability to program function buttons as a toggle for clean feed, display LUT, frame guides, focus assist, false color, zebra, grids, safe area guides, off-speed and color bars.
- Added flicker free shutter frequency selection for 50Hz or 60Hz.
- Added support for drop frame timecode.
- Added ability to trigger color bars from camera.
- Added factory reset function.
- Added hardware ID display.
- Added software version display.
New Presets Features:
- Added ability to create up to 12 global camera settings presets.
- Added ability import and export camera presets to CFast media.
- New 3D LUT Features
- Added ability to monitor with 3D LUTs.
- Added ability to import 3D LUT from CFast media.
- Added ability to store up to 6 custom 17 point or 33 point LUTs into the camera's internal flash memory.
- Added the ability to export one of the camera's 3D LUTs to CFast media so you can pass the 3D LUT to a colorist or editor.
- Added ability to delete 3D LUT from camera's internal memory.
New General Features:
- Improved timecode functionality for external timecode and jam timecode.
- Improved white balance performance.
- Added option for single clip or all clip playback.
- Added loop playback feature.
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Improved colorimetry for viewfinder.
- Improved proximity sensor sensitivity.
- Improved proximity sensor timeout settings.
- Improved frame guide appearance.
- Added support for URSA Mini OS metadata settings.
- Added support for new frame guides, safe area guides and grids.
- Added menu items for configuring overlay settings.
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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3.4 (5 July 2016)
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Adds support for SDI record trigger
- Adds support for RP-188 timecode output
- Improved 6G-SDI output compatibility
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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3.3 (14 June 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K:
- Improved default White Balance
- Improved sensor response to lens shading
- Improved saturation when recording in VIDEO dynamic range
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- Improved saturation when recording in VIDEO dynamic range
- Improved saturation of SDI and LCD output when monitoring VIDEO while recording in FILM dynamic range
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Improved saturation of FILM to VIDEO monitoring for URSA Mini 4K
- Improved saturation of FILM to VIDEO monitoring for URSA Mini 4.6K
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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3.2 (18 April 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K & 4.6K:
- Added ATEM camera control support including
-- DaVinci Resolve color correction
-- Camera control for gain, shutter, white balance
-- Lens control for zoom, focus, iris
-- Talkback control
-- Tally control
-- Reference source, line and pixel timing control
-- Detail control
-- Improved B4 lens support for URSA Mini PL
-- 1080i SDI output support
- Added ‘Video’ LUT control for LCD, 12G-SDI and 3G-SDI independently
- Added Version 3 BMDFilm 4K and BMDFilm 4.6K color science
- Improved RGB color pipeline
- Improved 5” LCD color reproduction
- Added Auto Exposure control
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Support for ATEM tally signal
- Support for Version 3 colour science
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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3.1 (23 March 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K:
- New support for URSA Mini 4.6K
- Adds B4 lens control support for analog zoom servos on Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K PL
- Adds ProRes 444 codec support
- Adds Camera start stop record trigger via SDI for backup recording to external devices
- Optimized camera performance when starting in cold temperatures
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- New support for Micro Cinema Camera
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Performance improvements and enhancements
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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3.0 (17 March 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K:
- Adds support
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Adds support for Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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2.8.1 (30 October 2015)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- Enabled SDI In functionality
- General performance enhancements
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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2.8 (7 October 2015)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- Adds support
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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2.7 (12 September 2015)
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- Support for the new Micro Studio Camera 4K
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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2.6 (18 August 2015)
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Support for the new URSA Viewfinder
Blackmagic URSA:
- Adds support for the URSA Viewfinder
- Add option to display timecode input by tapping on the timecode display
- Performance enhancements and improvements
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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2.5 (8 July 2015)
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- New support for 720p50, 720p59.94 and 720p60
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- New support for 720p50, 720p59.94 and 720p60
- Updated 6G-SDI to match updated SMPTE draft specification
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Community Notes:
- Some Ursa users are reporting data corruption. Blackmagic "are aware of this issue and have a fix for it that is being tested".
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2.4 (1 June 2015)
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Updated camera utility
- Adds support for more frame guides option
- Holding down MENU will bypass the Dashboard
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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2.3 (11 April 2015)
Blackmagic URSA:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Improved media formatting performance
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Adds support for more frame guide options
- Adds Japanese and Chinese language menu support
- Holding down MENU will bypass Dashboard and go straight into settings
- Peaking state is remembered after power cycle
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Adds lossless compressed RAW support
- Adds support for more frame guide options
- Holding down MENU will bypass the Dashboard
- Peaking state is remembered after power cycle
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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2.1 (19 March 2015)
Blackmagic URSA:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Improved media formatting performance
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Adds support for more frame guide options
- Adds Japanese and Chinese language menu support
- Holding down MENU will bypass Dashboard and go straight into settings
- Peaking state is remembered after power cycle
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Adds lossless compressed RAW support
- Adds support for more frame guide options
- Holding down MENU will bypass the Dashboard
- Peaking state is remembered after power cycle
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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2.0 (23 Jan 2015)
Blackmagic URSA:
- Adds support for windowed 1920 x 1080 recording up to 150 fps
- Adds support for Apple ProRes 444 XQ recording in HD and 4K
- Adds support for new V2 4K sensor for recording up to 120 fps RAW at 4K
- New installer layout which displays current software installed in camera
- Improved menu option for selecting recording format
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- 12G-SDI performance improvements
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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1.9.11 (18 Dec 2014)
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- New Details option in camera
- New support for independent control of front and rear tally brightness
- Add "Ch 2 used Ch 1 Input" option in Audio settings
- Added more camera settings information in display overlay
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- New Details option in camera
- New support for independent control of front and rear tally brightness
- Add "Ch 2 used Ch 1 Input" option in Audio settings
- Added more camera settings information in display overlay
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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1.9.10 (2 Dec 2014)
Blackmagic URSA:
- Fixed error reading timecode input
- Improved in-camera format reliability when formatting in HFS+
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Improved in-camera format reliability when formatting in HFS+
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Improved in-camera format reliability when formatting in HFS+
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Improved in-camera format reliability when formatting in HFS+
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
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1.9.9 (20 Nov 2014)
> Video: What's new in Camera Update 1.9.9
Blackmagic URSA:
- Adds new compressed RAW 3:1 support
- Enable 80 fps support in 4K for ProRes and RAW 3:1
- Enable variable frame rate feature so off-speed clips now playback in project frame rate
- Enabled phantom power support
- Added more frame guide options
- Enabled in-camera formatting for CFast 2.0 media
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Improved in-camera format reliability
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Improved in-camera format reliability
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Improved in-camera format reliability
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Community Notes:
- Ursa now remembers the focus peaking state on reboot
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1.9.8 (15 Oct 2014)
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- Support for MFT lenses with active zoom
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Support for MFT lenses with active zoom
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
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1.9.7 (9 Oct 2014)
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Improves in-camera formatting support
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Adds in-camera SD card formatting support
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Adds in-camera SSD formatting support
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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1.9.6 (19 Sept 2014)
Blackmagic URSA:
- General performance improvements
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- General performance improvements
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
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1.9.5 (6 Sept 2014)
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Adds support for in-camera formatting of SSDs
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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1.9.4 (5 Sept 2014)
Blackmagic URSA:
- General perfomance improvements
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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1.9.3 (22 Aug 2014)
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Add histogram, time remaining and audio level indicators. Use Up and Down to reveal and hide the meters while Left and Right will adjust the aperture of your active MFT lens.
- Fixed bug where in-camera playback may sometimes drop frames.
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Add histogram, time remaining and audio level indicators.
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Community Notes:
- There are now more White Balance & Shutter Angle options on the Pocket Cinema Camera.
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1.9.2 (14 Aug 2014)
Blackmagic URSA
- Adds support
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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1.9.1 (4 Aug 2014)
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- Adds support
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
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1.9 (24 Jul 2014)
> Video: What's new in Camera Update 1.9
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Add histogram, time remaining and audio level indicators
- Includes improved sensor calibration processing
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
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1.8.2 (18 Jul 2014)
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Adds support for Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy recording support.
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Adds support for Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy recording support.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Adds support for Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy recording support.
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Community Notes:
- Reported dropped frames when recording to Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy.
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1.8.1 (09 Jul 2014)
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Remote Camera Control support from ATEM live production switchers.
- Audio level input now has Line, Mic Low and Mic High gain settings.
- No documented changes to other cameras.
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1.8 (24 Jun 2014)
> Video: What's new in Camera Update 1.8
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Updated user interface
- Losslessly compressed RAW DNG recording support
- Addresses an issue where pixel artefacts are seen in edges with strong highlights while shooting in 1080 mode
- Adds autofocus support for compatible EF lenses
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Updated user interface
- Adds autofocus support for compatible EF lenses
- Improved debayering when shooting to ProRes or DNxHD
- Improved focus peaking display
- Improved ISO handling when shooting at ISO 1600
- Improved general audio performance
- Iris setting is retained when switching between camera recording and clip playback
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Updated user interface
- Improved performance when recording using internal microphones
- Improved instances where a grid-like pattern may occur in some flare highlights
- General improvements in autofocus with active MFT lenses
- Adds supports for stabilization in MFT lenses without physical O.I.S switches
- Improved support for Sigma MFT lenses
- Improved support for Lumix 12-42mm PZ lens
- Improved support for Olympus 60mm f/2.8 MFT lens
- Iris setting is retained when switching between camera recording and clip playback
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Improved phantom power compatibility
- Addresses an issue with interlace video being output as progressive video
Community Notes:
- Vertical Stripes in Blue Channel When Recording ProRes Video Mode
- On the 23rd of June an unofficial 1.8 release was discovered, however it is NOT SUPPORTED and should NOT be installed. Users from the community have reported however that it's IDENTICAL to the shipping version, however use at your own risk.
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1.7 (07 Apr 2014)
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Adds support for Blackmagic Studio Camera
Community Notes:
- Camera does not output interlaced formats regardless of overlay settings.
- Phantom Power does not work on Studio Camera.
- Studio Camera has EXTREME aliasing/moire with certain textures.
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1.6.2
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Addresses an issue where the camera may not start up correctly.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes.
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes.
Community Notes:
- Stuck Pixels.
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1.6.1
- Support for Blackmagic Production Camera 4K.
- General stability improvements for BMCC and Pocket Cinema Camera.
Community Notes:
- Frequency Response Issue Fixed on BMP4K.
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1.5.1
- Fixed issue with 180º shutter angle not operating correctly when shooting in 23.98 or 24 fps for the Pocket Cinema Camera
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1.5
- Adds CinemaDNG RAW recording support for Pocket Cinema Camera
Community Notes:
- Undocumented BMPCC 1.5 firmware change.
- Use 1.5 if you want to output 1080i on a Pocket Cinema Camera. Interlaced output is broken in 1.5.1 and above.
- The auto focus box on the Pocket does not appear in the centre of the picture but centre bottom (fixed in 1.5.1).
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1.4.2
- Addresses ‘Black Sun’ Effect in Pocket Cinema Camera.
Community Notes:
- Does NOT fix 'black sun' effect on BMCC.
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1.4.1
- Improved auto focusing performance with Olympus Micro Four Third lenses on Pocket Cinema Camera
- Improved SD card compatibility on Pocket Cinema Camera
- Fixed issue where monitored audio channels in headphones during record is swapped on Pocket Cinema Camera
- Improve RP188 timecode accuracy on Blackmagic Cinema Camera EF and MFT
- Improved notification to user when doing Interval recording
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1.4
- Support for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
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1.3.1
- General stability improvements when selecting DNxHD as the recording format
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1.3
- SDI outputs interlaced video when frame rate is set to 1080p25 or 1080p29.97 and overlays are turned off
Community Notes:
- DC Offset bug fixed, but Frequency Attenuation issue introduced.
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1.2.1
- No documented changes.
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1.2
- New option for time lapse recording in the Recorder settings
- exFAT file system support
- F-stop values are displayed when using compatible EF lenses
- SDI output now supports RP-188 timecode
- Support for Thunderbolt on Windows
Community Notes:
- Audio has DC Offset issue.
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1.1
- Avid DNxHD MOV support
- Support for EF lens with in-lens image stabilizer
- Increased number of available shutter angles
These topics are still open for further discussion. If you have some input you'd like to give, or need more advice about a particular topic, please reply directly to each respective thread instead of starting a new one. That way, we can avoid splitting the discussions. Hope you find this handy!
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Finally... PLEASE use your full name when posting. The idea of this rule, which has existed since the creation of these forums, is that users who can be clearly identified will be more respectful than those who remain anonymous.
Happy Shooting!
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Please be aware that this thread is not associated with or endorsed by Blackmagic Design.
If you notice a mistake or something that's out-dated please let me know.
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CAMERA AVAILABILITY:
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Blackmagic Studio Camera HD: Buy Now
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USEFUL INFORMATION:
Official Product Information:
- Blackmagic URSA
- Blackmagic URSA Mini
- Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
- Blackmagic Cinema Camera
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Latest Firmware, Manuals & Support Notes:
- Blackmagic Support Page
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Frequently Asked Audio Questions:
> Click Here
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Frequently Asked General Questions:
> Crop factor 2.4 : how is possible have wide lenses?
> Can the BMCC operate while AC is plugged in?
> Prores - Film Vs. Video Setting
> How to Understand the Usage of Shutter Angle?
> Formatting a SSD Drive
> How much footage can I fit on an SSD?
> Zebra on ProRes
> Seeking advice on my BMCC KIT
> BMCC MFT vs. BMPC 4K
> Is it possible to change (upgrade) your 2k camera to 4k?
> So how much extra cost for a 4K workflow?
> ISO when shooting RAW
> General Purpose Filming - Prores or DNxHD?
> Thunderbolt to RAW
> How to check what firmware is on the camera?
> IR Filters
> Adobe vs DaVinci RAW Converter
> RAW + Prores Dual mode recording possible?
> 444 OR 422 - color space can shoot BMCC ?
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Useful Information:
> Misconceptions on how to expose for digital
> Low Light Performance
> Comparing the Cinema Camera: Part 2 The Impact of 12-bit RAW
> 95 Page Book: Shooting with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera
> Presentation: The Impact of Digital Film Camera Technology
> Part 2: The Impact of Digital Film Camera Technology
> Comprehensive Guide to Rigging ANY Camera
> Zebra range and exposure question
> Chroma Sub-sampling
> Playing back Compressed CinemaDNG Files from the Pocket Cinema Camera
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Lens Discussion:
> EF Lens Compatibility List (Firmware 1.1)
> EF Lens Compatibility List (Firmware 1.2)
> EF Lens Compatibility List (Firmware 1.3)
> Autofocus & Image Stabilisation
> Experience with Leica & Nikon on BMCC (EF) ?
> Wider Angles with EF Lens Mount- Is this an Answer ?
> How to guide for filtering Sigma 8-16 on the cheap
> Anamorphic zooms
> Tokina 11-16 focus
> MFT Lens Discussion
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Accessory Discussion:
> Rigs
> Viewfinders
> SSDs
> SSD Storage Cases
> Matte Boxes
> ND Filters
> Good lens tissue?
> Shoulder Rigs
> Tripods
> DIY Auxilliary Power for the Black Magic Cinema Camera
> Affordable battery solution?
> Camera Bags
> Light Meter Recommendations
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Useful External Links:
> The Bayer Sensor Strategy
> Chroma Sub-Sampling Techniques
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FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES:
4.2 (21 December 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K:
- Adds black shading calibration for URSA Mini 4.6K in Setup menu.
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- Improves audio performance when using 6G-SDI output.
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Improves 3G-SDI compatibility.
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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4.1 (11 November 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Studio Viewfinder:
Adds support for URSA Studio Viewfinder.
Adds support for 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60, 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60, 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60.
Adds support URSA Mini OS frame guides, safe area guides and grids in URSA Studio Viewfinder.
Adds support for pan-able zoom.
Adds support for Green preview tally and Orange ISO record tally in URSA Studio Viewfinder.
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K & 4.6K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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4.0 (20 October 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K & 4.6K:
Improvements since 4.0 Beta 2 include:
- Improved timecode accuracy.
- Improved RAW 3:1 and 4:1 performance.
- Improved RAW Lossless high frame rate off-speed recording.
- Stability improvements.
- Improved focus assist on URSA Viewfinder.
- Improved audio meters on URSA Viewfinder.
- Fixed bug where tally could not be disabled on URSA Viewfinder.
New Features:
- New URSA Mini OS.
- New heads up display.
- New menu system to allow faster operation.
- Monitoring options separately configurable for all outputs.
- Added ability to load 3D LUTs (Look Up Table) for monitoring.
- Added ability to save and load camera settings presets.
New Heads Up Display Features:
- Swipe up or down to show and hide the heads up display.
- Added pan-able focus zoom.
- Added ability to change frame rate directly from heads up display.
- Added ability to change iris from heads up display on electronic lenses.
- Added ability to toggle timecode or duration from heads up display.
- Added ability to toggle favorite off-speed frame rate quickly.
- Added ability to change shutter angle from heads up display.
- Added flicker free shutter angle suggestions.
- Added manual shutter angle option for up to 2 decimal places.
- Added indicators for genlock, timecode status, and sensor window in heads up display.
- Added ability to change ISO from heads up display.
- Added ability to change white balance from heads up display.
- Added white balance presets including daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, mixed lighting, and overcast.
- Added tint control.
- Added auto white balance feature.
- Added audio input and headphone level control from the heads up display.
- Added media status page for formatting cards and media information.
- Added ability to toggle battery indicator from heads up display.
- Added monitoring option controls from heads up display including zebra, focus assist, frame guide and grids.
New Metadata Features:
- Improved slate and metadata functionality.
- Added lens data information to slate metadata.
- Added auto-fill lens metadata from electronically controllable lenses.
- Changed slate shortcut from a single tap to a sideways swipe on the LCD.
New Record Features
- Added additional ProRes resolutions for URSA Mini 4.6K including 4.6K 16:9, 4.6K 2.4:1, 4K 16:9, 4K DCI, 3K Anamorphic, 2K 16:9 and 2K DCI.
- Added additional RAW resolutions for URSA Mini 4.6K including 4.6K 2.4:1, 4K 16:9, 3K Anamorphic, 2K 16:9 and HD.
- Added option to select the preferred card for recording.
New Monitor Features:
- Improved screen colorimetry for the built in LCD.
- Added ability to switch 3D LUT on and off for each output individually.
- Added ability to switch false color, zebras, focus assist, frame guides, grids and safe area guide on or off for each output individually.
- Added clean feed toggle for each output.
- Added program tally indicator for the built in LCD and Front SDI when using ATEM.
- Added monitoring option for tally, crosshairs and centre dot as part of grids.
- Added 14:9 frame guides.
- Added configurable safe area guides.
- Expanded options for focus assist to include red, green, blue, black and white as well as peaking.
- Added option for viewing codec and resolution setting instead of meters on the built in LCD.
New Settings Features:
- Added ability to program function buttons as a preset for frame rate, iris, white balance, ISO or shutter angle.
- Added ability to program function buttons for Up or Down frame rate, iris, white balance, ISO or shutter angle.
- Added ability to program function buttons as a toggle for clean feed, display LUT, frame guides, focus assist, false color, zebra, grids, safe area guides, off-speed and color bars.
- Added flicker free shutter frequency selection for 50Hz or 60Hz.
- Added support for drop frame timecode.
- Added ability to trigger color bars from camera.
- Added factory reset function.
- Added hardware ID display.
- Added software version display.
New Presets Features:
- Added ability to create up to 12 global camera settings presets.
- Added ability import and export camera presets to CFast media.
New 3D LUT Features:
- Added ability to monitor with 3D LUTs.
- Added ability to import 3D LUT from CFast media.
- Added ability to store up to 6 custom 17 point or 33 point LUTs into the camera’s internal flash memory.
- Added the ability to export one of the camera’s 3D LUTs to CFast media so you can pass the 3D LUT to a colorist or editor.
- Added ability to delete 3D LUT from camera’s internal memory.
New General Features:
- Improved timecode functionality for external timecode and jam timecode.
- Improved white balance performance.
- Added option for single clip or all clip playback.
- Added loop playback feature.
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Improved colorimetry for viewfinder.
- Improved focus assist on URSA Viewfinder.
- Improved proximity sensor sensitivity.
- Improved proximity sensor timeout settings.
- Improved frame guide appearance.
- Added support for URSA Mini OS metadata settings.
- Added support for new frame guides, safe area guides and grids.
- Added menu items for configuring overlay settings.
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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4.0 Beta 2 (16 August 2016)
IMPORTANT: This is a public beta for trial and testing purposes, customers working on commercial productions are encouraged to continue using the current shipping camera software.
Customers with issues or bug reports should email 4.0beta@blackmagicdesign.com with the following information:
- Steps to reproduce
- Result(s)
- Expected Result(s)
- Any relevant setup information (camera settings, lens, etc)"
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K & 4.6K:
Improvements since 4.0 Beta include:
- Added support for Image Stabilisation (IS) on EF lenses.
- Improved focus assist thresholds.
- Improved support for Sigma EF lenses.
- Improved support for Fujinon Cabrio PL lens control via broadcast 12-pin connector.
- Improved playback support.
- Improved boot up time.
- Fixed bug where camera index in filenames was resetting after power cycle.
- Fixed bug in HD window where power cycle causes misalignment on URSA Mini 4K.
- Fixed bug where URSA Mini 4K allows ISO setting of 1600 which is not supported.
New Features:
- New URSA Mini OS.
- New heads up display.
- New menu system to allow faster operation.
- New monitoring options separately configurable for different SDI outputs.
- Added ability to load 3D LUTs (Look Up Table) for monitoring.
- Added ability to save and load camera settings presets.
New Heads Up Display Features:
- Swipe up or down to show and hide the heads up display.
- Added pan-able focus zoom.
- Added ability to change frame rate directly from heads up display.
- Added ability to change iris from heads up display on electronic lenses.
- Added ability to toggle timecode or duration from heads up display.
- Added ability to toggle favorite off-speed frame rate quickly.
- Added ability to change shutter angle from heads up display.
- Added flicker free shutter angle suggestions.
- Added manual shutter angle option for up to 2 decimal places.
- Added indicators for genlock, timecode status, and sensor window in heads up display.
- Added ability to change ISO from heads up display.
- Added ability to change white balance from heads up display.
- Added white balance presets including daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, mixed lighting, and overcast.
- Added tint control.
- Added auto white balance feature.
- Added audio input and headphone level control from the heads up display.
- Added media status page for formatting cards and media information.
- Added ability to toggle battery indicator from heads up display.
- Added monitoring option controls from heads up display including zebra, focus assist, frame guide and grids.
New Metadata Features:
- Improved slate and metadata functionality.
- Added lens data information to slate metadata.
- Added auto-fill lens metadata from electronically controllable lenses.
- Changed slate shortcut from a single tap to a sideways swipe on the LCD.
New Record Features:
- Added additional ProRes resolutions for URSA Mini 4.6K including 4.6K 16x9, 4.6K 2.4:1, 4K DCI, 3K - Anamorphic, 2K 16x9 and 2K DCI.
- Added additional RAW resolutions for URSA Mini 4.6K including 4.6K 2.4:1, 4K 16x9, 3K Anamorphic, 2K 16x9 and HD.
- Added option to select the preferred card for recording.
New Monitor Features:
- Improved screen colorimetry for the built in LCD.
- Added ability to switch 3D LUT on and off for each output individually.
- Added ability to switch false color, zebras, focus assist, frame guides, grids and safe area guide on or off for each output individually.
- Added clean feed toggle for each output.
- Added program tally indicator for the built in LCD and Front SDI when using ATEM.
- Added monitoring option for tally, crosshairs and centre dot as part of grids.
- Added 14:9 frame guides.
- Added configurable safe area guides.
- Expanded options for focus assist to include red, green, blue, black and white as well as peaking.
- Added option for viewing codec and resolution setting instead of meters on the built in LCD.
New Settings Features:
- Added ability to program function buttons as a preset for frame rate, iris, white balance, ISO or shutter angle.
- Added ability to program function buttons for Up or Down frame rate, iris, white balance, ISO or shutter angle.
- Added ability to program function buttons as a toggle for clean feed, display LUT, frame guides, focus assist, false color, zebra, grids, safe area guides, off-speed and color bars.
- Added flicker free shutter frequency selection for 50Hz or 60Hz.
- Added support for drop frame timecode.
- Added ability to trigger color bars from camera.
- Added factory reset function.
- Added hardware ID display.
- Added software version display.
New Presets Features:
- Added ability to create up to 12 global camera settings presets.
- Added ability import and export camera presets to CFast media.
New 3D LUT Features:
- Added ability to monitor with 3D LUTs.
- Added ability to import 3D LUT from CFast media.
- Added ability to store up to 6 custom 17 point or 33 point LUTs into the camera’s internal flash memory.
- Added the ability to export one of the camera’s 3D LUTs to CFast media so you can pass the 3D LUT to a colorist or editor.
- Added ability to delete 3D LUT from camera’s internal memory.
New General Features:
- Improved timecode functionality for external timecode and jam timecode.
- Improved white balance performance.
- Added option for single clip or all clip playback.
- Added loop playback feature.
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Improved colorimetry for viewfinder.
- Improved proximity sensor sensitivity.
- Improved proximity sensor timeout settings.
- Improved frame guide appearance.
- Added support for URSA Mini OS metadata settings.
- Added support for new frame guides, safe area guides and grids.
- Added menu items for configuring overlay settings.
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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4.0 Beta 1 (16 August 2016)
IMPORTANT: This is a public beta for trial and testing purposes, customers working on commercial productions are encouraged to continue using the current shipping camera software.
Customers with issues or bug reports should email 4.0beta@blackmagicdesign.com with the following information:
- Steps to reproduce
- Result(s)
- Expected Result(s)
- Any relevant setup information (camera settings, lens, etc)"
Known Issues:
- No playback of RAW dual card recordings
- External Timecode is out by a few frames
- Boot up time and switching modes time is still being optimised.
- Pressing record whilst still in MENU mode can cause corruption.
- Screen-door crosshatching on Ursa Mini 4.6k images
- One report of Ursa Mini not recording anything
- Image Stabilisation does not currently work.
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K & 4.6K:
- New URSA Mini OS.
- New heads up display.
- New menu system to allow faster operation.
- New monitoring options separately configurable for different SDI outputs.
- Added ability to load 3D LUTs (Look Up Table) for monitoring.
- Added ability to save and load camera settings presets.
New Heads Up Display Features:
- Swipe up or down to show and hide the heads up display.
- Added pan-able focus zoom.
- Added ability to change frame rate directly from heads up display.
- Added ability to change iris from heads up display on electronic lenses.
- Added ability to toggle timecode or duration from heads up display.
- Added ability to toggle favorite off-speed frame rate quickly.
- Added ability to change shutter angle from heads up display.
- Added flicker free shutter angle suggestions.
- Added manual shutter angle option for up to 2 decimal places.
- Added indicators for genlock, timecode status, and sensor window in heads up display.
- Added ability to change ISO from heads up display.
- Added ability to change white balance from heads up display.
- Added white balance presets including daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, mixed lighting, and overcast.
- Added tint control.
- Added auto white balance feature.
- Added audio input and headphone level control from the heads up display.
- Added media status page for formatting cards and media information.
- Added ability to toggle battery indicator from heads up display.
- Added monitoring option controls from heads up display including zebra, focus assist, frame guide and grids.
New Metadata Features:
- Improved slate and metadata functionality.
- Added lens data information to slate metadata.
- Added auto-fill lens metadata from electronically controllable lenses.
- Changed slate shortcut from a single tap to a sideways swipe on the LCD.
New Record Features:
- Added additional ProRes resolutions for URSA Mini 4.6K including 4.6K 16x9, 4.6K 2.4:1, 4K DCI, 3K Anamorphic, 2K 16x9 and 2K DCI.
- Added additional RAW resolutions for URSA Mini 4.6K including 4.6K 2.4:1, 4K 16x9, 3K Anamorphic, 2K 16x9 and HD.
- Added option to select the preferred card for recording.
New Monitor Features:
- Improved screen colorimetry for the built in LCD.
- Added ability to switch 3D LUT on and off for each output individually.
- Added ability to switch false color, zebras, focus assist, frame guides, grids and safe area guide on or off for each output individually.
- Added clean feed toggle for each output.
- Added program tally indicator for the built in LCD and Front SDI when using ATEM.
- Added monitoring option for tally, crosshairs and centre dot as part of grids.
- Added 14:9 frame guides.
- Added configurable safe area guides.
- Expanded options for focus assist to include red, green, blue, black and white as well as peaking.
- Added option for viewing codec and resolution setting instead of meters on the built in LCD.
New Settings Features:
- Added ability to program function buttons as a preset for frame rate, iris, white balance, ISO or shutter angle.
- Added ability to program function buttons for Up or Down frame rate, iris, white balance, ISO or shutter angle.
- Added ability to program function buttons as a toggle for clean feed, display LUT, frame guides, focus assist, false color, zebra, grids, safe area guides, off-speed and color bars.
- Added flicker free shutter frequency selection for 50Hz or 60Hz.
- Added support for drop frame timecode.
- Added ability to trigger color bars from camera.
- Added factory reset function.
- Added hardware ID display.
- Added software version display.
New Presets Features:
- Added ability to create up to 12 global camera settings presets.
- Added ability import and export camera presets to CFast media.
- New 3D LUT Features
- Added ability to monitor with 3D LUTs.
- Added ability to import 3D LUT from CFast media.
- Added ability to store up to 6 custom 17 point or 33 point LUTs into the camera's internal flash memory.
- Added the ability to export one of the camera's 3D LUTs to CFast media so you can pass the 3D LUT to a colorist or editor.
- Added ability to delete 3D LUT from camera's internal memory.
New General Features:
- Improved timecode functionality for external timecode and jam timecode.
- Improved white balance performance.
- Added option for single clip or all clip playback.
- Added loop playback feature.
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Improved colorimetry for viewfinder.
- Improved proximity sensor sensitivity.
- Improved proximity sensor timeout settings.
- Improved frame guide appearance.
- Added support for URSA Mini OS metadata settings.
- Added support for new frame guides, safe area guides and grids.
- Added menu items for configuring overlay settings.
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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3.4 (5 July 2016)
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Adds support for SDI record trigger
- Adds support for RP-188 timecode output
- Improved 6G-SDI output compatibility
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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3.3 (14 June 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K:
- Improved default White Balance
- Improved sensor response to lens shading
- Improved saturation when recording in VIDEO dynamic range
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- Improved saturation when recording in VIDEO dynamic range
- Improved saturation of SDI and LCD output when monitoring VIDEO while recording in FILM dynamic range
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Improved saturation of FILM to VIDEO monitoring for URSA Mini 4K
- Improved saturation of FILM to VIDEO monitoring for URSA Mini 4.6K
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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3.2 (18 April 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K & 4.6K:
- Added ATEM camera control support including
-- DaVinci Resolve color correction
-- Camera control for gain, shutter, white balance
-- Lens control for zoom, focus, iris
-- Talkback control
-- Tally control
-- Reference source, line and pixel timing control
-- Detail control
-- Improved B4 lens support for URSA Mini PL
-- 1080i SDI output support
- Added ‘Video’ LUT control for LCD, 12G-SDI and 3G-SDI independently
- Added Version 3 BMDFilm 4K and BMDFilm 4.6K color science
- Improved RGB color pipeline
- Improved 5” LCD color reproduction
- Added Auto Exposure control
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Support for ATEM tally signal
- Support for Version 3 colour science
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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3.1 (23 March 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K:
- New support for URSA Mini 4.6K
- Adds B4 lens control support for analog zoom servos on Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K PL
- Adds ProRes 444 codec support
- Adds Camera start stop record trigger via SDI for backup recording to external devices
- Optimized camera performance when starting in cold temperatures
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera:
- New support for Micro Cinema Camera
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Performance improvements and enhancements
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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3.0 (17 March 2016)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K:
- Adds support
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Adds support for Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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2.8.1 (30 October 2015)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- Enabled SDI In functionality
- General performance enhancements
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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2.8 (7 October 2015)
Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- Adds support
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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2.7 (12 September 2015)
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K:
- Support for the new Micro Studio Camera 4K
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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2.6 (18 August 2015)
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder:
- Support for the new URSA Viewfinder
Blackmagic URSA:
- Adds support for the URSA Viewfinder
- Add option to display timecode input by tapping on the timecode display
- Performance enhancements and improvements
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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2.5 (8 July 2015)
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- New support for 720p50, 720p59.94 and 720p60
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- New support for 720p50, 720p59.94 and 720p60
- Updated 6G-SDI to match updated SMPTE draft specification
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Community Notes:
- Some Ursa users are reporting data corruption. Blackmagic "are aware of this issue and have a fix for it that is being tested".
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2.4 (1 June 2015)
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Updated camera utility
- Adds support for more frame guides option
- Holding down MENU will bypass the Dashboard
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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2.3 (11 April 2015)
Blackmagic URSA:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Improved media formatting performance
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Adds support for more frame guide options
- Adds Japanese and Chinese language menu support
- Holding down MENU will bypass Dashboard and go straight into settings
- Peaking state is remembered after power cycle
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Adds lossless compressed RAW support
- Adds support for more frame guide options
- Holding down MENU will bypass the Dashboard
- Peaking state is remembered after power cycle
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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2.1 (19 March 2015)
Blackmagic URSA:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Improved media formatting performance
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Adds support for more frame guide options
- Adds Japanese and Chinese language menu support
- Holding down MENU will bypass Dashboard and go straight into settings
- Peaking state is remembered after power cycle
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Adds lossless compressed RAW support
- Adds support for more frame guide options
- Holding down MENU will bypass the Dashboard
- Peaking state is remembered after power cycle
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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2.0 (23 Jan 2015)
Blackmagic URSA:
- Adds support for windowed 1920 x 1080 recording up to 150 fps
- Adds support for Apple ProRes 444 XQ recording in HD and 4K
- Adds support for new V2 4K sensor for recording up to 120 fps RAW at 4K
- New installer layout which displays current software installed in camera
- Improved menu option for selecting recording format
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- 12G-SDI performance improvements
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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1.9.11 (18 Dec 2014)
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- New Details option in camera
- New support for independent control of front and rear tally brightness
- Add "Ch 2 used Ch 1 Input" option in Audio settings
- Added more camera settings information in display overlay
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- New Details option in camera
- New support for independent control of front and rear tally brightness
- Add "Ch 2 used Ch 1 Input" option in Audio settings
- Added more camera settings information in display overlay
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
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1.9.10 (2 Dec 2014)
Blackmagic URSA:
- Fixed error reading timecode input
- Improved in-camera format reliability when formatting in HFS+
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Improved in-camera format reliability when formatting in HFS+
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Improved in-camera format reliability when formatting in HFS+
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Improved in-camera format reliability when formatting in HFS+
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
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1.9.9 (20 Nov 2014)
> Video: What's new in Camera Update 1.9.9
Blackmagic URSA:
- Adds new compressed RAW 3:1 support
- Enable 80 fps support in 4K for ProRes and RAW 3:1
- Enable variable frame rate feature so off-speed clips now playback in project frame rate
- Enabled phantom power support
- Added more frame guide options
- Enabled in-camera formatting for CFast 2.0 media
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Improved in-camera format reliability
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Improved in-camera format reliability
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Improved in-camera format reliability
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Community Notes:
- Ursa now remembers the focus peaking state on reboot
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1.9.8 (15 Oct 2014)
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- Support for MFT lenses with active zoom
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Support for MFT lenses with active zoom
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
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1.9.7 (9 Oct 2014)
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Improves in-camera formatting support
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Adds in-camera SD card formatting support
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Adds in-camera SSD formatting support
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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1.9.6 (19 Sept 2014)
Blackmagic URSA:
- General performance improvements
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- General performance improvements
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
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1.9.5 (6 Sept 2014)
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Adds support for in-camera formatting of SSDs
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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1.9.4 (5 Sept 2014)
Blackmagic URSA:
- General perfomance improvements
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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1.9.3 (22 Aug 2014)
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Add histogram, time remaining and audio level indicators. Use Up and Down to reveal and hide the meters while Left and Right will adjust the aperture of your active MFT lens.
- Fixed bug where in-camera playback may sometimes drop frames.
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Add histogram, time remaining and audio level indicators.
Blackmagic URSA:
- No changes
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
Community Notes:
- There are now more White Balance & Shutter Angle options on the Pocket Cinema Camera.
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1.9.2 (14 Aug 2014)
Blackmagic URSA
- Adds support
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- No changes
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1.9.1 (4 Aug 2014)
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- Adds support
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- No changes
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
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1.9 (24 Jul 2014)
> Video: What's new in Camera Update 1.9
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Add histogram, time remaining and audio level indicators
- Includes improved sensor calibration processing
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
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1.8.2 (18 Jul 2014)
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Adds support for Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy recording support.
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Adds support for Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy recording support.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Adds support for Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy recording support.
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- No changes
Community Notes:
- Reported dropped frames when recording to Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy.
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1.8.1 (09 Jul 2014)
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Remote Camera Control support from ATEM live production switchers.
- Audio level input now has Line, Mic Low and Mic High gain settings.
- No documented changes to other cameras.
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1.8 (24 Jun 2014)
> Video: What's new in Camera Update 1.8
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Updated user interface
- Losslessly compressed RAW DNG recording support
- Addresses an issue where pixel artefacts are seen in edges with strong highlights while shooting in 1080 mode
- Adds autofocus support for compatible EF lenses
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Updated user interface
- Adds autofocus support for compatible EF lenses
- Improved debayering when shooting to ProRes or DNxHD
- Improved focus peaking display
- Improved ISO handling when shooting at ISO 1600
- Improved general audio performance
- Iris setting is retained when switching between camera recording and clip playback
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Updated user interface
- Improved performance when recording using internal microphones
- Improved instances where a grid-like pattern may occur in some flare highlights
- General improvements in autofocus with active MFT lenses
- Adds supports for stabilization in MFT lenses without physical O.I.S switches
- Improved support for Sigma MFT lenses
- Improved support for Lumix 12-42mm PZ lens
- Improved support for Olympus 60mm f/2.8 MFT lens
- Iris setting is retained when switching between camera recording and clip playback
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Improved phantom power compatibility
- Addresses an issue with interlace video being output as progressive video
Community Notes:
- Vertical Stripes in Blue Channel When Recording ProRes Video Mode
- On the 23rd of June an unofficial 1.8 release was discovered, however it is NOT SUPPORTED and should NOT be installed. Users from the community have reported however that it's IDENTICAL to the shipping version, however use at your own risk.
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1.7 (07 Apr 2014)
Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Adds support for Blackmagic Studio Camera
Community Notes:
- Camera does not output interlaced formats regardless of overlay settings.
- Phantom Power does not work on Studio Camera.
- Studio Camera has EXTREME aliasing/moire with certain textures.
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1.6.2
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Addresses an issue where the camera may not start up correctly.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- No changes.
Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- No changes.
Community Notes:
- Stuck Pixels.
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1.6.1
- Support for Blackmagic Production Camera 4K.
- General stability improvements for BMCC and Pocket Cinema Camera.
Community Notes:
- Frequency Response Issue Fixed on BMP4K.
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1.5.1
- Fixed issue with 180º shutter angle not operating correctly when shooting in 23.98 or 24 fps for the Pocket Cinema Camera
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1.5
- Adds CinemaDNG RAW recording support for Pocket Cinema Camera
Community Notes:
- Undocumented BMPCC 1.5 firmware change.
- Use 1.5 if you want to output 1080i on a Pocket Cinema Camera. Interlaced output is broken in 1.5.1 and above.
- The auto focus box on the Pocket does not appear in the centre of the picture but centre bottom (fixed in 1.5.1).
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1.4.2
- Addresses ‘Black Sun’ Effect in Pocket Cinema Camera.
Community Notes:
- Does NOT fix 'black sun' effect on BMCC.
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1.4.1
- Improved auto focusing performance with Olympus Micro Four Third lenses on Pocket Cinema Camera
- Improved SD card compatibility on Pocket Cinema Camera
- Fixed issue where monitored audio channels in headphones during record is swapped on Pocket Cinema Camera
- Improve RP188 timecode accuracy on Blackmagic Cinema Camera EF and MFT
- Improved notification to user when doing Interval recording
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1.4
- Support for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
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1.3.1
- General stability improvements when selecting DNxHD as the recording format
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1.3
- SDI outputs interlaced video when frame rate is set to 1080p25 or 1080p29.97 and overlays are turned off
Community Notes:
- DC Offset bug fixed, but Frequency Attenuation issue introduced.
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1.2.1
- No documented changes.
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1.2
- New option for time lapse recording in the Recorder settings
- exFAT file system support
- F-stop values are displayed when using compatible EF lenses
- SDI output now supports RP-188 timecode
- Support for Thunderbolt on Windows
Community Notes:
- Audio has DC Offset issue.
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1.1
- Avid DNxHD MOV support
- Support for EF lens with in-lens image stabilizer
- Increased number of available shutter angles
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