Camera 9.5 Update

Hi,
I have an issue with the installation of this firmware. My camera has the 9.0 firmware installed (camera software 8.6). When I install the 9.5 firmware, the camera software changed to 8.1, and I do not have the autofocus feature and lost the page "network" in the setup menu, and lost the "use as webcam". I tried to install the 9.5 with different computer, (one of them with a first time installation of the blackmagic camera setup). Please help me. Am I wrong in something?
Thank you

I have some anglebird cards, too. The AV Pro SE type B with 1TB works perfectly fine. Have you updated your cards to the latest firmware?

Yes, all my Angelbird AV PRO CFexpress Type B 1TB cards are already on the latest firmware (AVX2.15) — I double-checked with Angelbird’s tool, but there was no need to update them since they already came with the latest version out of the box.

What’s strange is that these same cards work perfectly fine on one of my two Blackmagic 6K Full Frame cameras running firmware 9.5. But on the second camera — with identical firmware — none of the cards are recognized, regardless of how they’re formatted.

As a test, I downgraded the problematic camera to firmware 8.3.1, and suddenly all cards worked as expected again.

I also tried:
• Factory reset from the camera menu
• Reset via Blackmagic Camera Setup software
• Removing the battery and leaving the camera unplugged for over 10 minutes

No improvement with firmware 9.5.

I’m now in contact with Blackmagic Support — they’re aware of the issue and are actively investigating it. For now, the only workaround they’ve suggested is to stay on firmware 8.3.1, which is pretty frustrating given that the camera is just 5 months old.

It really seems like a firmware issue affecting certain hardware units. If anyone else is experiencing this, I’d definitely recommend reaching out to Blackmagic — the more of us report it, the better.

I have some anglebird cards, too. The AV Pro SE type B with 1TB works perfectly fine. Have you updated your cards to the latest firmware?

Yes, all my Angelbird AV PRO CFexpress Type B 1TB cards are already on the latest firmware (AVX2.15) — I double-checked with Angelbird’s tool, but there was no need to update them since they already came with the latest version out of the box.

What’s strange is that these same cards work perfectly fine on one of my two Blackmagic 6K Full Frame cameras running firmware 9.5. But on the second camera — with identical firmware — none of the cards are recognized, regardless of how they’re formatted.

As a test, I downgraded the problematic camera to firmware 8.3.1, and suddenly all cards worked as expected again.

I also tried:
• Factory reset from the camera menu
• Reset via Blackmagic Camera Setup software
• Removing the battery and leaving the camera unplugged for over 10 minutes

No improvement with firmware 9.5.

I’m now in contact with Blackmagic Support — they’re aware of the issue and are actively investigating it. For now, the only workaround they’ve suggested is to stay on firmware 8.3.1, which is pretty frustrating given that the camera is just 5 months old.

It really seems like a firmware issue affecting certain hardware units. If anyone else is experiencing this, I’d definitely recommend reaching out to Blackmagic — the more of us report it, the better.

I reported this issue last year, they reply I got was it been reported to relevant team, I'm contacted support (UK) again this week, but they are putting an emphasis on the Angel Bird memory cards, I even offered to send my camera to them but they said no. So I hopefully going to a CVP show room to test out other BM recommend memory cards. I truly do believe that it is an BM issue as when I downgrade firmware to 8.6 everything work fine (or in BM terms "expected behavior").

I asked if I could swap my camera and they said no as they cannot guarantee they the same thing will happen. I'm finding this situation very frustrating as there has been no official comment or acknowledgment that there is issues.

Honesty I was a little dishearten by their response when I spoke to them, their attitudes was well if the works with 8.6 then there is nothing wrong, you got what paid for. Which to me implies they do not care if your having issues with updates. Not a good look BM.

Anyway, I'll make a video and upload it showing how I get on with using other recommend brands. If the issues persists then I will be incredibly annoyed with how BM support is handling this! or maybe I'll be eating humble pie! Stay tuned! - lol

I have some anglebird cards, too. The AV Pro SE type B with 1TB works perfectly fine. Have you updated your cards to the latest firmware?

Yes, all my Angelbird AV PRO CFexpress Type B 1TB cards are already on the latest firmware (AVX2.15) — I double-checked with Angelbird’s tool, but there was no need to update them since they already came with the latest version out of the box.

What’s strange is that these same cards work perfectly fine on one of my two Blackmagic 6K Full Frame cameras running firmware 9.5. But on the second camera — with identical firmware — none of the cards are recognized, regardless of how they’re formatted.

As a test, I downgraded the problematic camera to firmware 8.3.1, and suddenly all cards worked as expected again.

I also tried:
• Factory reset from the camera menu
• Reset via Blackmagic Camera Setup software
• Removing the battery and leaving the camera unplugged for over 10 minutes

No improvement with firmware 9.5.

I’m now in contact with Blackmagic Support — they’re aware of the issue and are actively investigating it. For now, the only workaround they’ve suggested is to stay on firmware 8.3.1, which is pretty frustrating given that the camera is just 5 months old.

It really seems like a firmware issue affecting certain hardware units. If anyone else is experiencing this, I’d definitely recommend reaching out to Blackmagic — the more of us report it, the better.

I reported this issue last year, they reply I got was it been reported to relevant team, I'm contacted support (UK) again this week, but they are putting an emphasis on the Angel Bird memory cards, I even offered to send my camera to them but they said no. So I hopefully going to a CVP show room to test out other BM recommend memory cards. I truly do believe that it is an BM issue as when I downgrade firmware to 8.6 everything work fine (or in BM terms "expected behavior").

I asked if I could swap my camera and they said no as they cannot guarantee they the same thing will happen. I'm finding this situation very frustrating as there has been no official comment or acknowledgment that there is issues.

Honesty I was a little dishearten by their response when I spoke to them, their attitudes was well if the works with 8.6 then there is nothing wrong, you got what paid for. Which to me implies they do not care if your having issues with updates. Not a good look BM.

Anyway, I'll make a video and upload it showing how I get on with using other recommend brands. If the issues persists then I will be incredibly annoyed with how BM support is handling this! or maybe I'll be eating humble pie! Stay tuned! - lol

In my case, the cards work perfectly on one camera running firmware 9.5, but on another camera with the exact same firmware, they don’t. That clearly points to a camera issue, not a card issue.

My unit is still under warranty, and it needs to function properly. If your camera is also under warranty and you have the chance, try testing the same cards on a different unit running the same firmware. That should help you rule out any doubt and give you strong grounds to contact support.

It’s really not acceptable for an update to break something and then be told “if it works on 8.6, that’s good enough.”

RSS control via the USB-C Port still not working with DJI Ronin 2 and 3. Still can't use the Start/Stop button. Don't tell me again its DJIs fault. Same Ronin with the original Pocket 6K and older camera firmware working as it always did. Only the Cinema 6K FF is busted. Fix this already, it has been over a year now with this stupid bug.

I just updated the camera and tested with Canon 50m attached to sigma adaptor MC-21.

- Angelbird CFexpress type B 512gb works well. I updated them a year ago when I first bought them, there is no newer firmware than the current one (Sept 2023)

- PDAF works, I need to do more tests.

- Contrast auto-focus does nothing, it's beta but it doesn't auto-focus.

Hello.
I have the original Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6k.
Software on my Camera is 8.1

Is this the latest Software, or can i update my good old friend?

I have downloaded the latest Blackmagic Camera Setup. When i connected it with usb c to my mac studio, the camera is correctly reconized, but i can't update the camera.

Do you have any solutions for me?

Greetings from Germany

So what lenses will move and operate with this new autofocus upgrade? I have an Irix 21mm prime and does not look like it's going to autofocus for me. Any recommendations of prime lenses, perhaps cinema lenses or are cinema lenses as a category are all out because of a lack of autofocus capability?

This feels like a blatant injustice toward Super 35mm camera users.

You release updates primarily aimed at full-frame camera owners, once again leaving Super 35 users behind. Why are you making decisions that divide your audience? Do you truly believe this is a fair and loyal approach?

You launched a full-frame sensor after so many years—at a time when this technology is no longer groundbreaking—and still present it as a revolution. You’ve finally managed to deliver working autofocus, and yet you’re treating it like a major breakthrough, even though it’s a basic feature in 2025. And to top it off, it’s not even available to everyone.

Why should we keep investing in your cameras if we’re constantly left feeling deceived? We support you, buy your new gear, believe in the future of your ecosystem—and in return, we get restricted features and artificial limitations. It feels like you’re following the Apple model: introducing one “innovation” per year, calling it a game-changer, and proudly patting yourselves on the back.

Stop treating your audience like fools. If you’re truly moving forward—move forward for everyone. Don’t divide users into “priority” and “secondary.” Respect the people who chose your system and stuck with you—including those using Super 35.

If you want to be a leader in this industry, then act like one—not like a company clinging to marketing gimmicks instead of real innovation.

You’ve finally managed to deliver working autofocus, and yet you’re treating it like a major breakthrough, even though it’s a basic feature in 2025.

Are you sure? Seems to me it's YouTubers who are doing that. The BMD presentation was extremely low key.

And to top it off, it’s not even available to everyone.

The other Blackmagic cameras do not have sensors with PDAF pixels. It's not possible to just add it via firmware.

Thank you for the update.
The "Use as Webcam" toggle does not appear. It still says it is version 8.1. for the BMPocket Cinema 6K.

I am trying to set it up as a webcam, but OBS does not see it. Though it is connected to the Computer and I can see it in the BM Camera setup (which is 9.5 when you click on "help").

Any ideas? I tried to download the 8.6 Beta, at which the webcam feature was introduced, but it says "a higher version" is installed....

Hi,
I have an issue with the installation of this firmware. My camera has the 9.0 firmware installed (camera software 8.6). When I install the 9.5 firmware, the camera software changed to 8.1, and I do not have the autofocus feature and lost the page "network" in the setup menu, and lost the "use as webcam". I tried to install the 9.5 with different computer, (one of them with a first time installation of the blackmagic camera setup). Please help me. Am I wrong in something?
Thank you

I have the same problem it shows 8.1. and no webcam feature

Hi there,

I'm encountering problems with the CFexpress slot after updating to firmware 9.5. It was working correctly on version 8.7. This issue affects both my Angelbird and Delkin CFexpress cards. The firmware updates seem to be hit or miss. Having auto-focus is pretty cool, but I have since had to roll back to 8.7. Any chance we will be getting another update soon, would love to use the new features... with a working CFexpress card...

Hi guys, same problem for me, my 2 angelbird 512 gb 1785 MB/S are not working anymore since 9.5.

how did you contact the BM support?

i agree , i wont buy a 100 bucks card reader to fix the problem :/

allright , when i try to downgrade the camera from 9.5 to 8.6 , the installer said "installation failed", no the screen is black and the camera is down :/

I tried both my ANGELB1RD 1TB AV PRO CFEXPRESS TYPE B and my 1.0TB OWC Alas Ultra CFexpress 4.0 Type B memory cards in my BMCC6k. Neither work with the firmware installed by Camera Setup 9.5. When I downgrade to the firmware installed by Camera Setup 8.5.1 both cards work.

I tried both my ANGELB1RD 1TB AV PRO CFEXPRESS TYPE B and my 1.0TB OWC Alas Ultra CFexpress 4.0 Type B memory cards in my BMCC6k. Neither work with the firmware installed by Camera Setup 9.5. When I downgrade to the firmware installed by Camera Setup 8.5.1 both cards work.

did the same, working with the 8.6 as well

Yep, same issue for me. Angelbird 512gb SE cards doesn't work. Have to revert back.

I have the same issue, my Angelbird PRO CFexpress 512 GB cards are no longer recognized. The same problem was already there in the 9.3 update. Please fix asap.

I got the 9.5 update, saw there is an updated PDF manual (March 2025), so I thought - maybe I've missed new firmware - so I plugged in a PCC 6K Pro & indeed it prompted to upgrade the firmware.

After I rebooted the camera I got... 8.1 which means it got downgraded from 8.6 beta I had before.

It wasn't a numerical error since I couldn't switch Tokina 11-20mm aperture again.

Redownloaded a 8.7 beta package and got back on 8.6 again & the lens returned to normal operation.

Would be awesome if you guys had a firmware version list for all devices supported by the update package.

DJI always posts the latest numbers for all peripherals from a certain set (be it a gimbal or a drone) so you can check beforehand if there's even a need to update the gear.

Anyways, big congrats on the auto-focus update with full frame 6K and a great NAB premiere!

Updated to 9.5 and everything looked good...
...went out to shoot today as a test and the ISO was stuck at 400.
I could move the slider and roll the wheel but nothing changed.

Reset to factory and it appears to work fine.

Reinstalled 9.5 and auto focus and iso appear to be operational.

Tested on CC6K FF
Sigma 24-70
Sigma 70-200

Hi every one
sorry if it's the wrong topic
But I can't update my camera's firmware
Above 8.6 it won't work (and goes to 8.1)
Of course, i tried to reboot my camera (focus + on fot few sec) it didn'work as well..
Any idea ?

Tks (and sorry for my english ) !

I reported this issue last year, they reply I got was it been reported to relevant team, I'm contacted support (UK) again this week, but they are putting an emphasis on the Angel Bird memory cards, I even offered to send my camera to them but they said no. So I hopefully going to a CVP show room to test out other BM recommend memory cards. I truly do believe that it is an BM issue as when I downgrade firmware to 8.6 everything work fine (or in BM terms "expected behavior").

But an emphasis back to them on the fact that they refuse to supply BMD branded storage media and that they are responsible for third party storage media working with their product.

Hi every one
sorry if it's the wrong topic
But I can't update my camera's firmware
Above 8.6 it won't work (and goes to 8.1)
Of course, i tried to reboot my camera (focus + on fot few sec) it didn'work as well..
Any idea ?

Tks (and sorry for my english ) !

Nicolas, most likely this is because you have BMPCC 6K, not BMCC 6K Full Frame.

I have the same problem with the update 9.5 and my Angelbird AV PRO SE CFexpress B 1TB (SKU AVP1T0CFXBSE) cards. They worked fine with version 8.3.2 but are not recognized after the upgrade to 9.5. I checked the firmware via an Angelbird card reader and the latest available release (AVX2.15) is already installed on the cards. Once I downgrade the camera to 8.3.2 (latest working camera version in regard to the cards) the cards are recognized.

The "Information Note" from August 15th, 2024 explicitly lists this card as compatible. This was published after the release of camera version 8.7 Public Beta on June 27th, 2024, which displays the same behavior (card not recognized) as 9.5 and makes the camera unusable.

I'll contact Blackmagic Support now as others have stated here.

I love the upgrade! Absolutely fantastic work!

I would love to see in a future update some type of press and hold on the AFL buttons to hold focus with autofocus. and possible a double press to re/engage the current focus.

Speed and other sliders would also be awesome!!!

another hopeful suggestion is to have an option to allow the BMD focus wheel to overrule the autofocus (or control the speed or other options)

My sigma 28-105 l mount works well. there's tracking and focusing issues over 50mm. from 28-50 seems pretty nice.

great work and a big thank you for being a great company!

I have the same problem with the update 9.5 and my Angelbird AV PRO SE CFexpress B 1TB (SKU AVP1T0CFXBSE) cards. They worked fine with version 8.3.2 but are not recognized after the upgrade to 9.5. I checked the firmware via an Angelbird card reader and the latest available release (AVX2.15) is already installed on the cards. Once I downgrade the camera to 8.3.2 (latest working camera version in regard to the cards) the cards are recognized.

The "Information Note" from August 15th, 2024 explicitly lists this card as compatible. This was published after the release of camera version 8.7 Public Beta on June 27th, 2024, which displays the same behavior (card not recognized) as 9.5 and makes the camera unusable.

I'll contact Blackmagic Support now as others have stated here.

Just to test, have you tried to downgrade card firmware?
May be developers tried camera firmware with previous firmware cards


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With version 9.5, nothing's working anymore... and the problems with Ronin for the RS2, 3... (still can't use the record button...) still haven't been resolved!
I'm using the BM 6K FF... and my Angelbird cards (512 + 1TB) still aren't recognized... It's frustrating.

For the BM 6K FF, I can't find the old firmware that would be fully compatible with the FF paired with the Ronin RS2...
Does this version really exist?...

[Kristian Lam]

With version 9.5, nothing's working anymore... and the problems with Ronin for the RS2, 3... (still can't use the record button...) still haven't been resolved!
I'm using the BM 6K FF... and my Angelbird cards (512 + 1TB) still aren't recognized... It's frustrating.

For the BM 6K FF, I can't find the old firmware that would be fully compatible with the FF paired with the Ronin RS2...
Does this version really exist?...

Try the v8.3.2 installer. You can find it on our support site.

I'm currently on version 8.3.2.
Everything's fine... except for the RS2's record button, which is still inactive on the camera...

I have the same problem with the update 9.5 and my Angelbird AV PRO SE CFexpress B 1TB (SKU AVP1T0CFXBSE) cards. They worked fine with version 8.3.2 but are not recognized after the upgrade to 9.5. I checked the firmware via an Angelbird card reader and the latest available release (AVX2.15) is already installed on the cards. Once I downgrade the camera to 8.3.2 (latest working camera version in regard to the cards) the cards are recognized.

The "Information Note" from August 15th, 2024 explicitly lists this card as compatible. This was published after the release of camera version 8.7 Public Beta on June 27th, 2024, which displays the same behavior (card not recognized) as 9.5 and makes the camera unusable.

I'll contact Blackmagic Support now as others have stated here.

Just to test, have you tried to downgrade card firmware?
May be developers tried camera firmware with previous firmware cards

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This is a good point, unfortunately no older firmware releases for that card are available on the support site from Angelbird. I also have a feeling that this will be a dead end as the camera was released around the same time as the latest firmware update. Also everything worked with Camera 8.3.2, which was released in October 2023, a month after the card firmware AVX 2.15.

It is really sad that I'm stuck with a one and a half year old camera firmware and am missing out on features that are a selling point for this camera in year 2025.

Blackmagic support replied to me stating that they received (quote) "a few isolated reports of unexpected behaviour with certain models of CFexpress Type B cards" and are currently investigating this. They asked me to provide the serial number and a short video showing the behavior

I would like to ask everyone that experiences these issues with the Angelbird cards to contact support about it. The more reports they receive, the higher the probability that the hardware part(s) causing the issue can be identified and the sooner the issue can be fixed.

I have the same problem with the update 9.5 and my Angelbird AV PRO SE CFexpress B 1TB (SKU AVP1T0CFXBSE) cards. They worked fine with version 8.3.2 but are not recognized after the upgrade to 9.5. I checked the firmware via an Angelbird card reader and the latest available release (AVX2.15) is already installed on the cards. Once I downgrade the camera to 8.3.2 (latest working camera version in regard to the cards) the cards are recognized.

The "Information Note" from August 15th, 2024 explicitly lists this card as compatible. This was published after the release of camera version 8.7 Public Beta on June 27th, 2024, which displays the same behavior (card not recognized) as 9.5 and makes the camera unusable.

I'll contact Blackmagic Support now as others have stated here.

Just to test, have you tried to downgrade card firmware?
May be developers tried camera firmware with previous firmware cards

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This is a good point, unfortunately no older firmware releases for that card are available on the support site from Angelbird. I also have a feeling that this will be a dead end as the camera was released around the same time as the latest firmware update. Also everything worked with Camera 8.3.2, which was released in October 2023, a month after the card firmware AVX 2.15.

It is really sad that I'm stuck with a one and a half year old camera firmware and am missing out on features that are a selling point for this camera in year 2025.

Blackmagic support replied to me stating that they received (quote) "a few isolated reports of unexpected behaviour with certain models of CFexpress Type B cards" and are currently investigating this. They asked me to provide the serial number and a short video showing the behavior

I would like to ask everyone that experiences these issues with the Angelbird cards to contact support about it. The more reports they receive, the higher the probability that the hardware part(s) causing the issue can be identified and the sooner the issue can be fixed.

You’re definitely not alone — I’ve experienced the same issue.
You might want to take a look at my post here:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=218881

The fact that they claim these are “isolated cases” doesn’t invalidate the warranty in any way.
I’ve actually sent one of my cameras in for service partly because of this issue.
Truth is, they’re clearly trying to buy time, as they’ve already postponed the reception of my camera by a full week — most likely because they don’t have a proper solution yet.

I’m not saying this is Blackmagic’s official policy, but it’s definitely how the European support center in Amsterdam is handling my case.

i contacted blackmagic, they replied me exactly the same message.hope they will fix it soon !

I've contacted Blackmagic regarding this as well and was told I needed to use an approved CF Express Card. When I replied that I was using one I never heard back. This has been the case with every single beta i've ever tried but none of the past ones had features I wanted badly enough to try and figure out a solution.

[Kristian Lam]

Hi, we are looking into this right now. Strong suspicion it is a software bug.

Thanks for looking into this and communicating so openly about it. Appreciate it.

I have 3 Studio Camera 4k Pro's (first gens). I updated them to the 9.4 firmware that was also released alongside this 9.5 update.... almost everything works.... except the physical Brightness/Contrast/Peaking dials on the right side of the screen. The screen is now stuck on full brightness, full contrast, and full peaking.

I ran the "new" 9.5 update hoping it would fix it.... this then reverted the cameras back to v8.2.... but still the same problem. I tried re-applying the 9.4 update to same results, and running 9.5 update again, and the problem still persists.

I even tried going way back, to a pre 8.2 firmware.... problem persists. I brought it back now to the 9.5 update, and still the issue persists. This is terrible! Renders the screen useless for anything beyond basic framing.

Tried factory resets within every firmware version to no avail. Tried different lenses, too.

At first I thought it was a one-off on the first camera.... but to happen exactly the same on 3 cameras... has anyone had this issue as well?

I have 3 Studio Camera 4k Pro's (first gens). I updated them to the 9.4 firmware that was also released alongside this 9.5 update.... almost everything works.... except the physical Brightness/Contrast/Peaking dials on the right side of the screen. The screen is now stuck on full brightness, full contrast, and full peaking.

I ran the "new" 9.5 update hoping it would fix it.... this then reverted the cameras back to v8.2.... but still the same problem. I tried re-applying the 9.4 update to same results, and running 9.5 update again, and the problem still persists.

I even tried going way back, to a pre 8.2 firmware.... problem persists. I brought it back now to the 9.5 update, and still the issue persists. This is terrible! Renders the screen useless for anything beyond basic framing.

Tried factory resets within every firmware version to no avail. Tried different lenses, too.

At first I thought it was a one-off on the first camera.... but to happen exactly the same on 3 cameras... has anyone had this issue as well?

Glad I saw this post! I have the same camera as well, was going to update it! think I'll wait on this one.

Sent my 6K FF back today, due the card reader problem. I don't want to send anymore back or I'll have nothing to shoot on.

Will the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro get the autofocus feature?