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Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:15 am
by Willem Timmersma
What's new in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3
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

Minimum system requirements for Mac OS X

Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks or later
Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion or later
A suitable USB 2.0 port
Thunderbolt port for UltraScope and Media Express when using Blackmagic Cinema Camera or Blackmagic Production Camera 4K

Minimum system requirements for Windows

Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
A suitable USB 2.0 port
A suitable Thunderbolt port when using Blackmagic Cinema Camera or Blackmagic Production Camera 4K

Installing Blackmagic Camera Utility

Before installing the software, we recommend that you run "Uninstall Camera Utility" first.

After loading the software on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera EF or MFT, you may notice a slight flickering on the built-in LCD screen. This is normal and expected behaviour. The flickering will go away after a few minutes of operation.
The Blackmagic Camera Installer package installs:

Blackmagic Camera Utility
Blackmagic Media Express
Blackmagic UltraScope
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test

Additional Information

Some applications may use third party code under license. For details please refer to the included "Third Party Licenses.rtf" document.

© 2014 Blackmagic Design Pty. Ltd. All rights reserved. Blackmagic Design, Blackmagic, DeckLink, Multibridge, HDLink, Videohub, and "Leading the creative video revolution" are trademarks of Blackmagic Design Pty. Ltd., registered in the U.S.A and other countries.

Updated August 21, 2014.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:21 am
by Yann Kibongui
Some good news here ! :D

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:25 am
by Willem Timmersma
Probably the most wanted update! :)

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:36 am
by Terry O Leary
What a wonderful day!

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:39 am
by Jeff Meadows
Yes! I'm so happy right now! lol!

Just in time for todays shoot too!

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:42 am
by Basil Hayes
I'd love to see a screenshot of the histogram, time remaining and audio level indicators on the BMPCC screen, anyone? I guess that the output from the HDMI can still be clean?

It would be great if in a future update (not knocking Blackmagic at all with this, I think the updates they are doing are great) the buttons could be user configurable.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:46 am
by Kristian Lam
Basil wrote:I'd love to see a screenshot of the histogram, time remaining and audio level indicators on the BMPCC screen, anyone? I guess that the output from the HDMI can still be clean?


http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/product ... nemacamera

Yes, the HDMI output can still be clean.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:52 am
by Arunas Eimulis
Its great!

But camera buttons would be muuutch more usable if they'd control iso and shutter speed,
I'd be more comfortable to access histogram from the menu

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:53 am
by Basil Hayes
And there it is, many thanks Kristian, looking good.

I shall be updating my two tonight.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:54 am
by Terry O Leary
Just being messing around with the update for a while, I love the hide/show function for the audio meters/hist, great job!

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:56 am
by Basil Hayes
What are the extended white balance and shutter angle options?

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:56 am
by Robert Betzner
What about the "Clean output 1080i"-bug?

Does the camera finally output 1080i again if you switch off the overlays? Beacause you broke this functionality for the Pocket with version 1.5.1. Since that version the Pocket outputs always 1080p even if you switch off the ovelays which makes it impossible to use with your ATEM switcher line.

Cheers

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:57 am
by Nikolay Smirnov
OMG, new WB and Shutter increasments, NOW THAT IS WHAT I WANTED.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:38 am
by Terry O Leary
I'd love to know if anyone else is experiencing this too as it wasn't mentioned in the firmware notes, but I'm getting seriously better battery level accuracy, down to the percentage the whole way from 100% - 0%

Maybe this was added recently and I just didn't notice?

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:04 am
by Nikolay Smirnov
Terry O Leary wrote:I'd love to know if anyone else is experiencing this too as it wasn't mentioned in the firmware notes, but I'm getting seriously better battery level accuracy, down to the percentage the whole way from 100% - 0%

Maybe this was added recently and I just didn't notice?

what camera are you using?

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:22 am
by Christian Horne
Must be for the Pocket camera as I'm still getting 100-75-50-10% battery indication on my BMCC, maybe it's because it has a different type battery compared to the internal BMCC battery?

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:26 am
by kevinconder
The bmcc is now a much different, more usable, camera than what was originally released. And here we are 2 years after release,(really like a year since people got them) and, as far as I'm concerned no camera, other than the other bms, near it's price class produces a better image. For a narrative film, I'd take it over what I've seen so far from gh4, a7s, fs100, canon markIII.

BMs raw, graded in davinci, is just better. Period.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:30 am
by olan_collardy
Nikolay Smirnov wrote:OMG, new WB and Shutter increasments, NOW THAT IS WHAT I WANTED.


is this available on BMPC4K too?

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:38 am
by Ulysses Paiva
Finally!

Lets give it a try and be amazed... :D

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:40 am
by Terry O Leary
Nikolay Smirnov wrote:
Terry O Leary wrote:I'd love to know if anyone else is experiencing this too as it wasn't mentioned in the firmware notes, but I'm getting seriously better battery level accuracy, down to the percentage the whole way from 100% - 0%

Maybe this was added recently and I just didn't notice?

what camera are you using?



Sorry yea, I'm using the pocket cameras, tested in on both of them with the new firmware and they are both now showing totally accurate batt readout the whole way through, really useful

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:52 am
by Christian Horne
Hi Terry,
just so I'm clear on your battery read out, is your readout displaying 1% increments when your battery display or 100-75-50-10% increments? If you are getting 1% increments when did you purchase your BMCC?

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:52 am
by adamroberts
olan_collardy wrote:
Nikolay Smirnov wrote:OMG, new WB and Shutter increasments, NOW THAT IS WHAT I WANTED.


is this available on BMPC4K too?


Not yet. In the next update probably.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:59 am
by David Sandberg
Awesome!
Basil wrote:What are the extended white balance and shutter angle options?

White balance:
    2500K
    2800K
    3000K
    3200K
    3400K
    3600K
    4000K
    4500K
    4800K
    5000K
    5200K
    5400K
    5600K
    6000K
    6500K
    7000K
    7500K
    8000K
Shutter:
    11.25°
    15°
    22.5°
    30°
    37.5°
    45°
    60°
    72°
    75°
    90°
    108°
    120°
    144°
    150°
    172.8°
    180°
    216°
    270°
    324°
    360°

By the way, anyone know if the histogram is calculated in a funky way? I can make the highlights on the histogram look safe but still have zebras (at 100%) show up (800 ISO, 180° shutter).

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:07 am
by Terry O Leary
Christian Horne wrote:Hi Terry,
just so I'm clear on your battery read out, is your readout displaying 1% increments when your battery display or 100-75-50-10% increments? If you are getting 1% increments when did you purchase your BMCC?


Hey mate,

To clarify, I'm referring to the Pocket cameras, not the BMCC or BMPC. One of which was purchased a year ago, the other just over a month. Yea the readout is displaying in 1% increments, not the 100-75-50-10 as before.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:17 am
by Basil Hayes
Thanks David much appreciated,

This post about histogram and zebras should help you with your query - http://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewforum.php?f=2

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:42 am
by Tyler Edwards
This is great news! BMD is doing awesome things!

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:59 am
by joechiazza
olan_collardy wrote:
Nikolay Smirnov wrote:OMG, new WB and Shutter increasments, NOW THAT IS WHAT I WANTED.


is this available on BMPC4K too?

Is it availble for the 4k? This is awesome!


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Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:00 pm
by joechiazza
BMD is doing awesome on updates. I seriously hope they keep it up!


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Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:30 pm
by adamroberts
joechiazza wrote:
olan_collardy wrote:is this available on BMPC4K too?

Is it availble for the 4k?

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=26375#p164128

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:32 pm
by Tim Callaghan
Gol Gol Gol Gol Gol Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!

Well done boys (and girls), pat yourselves on the back for getting this delivered. You took your time, but you have delivered, and what's more...additional value.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 3:35 pm
by Göran Diffner
Robert Betzner wrote:What about the "Clean output 1080i"-bug?

Does the camera finally output 1080i again if you switch off the overlays? Beacause you broke this functionality for the Pocket with version 1.5.1. Since that version the Pocket outputs always 1080p even if you switch off the ovelays which makes it impossible to use with your ATEM switcher line.

Cheers


I am intersested in this too did somebody test this?

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 3:45 pm
by Scott Stacy
Yes!! Yes!!! Yes!!!

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 3:51 pm
by Peter Odio
This was my wish list. I was told by Dan May that RAW compressed will not happen on the BMCC. Audio meters: Done. SSD Minutes remaining: Done. Thirds on camera. Maybe?

Re: BMCC Firmware 1.9 feature requests.
Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:27 pm

For the BMCC 2.5K
1 - Compressed RAW on BMCC
2 - Audio meters
3 - SSD minutes remaining
4 - Thirds on the camera monitor

Thanks.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:06 pm
by David Sandberg
Peter Odio wrote:I was told by Dan May that RAW compressed will not happen on the BMCC.
Any reason given why this can't be done?

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:23 pm
by Lorenzo Straight
Nice. Thanks BMD. Much more useful camera now.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:27 pm
by joechiazza
Anybody else wish that we could get a slower shutter speed than 360?

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:50 pm
by Edward Zaee
joechiazza wrote:Anybody else wish that we could get a slower shutter speed than 360?



Wut?
:?

Btw, thank you Blackmagicdesign team, keep up the good work.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:58 pm
by joechiazza
Edward Zaee wrote:
joechiazza wrote:Anybody else wish that we could get a slower shutter speed than 360?



Wut?
:?

Btw, thank you Blackmagicdesign team, keep up the good work.

Longer shutter than 360, to do light streaks and stuff like that.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 5:02 pm
by David Sandberg
joechiazza wrote:Anybody else wish that we could get a slower shutter speed than 360?
Technically speaking that's not possible since 360 degrees means that it's open for the entire duration of the frame. I guess you mean it would be nice to do long exposures during timelapses?

It seems that when doing timelapses right now it still counts the shutter angle as if it were 24 fps or something.
If it really was a proper 360 degree shutter when you're at, say 1 fps, the frame would be exposed for that whole second (and you'd get streaks from moving lights etc).

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 5:08 pm
by Kevin DeOliveira
Awesome!

I'm really bummed the new white balance increments for the 4k weren't part of the update, but I'm super happy they are coming. So very necessary.

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 5:31 pm
by Nicolas Belokurov
I wonder if the shutter angle could be controlled in real time in a future firmware

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 5:33 pm
by Nicolas Belokurov
P.S. Awesome update, thanks BMD!

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 5:51 pm
by raadgie
Great JOB!

And now more FPS!!! 8-)

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 5:57 pm
by Nicolas Belokurov
raadgie wrote:Great JOB!

And now more FPS!!! 8-)



More FPS === URSA :P

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 6:07 pm
by raadgie
Nicolas Belokurov wrote:
raadgie wrote:Great JOB!

And now more FPS!!! 8-)



More FPS === URSA :P


Clearly, I will come to see how you install the URSA on a helmet or bike.

... ever 50/60 .... pls :D

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 6:22 pm
by Nicolas Belokurov
raadgie wrote:
Nicolas Belokurov wrote:
raadgie wrote:Great JOB!

And now more FPS!!! 8-)



More FPS === URSA :P


Clearly, I will come to see how you install the URSA on a helmet or bike.

... ever 50/60 .... pls :D


Just look for a bigger helmet LOL

Image

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 6:24 pm
by matt brown
Nice update Blackmagic.. thanks :)

It would be the icing on the cake to get slower shutter speeds for time lapse as mentioned above :) :)

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 6:34 pm
by Thomas Thiele
And frames for 4:3, 3:2, 1:2.35 etc ... at least for 1:2.35

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 6:56 pm
by Alex Krukov
Thanks BMD this is what i need!(dream) Nice update!!)))

Re: Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 - BMCC & BMPCC support

PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:01 pm
by Michael Sharps
Christmas in August! Great implementation of the new features (I have the bmpcc). THANK YOU!!