Blackmagic Design launches two new full-frame cine cameras at NAB 2024

Table Of Content

• Professional Multi Channel SDI and Analog Audio
• Blackmagic Video Assist 5” 3G
• Fairlight Console Channel Rack Kit
• Blackmagic Design announces Pyxis modular full-frame video camera
• Mount and share over your network media modules from Blackmagic URSA Cine cameras. Includes Blackmagic Cloud sync.
• It also introduced an editing panel for iPads and a 17K 65mm camera.
• Full Resolution at Higher Frame Rates

It'll offer editors control that goes well beyond the already decent Pencil and multitouch input, while keeping a relatively low profile at 7.18 x 14.33 inches. The Color tool introduces "Color Slice," a way to adjust an image based on six vectors (red, green, blue, yellow, cyan and magenta) along with a special skin tone slider. For instance, you can adjust any of those specific colors, easily changing the levels of saturation and hues, while seeing and adjusting the underlying key. The dedicated skin slider will no doubt make it attractive for quick skin tone adjustments. Blank panel to fill in the fader control area of the Fairlight studio console.

Professional Multi Channel SDI and Analog Audio

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time camera recently completed by the US Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory risks making your camera setup seem inadequate. "We have not made any significant progress since last year," says Sigma owner and CEO Kazuto Yamaki, when asked about the planned full-frame Foveon camera. But he still believes in the project and discussed with us what such a camera could still offer. Mood.camera is a new iOS camera app that aims to emulate film photography by offering 14 'film stock' filters, but which, like film, only shows you the results after you take a photo. For our twenty-fifth anniversary, we asked camera and lens makers what they believe to be the most significant products of the past quarter century.

Blackmagic Video Assist 5” 3G

The camera features a series of mounting points for handles, viewfinders and other accessories and has a replaceable side plate that can be swapped-out for one with a SSD/phone holder or a standard rosette connector. Its specs are very similar to the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K I tested late last year. The native resolution is 24-megapixels (6K) on a full 36 x 24mm sensor that allows for up to 13 stops of dynamic range with dual native ISO up to 25,600. It can record 12-bit Blackmagic RAW (BRAW) directly to the CFexpress Type B cards or an SSD. DaVinci Resolve has become a popular option for editors who don't want to pay a monthly subscription for Adobe's Premiere Pro, and is arguably more powerful in some ways.

Fairlight Console Channel Rack Kit

With both HDMI and SDI inputs you can connect it to any consumer camera, broadcast camera or even DSLR cameras. Blackmagic Video Assist models all feature 4 different types of professional scopes for technical monitoring and signal evaluation. You get full waveform monitoring, an RGB parade, vectorscope and histogram. It’s fast and easy to display the scopes full screen or you can set scopes to overlay on top of your video. When scopes are active, but you still need to see your video images, simply tap the picture-in-picture icon to display the video into a separate, smaller floating window on top of the scopes. The scopes support both standard and high dynamic range signals and will automatically change their graticule when a HDR input format is detected.

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Get incredibly fast audio editing for sound engineers working on tight deadlines! Includes LCD screen, touch sensitive control knobs, built in search dial and full keyboard with multi function keys. These hands-on lessons will teach you how to create visual effects and motion graphics directly inside DaVinci Resolve, without importing or exporting large media files between applications. You’ll learn how its node-based interface makes it easy to quickly build sophisticated effects and quickly make changes.

The aluminum is precision machined into the intricate shape needed to house the connections and touchscreen display. The mounting points are designed into the strong aluminum frame for maximum durability. You get a heavy duty metal that is comfortable enough to hold in your hand and still light enough to be mounted on even the smallest rig.

"where else could the display go?" They could've make a folding screen, like on old URSAs and the majority of mirrorless cameras. You can say it would increase the cost, but I'm sure that a hinge would increase the price less than buying an extenal monitor. Blackmagic PYXIS features a built hardware streaming engine that supports RTMP and SRT streaming to YouTube, Facebook, X and more.

Blackmagic is highly secretive, and unlike most other camera manufacturers, new products rarely leak ahead of its online press conferences—and as such, we don't really know what we have in store. But let's hope for new additions to its Ursa and Pocket Cinema Camera ranges and to its highly regarded video editing software, DaVinci Resolve. The combination of Black Magic's cameras, editing software and editing hardware makes for a high quality, very streamlined and very economical workflow. Kudos to BM for listening to users, and not least for offering a software with (so far) unlimited upgrades without additional fees, and a very functional free version for those on a budget.

Full Resolution at Higher Frame Rates

The latest version 19 takes a page from its rival, though, with a bunch of new AI-powered features for effects, color, editing, audio and more. Optional B4 lens mount with precision optics and spherical aberration correction specifically designed to match the camera’s sensor so you can use your existing B4 HD broadcast lenses. Allows mounting standard 19 inch rack mount equipment in the channel control area of the Fairlight studio console. Complete Fairlight studio console with 4 channel faders, 4 channel controls, 1 audio editor, 5 LCD monitors and 5 bay chassis. Complete Fairlight studio console with 3 channel faders, 3 channel controls, 1 audio editor, 4 LCD monitors and 4 bay chassis. Complete Fairlight studio console with 2 channel faders, 2 channel controls, 1 audio editor, 3 LCD monitors and 3 bay chassis.

Most films are not shot in raw - especially not the ones in the price category this camera plays in. No one wants to have to transcode - and a lot of editing houses just outright don't want raw format. It's not only about size, but having all those features without needing extra accessories. All the inputs and outputs are already included, the large batteries attaches directly to the back of the camera. The only thing really missing is a viewfinder or an articulated monitor, which admittedly ads to the cost.

Or the PL model lets customers work with professional cinema lenses from Zeiss, ARRI, Cooke and more without needing an adapter. Featuring a revolutionary 12K Super 35mm 80 megapixel sensor with generation 5 color science and 14 stops of dynamic range, URSA Mini Pro 12K is designed for high end feature film production. This price point gives you access to some of the most all-round capable cameras available.

The first thing to get used to is how much size and weight shooting with any external recorder adds. The use of such a big screen immediately limits your ability to 'run and gun.' If you're just trying to grab some quick, on-the-move, on-the-fly footage, the Video Assist will slow you down. However, if you have the few extra moments to consider each shot, it increases the chances of you getting it right as well as increasing the quality of your footage. As a result, Blackmagic has to publish a list of SD cards it recommends for its higher frame rates and codecs.

It was easy enough to upload a LUT using the desktop-based software, meaning I can shoot Log but with a comprehensible preview. Equally, once you get used to shooting with False Colors, it's awkward to live without them. Revising this design would speed up operation of the Video Assist considerably. The downside of using the common LP-E6 batteries is that, although pretty powerful in comparison with other DSLR batteries, they're tiny compared to some of the huge L-series blocks you can get. Consequently, you'll need a handful of them if you're planning an extended shoot away from a power supply.

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Excellent image quality, powerful autofocus and great looking video are the least you can expect. You can quickly adjust audio levels using the HUD, but for complete control over audio settings, you can use the audio tab on the dashboard. Tap to change source inputs for any channel from XLR mic to XLR Line or video. You also get level sliders and realtime meters, along with a pad control for reducing the level on hot sources.

Good travel cameras should be small, versatile, and offer good image quality. In this buying guide we've rounded-up several great cameras for travel and recommended the best. I have it, and use it for backup recording from a Blackmagic Ursa Mini Pro. Many people who read this site don't own (or want) a prosumer video camera and might, instead, want to make the most of what their existing large sensor camera and lenses can do. And, despite a couple of gripes about its operation, the Video Assist 4K is still a very easy-to-use, well specified device. Overall, though, the Video Assist is really easy to use, even for a novice like me.