Blackmagic Design's Pocket Cinema Camera 4K is a handheld digital camera designed that features a full 4/3 HDR sensor, dual native ISO with up to 25600 ISO and 13 stops of dynamic range. It reportedly removes the need for external recorders with a USB-C expansion port, allowing users to record to built-in SD/UHS-II and CFast recorders or to external disks.
The 4/3 HDR sensor offers a native 4096 x 2160 resolution. Its size is said to match MFT lenses, meaning the crop factor is significantly reduced, providing a wider field of view. An MFT lens mount is included on the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, as is a 5-inch touchscreen monitor, 10-bit ProRes and 12-bit RAW recording, 3D LUTs, four built-in microphones, a mini XLR audio input with phantom power, Bluetooth wireless camera control and HDMI on-set monitoring output.
The camera is made from carbon fiber polycarbonate composite to keep it strong, yet light. Users hold on to a multifunctional grip that features buttons and dials that provide access to functions such as recording start/stop, still photo capture, ISO, shutter, aperture, white balance and power.
The camera can record 4K images at up to 60fps and windowed HD at up to 120fps. It also includes Blackmagic's fourth-generation colour science technology that lets users shoot HDR images in a variety of modes.
The manufacturer has also released DaVinci Resolve 15, an update designed to completely integrate visual effects and motion graphics. This, Blackmagic states, makes it ‘the world’s first solution to combine professional offline and online editing, colour correction, audio postproduction, multi-user collaboration and visual effects together in one software tool'.
In addition, DaVinci Resolve 15 adds a new Fusion page with more than 250 tools for compositing, paint, particles and animated titles among other functions. It also includes an update to Fairlight audio, as well as more than 100 other feature additions and improvements that users have requested.
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