Blackmagic Design’s New Cinema Camera

I went to visit Blackmagic Design at NAB to chat with two marketing guys from BMD and they showed me the new Cinema Camera that was just released. I was a little stunned at first. It looks like a DSLR but bigger. Has a EF mount and a 2.5K sensor that is a bit smaller than Micro Four Thirds. Its 2K camera but  dent give you a 2K recorded image. It’s HD but having the extra resolution gives you a better image. The interesting concept here is that the camera was design to use with DaVinci Reslove in fact it comes with a the full retail version and also UltraScope software. The RAW image is impressive. This can be color graded very easily.

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The crazy part is this only cost $2995. That isn’t a typo! DaVinci Resolve alone cost $1000 and UltraScopes $660 so that puts the camera at $1335.

I’m going back to talk to the R&D guys to talk more about the new camera and give some input. They are interested in feedback. How cool is that. The camera was only a few hours old and already BMD wants to make it better.

I will update this post when I get back from NAB.

Highlights.

• 13 stops of dynamic range
• Three format  choices. Uncompressed CinemaDNG. ProRes. DNxHD
• SSD Media
•  Lens mount is EF
• 2.5K Sensors resolution 2592 x 2192.
• Weighs 3.75 lb

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