Open the display door to reveal a 4-inch LCD touchscreen monitor and dual CFast 2.0 and UHS-II SD media slots. The display is backlit and visible in dimly lit studios or direct sunlight. The main display on the camera left door shows timecode, shutter, lens settings, battery, recording status and audio levels. The PL mount provides /i metadata embedded recording. The EF mount offers autofocus and auto/user controlled exposure. You can swap it quickly and easily for an optional EF or F mount. Three internal ND filters and one clear filter with IR compensation can be summoned up with the twist of the ND dial: Clear, 2, 4 or 6 stops. URSA 12K weighs about 5.6 lb and is slightly larger than a large can of Fosters. You can play, edit and grade 4K and 8K projects faster, even work on a laptop. DaVinci Resolve 17.3, also announced today, works up to 3 times faster on Macs with the M1 chip. URSA 12K is a serious camera that shoots stellar Super35 images at an astonishing 79.6 Megapixels per frame (12,288 x 6480) up to 75 fps in 2.39:1 (2.4:1), among many other aspect ratios, frame rates and resolutions.īlackmagic RAW (BRAW) 12-bit files can be nimbly edited and finished even on a laptop. In case you don’t have time to download the complete FDTimes URSA 12K Special Report, here’s a Cliff’s Notes review with some updates:īlackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K is available now from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide for US$5,995. But this thing is now so affordable, it doesn’t matter. I heard some skeptics mutter that price drops sometimes portend progression. That has been a guiding business model of the Melbourne, Australia company-make great products eminently affordable so lots more people can buy them, thus enabling the lower cost. With this new low price for Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K, a much wider range of customers will have access to feature film production.” That is a $4,000 drop from its original $9,999.īlackmagic says, “This price reduction has been made possible by efficiencies in manufacturing combined with an improved supply of 12K sensors.

The Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K can now be had for US$5,995. And yes, the chockers things in this photo cost extra: Bright Tangerine accessories, Preston LR2W with MDR-4 and motors, Teradek BOLT 4K, and SIGMA 18-35 T2 Zoom. “Chockers” is Australian for “fully festooned.” Because the URSA 12K camera package will be shooting major shows, you will see many of them in full chockers mode, like this.

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