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Hollywood quality but indie budget The reworked Blackmagic Pyxis packs a 12K full-frame sensor without breaking the bank B lackmagic’s popular Pyxis cinema camera is now available with the 12K sensor from the Ursa Cine 12K LF, priced at just £5015/$5495 – less than half the cost – in a choice of L, PL or locking EF lens mounts. It uses the same body design as
also a classic Super 35-sized option to create an instant close-up version of a shot that fits seamlessly with open gate footage. Both Pyxis models can shoot in all standard resolutions and frame rates from HD up to DCI 4K and 6K, with 8K and 12K added on this latest model. The Pyxis 12K can shoot in all resolutions at full sensor size. Frame rates reach up to 40fps at 12,288x8040 3:2 open gate, 60fps at 12,288x5112 in a 2.4:1 ratio and 112fps at 4096x2160 4K. On the 6K model, the options include 36fps at 6048x4032 3:2 open gate or 60fps at 4096x2160 4K DCI. The built-in LCD is a four-inch, high- resolution HDR touchscreen, while the optional £310/$325 Pyxis Monitor is a 1500-nit, five-inch HDR touchscreen unit with full camera control. The camera matches to the optional £1606/$1865 Ursa Cine EVF, featuring a 1920x1080 colour OLED display with built-in proximity sensor and four-element glass dioptre. The Pyxis records internally to CFexpress cards or an external SSD via
MAKE THE ATEM SWITCH The second-generation Atem Mini Extreme ISO G2 features an expanded control panel, eight HDMI inputs, three the £2703/$3295 6K Pyxis, featuring a 12,288x8040 RGBW sensor with 16 stops of dynamic range, dual CFexpress media slots, 10G Ethernet and Blackmagic Cloud global sync. The camera’s aluminium body boasts various mounting points for accessory side plates, making it easy to configure for a wide range of uses – either stripped back for gimbals or fitted with handles, microphones or an SSD to record footage. With such a high-resolution sensor, there are plenty of image size options. Using the full area gives an open gate 3:2 image, ideal for reframing in post. The sensor also supports true 6:5 anamorphic without cropping for widescreen cinematic images in very high resolution. There’s
mic/line selectable and offer phantom power. Also new is the Atem Micro Camera Panel, a portable control unit with high-end broadcast controls for Atem switchers. The unit features a large joystick and physical buttons to adjust iris, pedestal, shutter, white- balance, master gain, RGB balance and more for up to eight cameras. This £629/$675 camera control panel also has an internal battery and connects via Bluetooth or USB-C.
includes balanced XLR input as well as a headphone socket for monitoring. This latest version can be used as a shared network disk using the 10G Ethernet port to the internal CFexpress memory card or an external USB disk. It’s a combined switcher and control panel, but can be used in a podcasting studio. For additional mics, the Atem Microphone Converter is capable of connecting via the MADI port, with four analogue inputs that are
HDMI outputs, multiview, a built-in streaming engine, a CFexpress media slot and Thunderbolt for record or playback. There is also 10G Ethernet for fast network storage access, XLR audio inputs, USB webcam, DVE, chroma key, media player and ISO recording of all eight video inputs – all for £2086/$2195. Atem Mini switchers allow you to produce multicamera livestreams for platforms like YouTube, supporting up to eight connected cameras or
inputs from a computer for Powerpoint slides or gaming consoles. There’s built-in picture-in-picture and a range of video effects. The switcher boasts three independent video outputs, and the built-in Thunderbolt connection enables live video capture and playback for real-time effects software or DaVinci Resolve live replays. The CFexpress card is also accessible over a network via 10G Ethernet. For audio, it
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