NEWS AGENDA 17 is the magic number The latest Blackmagic Ursa Cine camera packs in a massive 17K resolution on its huge 65mm sensor B lackmagic is always on a mission to build cameras that rival the best from boutique manufacturers at far cheaper
Alternatively, the optional Media Module CF has dual CFexpress slots. There is also support for creating small H.264 proxy files in addition to the original camera media when recording. These can upload to Blackmagic Cloud in seconds so that media is available for editing in real time. The ability to transfer media directly into DaVinci Resolve’s media bin as editors has never been possible before. The camera can also livestream with a built-in system that supports RTMP and SRT protocols to major platforms or clients. The Ursa Cine can be used with the optional Cine EVF which is a 1920x1080 colour OLED display with a built-in
side of the fold-out monitor has a large five-inch HDR touchscreen and the other an external colour status LCD. On the right side of the camera there’s a dedicated assist station with a second HDR touchscreen, as well as a focus puller’s mode. The Ursa Cine uses Blackmagic’s own Raw files to store its metadata, lens data, white-balance, digital slate information and custom LUTs to ensure consistency throughout post-production. It also has an optical low-pass filter with updated IR filtering to boost the red colour response for next-level image fidelity. This is the first digital film camera with ultra-fast, high-capability Cloud Store technology built in. High-speed internal memory allows users to directly access files over high-speed 10G Ethernet.
prices. This is the case with the new Ursa Cine 17K 65 which is a large format digital film camera with a 65mm RGBW sensor that costs from £27,966/$29,995 – far from cheap but a fraction of the cost of anything similar by the likes of Arri. The incredible new Ursa offers 16 stops of dynamic range and Blackmagic Raw syncing to DaVinci Resolve for total integration into the post-production workflow. The 17,520x8040 sensor has larger photosites for lower noise and increased dynamic range, interchangeable PL, LPL and Hasselblad lens mounts as well as industry-standard Lemo and Fischer connections. It also comes with 8TB of SSD storage built in to capture over four hours of Blackmagic Raw in 17K using the full 65mm sensor, or up to 20 hours in 4K. The camera also includes high-speed
proximity sensor and four- element glass dioptre for a wide focus adjustment.
networking for media uploads and syncing to Blackmagic Cloud. The larger sensor builds on the technology of Ursa Mini Pro 12K, which has a unique RGBW architecture that provides equal numbers of red, green and blue pixels. This delivers rich colours at all resolutions and, with its large sensor, cinematic images due to the shallow depth- of-field. The body is a robust magnesium alloy chassis and lightweight carbon-
fibre polycarbonate composite skin and has 12G‑SDI out, 10G Ethernet, USB-C and XLR audio. The lens mount options all have contact pins to read lens metadata for faster post-production. One
BIG TIME Massive sensor and resolution comes to Blackmagic with this 17K monster!
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