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Panasonic has introduced some very exciting promotionsto attract new users to the world of the LUMIX S family of products.As part of the campaign, you get a free Zhiyun Crane 3 Lab stabilizer with the purchase of the S1, S1R or S1H bodies or the S1R + R24105 and S1 + R24105 kits! For the duration of the campaign, discounted S1 and S1R body kits are also on sale along with the LUMIX S PRO 24-70mm f/2.8, LUMIX S Pro 50mm f/1.4 or LUMIX S Pro 70-200mm f/4.0 OIS or S1H + LUMIX S PRO 24-70mm f/2.8 lenses. Valid only until February 29, 2020 or until sold out

This update improves camera startup time on both the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K and 6K. In addition, Blackmagic Camera 6.8 update features faster mounting for media cards and disks that contain a large number of clips and fixes an issue that prevented EF lens stabilization from being turned on in certain cases. Blackmagic Camera 6.8 update also features higher resolution 2.40:1 recording with an increased vertical resolution of 1720 pixels on the 4K model.

What's new in Blackmagic Camera Setup 6.8
New features for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Improve camera startup time.
Improved USB PTP control performance.
Increase 4K 2.40:1 recording pixel height from 1712 to 1720.
Fixed issue with slow mounting of media containing large number of clips.

New features for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
Improve camera startup time.
Improved USB PTP control performance.
Fixed issue with slow mounting of media containing large number of clips.
Fixed issue where EF lens stabilization cannot be turned on if camera is started with lens IS turned off.

No new features in 6.8 for other camera models.

What's new in Blackmagic RAW 1.6.1
Added Blackmagic URSA Broadcast support.
Blackmagic RAW Avid Media Composer plugin general performance and stability improvements.
Blackmagic RAW Adobe Premiere Pro plugin general performance and stability improvements.

Thenew update for Blackmagic Audio Monitor 12G implements support for additional 1080, 2K and 4K formats (e.g. 1080p47.95, 1080p48, 2K p29.97 DCI, 2K p30 DCI, 2K p47.95 DCI, 2K p48 DCI, 2K p50 DCI, 2K p59.94 DCI, 2K p60 DCI, 2K PsF29.97 DCI, 2K PsF30 DCI, 4K p29.97 DCI and 4K p30 DCI) as well as support for 64 channels of embedded audio on the 12G-SDI interface! Download here

The recently announced Wooden Camera and Core SWX (primarily) accessories for the Sony FX9 are now going on sale:

Core SWX CXV-FX9 (Sony PXW-FX9 V-Mount Plate)
Core SWX CXA-FX9 (Sony PXW-FX9 Gold Mount Plate)
Core SWX Hypercore NEO Slim V-Mount (98Wh)
Core SWX Hypercore NEO Slim Gold Mount (98Wh)
Wooden Camera Battery Slide Pro V-MountMount (Sony FX9)
Wooden Camera Battery Slide Pro Gold Mount (Sony FX9)
Wooden Camera Sony FX9 Unified Accessory Kit (Base)
Wooden Camera Sony FX9 Unified Accessory Kit (Advanced)
Wooden Camera Sony FX9 Unified Accessory Kit (Pro)
Wooden Camera Top Plate (Sony FX9)
Wooden Camera Unified Baseplate (Sony FX9, FS7, Canon C300 Mk. II)