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What media should I use with Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K?
This Information Note identifies CFast cards, SD cards and USB-C drives recommended for use when shooting with Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K.

The following CFast 2.0 cards are recommended for 4K DCI Lossless RAW up to 30 fps.
Angelbird AV PRO CF 128GB
Angelbird AV PRO CF 256GB
Angelbird AV PRO CF 512GB
Cinedisk 510MB/s CFast 2.0 256GB*
KomputerBay 3400x CFast 2.0 128GB
ProGrade Digital 550MB/s CFast 2.0 256GB
ProGrade Digital 550MB/s CFast 2.0 512GB
SanDisk Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 SDCFSP-64G-x46D 64GB
SanDisk Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 SDCFSP-128G-x46D 128GB
SanDisk Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 SDCFSP-256G-x46D 256GB
Sony CFast 2.0 G Series CAT-G64 64GB
Sony CFast 2.0 G Series CAT-G128 128GB
WISE CFast 2.0 3400x 128GB
WISE CFast 2.0 3400x 256GB
WISE CFast 2.0 3500x 512GB

The following CFast 2.0 cards are recommended for 4K DCI 3:1 RAW up to 60 fps.
Angelbird AV PRO CF 128GB
Angelbird AV PRO CF 256GB
Angelbird AV PRO CF 512GB
Cinedisk 510MB/s CFast 2.0 256GB*
KomputerBay 3400x CFast 2.0 128GB
ProGrade Digital 550MB/s CFast 2.0 256GB
ProGrade Digital 550MB/s CFast 2.0 512GB
SanDisk Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 SDCFSP-64G-x46D 64GB
SanDisk Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 SDCFSP-128G-x46D 128GB
SanDisk Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 SDCFSP-256G-x46D 256GB
Sony CFast 2.0 G Series CAT-G64 64GB
Sony CFast 2.0 G Series CAT-G128 128GB
WISE CFast 2.0 3400x 128GB
WISE CFast 2.0 3400x 256GB
WISE CFast 2.0 3500x 512GB

The following CFast 2.0 cards are recommended for 4K DCI ProRes HQ up to 60 fps.
Angelbird AVpro CF 128GB
Angelbird AVpro CF 256GB
Angelbird AVpro CF 512GB
Cinedisk 510MB/s CFast 2.0 256GB*
KomputerBay 3400x CFast 2.0 128GB
ProGrade Digital 550MB/s CFast 2.0 256GB
ProGrade Digital 550MB/s CFast 2.0 512GB
SanDisk Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 SDCFSP-64G-x46D 64GB
SanDisk Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 SDCFSP-128G-x46D 128GB
SanDisk Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 SDCFSP-256G-x46D 256GB
Sony CFast 2.0 G Series CAT-G64 64GB
Sony CFast 2.0 G Series CAT-G128 128GB
WISE CFast 2.0 3400x 128GB
WISE CFast 2.0 3400x 256GB
WISE CFast 2.0 3500x 512GB

What SD cards should I use with Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K?

The following SD cards are recommended for 4K DCI 4:1 RAW up to 60 fps.
Sony Tough SF-G164T 64GB
Sony Tough SF-G128T 128GB
Toshiba Exceria Pro UHS-II N502 SDXC 32GB

The following SD cards are recommended for 1080p Lossless RAW up to 60 fps.
WISE SDXC UHS-II 64GB
WISE SDXC UHS-II 128GB
Sony Tough SF-G164T 64GB
Sony Tough SF-G128T 128GB
Toshiba Exceria Pro UHS-II N502 SDXC 32GB
Toshiba Exceria Pro UHS-II N502 SDXC 64GB
Toshiba Exceria Pro UHS-II N502 SDXC 128GB
Toshiba Exceria Pro UHS-II N502 SDXC 256GB

The following SD cards are recommended for 4K DCI Lossless RAW up to 24 fps.
WISE SDXC UHS-II 64GB
WISE SDXC UHS-II 128GB
Toshiba Exceria Pro UHS-II N502 SDXC 32GB
Sony Tough SF-G164T 64GB
Sony Tough SF-G128T 128GB

The following SD cards are recommended for 4K DCI ProRes HQ up to 60 fps.
WISE SDXC UHS-II 64GB
WISE SDXC UHS-II 128GB
Sony Tough SF-G164T 64GB
Sony Tough SF-G128T 128GB

What USB‑C drives should I use with Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K?

The following USB‑C drives are recommended for 4K DCI Lossless RAW up to 30 fps.
Angelbird SSD2GO PKT 512GB
Angelbird SSD2GO PKT 2TB
WISE Portable SSD 256GB
WISE Portable SSD 512GB
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB

The following USB‑C drives are recommended for 4K DCI 3:1 RAW up to 60 fps.
Angelbird SSD2GO PKT 512GB
Angelbird SSD2GO PKT 2TB
WISE Portable SSD 256GB
WISE Portable SSD 512GB
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB

The following USB‑C drives are recommended for 4K DCI ProRes HQ up to 60 fps
Angelbird SSD2GO PKT 512GB
Angelbird SSD2GO PKT 2TB
Glyph Atom 500GB
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB
Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD 1TB
WISE Portable SSD 256GB
WISE Portable SSD 512GB

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Datavideo announced the HS-3200, 1080p all-in-one hand carried production studio with built-in streaming encoder and recorder. The HS-3200 has a 12-channel video switcher, 17.3” LCD monitor for multi-view, H.264 streaming encoder, and recorder; which are all built inside the Datavideo’s iconic suitcase style chassis. You no longer need to connect multiple products in your workflow for switching, monitoring, streaming, and recording.

Ultimatte’s superior keying technology allows the broadcaster to handle a range of skin tones and hair colors for weather, sports and analysis segments produced as part of its daily Sunrise breakfast program.

 Grass Valley released a new version of its popular EDIUS NLE software for Windows. The 9.31 update is free for all EDIUS 9 users and contains minor improvements and several new features:

EDIUS 9.31 New Features

 Extension of the "Edit marker" dialogue

 Both the Pro and Workgroup versions now contain an extended “Edit marker” dialogue box. In this the color of the marker is now freely selectable. For the division into chapters for Blu-ray, DVD, Flash Video and Stratus the standard orange marks are available. The out-point and duration can be set. Sequence markers now have an anchor option. For an even faster access to the dialogue box, it is now also possible to set a keyboard shortcut or a button. Details about this function can be found in our EDIUS podcast "New in EDIUS 9.31".

 Support for the new Fujifilm X-T3

 EDIUS now also supports the HEVC/H.265 footage of the Fujifilm X-T3. Thus, all formats of the new mirrorless system camera can now be processed directly.

 New Nikon N-Log color space

 EDIUS now also supports the new Nikon color space N-Log. This means that virtually all currently known log formats such as Arri Log-C, Canon C-Log, DJI D-Log, Fujifilm F-Log, JVC J-Log, Panasonic V-Log and Sony S-Log can be processed directly. This support also allows for a simple color space conversion via the primary color correction.

 Workgroup version only

 Preview device: Video-out conversion

 This feature is interesting for users who e.g. work with UHD in 50p, but only use a UHD 25p editing card or just an HD monitor. Until now there was simply no output possibility if the preview device did not support the project format. Now the conversion allows a preview of higher resolutions and frame rates. An algorithm checks which conversion format is the most reasonable and compatible with the hardware. Both in the Pro and in the Workgroup version 9.31 the preview mode is displayed in the status bar. Depending on the conversion mode, a corresponding symbol is displayed. Details about this function can be found in our EDIUS podcast "New in EDIUS 9.31".

 Monitor Control

 The Workgroup version offers a special HDR Monitor Control function. This function takes over the color space control for compatible monitors. Currently some EIZO monitors are already supported, from version 9.31 now also the model "EIZO ColorEdge CG279X".