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Blackmagic Design announced that HBC Flex has installed a Blackmagic Cintel Film Scanner to archive numerous films they have produced over their more than 50 years of filmmaking. HBC Flex, launched in 1955 as an affiliated company of Hokkaido Broadcasting Co. Ltd., has produced a number of 16mm short films, as well as TV news and TV programs. Such films include images from the Hokkaido Olympics in 1972, promotional films for various cities and towns throughout the Hokkaido area, as well as for corporations, events and constructions. The company has more than 1,000 film titles, many of which are stored currently only as negative film.

“We wanted to check films we have produced with ease and wanted to convert the films to high quality data. These were our long time wishes and challenge. We also knew that we had to reorganize our library for film and tapes,“ said Hiroki Tuchisaka, executive director of HBC Flex. “We use Cintel mainly for data transfer from the 16mm or 35mm negative films we have produced. This includes audio data conversion from audio negative. We also complete data conversion for film that our customers bring to us.”

Tsuchisaka continued, “When using Cintel Film Scanner, you can scan films in HD for 16mm films and 4K for 35 films, which means we can acquire a better quality image.”

The scanned image from the Cintel is checked via a 4K monitor and temporarily saved as RAW data into their 24TB storage. Then the data is sent to LTO, and the RAW data is graded upon request with DaVinci Resolve Studio and then converted to various video files.

“We also own positive films and our client sometimes bring positive films. The colors of those films are fading because they are old or they haven’t been stored properly, and some are scratched . Even though we had a telecine with a built in analog camera, and it was very difficult to extract certain colors from the image and fix it. Using DaVinci Resolve Studio, it is easy to fix individual colors, as well as handling color correction for the overall images. DaVinci Resolve Studio allows us to do a wide variety of color correction tasks. The basic functions of DaVinci Resolve Studio are so similar to other NLE software that it didn’t take too much time to learn basic operations.“



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Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film scanners for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability in post production, while the company’s Emmy™ award winning DaVinci color correction products have dominated the television and film industry since 1984. Blackmagic Design continues ground breaking innovations including 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI products and stereoscopic 3D and Ultra HD workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore and Australia. For more information, please go to www.blackmagicdesign.com.

Sony has revealed that Hubert Napierała is the winner of its FS7 II Documentary competition for his entry ‘Mia the biker dog’. Hubert was chosen by acclaimed cinematographer Philip Bloom for his 60-second documentary about Michal and his dog Mia, who joins him on scenic motorbike ride through Poland. He has been awarded a brand new PXW- FS7M2K, the ultimate documentary filmmaking camera. The competition, announced back in January, was designed to bring creative documentary storytelling to the forefront of filmmaking.

What CFast cards should I use with the Blackmagic URSA Mini and URSA Mini Pro cameras?

The following CFast 2.0 cards are recommended for 2160p RAW up to 30 fps:

KomputerBay 3400x CFast 2.0 Card 64GB

KomputerBay 3400x CFast 2.0 Card 128GB

KomputerBay 3600x CFast 2.0 Card 64GB

Lexar Professional 3500x 128GB

Lexar Professional 3500x 256GB

Lexar Professional 3600x 128GB

Lexar Professional 3600x 256GB

SanDisk Extreme Pro SDCFSP-128G-x46D 128GB

SanDisk Extreme Pro SDCFSP-256G-x46D 256GB

Transcend CFX650 TS128GCFX650 128GB

Transcend CFX650 TS256GCFX650 256GB

Transcend CFX650 TS128GCFX650BM 128GB

Transcend CFX650 TS256GCFX650BM 256GB

Wise CFast 2.0 3400x 128GB

Wise CFast 2.0 3400x 256GB

The following CFast 2.0 cards are recommended for 4K RAW up to 30 fps but have been discontinued by the manufacturer:

Lexar Professional 3400x 128GB

Lexar Professional 3400x 256GB

The following CFast 2.0 cards are recommended for 2160p ProRes 422 HQ up to 60 fps:

Angelbird AVpro CF 160GB

Angelbird AVpro CF 240GB

KomputerBay 3400x CFast 2.0 Card 64GB

KomputerBay 3400x CFast 2.0 Card 128GB

KomputerBay 3600x CFast 2.0 Card 64GB

Lexar Professional 3500x 64GB

Lexar Professional 3500x 128GB

Lexar Professional 3500x 256GB

Lexar Professional 3600x 128GB

Lexar Professional 3600x 256GB

SanDisk Extreme Pro SDCFSP-128G-x46D 128GB

SanDisk Extreme Pro SDCFSP-256G-x46D 256GB

Transcend CFX650 TS128GCFX650 128GB

Transcend CFX650 TS256GCFX650 256GB

Transcend CFX650 TS128GCFX650BM 128GB

Transcend CFX650 TS256GCFX650BM 256GB

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 ProRes 422 HQ up to 60 fps but have been discontinued by the manufacturer:

Lexar Professional 3400x 32GB

Lexar Professional 3400x 64GB

Lexar Professional 3400x 128GB

Lexar Professional 3400x 256GB

What SD cards should I use with the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro?

The following SD cards are recommended for recording up to 2160p30 ProRes HQ:

Delkin Devices UHS-II 250MB/s SDHC 32GB

SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II 300MB/s SDXC 128GB

Toshiba Exercia Pro UHS-II 270MB/s SDXC 64GB

Transcend Ultimate UHS-II 180MB/s SDXC 64GB

The following SD cards are recommended for RAW Lossless recording up to 1080p30:

Delkin Devices UHS-II 250MB/s SDHC 32GB

Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II 300MB/s SDXC 64GB

SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-I 95MB/s SDXC 64GB

Toshiba Exercia Pro UHS-II 270MB/s SDXC 64GB

Toshiba Exercia Pro UHS-II 270MB/s SDXC 256GB

Transcend Ultimate UHS-II 180MB/s SDXC 64GB

The following SD cards are recommended for recording up to 1080p60 ProRes HQ:

Delkin Devices UHS-II 250MB/s SDHC 32GB

Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II 300MB/s SDXC 64GB

Lexar Professional 1000x UHS-II 150MB/s SDXC 64GB

SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-I 95MB/s SDXC 64GB

SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II 300MB/s SDXC 64GB

SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II 300MB/s SDXC 128GB

Toshiba Exercia Pro UHS-II 270MB/s SDXC 64GB

Toshiba Exercia Pro UHS-II 270MB/s SDXC 256GB

Transcend Ultimate UHS-II 180MB/s SDXC 64GB

New podcast in the EDIUS Podcast series covers mono/stereo audio wokflows. Most professional cameras allow recording two separate mono channels, while EDIUS expects a stereo audio track. The new podcast shows how to quickly and easily separate two stereo tracks into monaural channels. Visit podcast.edius.net YouTube channel to watch the ongoing podcast series.

Odyssey7Q and Odyssey7Q+ with the Raw Bundle Option has the ability to record video from two HD cameras or other HD video streams simultaneously, using only one Odyssey. If you have Convergent Design's Raw Bundle Option for Odyssey, and a recent firmware version, you already have the Dual HD Recording feature. Dual Recording simplifies two camera interviews, and other two camera shoots, eliminating the amount of gear that is needed. This feature also allows the user to record one channel of video while also recording a proper video feed from a computer, via HDMI or HD-SDI. The Raw Bundle also allows RAW recording for the highest quality images, and 4K/UHD/2K/HD RAW recorded as Apple ProRes formats for a better image with less media needs (see camera for details).

Other great features of Dual Recording include:

• Match cameras using Odyssey’s Advanced Monitoring tools. This saves time in post, and eliminates easily avoidable issues such as incorrect white balance between cameras.
• Matching file names and identical timecode, therefore simplifying data wrangling and working with the footage in Post.
• Simple to use; Input A is recorded to SSD 1 and input B is recorded to SSD 2.
• Choose the highest quality recordings (Apple ProRes 422 HQ), or the maximum recording time (Apple ProRes Proxy), and options in-between (Apple ProRes 422 and Apple ProRes 422 LT).