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Compatible with any HDMI / SDI camera, Sphere is the most flexible 360º monitoring and streaming solution for 4-camera VR rigs! Its 4 USB ports offer an integrated power solution for GoPro rigs and its stereo analog audio input allows you to embed the output of your soundboard right into the live feed. Sphere also includes twin Lemo power connectors for redundant power and dual 10/100 Ethernet ports for Internet connectivity and attaching a second Sphere unit.

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K original files now available! Now you can download a selection of camera original media files from Mark Wyatt, John Brawley and Andreas Neumann’s test shoots. These clips are available now at http://bmd.link/qNnJcK. In addition, Blackmagic Design has published two new tests: „Bugs“ from DP Peter Nearhos (https://youtu.be/OvcTDeOUCv8) shot using a Laowa Probe lens for macro filmmaking and; and „Mountain Bike“ from Joey Knox (https://youtu.be/7U_O5YBret0) testing the camera’s high speed performance.

Simply connect to any Ethernet port. That’s it. Your camera is now a source for all NDI compatible systems and software on your network! Connect, capture, and control with a single network cable. No need for extra connections, cables, and messy setups.

This software update adds support for Dolby Vision certification along with fixes and improvements for dynamic project switching, faster save speeds, better text encoding for subtitles, improved RED IPP2 gamut mapping and more. DaVinci Resolve 15.0.1 update also addresses playback issues for Fusion clips with premultiplied alpha, improves HDR10+ support, makes it possible to render to unmapped drives on Windows, and includes additional general performance and stability improvements.

John Brawley talks about the new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. ‘Models Close up at Night’ is his third camera test where he checked out the camera’s ability to handle different skin tones in very low light conditions.

“This camera test was about shooting different skin tones in different low light conditions, so we wanted to keep it simple using the least amount of artificial lighting. We had a hotel room in Atlanta where we shot from 3pm until 11pm and got through about 70-80 shots cycling through different lighting and skin conditions. When you can get really great pictures at ISO3200 and above, things suddenly get very interesting. In this test, we were shooting two hours after sunset and you can still see blue sky around the buildings in the background! This camera can really read a long way into the shadows, which was a big surprise.”

“I see this camera as continuing the evolution that Blackmagic started with the Pocket Cinema Camera by now making it 4K. Having something that we can work with in really low light like this, means you can still get really great results with any type of ambient light.”

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Apple ProRes 422 HQ
ISO1000 and 3200
Micro Four Thirds lenses