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John Brawley talks about the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K for the first time. ‘Models Walking in Daylight’ is his first camera test where he checked out the camera’s ability to handle different skin tones.

“The whole point to this daylight test was to see how the camera handled skin tones. We were shooting these scenes later in the afternoon, so I was at ISO1000 or 1250, so it was at the lower ISO for this camera. I understand this gives more in dynamic range, so you have a little bit more highlight-headroom there. When I look at those shots now, I am really impressed at how good the dynamic range is. It is great to see all of that detail I was seeing was actually captured in those shots.”

“I don’t think people realize how easy it is to make things look cinematic with Micro Four Thirds! I know that there are a lot of people who like that 35mm full frame look, but it’s still very easy to get images with an out of focus background with the Micro Four Thirds sensor. I found it a great 4K sensor and really good compromise for a small camera that still gets really, really good looking pictures.”

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Apple ProRes 422 HQ
ISO1000 and 1250
Olympus Pro 25, 45, 1.2 micro and Olympus Pro 12-100 F4 zoom Micro Four Thirds lenses

Filmmaker Mark Wyatt tested the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K’s 4K performance in the extreme lighting conditions of rainforests and ravines!

“The camera tests I wanted to do were in the forests and waterfalls on the outer West Coast of Canada. I was really interested in seeing how the new sensor would handle these harsh lighting conditions. By increasing the ISO to an impressive 1250 and 2500, it allowed me to capture the dark moss-lined walls and unique emerald color, yet also hold onto the highlight detail of the top of the waterfall and sky. I feel most cameras would likely struggle with this scene.”

“I had the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K for only a few days, but overall I was really impressed by it. The weight of the camera is very liberating, especially when you are used to using larger camera systems. The screen is big and bright enough to use in daylight, which I found great for judging focus and exposure. And, the colors too on the screen, were also nicely represented. In fact, I would argue it is Blackmagic’s best screen yet.”

Red Giant Software released Magic Bullet Suite 13.0.9 -- a free update to the tools in the current version of Magic Bullet Suite (v13). The new update fixes a rendering glitch that could occur when using interlaced footage in Magic Bullet Looks 4.0.6, and Colorista 4.0.7, and removes a log file that was created for Magix Vegas Pro 15 in Magic Bullet Looks 4.0.6. You can get the update here or use Red Giant Link to update. You can also download a free trial here.

New version of Grass Valley EDIUS 9 is available for download! Version 9.21.3770 brings fixes of the following issues:

EDIUS

Burning Blu-ray disc fails at encoding process if 48kHz is not selected as audio sampling frequency
Disc menu letter size is not adjusted when burning Blu-ray disc
Noisy audio is played in Blu-ray disc menu
EDIUS allows certain operation while opening loudness meter dialog
EDIUS detects existing partial render file as invalid if partial rendered clip is moved
Stabilizer effect cannot be applied for sequence clip
EDIUS crashes while modifying color balance in half screen and draft preview mode (Workgroup only)
EDIUS crashes when browsing certain XDCAM clip on Source Browser
EDIUS freezes if certain pattern of mask applied
Disc Burner fails to create Blu-ray disc image in certain condition
Clip marker disappears on certain step
Luma/ chroma shifts on stretching frame size to "1/2 using Lanczos 2 resampling method in 8-bit project
Audio bit depth mismatches in EDIUS AAF file export
Line noise unexpectedly appears at transition applied part
EDIUS cannot open certain MP3 clip

Mync

Footage disappears from preview screen if dpi size changed
Edit shooting date dialog does not display correct date format due to selected region
Modified date taken for search period is not applied in smart search
Text cursor moves to top if a character is deleted while editing clip metadata for import
Cannot change clip color space after restarting Mync then select same clip
Number of asset does not appear in Storyboard tree if multiple Storyboards created
File information pane in clip properties is not updated even after changing UI language
Number of storyboard at sidebar does not follow settings in View
FTP link is still created when abort uploading multiple clips
FTP link is incorrect when user select to upload entire folder structure via FTP

Update EDIUS 9 by running the file EDIUS_Setup-9.21.3770.exe, when the installation is finished, reboot your PC. This package does not include the PDF manuals or DVD Menu Style application. You can download those separately.

Transform your computer into a professional live production control room with Livestream Studio. Input multiple feeds, add graphics, master audio, and stream in one robust, easy-to-use package! Version 5.x adds a beta version for macOS, Vimeo integration, Simple Mode for beginners, Intel QuickSync or NVDEC-accelerated video decoding, and more!