Andrew Reid
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spec wise it ticks all the boxes
super 35mm size sensor 4k and global shutter in a usable body form like an Alexa -
what more do you want
Blackmagic have listened to all the feedback off their other 3 cameras
indie film makers will jump all over this - superb!!
I honestly don't see it this way mate.
Trend is to go smaller and lighter.
This goes in complete opposite direction.
We already have the same 4K capabilities and likely even same sensor in the Production Camera. Rig a monitor up to that and you have Ursa without the bulk.
Also those ProRes HQ 4K files are virtually unmanageable when it comes to archiving footage. Be prepared to delete and compress a lot of master files if working with those. I am already dreading it with the A7S... And will be begging all the recorder manufacturers to come out with some lighter codecs for it.
The URSA doesn't suit me as a filmmaker but that's not to say I haven't considered the possibilities and who it WOULD suit.
I just don't think it's well conceptualised or designed to be honest. A massive heavy screen on a little hinge? A 7.5kg camera body? No thank you.
It smacks of greed to go after the production market before you have even satisfied the indie crowd... who are constantly asking for basic features and updates.
I'm afraid I don't be shooting any Blackmagic in 2014. What a shame.
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Blackmagic are launching not none, not one but TWO new cameras at NAB 2014. One as you can see packs quite a punch with a quite revolutionary design. The aim of the URSA is to take all the accessories you'd normally rig onto a Blackmagic Cinema Camera and integrate them. That is a sensible idea. However the execution looks to have produced a 7.5KG monster. There's even an HDMI version of the URSA which has no sensor block or lens mount but a cradle on the front for any camera with HDMI output, such as the tiny Sony A7R. That would give you a full frame 4K URSA recording to CFast cards.
However the URSA is aimed at a large crew, large scale productions and in doing so completely turns its back on Blackmagic's existing indie filmmaking user base.
To make matters worse Blackmagic show no sign of any significant firmware update for the 3 existing cameras at NAB, which is what people REALLY wanted them to announce.
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Some more pics here '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>
Discussion continues on that thread :)
This announcement fills me with dread.
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I can guarantee this announcement will not please any of Blackmagic's existing user base, unless backed up by some really good news in the form of significant firmware updates for the Cinema, Production and Pocket cameras plus Resolve 11.
The latter is definitely coming and takes Resolve's editing capabilities up a notch.
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Many in same boat as you, simply edit in 4K and deliver as 2K. Many benefits to it.
Difference is a click of a button and that is it.
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Andrew, I know you've shot with the FS100, which is great in low light, how do you think the GH4 compares?
Not quite as clean as FS100 in low light but with some post processing you can get them pretty close to each other.
Shoot 4K on GH4, add noise reduction plugin, downscale to 1080p.
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Can I use AF when I put my canon glass on it?
It's currently so slow as to be of limited use but it does work.
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I can guarantee that the internal XAVC-S 1080p from the A7S will not look as good as getting 1080p from the 4K output and doing your scaling in post with all that processing power available on your desktop.
8bit 4K 4:2:0 = 10bit 1080p 4444 remember. If the maths have complications and gotchas, the image to my eyes does not. The GH4's 4K looks like 10bit when you grade it and when you look at it on a 2K display. Gradations are smooth. Colour is fantastic. Sampling shows no signs of pixilation or jaggedness at 2K. At 1:1 at 4K you do see some aliasing and jaggies from 4:2:0 sampling. They disappear when scaled correctly to 1080p or 2K.
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No, you're right, I was exaggerating a bit, I don't care about 4k yet either, only care about good 1080.
4K = good 1080p.
So therefore you should care a lot Brian!
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Raw or ProRes / Pocket Camera vs GH4 and A7S 4K is definitely a topic for a future blog post.
My feeling so far (based on the GH4) is that this compressed 8bit 4K stuff makes for very nice 2K and 1080p indeed, which looks every bit as good colour and dynamic range wise as the Blackmagics or raw on 5D Mark III.
Also GH4 in 4K has far less moire & aliasing than the Pocket Cinema Camera and BMCC, especially when downscaled to 2K.
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Atomos have just sent me some info on their upcoming 4K recorder, primarily for use with the A7S and GH4.
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A good idea to separate output and recording when speaking of HDMI and the external recorders.
So 8bit out to 10bit is still 8bit.
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Spec sheet says 8-bit. It's quite easy to feed 8-bit acquisition into 10-bit ProRes, which is probably the case here.
Den or the Sony spec sheet? Who is right?
3840 × 2160(30p/24p) / 1920 × 1080(60p/24p) / 1920 × 1080(60i),YCbCr 4:2:2 8bit/ RGB 8bit
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Price confirmed $1699.99 body. Really competitive price for a full frame.
Where's the source of the info please?
Good news if true.
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Moire-free? Don´t think so.
Rolling shutter? No shots on demo video.
8Bit? Sounds familiar ...
BUT:
It is so much better than Canons way! And we all are a little bit to petted with all the news from BM and Panasonic in the last year.
It will be as moire free as a JPEG still at full resolution. It reads out every pixel from the sensor in 4K video mode.
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Looks impressive at high ISOs.
Remember the HDMI output in 4K is uncompressed...
YouTube does not give you the full image quality.Read the full article here -
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Breaking news... The Sony A7S has been announced at NAB 2014.
It records 1080p internally in XAVC-S format at 50Mbit but the big news is the support for full 4K output via HDMI to an external recorder.
Unfortunately it does NOT have an internal 4K recording codec like the Panasonic GH4.
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Sony is making some 4K related camera announcements at NAB
Watch the live announcement here or scroll down on the home page
Here are my running thoughts as we watch the Sony presentations...
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As we get closer to the press conference, more unconfirmed rumours on the A7S have come in from NAB.
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NAB 2014 kicks off today (Sunday) with the first major announcements. Here's a look at what could be in store for filmmakers at the biggest video and broadcast trade show of the year...
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No poetry on the forums ;)
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I've seen some people tossing around the notion that lower total pixel count (and the implied greater pixel pitch) doesn't necessarily improve low light performance. Is this true, or potentially true (not necessarily for this camera, but in general)?
For video it definitely does.
For stills, depends on print size. 36MP loses some low light performance but the oversampling makes up for it. Like going 4k to 1080p.
Other thing that matters is the pixel design, micro lenses and gaps between pixels. For example Blackmagic Production Camera has only 8MP but tiny pixels because most of the space on the sensor is taken up by global shutter circuitry.
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Blackmagic URSA - a $6k 4K professional cinema camera with interchangeable sensor
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In a perfect world? How about in the REAL world. We are talking basic functionality. Stuff that can kill you on a shoot and end up losing you your job. If you have a mega expensive unrepeatable shot ready to roll and the camera just cuts in the middle because the card is full without warning, I'd love for you to come back on the EOSHD forum and sing the praises of your £650 cinema camera.