At IBC 2025, we spoke with Craig Heffernan from Blackmagic Design about their new ProDock for the iPhone 17 Pro. Announced in tandem with Apple’s latest phone, the dock adds pro features the phone alone can’t provide: HDMI monitoring, genlock, timecode, audio in/out, external storage, and a dedicated power input. It essentially transforms the iPhone 17 into a camera that can be rigged for independent films, broadcast work, or even multi-camera productions. Expanding iPhone video beyond USB-C The iPhone 17 Pro can capture in 4K and ProRes RAW, but the device itself is limited to a single USB-C port. The ProDock, which we looked at in detail a few days ago, expands this into HDMI, USB-C for external drives, 3.5mm audio, genlock, and timecode, all routed through a single cable. The hardware is engineered to handle these simultaneously without the bandwidth bottlenecks that would normally occur on the phone alone. The dock manages bandwidth internally so filmmakers can run an external SSD, feed audio, output HDMI, and sync multiple cameras simultaneously without overloading the phone. Blackmagic ProDock. Image credit: Blackmagic Design Monitoring, sync, and audio The dock’s HDMI output is restricted to 1080p. It is not intended for high-resolution playback but instead serves as a confidence feed for framing or on-set monitoring, for example. Genlock and timecode allow several iPhones to be synchronized together or combined with Blackmagic and other cinema cameras in mixed productions. Audio is handled through a 3.5mm input, which can be adapted to XLR through external...
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