When the new URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 arrived at the cinema5D office this summer, we were quite curious to see if the lab results would show a difference as Blackmagic Design claims in their official press release that, “the second generation URSA Mini Pro features fully redesigned electronics and a new Super 35mm 4.6K HDR image sensor”. Also, we wanted to see how it fares in our latitude test versus the first generation URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G1. Curious to see the results? Read on… Last year when we tested the predecessor to the current G2, the UMP 4.6k G1 in ProRes and BRAW, we (back then) got the second-highest dynamic range result ever: 12.5 stops in ProRes, 12.6 stops for BRAW (for a signal to noise ratio of 2). See our article from December 2018 here. So, is the new G2 going to set a new standard in our lab? Read on for our results – also, please have a look at how we test dynamic range here. The test was performed in June 2019 – so I have to apologize to you, our readers that I didn’t publish it earlier. But, better late than never. Also, back this summer we hadn’t established our rolling shutter test yet, so this value is, therefore, missing in our results. Before the dynamic range test, I let the UMP G2 warm-up for 15 minutes and then performed the “black shading” sensor calibration with the lens cap on. The firmware version was...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 9 January, 2020