The Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K camera with a large 65mm image sensor is available for pre-order now with shipments starting later in the year. The price will start at $29,995. How much resolution do you want? Yes! While some camera manufacturers keep postponing 8K camera models due to the industry’s slower adoption of the very high resolution and the massive data rates that come with it, other companies are moving in the other direction. Blackmagic Design already gave us the URSA Mini Pro 12K back in July 2020, followed by the URSA Cine 12K full-frame model announced at this year’s NAB show. This year, BMD decided to go even further than 12K, and at the very same NAB show in 2024, they announced an even crazier URSA Cine 17K camera with a 65mm sensor. Well, today, Blackmagic Design announced the pricing and availability of that camera. Let’s take a short look at the details. URSA Cine 17K -the company’s high-end model The upcoming Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K is the company’s high-end flagship model. In the words of the company itself: “We wanted to build a dream camera that has everything you would ever want in a high end digital film camera that could shoot for extremely large screens and immersive environments.” Blackmagic Design on the URSA Cine 17K 65mm sensor. Source: Blackmagic Design The camera features a large 65mm image sensor with a physical size of 50,808×23,316mm (55.9mm diagonal) and a resolution of 17,520×8,040 pixels (a whopping 140MP in each...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 12 September, 2024