We highly anticipated having the new URSA Mini Pro 12K in our test lab – as this camera with its unique sensor design is doing a lot of things differently to what we have seen from other camera manufacturers. Interested in our results? Then keep on reading … Time and again Blackmagic impresses with innovations in the camera and postproduction sector. I have to confess, my love with Blackmagic products started when I purchased the original Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera ( BMPCC) in 2013. Until today, I still use it for family videos – there is a special organic quality to the Full HD footage, which is hard to describe – I just love it, and it has never let me down. For the past 8 years it has travelled with me to the US, Southern Europe, Japan, Korea and other parts of Asia. The list of trips is endless…. I was very sceptical about higher resolutions than Full HD (1920×1080) – the internal 8 bit 4K of the Sony a7S II, that I had in the meantime, was really nice but I sold it in 2018 as I wasn’t too happy with the colors. Then in late 2019 I added a BMPCC6K to my inventory – simply because I wanted to shoot on a native Super 35 sensor without the need for using a speedbooster, and on top, internal downsampled Full HD (from the 6K sensor) ProRes HQ mode was a key feature for me. And here comes another...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 16 February, 2021