Monday 10.09.2012 Blackmagic ships its Cinema Camera
Blackmagic Design By Carolyn Giardina
Blackmagic Design is showing its new Blackmagic Cinema Camera, as well as DaVinci Resolve 9.
Announced earlier this
year, the camera – which lists for $2,995 – including a 2.5k sensor, 13 stops of dynamic range, and a built in SSD recorder that has the bandwidth to capture open standard CinemaDNG RAW, ProRes and DNxHD files. It includes an LCD touchscreen, Thunderbolt
connection, and comes with a copy of DaVinci Resolve for colour correction and Blackmagic UltraScope software for waveform monitoring. The camera is compatible with Canon EF and Zeiss ZF mount lenses. “We are very excited to see the first units of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera begin to ship,” said Dan May, president of Blackmagic. “There has been an incredibly positive response around the Cinema Camera’s ability to provide film quality images, an open workflow designed for easy post
production, all in a compact, elegant design that is affordable.
“This is the result of a huge amount of hard work by everyone here at Blackmagic Design, and the enthusiastic reaction we have already received from people across all parts of the creative world has been amazing,” continued May. Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve 9, a new version of its colour correction software that includes a new user interface, is also on display at the company’s stand. 7.H20
PlaZma puts soft light ahead of the curve
Zacuto By David Fox
Unlike an LED light, the new Zacuto PlaZma light is a super soft light source much like a Chimera soft box, but surprisingly bright when needed.
Zacuto has more than 30 patents on Micro Plasma technology and the lightweight, ultra-thin PlaZma light puts out an impressive 2000 lumens compared to mainstream 1x1 LED panels at 1200- 1500 lumens or side lit reflected LEDs that put out
under 800 lumens. The $1,350 light has a characteristic incandescent curve, unlike LEDs that usually have a nasty green spike and don’t mix well with practical or tungsten lights. Like traditional soft lights, the PlaZma offers a wide light pattern, compared to
the spotty nature of an LED. However, unlike traditional soft lights, PlaZma has a huge throw.
The daylight balanced curve is 5800K and should mix well with HMIs, while the soft nature of the light enables actors to look directly into it (from 12.5cm) without squinting. It will also be available in
The much anticipated Blackmagic Cinema Camera
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Tungsten, and Zacuto is working on adding other sizes and accessories such as barndoors and expandable snoot. The lights are powered by 110- 240v 50/60Hz AC or 11-18v DC with an Anton/Bauer- type battery or a Sony V-Lock. The power box also contains the dimmer. 11.E84
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