Blackmagic design, a company known for its capture cards and other post production video technology, has announced its new product that promises to revolutionize and democratize film production, at least for the low budget amateurs like me.
The Blackmagic cinema camera is a little box with a Canon EF (or ZE) mount with 2,5 k resolution (2592 x 2192) from a slightly smaller than APS-C sensor, 13 stops of dynamic range, built-in SSD recorder, 5” LCD touch screen, bundled with DaVinci Resolve 9.0 software ($1.600 value), thunderbolt port. Well, it seems its aimed at Mac users because the USB 2.0 port is only used for software updates. It would have been nice to have a USB 3.0 port instead, with data connectivity, to give us the best of both worlds. Apart from that it seems to be an impressive piece of equipment that will change the way cinema is done. With a price tag of $2,995 or 2.337,00 €, it gives the not so wealthy/resourceful people an easier access to technology otherwise forbidden. And you can use your precious Canon lenses.
It will be on the market (at least in the American one) next July.
You can click here for a full list of specs.
