Blackmagic Ursa Mini Features; Touchscreen - Blackmagicdesign Blackmagic URSA Installation And Operation Manual

Blackmagic URSA Mini Features

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The histogram gives you an indication of the tonal range
between shadows and highlights in your clip, plus is a helpful
tool to check the balance of your exposure and to prevent
your highlights from clipping.
The colored bars on the audio meter represent peak audio
levels. Ideally your peak audio levels should fall in the upper
end of the green zone, between -20 and -12dbFS. If your peaks
enter into the yellow or red zones, corresponding to -12 and
-6dbFS your audio is in danger of clipping.

Touchscreen

Your Blackmagic URSA Mini's 5" fold out LCD touchscreen pivots for shooting high and low angles.
Buttons on the outside of the LCD panel let you control your Blackmagic URSA Mini when mounted on
your shoulder using the URSA Viewfinder and the LCD closed. The status display shows your camera
settings, plus scopes for exposure and audio levels. Guides can also be displayed to help you frame
and compose your shots. For information on how to set frame guides, refer to the 'settings' section.
Touchscreen Features
On Screen Meters
A histogram and audio meter can be turned on or off so you can monitor your exposure and audio levels.
Histogram
The histogram shows the contrast between whites and blacks along a horizontal scale. The left edge
of the histogram displays shadows, or blacks, and the far right displays highlights, or whites. When
you close or open the lens aperture, you'll notice the information in the histogram moves to the left
or right accordingly. To achieve optimum exposure, set your lens aperture so the information reaches
across to the far right of the histogram as possible, but still curves to a point at the bottom right
edge. This is known as ETTR, or exposing to the right.
Recording Time Remaining
When a CFast card is inserted, the CFast indicator at the top right of the screen will show how much recording
time is left on the card, plus will turn red to indicate that it is the card that the camera will be recording to.
The recording time remaining indicator shows the remaining recording time for your CFast card.
The time is shown in hours and minutes and will vary according to your selected frame rate and codec.
The indicator will automatically recalculate if either of these settings are changed. When there is
approximately 5 minutes remaining on your card, the indicator will turn red, and will blink intermittently
when there is only 2 minutes remaining.
Audio Meters
The peak audio meters display audio levels for channels 1 and 2 when using the internal microphone,or
via external audio when connected. The display is calibrated to dBFS units and features peak hold
indicators which stay visible for a short time so you can clearly see the maximum levels reached.
To achieve optimum audio quality, ensure your audio levels stay below 0 dBFS. This is the maximum
level that your camera can record, meaning that any audio that exceeds this level will be clipped,
resulting in distortion.