Blackmagicdesign URSA Mini Pro Quick Start Manual
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- Page 1 Jon Fauer, ASC www.fdtimes.com Apr 2017 Special Report Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro Introduction & URSA Mini 4.6K Quick Start Guide...
- Page 2 Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro The new Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro comes standard with an EF mount. PL and B4 lens mounts are sold separately as is the shim kit to adjust flange focal depth. EF Mount PL Mount...
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It is much more than a mere evolution of the URSA Mini 4.6K. They made all the right moves with all kinds of great details. URSA Mini Pro’s main display on the surface of the camera’s left side shows timecode, shutter and lens settings, battery, recording The new URSA Mini Pro gets built-in ND filters, interchangeable status, and audio levels. - Page 4 US $5,995. Also available: optional URSA Mini Pro inexpensive, readily available, and suited for ProRes Ultra HD PL lens mount for US $245 or optional URSA Mini Pro B4 HD files or RAW HD files. With dual slots for each media type, the lens mount for US $385.
- Page 5 Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro URSA Mini Pro with PL mount and /i lens data pins URSA Mini Pro’s 4” fold-out touchscreen URSA Mini Pro with EF mount and Canon lens data pins URSA Mini Pro with EF mount Compare URSA Mini Pro with USA Mini 4.6K...
- Page 6 Blackmagic Design URSA Mini 4.6K Quick Start Blackmagic Design URSA Mini 4.6K camera with URSA Viewfinder, URSA Mini Shoulder Kit, and Canon Compact Servo 18-80mm T4.4 EF-mount zoom April 2017 • Blackmagic Special Report...
- Page 7 Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K Quick Start For a few dollars more ($895), you should add a Blackmagic Video Assist 4K 7-inch HDMI/6G-SDI Recorder/Monitor. It can trigger-record every take. In other words, whenever the camera starts or stops recording internally, the Video Assist 4K will auto- matically record a ProRes or DNx copy onto SD cards, via SDI or HDMI, up to 3840x2160 30p.
- Page 8 Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K Let's begin our quick tour by looking at the URSA Mini 4.6K modular body, pictured here. It’s 8.23” long x 5.78” high x 5” wide and weighs 5 lb 2 oz. Front - EF mount model Rear with V-Lock Battery Bracket Left side Left side with monitor/side cover open...
- Page 9 Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K Left side with monitor/side cover open Right side Bottom Blackmagic Special Report • April 2017...
- Page 10 Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K EVF and Top Handle The Blackmagic Design URSA Mini 4.6K system has an excellent 1920x1080 OLED viewfinder that should be the archetype for other affordable S35 digital cine cameras. It’s an important accessory that makes easy work of checking focus.
- Page 11 Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K EVF and Top Handle, cont’d 3. Connect the EVF’s SDI and power cables into the camera right side. 3G-SDI OUT: connect URSA EVF video cable or external monitors. Provides down-converted 1920x1080 HD. 4-pin XLR +12VDC OUT: connect EVF power LANC: connect URSA Mini handgrip cable for REC start/stop, iris and focus of EF lenses 2nd LANC connector: Record...
- Page 12 Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K Blackmagic URSA Mini Shoulder Kit 3/8-16 tripod mounting thread Handgrip LANC cable V-Lock Thumbscrew to lock EVF in-out position Thumbscrew to Attach the shoulder mount to the camera’s base with two supplied tighten EVF rotation 3/8-16 screws. The shoulder pad slides forward and back for best balance.
- Page 13 Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K Blackmagic URSA Mini Shoulder Kit, cont'd Top Handle Front view of URSA Mini 4.6K Camera with URSA Viewfinder, URSA Mini Shoulder Kit with 15mm rod holder, handgrip Camera left side of the URSA Mini extender, and top handle Shoulder Kit has a rosette for additional handgrip Camera right side of URSA Mini...
- Page 14 Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K Camera Essentials Rear Front LANC: Start/ Stop, Iris and Focus Control 12G-SDI OUT 12G-SDI IN Red dot to line up Full Frame EF lenses. Timecode IN and REF IN To help mount APS-C EF lenses, +12VDC IN add a white dot with 4-pin XLR nail polish here.
- Page 15 Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K Bottom Auto focus on EF lenses RECORD Eyepiece diopter Auto iris on EF lenses Stop/Start adjustment Thumbscrew to tighten EVF rotation Thumbscrew to lock EVF in-out position Standard size Audio IN 1 & rubber eyecup: 2: 3-pin XLR accepts eyepiece connectors Five 3/8-16...
- Page 16 Blackmagic Video Assist 4K Format SD Cards ON / OFF microswitch under rubber cover: 1. To format SD Cards, tap here push on, hold 3 seconds to turn off. LANC Headphones Two SD Card slots External 12 V DC input 2.
- Page 17 Blackmagic Video Assist 4K Touchscreen Of course, FORMAT on the top left main screen is different from Formatting. This FORMAT indicates Tap CODEC to select: Apple ProRes Tap TRIGGER REC to enable automatic start-stop input signal. Here, 2160p23.89 identifies UHD 422 HQ, ProRes 422, ProRes LT, of recorder when camera records.
- Page 18 Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K Swipe up or down to display text and icons for touchscreen adjustment of: Overlays, FPS, Shutter Angle, Iris, Timecode, ISO, White Blance, Tint, etc. Red indicates camera is recording For access to the camera’s “Dashboard,” push MENU — pages of It’s usually a good idea to RESET all camera settings at the beginning touchscreen menu settings.
- Page 19 Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K Gray and blue indicate camera is in standby Tap either CFast icon at the bottom of the touchscreen to format card. Insert a CFast 2.0 card in one or both slots Select a card to format Choose OS X Extended for Mac format Choose exFAT for Windows or Mac.
- Page 20 For a well-written and comprehen- sive guide to working with Resolve, get Paul Saccone’s “The Definitive Guide to Editing with DaVinci Resolve 12.5.” Download software updates and the “DaVinci Resolve 12 Reference Manual” from blackmagicdesign.com April 2017 • Blackmagic Special Report...
- Page 21 The DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel is $995 and the DaVin- ci Resolve Mini Panel is $2,995. Both panels are available now from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide. blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve Davinci Resolve Mini Panel connected to Mac Pro and Eizo 32” monitors Blackmagic Special Report • April 2017...
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