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Installation and Operation Manual
Blackmagic Cameras
Mac OS X
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July 2013

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  • Page 1 Installation and Operation Manual Blackmagic Cameras Mac OS X ™ Windows ™ July 2013...
  • Page 2 We have worked hard to produce three cameras that have been designed from the ground up to fit any kind of workflow. Our new Pocket Cinema Camera is a Super 16 digital film camera with 13 stops of dynamic range that is small enough to take anywhere.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Using Avid Media Composer About SD Cards Using Adobe Premiere Pro CC Choosing a Fast SD Card Using Autodesk Smoke 2013 Connections Blackmagic Camera Utility Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Attaching Accessories Blackmagic Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K Help Settings Camera Settings Warranty...

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    Getting Started Getting Started Introducing Blackmagic Cameras IRIS FOCUS Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Features 1. RECORD BUTTON Press this button to record clips to your SD card. See page 9. MENU 2. TRANSPORT CONTROL Use these buttons to play, skip or shuttle clips. See page 10.
  • Page 5 Getting Started Blackmagic Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K Features 1. RECORD BUTTON Record clips to your SSD. See page 9. 2. IRIS BUTTON The Iris button activates electronic iris control on the EF Cinema Camera and the Production Camera 4K. Adjust the aperture of your lens by pressing the forward and reverse skip/shuttle playback buttons.

  • Page 6: Attaching A Lens

    Production Camera 4K Pocket Cinema Camera Before you can operate Pocket Cinema Camera, you need to insert the battery. Step 1. On the under side of the camera, push the door release towards the lens to access the battery terminal.
  • Page 7 Getting Started Cinema Camera & Production Camera 4K Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K have internal batteries that can be charged using the supplied DC adapter. The camera can be charged and operated while connected via DC power and will switch between power sources without any interruption.

  • Page 8: Inserting A Sd Card

    Getting Started Inserting a SD Card You can insert a SDXC or SDHC card into Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera: Step 1. On the under side of the camera, push the door release towards the lens to access the battery terminal.

  • Page 9: Recording

    CinemaDNG RAW Avid DNxHD On Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera you can choose to record to Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) or lossless compressed CinemaDNG RAW video formats. On Blackmagic Cinema Camera you can record in Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), CinemaDNG RAW 2.5K, or Avid DNxHD video formats.

  • Page 10: Blackmagic Cameras Supported Video Formats

    Getting Started Blackmagic Cameras Supported Video Formats Blackmagic Pocket Blackmagic Cinema Camera Blackmagic Production Cinema Camera Camera 4K 1920 x 1080p23.98 1920 x 1080p23.98 3840 x 2160p23.98 1920 x 1080p24 1920 x 1080p24 3840x2160p24 1920 x 1080p25 1920 x 1080p25 3840 x 2160p25 1920 x 1080p29.97 1920 x 1080p29.97...

  • Page 11: About Ssds

    About SSDs About SSDs Choosing a Fast SSD When working with high data rate video it's important to carefully check the SSD you would like to use. This is because some SSDs can have up to 50% lower write speed than the manufacturer’s claimed speed, so even though the disk specifications claim an SSD is fast enough to handle video, in reality the disk is not fast enough for real time video recording.

  • Page 12: Preparing Ssds For Recording

    About SSDs Preparing SSDs for Recording SSDs used by Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K must be formatted as either HFS+ or exFAT. These disk formats allow long clips to be recorded in single files. HFS+ is also known as Mac OS Extended. It is the recommended format as it supports "journaling". In the event of a hardware or software malfunction, data on a journaled SSD is more quickly recovered and less likely to be corrupted in the first place.
  • Page 13 About SSDs Checking Disk Speed Blackmagic Disk Speed Test is a fun to use application that measures the read and write performance of storage media in video formats. If you have ever wondered whether your hard drive is suitable for playback (“read”) of a particular video format, you can use Disk Speed Test to find out the performance of your media drives with a single click of the Start button! Disk Speed Test will even show you how many streams of video your storage is capable of handling!

  • Page 14: About Sd Cards

    Preparing SD Cards for Recording SD cards used by Pocket Cinema Camera must be formatted as HFS+ or exFAT. These disk formats allow long clips to be recorded in single files. ExFAT is supported by both Windows and Mac OS X computers.

  • Page 15: Connections

    HDMI Out The micro HDMI port of your Pocket Cinema Camera outputs 10-bit 4:2:2 HD video at 1920 x 1080 while recording. It can be used to output video to routers, monitors, capture devices, broadcast switchers and other HDMI devices.

  • Page 16: Blackmagic Cinema Camera And Production Camera 4K

    Connections Blackmagic Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K LANC Remote Control The remote port on your camera can be used to remotely control record starting and stopping, iris adjustments and manual focus adjustments when using a compatible lens. The port is a 2.5 mm stereo jack which uses the standard LANC protocol. Headphones Monitor your audio while recording or playing back clips by plugging your headphones into the 3.5mm stereo headphones jack.

  • Page 17: Settings

    ID or select Cancel to discard any changes. Setting Date and Time To set date and time on your Pocket Cinema Camera, select the + or - buttons to change the year, month and day settings.
  • Page 18 ISO settings are helpful when you are shooting in a variety of light conditions. The optimum ISO setting for the Pocket Cinema Camera and Cinema Camera is 800ASA. For Production Camera 4K choose the lowest ISO for the available lighting conditions.

  • Page 19: Audio Settings

    Microphone input adjusts the recording levels of the built in microphone. Move the audio slider left or right to increase or decrease levels. Pocket Cinema Camera has an external stereo microphone and Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K have external mono microphones. The external microphones record to audio channels 1 and 2 when no external audio source is connected.

  • Page 20: Recorder Settings

    The film setting shoots video using a log curve and gives you 13 stops of dynamic range on both Pocket Cinema Camera and Cinema Camera, or 12 stops on Production Camera 4K. The Film dynamic range setting maximises the information in your video signal to help you get the most out of color grading software, such as DaVinci Resolve.
  • Page 21 Settings Frame Rate Your Blackmagic Camera has five different frame rate settings for shooting common film and video frame rates: 23.98 fps, 24 fps, 25 fps, 29.97 fps, 30 fps. Adjust the frame rate setting using the arrow icons in the menu. Time Lapse Interval This setting allows you to record a still frame at the following intervals: Frames: 2 - 10...

  • Page 22: File Naming Convention

    Settings File Naming Convention Pocket Cinema Camera Pocket Cinema Camera uses the following file naming convention when recording video. [Camera ID]_[Reel Number]_[yyyy-mm--dd]_[hhmm]_C[Clip number].mov The table below shows an example of how this would appear on the LCD: BMC01_1_2012-08-08_1631_C0002.mov QuickTime Movie Filename BMC01_1_2012-08-08_1631_C0002.mov...

  • Page 23: Display Settings

    Turn zebra on and select the desired zebra warning level by using the left and right arrows. SDI/HDMI Overlays You can monitor your video on an external display using the HDMI port on Pocket Cinema Camera, or the SDI port on Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K.

  • Page 24: Adjusting Settings

    Focus Zoom When using Pocket Cinema Camera, press OK twice to zoom in for adjusting focus at the 1:1 pixel scale. Press OK twice again to zoom out. On Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K, double tap the touchscreen display to zoom into the image for adjusting focus at the 1:1 pixel scale.

  • Page 25: Status Strip

    Settings Image Stabilizer Pocket Cinema Camera, Cinema Camera EF and Production Camera 4K support the image stabilizer (IS) feature found in many active lenses. Simply set the Stabilizer switch to ON to use it with your camera. If your lens also features a Stabilizer Mode switch, set it to the appropriate mode for still shots or for movement.

  • Page 26: Entering Metadata

    Slate feature. Metadata is stored in the recorded files and is easily accessed by editing software. Pocket Cinema Camera Step 1. Press OK once to make the slate appear. Step 2. Use the directional buttons to select the text that you wish to change and press OK. An onscreen keyboard will appear.

  • Page 27: Camera Video Output

    Camera Video Output Camera Video Output Waveform Monitoring using Thunderbolt When connected to a Mac OS X or Windows computer with Thunderbolt technology, your Cinema Camera or Production Camera 4K can be used as a powerful solution for waveform monitoring and color correction. Regardless of which recording format you choose on the camera, the Thunderbolt port always outputs HD1080p video in the uncompressed 10-bit format.

  • Page 28: Using Blackmagic Ultrascope

    1280 x 800 pixels to view two scopes simultaneously. Blackmagic Design recommends viewing all 6 scopes simultaneously by using a computer display resolution of 1920 x 1200 or 1920 x 1080 pixels. Please see the support pages at www.blackmagicdesign.com for a comprehensive list of the latest minimum system requirements for Blackmagic UltraScope.
  • Page 29 Camera Video Output Understanding Blackmagic UltraScope Views Blackmagic UltraScope has two different views available depending on your workflow needs and screen resolution. You have the choice of viewing six displays in “Full Screen” view, or for more compact viewing, choose any 2 displays in “2-up” view. The display view can be selected from the menu.

  • Page 30: Monitoring Using Sdi

    Camera Video Output Monitoring using SDI Blackmagic Cinema Camera supports 3G-SDI so it can be used to output uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2 video to routers, monitors, SDI capture devices, broadcast switchers and other SDI devices. Production Camera 4K supports 6G-SDI, so it can be used to connect to any SDI monitor as well as 4K switchers such as ATEM Production Studio 4K.

  • Page 31: Post Production Workflow

    SD card slot or by using an SD card reader. Step 1. Remove the SD card from your Pocket Cinema Camera and insert it into the SD card slot of your computer, or SD card reader. The SD card can be accessed the same way as you would an external hard drive, USB drive or any other media storage device attached to your computer.

  • Page 32: Editing Your Clips

    Post Production Workflow Editing your Clips To edit your clips using your favorite editing software, you can copy your clips to an internal/external drive or RAID and then import your clips into the software. Or import your clips directly from your SD card, or from your SSD using an external SATA adaptor, SSD Dock or docking cable.

  • Page 33: Using Final Cut Pro X

    Post Production Workflow At the very minimum do a quick check of the timeline for shots with excessive exposure or color issues. When you're satisfied with the appearance of the clips in the timeline, you’re ready to export your clips to ProRes.

  • Page 34: Using Avid Media Composer

    Post Production Workflow Using Avid Media Composer To edit your DNxHD clips using Avid Media Composer 7, create a new project matching the clip’s video format and frame rate. For this example, clips are set using DNxHD 1080i59.94 camera settings. Step 1: Launch Media Composer and the Select Project window will appear.

  • Page 35: Using Autodesk Smoke 2013

    Post Production Workflow Using Autodesk Smoke 2013 To edit your clips using Autodesk Smoke 2013, create a new project matching the clips’ video format, bit depth, frame type and frame rate. For this example, clips were shot using ProRes 422 (HQ) 1080p25 camera settings.

  • Page 36: Blackmagic Camera Utility

    After installing the latest Blackmagic Camera Utility on your computer, connect a USB cable between the computer and the camera. On Pocket Cinema Camera, the mini USB 2.0 port is located inside the battery terminal. On Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K, the mini USB 2.0 port is located behind the SSD door.

  • Page 37: Attaching Accessories

    Attaching Accessories Wrist Strap Pocket Cinema Camera comes with a wrist strap for convenient carrying of the camera when on the move from location to location. To fasten, loop the string on the end of the strap through the ring on the camera, located to the bottom right of the LCD.
  • Page 38 Attaching Accessories Camera Handles Optional handles for Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K allow shooting in locations where you need to move around quickly with your camera. The handles let you steady your shot and keep up with the action! On the underside of the camera, locate the ¼”...

  • Page 39: Help

    After checking the version of Blackmagic Camera Utility software installed on your computer, please visit the Blackmagic Support Center at www.blackmagicdesign.com/support to check for the latest updates. While it is usually a good idea to run the latest updates, it is wise to avoid updating any software if you are in the middle of an important project.
  • Page 40 Help Replacing the Fan Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K each contain a fan, which is necessary for cooling. If you detect that the fan is not working, or that it is making a strange noise, switch off the camera and order a replacement fan by contacting Blackmagic Design Support.

  • Page 41: Warranty

    Warranty Warranty 12 Month Limited Warranty Blackmagic Design warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 12 months from the date of purchase. If a product proves to be defective during this warranty period, Blackmagic Design, at its option, either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product.

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