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- Page 1 Installation and Operation Manual Blackmagic Cameras Mac OS X ™ Windows ™ English September 2014...
- Page 2 Welcome Thank you for purchasing your Blackmagic Camera! 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Blackmagic Cameras Entering Metadata Getting Started Introducing Blackmagic Cameras What is the Slate? Attaching a Lens Camera Video Output Turning Your Camera On Waveform Monitoring using Thunderbolt Inserting an SD Card Using Blackmagic UltraScope Inserting an SSD Monitoring using SDI... -
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 10. MENU 2. TRANSPORT CONTROL Use these buttons to play, skip or shuttle clips. See page 11. - Page 5 Getting Started Blackmagic Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K Features 1. RECORD BUTTON Record clips to your SSD. See page 10. 2. IRIS BUTTON The Iris button activates electronic iris control on the Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K EF models.
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Page 6: Attaching A Lens
Getting Started Attaching a Lens Getting started with your Blackmagic Camera is as simple as attaching a lens and turning the camera on. To remove the protective dust cap from the EF lens mount, hold down the locking button and rotate the cap counterclockwise until it is released. -
Page 7: Turning Your Camera On
Getting Started Turning Your Camera On 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 8: Inserting An Sd Card
Getting Started Inserting an SD Card You can insert an 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. Step 2. -
Page 9: Recording
Press the REC button on your camera to begin recording immediately. Press REC again to stop recording. Choosing the Recording Format Blackmagic cameras record to several different formats, depending on which model you are using. You may decide to experiment to see which format best suits your workflow. -
Page 10: Playing Back Clips
Getting Started Blackmagic Cameras Supported Video Formats Blackmagic Pocket Blackmagic Cinema Camera Blackmagic Production Cinema Camera Camera 4K 1920 x 1080p23.98 2400 x 1350 12-bit 2.5K RAW 4000 x 2160 12-bit RAW 1920 x 1080p24 1920 x 1080p23.98 3840 x 2160p23.98... -
Page 11: About Ssds And Sd Cards
‚ OCZ Agility 3 240GB If your SSD is dropping frames, try a different SSD or use a compressed HD recording format such as ProRes or DNxHD for lower data rates. Check the Blackmagic Design website for the latest information. Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD... -
Page 12: Choosing A Fast Sd Card
‚ Delkin Devices 16GB Elite SDHC UHS-I ‚ Sandisk 64GB Extreme SDXC UHS-I ‚ Sandisk 16GB Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I ‚ Delkin Devices 32GB Elite SDHC UHS-I ‚ Sandisk 128GB Extreme SDXC UHS-I ‚ Sandisk 64GB Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I Please check the tech notes on the Blackmagic Design website for the latest information. Preparing Media for Recording On Production Camera 4K, tap the Format Disk icon on the camera dashboard to format your SSD. - Page 13 About SSDs and SD Cards Preparing SSDs and SD Cards on a Mac OS X computer Use the Disk Utility application included with Mac OS X to format your SSD or SD card in the HFS+ or exFAT formats. Remember to back up anything important from your media as all data will be lost when it is formatted.
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Page 14: Checking Disk Speed
About SSDs and SD Cards Checking Disk Speed Blackmagic Disk Speed Test is a fun application that measures the read and write performance of storage media, then displays the results using video formats. If you have ever wondered whether your hard drive is suitable for recording ("write") or playback (“read”) of a particular video format, you can use Disk Speed Test to find out. -
Page 15: Connections
Connections Connections Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera LANC Remote Control The remote port on your camera is 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 using the standard LANC protocol. Headphones Monitor audio while recording or playing back clips by plugging your headphones into the 3.5mm stereo headphones jack. -
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 is used to remotely control record starting and stopping, plus iris and focus adjustments when using a compatible lens on Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K EF models. The port is a 2.5 mm stereo jack using the standard LANC protocol. -
Page 17: Settings
Time is set to 24 hour format on Blackmagic Cameras. To set the time, select the + and - keys to make adjustments to the time. If traveling with your Blackmagic Camera, remember to change the date and time to local time zones. - Page 18 White Balance The Camera settings screen. Blackmagic Cameras include white balance presets for a variety of color temperature conditions. Each light source emits a warm or cool color. Warm appears red and cool appears blue, so the white balance setting adds opposing red or blue to compensate. This makes sure white stays white in your image.
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Page 19: Audio Settings
Settings Audio Settings To adjust audio input and audio monitoring settings on your Blackmagic Camera, press the MENU button, then select the microphone icon to the left of the display. Microphone Input Microphone input adjusts the recording levels of the built in microphone. Move the audio slider left or right to increase or decrease levels. -
Page 20: Recording Settings
ProRes Proxy, or switch between 4K ProRes HQ, 4K ProRes 422, 4K ProRes LT, 4K ProRes Proxy, or 4K RAW recording formats. Dynamic Range Blackmagic Cameras have two dynamic range settings: Film 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. - 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...
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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 Camera ID BMC01_1_2012-08-08_1631_C0002.mov... -
Page 23: Display Settings
Move the slider icon left or right to adjust brightness settings for the LCD. Zebra Blackmagic Cameras have a zebra feature which gives an indication of exposure levels. Diagonal lines will appear across any part of the video that exceeds the zebra exposure level. -
Page 24: On Screen Metering
Settings On Screen Metering Your Blackmagic Camera features additional displays such as Recording Time Remaining, Histogram and Peak Audio Meters to assist when setting optimum exposure and to prevent your audio from clipping. View the additional displays by swiping up from the bottom of the touchscreen with your finger. Hide the additional displays by swiping down. -
Page 25: Adjusting Settings
Settings Adjusting Settings IRIS FOCUS Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, Cinema Camera EF and Production Camera 4K EF support electronic lens control, which allows you to adjust lens controls from the camera such as aperture and auto focus. Cinema Camera MFT and PL mount camera models have a passive lens mount if you want to use manual lenses without electronic control. -
Page 26: Status Strip
Settings Image Stabilizer Pocket Cinema Camera, Cinema Camera EF and Production Camera 4K EF 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 27: Entering Metadata
Entering Metadata Entering Metadata What is the Slate? The LCD on your Blackmagic camera has many purposes, one of which is to allow you to easily log metadata directly into the camera using the Slate feature. Metadata is stored in the recorded files and is easily accessed by editing software. -
Page 28: 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. Blackmagic Cinema Camera's Thunderbolt port always outputs uncompressed 10-bit 1080p HD video. -
Page 29: Using Blackmagic Ultrascope
The Blackmagic UltraScope software interface requires a computer display with a minimum resolution of 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. - Page 30 Camera Video Output Screen Resolution Requirements for Display Views ‚ Full Screen view: 1920 x 1200 pixels or 1920 x 1080 pixels. If your monitor doesn’t support these resolutions, then Full Screen view will not be available. ‚ 2-up view: minimum resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. Blackmagic UltraScope Displays Blackmagic UltraScope software is a great tool for maintaining accurate video and audio levels from your Blackmagic camera so you can make the most of your digital footage in post-production.
- Page 31 Camera Video Output Vectorscope Display Vectorscope is useful for monitoring the color balance and saturation of your Blackmagic camera’s video signal. If your signal has a dominant green color cast then the majority of image information will be located towards the green area of the vectorscope. In comparison, an image with a neutral color balance will have information evenly distributed around the center.
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Page 32: 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 33: Post Production Workflow
Post Production Workflow Post Production Workflow Working with Files from SSDs To import your clips from a SSD: Step 1. Remove the SSD from your Cinema Camera or Production Camera 4K. Step 2. You can mount the SSD to your Mac OS X or Windows computer using either an eSATA or Thunderbolt dock. -
Page 34: 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 35: 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 36: 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. -
Page 37: 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 38: Blackmagic Camera Utility
Blackmagic Camera Utility Blackmagic Camera Utility How to Update Your Camera Software on Mac OS X After downloading the Blackmagic Camera Utility software and unzipping the downloaded file, open the resulting disk image to reveal its contents. Before launching the installer, we recommend first clicking the Uninstall Blackmagic Camera Utility icon to remove any previously installed camera software from your computer. -
Page 39: Attaching Accessories
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 40 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”...
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Page 41: Help
Help Help Getting Help The fastest way to obtain help is to go to the Blackmagic Design support pages and check the latest support material available for your camera. Blackmagic Design Online Support Pages The latest manual, software and support notes can be found at the Blackmagic Design support center at www.blackmagicdesign.com/support. - Page 42 Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K each contain a fan, which is necessary for cooling. If you detect the fan is not working, or is making a strange noise, switch off the camera and order a replacement fan by contacting Blackmagic Design Support. You should use an anti-static strap to avoid damaging the camera while opened.
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Page 43: Warranty
Blackmagic Design parts or supplies, or d) to service a product that has been modified or integrated with other products when the effect of such a modification or integration increases the time or difficulty of servicing the product.
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