Blackmagic USSR Film 12K LF Body
Blackmagic USSR Film 12K LF Body is a revolution in digital cinema with its large format RGBW sensor 36 x 24 mm with larger photodiodes that offer a dynamic range of 16 steps.
Film chamber has a EF interchangeable mount, an exclusive support center with a second 5-inch HDR touch screen, neutral density filters, LEMO and Fischer connectors, CF Express card compartments and 10G Ethernet and high-speed Wi-Fi connections to upload files to Blackmagic Cloud and synchronize them quickly.
Blackmagic URSA Cinema 12K LF Body is ideal for those who already have cinematic accessories that they want to use in specific camera configurations. However, it does not include top grip, base plate, power supply, battery support or PL lens mount.
Blackmagic USSR Film 12K LF Full Frame - Main features.
- Full frame RGBW sensor (36 x 24 mm) with larger photodiums offering a dynamic range of 16 steps
- PL mount. Interchangeable with the EF mount with lock included.
- Active lens control with compatible EF and PL mount.
- 5-inch HDR Touch Screen
- Neutral density filters
- Lemo and Fischer Connectors
- High performance removable storage memory with a capacity of 8 TB
- Allows to connect to 10G Ethernet and WiFi networks to synchronize files in Blackmagic Cloud
Awesome RGBW 12K Full Frame Sensor (36 x 24 mm)
Blackmagic URSA Cine has a new sensor designed to capture images of extraordinary quality in all kinds of resolutions, from 4K to 12K.
This is based on the same technology as the URSA Mini Pro 12K version, with larger photodiodes that offer a dynamic range of 16 steps.
The exclusive RGBW architecture provides an equal amount of red, green and blue pixels, so the camera has been optimized to offer intense colors in all resolutions, as well as exceptional flexibility and image quality.
Now it is possible to capture many more details with a wider dynamic range.
In addition, the integrated refurbishment function allows you to record in different resolutions without cutting the image.
Designed to offer flexibility and performance
Equipped with a highly resistant magnesium alloy chassis and coated with a polycarbonate and carbon fiber compound, this chamber is resistant and light at the same time, making it ideal for fast configurations and high activity environments.
In addition, the backlit physical buttons allow you to see the different controls in any environment.
The camera also includes a 5-inch drop-down screen to check the shots and access the different settings, as well as a support center across the drive, with a 5-inch LCD display and additional controls.
The Lemo and Fischer connectors allow the camera to be operated remotely, while providing energy to the target and other accessories. In addition, this model has a SDI 12G output, an Ethernet 10G port and an XLR audio input.
Flexibility with large formats
The large-size sensor of the Blackmagic URSA Cine offers unprecedented flexibility in terms of aspect relationships, objectives and delivery formats. When using the entire sensor, an image is captured with an aspect ratio of 3:2, which allows to reset the shots during postproduction.
Alternatively, it is possible to take advantage of the size of the sensor to record contents in anamorphic format and deliver them in a wide variety of aspect relationships with cutting factors 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.66, 1.8 and 2x.
In addition, the camera allows you to record in 4K, 8K or 12K without image cut, in order to retain the full field of view with the objective.
It even offers modes of 2, 3 or 4 perforations in Super 35 9K format, which provides compatibility with classic cinematographic lenses. This allows you to get outstanding images with exceptional quality.
Interchangeable mount
Blackmagic URSA Cine has an interchangeable frame for PL, LPL, EF and Hasselblad objectives so you can use your photography and cinematography goals, as well as a wide variety of professional goals.
This opens the possibility of using high-speed models in order to obtain sharp and well-defined images in a single shot, and then exchange them with classic photographic objectives when filming dramatic material from time to time.
In addition, each mount has electronic pins that allow to read the metadata of the target, in order to monitor the material and use them at the postproduction stage.
Thanks to this model, it is possible to choose the professional objective that best suits the needs of each project.
Camera control and high resolution monitoring
Blackmagic URSA Cine offers a wide variety of content monitoring options to work faster.
It has a folding monitor with a 5-inch HDR touch screen on one side and a second 5-inch external LCD on the right side of the camera, which includes an exclusive support center that allows you to use the unit without the need to use external monitors.
Also, thanks to the screen of 1500 nits and the optional visor, you can see the image clearly even in full daylight.
They also show the state of unity and recording, the histogram, the frame guides and other data superimposed to the image, while the mode for sealists helps to achieve the perfect approach.
Reliable and conventional connections
Blackmagic URSA Cine has standard connections in the industry that make it the perfect camera for high-end film productions.
The 7-pin Lemo and 3-pin Fischer connectors, located at the front of the unit, allow to start or stop the recording, as well as connect 24 V power supplies, and are ideal when using optional accessories, such as focus motors.
The supply of the camera is made through an 8-pin and 24-V Lemon connection, while another 2-pin and 12-V additional is used in the rear for lower voltage accessories. Thanks to this, external wires are avoided.
In addition, there are two SDI 12G outputs, in order to monitor the images on two different monitors with different information on display, as well as a 10G Ethernet port that facilitates the synchronization of files with Blackmagic Cloud.
Screenshots in Blackmagic RAW
Blackmagic RAW is an innovative format designed to record all the information captured by the sensor and preserve quality.
In addition, it saves the camera metadata and the target, as well as the white balance, the digital clacket information and the custom conversion tables, with the purpose of ensuring the consistency of the images during the shoot on the set and postproduction.
The constant quality options keep the level of quality, allowing the degree of compression to be adapted to match the details of the scene.
On the other hand, constant speed modes offer the best possible image quality in files whose size is consistent. Blackmagic URSA Film engraves on the Blackmagic Media Module 8TB storage unit included, allowing filming up to 4 hours of Blackmagic RAW clips in 12K resolution or 20 hours in 4K.
Fifth generation colorimetry
Blackmagic's fifth-generation colorimetry includes a cinematic curve designed to use the maximum chromatic data information from the Blackmagic URSA Cine sensor.
This offers an improved chromatic response for more attractive skin tones and an optimized rendering of colors with high saturation, such as neon posters and rear car lights in contrasting scenes.
In addition, a complex processing of the images is performed in Blackmagic RAW format, keeping the metadata relating to the colour information and dynamic range captured by the sensor, in order to use them in the postproduction stage.
On the other hand, this new technology is compatible with previously filmed Blackmagic RAW files, so it is possible to take advantage of the advantages of the new film curve in previous works.
Integrated low-pass optical filters
The high frequencies of synthetic materials such as fabrics or LED matrices of the audiovisual surfaces can cause inconvenience when using modern, high-precision lenses and sensors with superior resolutions, and thus generate interference patterns.
Low-pass optical filters can minimize this effect and reduce the mure pattern and edge attenuation. The Blackmagic URSA Cine model features a professional low-pass optical filter that perfectly complements the sensor.
It also incorporates a modern infrared filter that improves the response to distant red wave frequencies, while preserving the color and details of the image when processing content in Blackmagic RAW format, which allows to reach new loyalty levels.
Integrated neutral density filters
Blackmagic URSA Cinema includes neutral density filters that reduce the amount of light that enters the camera.
These 2, 4 and 6-step filters have been specifically designed in combination with unit colorimetry, in order to provide additional latitude, even in adverse lighting conditions.
On the other hand, they filter the wavelengths of the visible spectrum and infrared uniformly in order to avoid contamination of the images by the infrared.
In addition, they have a precise mechanism that places them quickly in the right position when rotating the dial. In turn, the settings are indicated on the camera screen by a fraction, number or step reduction.
Full resolution at high image frequencies
Blackmagic URSA Cine is like several cameras in one, since it allows to film resolutions and usual image frequencies in 4K, 8K, Super 35 9K and even 12K, with an unprecedented level of detail, or to shoot at a frequency of up to 100 f/s in 12K (17:9, 12.288 x 6480) or 120 f/s in 12K (2.4:1).
For larger image frequencies, it is possible to use a resolution of 8192 x 5360 to a maximum of 144 f/s or 8192 x 3408 to 180 f/s, and even record in definition 8K 2.4:1 (8192 x 3408) to 224 f/s.
Options for image frequencies and resolutions of this model provide unparalleled flexibility in order to offer a better rendering of the material, with more defined edges in 8K and 4K, even lower frequencies.
In addition, it provides the opportunity to capture images of 100 megapixels per picture to 80 f/s in Blackmagic RAW format, so it is ideal to take perfect photographs and record moving objects.
High-performance internal storage
Blackmagic URSA Cine is the first digital cinematographic camera with high capacity and speed Cloud Store technology.
In this sense, Blackmagic Media Module offers a fast and reliable solution, with an 8-TB space, which is like having a Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini device integrated into the unit.
High-speed storage facilitates recording of resolutions and high-per-hour image frequencies, as well as access to files directly from a 10G Ethernet network.
Alternatively, it is possible to use units already available with the optional Blackmagic Media Module CF device, which includes two CF Express card slots.
This module can be extracted from the camera with great ease in order to connect it to a Blackmagic Media Dock team, through which the contents are transferred to a network or to Blackmagic Cloud to collaborate with other professionals immediately.
Less file download time
The Blackmagic Media Dock device accelerates post-production dynamics by speeding up and simplifying the start of editing and editing processes.
Up to three Blackmagic Media Module drives can be mounted that facilitate access to files from multiple Blackmagic URSA Cinema cameras simultaneously.
The four 10G high-speed Ethernet ports provide the possibility of connecting directly to four independent workstations and are extremely fast, even with several users connected at the same time.
In addition, the USB-C connection supports Ethernet networks, so that it is possible to transfer files using a simple USB-C cable connected to a computer equipment.
There is also an HDMI output that allows you to check the status of the device in real time, either on a monitor or a television.
Instant synchronization and editing with DaVinci Resolve while recording the camera
USSR Film records a high-definition H.264 proxy file, in addition to the original of the camera. This smaller resolution file can be uploaded to Blackmagic Cloud in seconds, even while the camera continues to record, so the contents are available in the studio instantly.
The ability to transfer files directly to DaVinci Resolve as publishers work is revolutionary and unprecedented.
Anyone who carries out the edition will be able to access the shots regardless of where they are. If various cameras are used, the new multi-source function in the Mount module will display each of the angles simultaneously.
Blackmagic Cloud offers an extraordinary global work dynamic when it comes to postproduction.
Three work dynamics for postproductions
1. Recording in internal memory
This option allows you to record in the inner Blackmagic Media Module drive, thus providing the possibility to search for clips and synchronize the camera files with other users anywhere in the world.
2. Selection and upload of clips
If you do not have an Internet connection, you can search for files and select those who want to upload to the Blackmagic Cloud platform later, when you can access it.
3. Synchronization with DaVinci Resolve
This option allows you to access Blackmagic Cloud and select a DaVinci Resolve project before you start recording. While the camera records, the files are continuously synchronized, and all users who are part of the project can instantly access the material.
Mobile Data Connection, High Speed WiFi or Ethernet
By transmitting live or uploading files to Blackmagic Cloud, you can use an iPhone or Android phone to get an Internet connection via mobile data via the camera's USB-C port.
This function supports 4G or 5G phones, and it is also possible to connect the drive via a high-speed wireless network or network from the 10G Ethernet port.
Built-in Internet live transmission benefits facilitate customer and post-production equipment monitoring of takeovers from anywhere in the world.
This offers a global solution for post-productions compatible with Blackmagic Cloud and leading to the formation of extraordinary groups of creative people.
Live transmission capabilities
It is now possible to broadcast live from the place of the shooting. Blackmagic URSA Cine has an integrated transmission engine compatible with the RTMP and SRT protocols that allows to transmit through the main platforms directly to the customer.
It is enough to access the Internet from the Ethernet port, a high-speed wireless network or even through the mobile data of a 4G or 5G phone.
The camera viewer and screen show the status of transmission and transfer speed. Also, in order to create a wireless link with the study, you can transmit the signal to a Blackmagic ATEM Streaming Bridge device.
This H.264 decoder allows you to get a SDI signal again. In this way, everyone will be aware of what happens during the shooting.
