Blackmagic Design has dropped a bunch of new gear, including the Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro, two new ATEM’s, the Mini Extreme and the Mini Extreme ISO, the Web Presenter HD and a couple of accessories for the Pocket Cinema Camera.
Let’s drive right in…
Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro
Rather than talk about the features the new 6K Pro shares with the previous Pocket Cinema Camera 6K, we’ll focus on what’s new.
New Features
The 6K Pro model features a brighter 1,500 nit adjustable, full tilt HDR touchscreen screen, built-in 2, 4 and 6-stop motorized IR ND filters, a larger NP-F570 style battery, two mini XLR audio inputs and support for the new optional electronic viewfinder.
The new IR ND filters have been designed to filter out both optical and IR wavelengths and can be activated using by pressing the buttons on the rear of the camera body.
In addition to the 4 built-in mics, the two new mini XLR inputs allow operators to record 2 separate audio tracks using 2 mics without the need of an external mixer.
As mentioned above, Blackmagic has also introduced a new electronic viewfinder that attaches to the top of the 6K Pro via the hot shoe mount.
The viewfinder features a 1280×960 colour OLED display with a built-in proximity sensor, a 4 element glass diopter that supports a 70-degree swivel range and four different types of eyecups with options for both left and right eyes.
The new battery grip integrates with the new Pocket 6K Pro camera providing two additional Sony L series 570 batteries for over 3 hours of continuous shooting time with a single charge.
The grip also features a slide out battery tray, a lightweight but strong carbon fibre build, and a non-slip handgrip.
PCC 6K Pro Features
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro – Vistek Canada
Most advanced digital film camera features 6K sensor with EF lens mount, built in motorized ND filters at 0, 2, 4 and 6 stops, tilt adjustable 1500 nit LCD and a larger battery. Supports optional EVF. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro includes additional pro features such as built in 2, 4 and 6 stop ND filters, adjustable tilt HDR LCD with a bright 1500 nits that’s ideal for use in bright sunlight. It also includes two mini XLR audio inputs and a larger NP-F570 style battery.
ATEM Mini Extreme & ATEM Mini Extreme ISO
With the ATEM Mini Extreme it’s now possible to connect up to 8 HDMI sources for cameras, computers, etc. with scaling converters.
You can also take advantage of the 4 Chroma Keyers making it a 4 input switcher with virtual backgrounds that can be generated by separate computers and sent to each camera source creating a virtual set to use with up to 4 different cameras.
Two USB connections allow for more devices to be connected simultaneously.
You could use one to connect to a computer to control the ATEM with ATEM software or to a webcam feed allowing the switcher output to feed to a Zoom or Webex style meeting and the second connected to an SSD for master program record.
The Extreme also has a headphone out for program monitoring with level control capability.
Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Extreme – Vistek Canada
True professional model adds total of 8 HDMI inputs, 16 way multiview, 4 ATEM Advanced Chroma keyers, SuperSource with 4 extra DVE’s, 2 HDMI outputs, 2 USB ports and a more powerful control panel.
From a production quality point of view, the ATEM Mini Extreme is a very powerful tool.
There are 2 independent DVEs and a SuperSource multi layer processor with 4 extra DVE layers as well as a background layer, allowing for up to 4 multiple picture in picture displays on the screen simultaneously.
These two features are huge if you are doing a show with multiple call in feeds with guests streaming from other centres or locations, using the black magic streaming bridge, to receive the secure streams and convert them to HDMI for input to the ATEM Mini Extreme. It all means higher production value.
And just like the ATEM Mini Pro & ISO the extreme can stream directly to up to 3 destinations simultaneously over a LAN connection and now you can even stream live with a tethered iPhone.
More transitions, more source selection capability, more presets, more macro function triggers, camera control (paint) capability from the panel round out the powerful control capability of the ATEM Mini Extreme.
The ATEM Mini Extreme ISO does all of the above, but allows for ISO recording of up to 8 sources and programs to be recorded simultaneously to an optional attached USB SSD.
The files then can then be opened as a full editable project in Davinci Resolve to further edit and refine the content before distribution.
ATEM Mini Extreme and ATEM Mini Extreme ISO Features
Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Extreme ISO – Vistek Canada
Get the features of ATEM Mini Extreme plus 9 record streams for clean feeds of all inputs. A DaVinci project is saved for editing and relinking to Blackmagic RAW files for Ultra HD finishing.
Web Presenter HD
Blackmagic’s original Web Presenter is a powerful desktop streaming tool allowing any HD source, HDMI or SDI, to be connected to a computer as a 720p webcam. It also provided mic or line audio inputs, and with the optional front control panel, it could be used as a cuts switcher between the two SDI/HDMI sources.
The new Blackmagic Web Presenter HD takes this capability to another level.
The first big new feature is an enhancement of the SDI input capability to providing up to 4K 60P input over 12G capable SDI with auto down conversion to support the 1080p HD output with audio therefore having to be provided mixed over the SDI input.
The SDI can also be looped allowing for multiple Web Presenter HD’s to stream simultaneously to multiple streaming service providers.
You can also tether your iPhone, allowing you to stream directly from your web presenter to popular streaming platforms like Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and Twitch.
The Web Presenter HD can also be used as a direct stream device to send a secure stream to a BMD Streaming Bridge to integrate those remote streams into a larger production.
Finally, the Web Presenter HD comes standard with a front panel control and monitor so you can easily control and monitor what is being received and streamed. This also adds a technical monitor interface output for detailed technical data monitoring via HDMI.
The rear panel also now has both AC and DC power connections for redundant or mobile powering.
Web Presenter HD Features
Black Magic Design Web Presenter HD – Vistek Canada
Now you can live stream to the world. Blackmagic Web Presenter is a complete streaming solution that includes a professional hardware streaming engine for direct streaming via Ethernet to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and more. It’s just like a modern broadcast television transmitter for a new global streaming audience. Plus the built in USB connections work like a webcam, so you can connect a computer and use any streaming software, or even Skype or Zoom. For redundancy, you can stream to the internet via Ethernet or connect a 5G or 4G phone to use mobile data. Web Presenter also includes a technical monitoring output that includes video, audio meters, trend graphs and even SDI technical data.
