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Blackmagic Design Announces Immediate Discount blackmagic Video Assist 3G and 12G camera monitors! Thanks to a substantial price reduction, professional preview (SDI and HDMI) and Blackmagic RAW recording is now available to users of all performance levels!

Blackmagic Design have significantly expanded their range of IP video products according to the SMPTE 2110 standard! New are for example compact "IP Mini" converters with 12G-SDI and HDMI interfaces (IP>HDMI and IP<>12G-SDI) incl. the Blackmagic 2110 IP Converter 4x12G and 8x12G offering bi-directional 12G-SDI to 2110 IP conversion (4x12G-SDI<>RJ-45 and 8x12G-SDI<>SFP respectively), the dedicated Blackmagic 2110 IP Presentation Converter for podium applications, etc, as well as the Blackmagic Ethernet Switch 360P, the first Ethernet switch designed specifically for the film and TV industry! Most of the above products will be on sale from May.

Long awaited highest model in the Libec TH family of lightweight video tripods offers - while maintaining its light weight, small size and affordability - the possibility of continuous friction adjustment of the pan and tilt. The design combines aluminium alloy and hardened plastic for a load capacity of up to 5 kg with an empty weight of 3.6 kg and a height range of 73-163 cm.

Blackmagic Design's extremelynews-rich NAB 2024 welcomed, among other things, two new digital film cameras from the brand: URSA Cine 12K and PYXIS 6K. The former is the materialized answer to the question "what would a camera from Blackmagic Design look like regardless of the selling price".

It's the successor to the URSA Mini Pro 12K OLPF, now with Blackmagic Design's second generation 12K RGBW sensor (larger pixels, 36x24 mm, 16 EV dynamic range, up to 12K 3:2 Open Gate 12288x8040 80 fps), recording on proprietary interchangeable modules (the camera currently comes with an 8TB M.2PCIe SSD module, with future plans for a 16TB version, or a module with dual CFexpress card slots), network interface (Wi-Fi, 10G Ethernet) with Blackmagic Cloud and streaming support, PL, LPL and EF interchangeable bayonets (also Hasselblad in the future), standard Lemo and Fischer connectors for power and accessories, Blackmagic RAW and H.264 recording (proxy), interchangeable B Mount battery plate (Gold and V-Lock plates will be available as an option). The camera is already on sale and comes with accessories (PL/EF bayonets, 8TB module, handle and B Mount plates, Top Rod Mount 15 and Baseplate 19 etc.) in a Pelican case. A kit variant with the new electronic viewfinder is also on sale. The manufacturer is also working on a 65mm 17K sensor, but this won't be available until later this year.

Camera PYXIS 6K will go on sale in June and, in addition to the film industry's favourite "box" version, will offer a 6K FF sensor with 13 EV dynamic range, L-Mount, PL and EF bayonets, 1G Ethernet, compatibility with URSA Cine accessories (including the Blackmagic URSA Cine EVF viewfinder), recording on a pair of CFexpress Type B cards (Blackmagic RAW, H.264 proxy; up to 6048 x 4032 Open Gate 3:2 36 fps) or to external USB-C SSDs, BP-U battery power, and a 4" high-brightness touchscreen display with FHD resolution.

In addition to a host of new products, Blackmagic Design also launched several updates at NAB 2024, including. Desktop Video 12.9, which is dedicated to the model UltraStudio 4K Mini, now with support for 10-bit YUVA 4:2:2 up to 2160p30 keying mode, as well as the ability to quickly deactivate Fill and Key outputs for the new instant replay features of DaVinci Resolve 19 and ATEM overhead. The 8.4 update for HyperDeck recorders implements features for video recording and playback within a network infrastructure, NTP support, HTTP and HTTPS browsing and file transfer, and new network security features on models HyperDeck Studio 4K Pro, HyperDeck Studio HD Pro, HyperDeck Studio HD Plus a HyperDeck Studio HD Mini. Download here.