New cameras from Blackmagic Design!

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.