Administrators Andrew Reid Posted April 13, 2015 Administrators Share Posted April 13, 2015 New Blackmagic URSA Mini costs just $2995, Erik Naso has more details...Read the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Acuña Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Just wow, I can't wait to see more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrad Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 URSA Mini is the wrong name for it. It seems more like a replacement for the Cinema Camera/Production Camera line to me. Endfallow Media 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted April 13, 2015 Author Administrators Share Posted April 13, 2015 Maybe there is a surprise we haven't seen yet regarding those. Endfallow Media, Zak Forsman and Xiong 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endfallow Media Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 If BM is serious about sticking with the CFast game, as it seems they are, perhaps they'll make a move into the media arena, alá Atomos, and help bring those CFast prices down. As it stands a wallet of CFast 2.0 cards is a pricey investment for someone buying a $3000 camera, and could eclipse the price of the cam at current prices. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted April 13, 2015 Author Administrators Share Posted April 13, 2015 I am sure Canon being in the CFast 2.0 game will help bring prices down.Haha just kidding. Endfallow Media 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanleebush Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 God it looks so beautiful.. If it comes in at a reasonable weight and VF price it will be exactly what I've been looking for. I might be high from the 15 hour shoot today, but I'm pretty sure this will be my next camera. Slow clap BM.. stealing the show for a third year in a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endfallow Media Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I am sure Canon being in the CFast 2.0 game will help bring prices down.Haha just kidding.Ha! I trust your alluding to their pitiful XC10. I can't see that camera being purchased, at all actually, let alone in numbers that would positively effect a broad market adoption of CFast 2.0. We can hope though, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted April 13, 2015 Author Administrators Share Posted April 13, 2015 The XC10 probably has it's place. There will always be a large crowd willing to sacrifice the artistic creativity of a super 35mm sensor with 15 stop dynamic range for a drab looking slap and dash camcorder image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Shasha Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Indeed. The XC10 does have a place. At little-league soccer games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Looks like an amazing camera for professional users with low budget, or amateurs that just want to have a bad-ass pro camera Too big for my taste. I'd like a dslr-sized URSA Micro though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBounce Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 What's the build quality like on this thing? Is it metal or plastic? Needs to be rugged for run and gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted April 13, 2015 Author Administrators Share Posted April 13, 2015 Looks like magnesium alloy of some sort as with previous URSA.Not long now till the official specs so let's see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff CB Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 If it gives a good image, holy god this will be a popular camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ebrahim Saadawi Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 The first time I encountered the URSA my first impression was: this is the rolls royce of cameras, the kind of material it was made of and how solidly it's put together alone justify the weight. It's like a beautiful block of sculptured metal, steel iron in fact. It's an entirelt different league from the C300s/FS/Sony/Pana professional camcorders, and even beyond Red. The only camera that felt close was the Alexa. I think this is the reason for the URSA being unsuccessful, is that it needed to be used in an Alexa environment, yet the price was targeted to an entirely different audience who don't even know how to handle such a beast. It really is one of the first camera I as a man cannot hold, it's like gym excercise. The URSA mini seems like BM realized that fact, so they decreased the size and used more consumer/normal-camera materials and kept down the weight significantly to the normal level. In the photo it does look like they might have went too far in material quality but I don'tmind as it"s sturdy enough for normal shooting, which it will probably be (the material honestly looks very cheap with all these finger print smudges, like a plastic toy, but again I'd take that over weight any day) This was the first URSA problem, and they fixed it. Second was the price, and they sure fixed that too!! People are a bit hard to convince to pay 7K for a BM camera when they can get a real known pro camcorder forthe same money, and it just wasn't the market BM should be aiming at ''yet'' Third of course was the downsides of the infamous sensor, which was great in all aspects (Resolution, DR, excellent colour rendition and skin, no artefacts of rolling shutter, aliasinf, moire) a great sensor and produced fantastic images UNTIL sunlight comes down! This was the only fatal flaw in the URSA performance, lowlight performance, this alone made the camera compete in a whole differrent niche market compared to C100/300 FS7 and the others. And unless they fixed it the Mini will still be a niche product for a specific small group of shooters and sales won't fly, If they did fix it though, and now it's capable of clean 1600/3200 ISO at least, then this camera can be the dominant force in the professiona video industry for years to come. Nobody else is making such a complete package, it will ne perfect as an ENG camera with ProRes 4:2:2, the friendliest broadcast format of all, and a perfect film camera as we know how filmic the images look and the fact that it can take film lenses and has a s35 sensor. This camera could be THE one, but I am doubtfull there will be a major minor fatal flaw that makes it only appeal for a niche market. I hope not because if it's true, this is my next company camera. (Yes I've been looking for a large pro-looking camcorder for marketing reasons and this may very well be the one, unless they screw it up BM style, something like the LCD being disabled until a 2016 firmware fix, FPN, onlyworks at ISO 25, Audio sounds like a telephone call, needs 5 V-lock batteries for a shoot, has a passive mount so no IS at all, you know, the BM stuff!) It looks promising though and looks to be free of these issues. Fingers crossed. Don't let us down again BM, we love you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindfest Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 The first time I encountered the URSA my first impression was...*thumbsup* and thanks. never saw an URSA in real life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zak Forsman Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Not $2995 unfortunately. AnthonyWithNoH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamoui Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 all info is available on https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/new camera is micro studio camera 4khttps://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicmicrostudiocamera4k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Kotlos Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Not $2995 unfortunately.At least it includes a $1000 software Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Shasha Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Still a bargain at $5000. Clayton Moore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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