New Blackmagic drone camera

Rick Boden April 15, 2015 at 5:16pm

Thank you Mike. It's a beauty!

Serge Contal April 15, 2015 at 1:36am

This looks so cool.

We need to make a hulled gimbal for it.

Rick Boden April 14, 2015 at 2:06pm

A couple of questions for anyone who might know or want to venture a guess:

1. I read this camera takes 4/3 lenses although the format is different. Any rough idea on lens equivalents to full frame? I know I can double the focal length of my Panasonic 4/3 lenses to get a rough FF equivalent.

2. Is that a real hexacopter in the photo or just a rendering? If real, what is the make?

Thanks.

Developer

John Arne Birkeland April 14, 2015 at 1:51pm

Raw video and global shutter is of course very, very nice to have. But the game changer for our usage will be the 13 stop dynamic range. No more having to choose between crushed blacks or blowing out the sky.

Sandy Sound April 14, 2015 at 2:19am

Yep I've been a big fan of blackmagic for years. This is excellent news.

Developer

John Arne Birkeland April 13, 2015 at 6:24pm

TV and film production companies are going to eat this up. This is basically a gopro replacement with the features professionals have been asking for like proper lenses, high quality sensor and recording.

Greg Nuspel April 13, 2015 at 1:36pm

I think some of the big points for us are:
Global Shutter
RC control - including lens functions
Compact package
Interchangeable lenses - not a GoPro or DJI style camera
Expansion interface which the controller can interact with, and they will publish the specifications.

Speculation on my part is it looks like it could be balanced aerodynamically as well the weight distribution.

When it comes to data rate, I don't think this will knock out Reds for film production. Most people are using drones for video that will be hosted on the web so I don't think this is too much of an issue.