hey guys Brandon here so to give you some context for previous nabs
Blackmagic has managed to steal the show for the past four years with their
camera announcements naturally this year was no different with the announcement
of the Ursa mini which is poised to be one of the most interesting cameras
announced at NAB 2015 this year let's check it
out lonus techtips coverage of NAB 2015
is powered by Sennheiser Kingston and linda.com the Ura mini seems to be the
result of Blackmagic finally taking feedback from Real World Shooters and
making a camera that is finally reasonably ergonomic starting with the
specs the Ursa mini now supports two main sensor options the older 4K sensor
from last year's Blackmagic Ursa release as well as a brand new impressive 4.6k
sensor that claims 15 stops of dynamic range one of the most interesting things
about the sensor is that it has both a rolling and Global shutter with the
ability to shoot up to 30 FPS with the global shutter and 60 FPS with the
rolling shutter at 4.6k resolution if you are not in need of the 4.6k
resolution the camera will also shoot up to 160 FPS in regular 1080p moving on to
the physical features of the camera you can get it with either a Canon EF or a
cinema standard PL Mount the Ura mini is also sporting a large 5-in touchcreen
that nearly makes up one side of the camera however if you do not want to use
it there is also buttons on the exterior of the monitor for easy access to
control like custom function keys and record for recording media Blackmagic
has chosen the new cast 2.0 standard of cards which at the moment are quite
pricey but with more cameras this year adapting the format I am hopeful that
the cost will come down soon the URS mini also comes with a surprisingly
solid remote hand grip that allows you to start and stop recording as well as
map other custom features to the other two buttons on the controller the evf
attached is a $1,500 optional accessory that was actually surprisingly
impressive it's a 1920x 1080 OLED
display that produced a very crisp image likely to be my favorite new feature of
this camera is the two built-in XLR ports in the top that are easily
adjusted with the audio dials on the side of the camera in camera audio is a
simple feature but very few cameras at this level do it well and with the
addition of the built-in microphone at the front to complement the xlrs the SS
mini finally looks like a camera that you can take out of the box and just start shooting with lastly in terms of
the rest of the I/O on the camera it has two SDI out reference in time codee in a
four pin XLR power out with a 12vt main
power in a lcat controller for the remote hand grip and a 3.5 mm headphone
jack for monitoring audio with all these impressive specs and features Blackmagic
has managed to price the Ursa Mini at a very competitive
$4,995 for the 4.6k version with an
additional $500 for the pl Mount version and having the older sensor version
coming in at even lower prices than that as someone who has been using Blackmagic
cameras for the last 2 years I excited to see Blackmagic truly take the first
steps to a well-rounded production camera that could suit many shooting
situations that their previous cameras may not have been perfect for thank you
guys for watching this video and let me know in the comments down below or on the Forum what you guys think of the Ura
mini would you guys like to see us do a full review of the camera please let me
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