What's new in Blackmagic Camera Utility 2.8.1
Oct 30, 2015
- Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K:
- Enabled SDI In functionality
- General performance enhancements
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 2.8 (Oct 15, 2015)
- Adds support for Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K.
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 2.5 (Jul 8, 2015)
- Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- New support for 720p50, 720p59.94 and 720p60
- Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- New support for 720p50, 720p59.94 and 720p60
- Updated 6G-SDI to match updated SMPTE draft specification
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 2.4 (Jun 2, 2015)
- Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Updated camera utility
- Adds support for more frame guides option
- Holding down MENU will bypass the Dashboard
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 2.1 (Mar 19, 2015)
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Adds support for more frame guide options
- Adds Japanese and Chinese language menu support
- Holding down MENU will bypass Dashboard and go straight into settings
- Peaking state is remembered after power cycle
- Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Adds lossless compressed RAW support
- Adds support for more frame guide options
- Holding down MENU will bypass the Dashboard
- Peaking state is remembered after power cycle
- Blackmagic URSA:
- New Blackmagic Camera Setup software
- Improved media formatting performance
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 2.0 (Jan 23, 2015)
- Blackmagic URSA:
- Adds support for Apple ProRes 444 recording in 4K and HD
- Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- Performance improvements for optical fiber output
- Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Fixes an issue where the overlays settings are not remembered after turning off camera
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Fixes an issue where dropped frames are occurring during ProRes LT and Proxy recording
- Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Performance enhancements and improvements
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.11 (Dec 18, 2014)
- Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- New Details option in camera
- New support for independent control of front and rear tally brightness
- Add "Ch 2 used Ch 1 Input" option in Audio settings
- Added more camera settings information in display overlay
- Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- New Details option in camera
- New support for independent control of front and rear tally brightness
- Add "Ch 2 used Ch 1 Input" option in Audio settings
- Added more camera settings information in display overlay
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.10 (Dec 2, 2014)
- Blackmagic URSA:
- Fixed error reading timecode input
- Improved in-camera format reliability when formatting in HFS+
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Improved in-camera format reliability when formatting in HFS+
- Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Improved in-camera format reliability when formatting in HFS+
- Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Improved in-camera format reliability when formatting in HFS+
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.9 (Nov 24, 2014)
- Blackmagic URSA:
- Adds new compressed RAW 3:1 support
- Enable 80 fps support in 4K for ProRes and RAW 3:1
- Enable variable frame rate feature so off-speed clips now playback in project frame rate
- Enabled phantom power support
- Added more frame guide options
- Enabled in-camera formatting for CFast 2.0 media
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Improved in-camera format reliability
- Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Improved in-camera format reliability
- Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Improved in-camera format reliability
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.8 (Oct 15, 2014)
- Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- Support for MFT lenses with active zoom
- Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Support for MFT lenses with active zoom
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.7 (Oct 8, 2014)
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera - Adds in-camera SD card formatting support
- Blackmagic Cinema Camera - Adds in-camera SSD formatting support
- Blackmagic Production Camera 4K - Improves in-camera formatting support
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.6 (Sep 18, 2014)
- Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K:
- General performance improvements
- Blackmagic URSA:
- General performance improvements
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.5 (Sep 5, 2014)
- Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Adds support for in-camera formatting of SSDs
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.4 (Sep 4, 2014)
- Blackmagic URSA:
- General performance improvements
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.3 (Aug 21, 2014)
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Add histogram, time remaining and audio level indicators. Use Up and Down to reveal and hide the meters while Left and Right will adjust the aperture of your active MFT lens.
- Fixed bug where in-camera playback may sometimes drop frames.
- Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Add histogram, time remaining and audio level indicators.
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.2 (Aug 14, 2014)
- Adds support for Blackmagic URSA
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.1 (Aug 11, 2014)
- Adds support for Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9 (Jul 24, 2014)
- Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Add histogram, time remaining and audio level indicators
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.8.2 (Jul 19, 2014)
- Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Adds support for Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy recording support.
- Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- Adds support for Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy recording support.
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- Adds support for Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy recording support.
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.8.1 (Jul 15, 2014)
- Blackmagic Studio Camera:
- Remote Camera Control support from ATEM live production switchers
- Audio level input now has Line, Mic Low and Mic High gain settings
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.7 (Apr 8, 2014)
- Adds support for Blackmagic Studio Camera.
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.6.2 (Feb 24, 2014)
- Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Addresses an issue where the camera may not start up correctly
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.6.1 (Feb 10, 2014)
- Blackmagic Production Camera 4K:
- Support for Blackmagic Production Camera 4K.
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera:
- General stability improvements.
- Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- General stability improvements.
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.5.1 (Nov 25, 2013)
- Fixed issue with 180º shutter angle not operating correctly when shooting in 23.98 or 24 fps
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.5 (Nov 12, 2013)
- Adds CinemaDNG RAW recording support for Pocket Cinema Camera
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.4.2 (Sep 13, 2013)
- Addresses ‘Black Sun’ Effect in Pocket Cinema Camera.
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.4.1 (Sep 3, 2013)
- Support for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
- Improved auto focusing performance with Olympus Micro Four Third lenses on Pocket Cinema Camera
- Improved SD card compatibility on Pocket Cinema Camera
- Fixed issue where monitored audio channels in headphones during record is swapped on Pocket Cinema Camera
- Improve RP188 timecode accuracy on Blackmagic Cinema Camera EF and MFT
- Improved notification to user when doing Interval recording
New in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.4 (Aug 2, 2013)
- Support for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera