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Of course, most of us can't afford to rent an ARRI Alexa, but on Age of Ultron, the latest instalment in the Avengers franchise, DP Ben Davis used the tiny, affordable, but yet very powerful Blackmagic Pocket cinema camera and intercut footage with the mighty ARRI Alexa.
It is this time of the year again when we embark on the UK biggest regional event for audio and video professionals – The Look Listen Experience 2015.
Starting off in Glasgow on March 17th, then passing through Manchester on the 19th, Bristol on the 24th, and finishing in London on March 26th, the LLEx2015 brings the latest in professional broadcast video technology to thousands of video professionals throughout the UK.
Camera Utility 2.0 adds 12bit ProRes 444 up to 60 frames per second in UHD (3840 x 2160p) to the URSA, in addition to 80fps in 1080p. With this latest update, the URSA becomes even more flexible and we can definitely see this camera getting more and more production and post-production friendly as 12bit ProRes 444 is a very popular VFX workflow codec.
Blackmagic Design has been on a roll this past few months, rolling out steady firmware updates ever since the beginning of the Summer. With the latest update, the 4K URSA ups the frame rates to 80fps at 4K for some incredible slow-motion shots, as well as a new compression ratio of 3:1 in 4K Raw
