Blackmagic released the Camera Utility 1.8 which brings following improvements on their Micro Four Thirds cameras:
Blackmagic Cinema Camera (here at BH)
- Updated user interface
- Adds autofocus support for compatible EF lenses
- Improved debayering when shooting to ProRes or DNxHD
- Improved focus peaking display
- Improved ISO handling when shooting at ISO 1600
- Improved general audio performance
- Iris setting is retained when switching between camera recording and clip playback
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera (here at BH)
- Updated user interface
- Improved performance when recording using internal microphones
- Improved instances where a grid-like pattern may occur in some flare highlights
- General improvements in autofocus with active MFT lenses
- Adds supports for stabilization in MFT lenses without physical O.I.S switches
- Improved support for Sigma MFT lenses
- Improved support for Lumix 12-42mm PZ lens
- Improved support for Olympus 60mm f/2.8 MFT lens
- Iris setting is retained when switching between camera recording and clip playback
Blackmagic Studio Camera (here at BH)
- Improved phantom power compatibility
- Addresses an issue with interlace video being output as progressive video
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And again, some magical non-existent “Lumix 12-42mm PZ lens”.
[OFF] A square multi orientation multi aspect ratio sensor makes the portrait grip useless: you can always hold the camera in ‘landscape’ position even if you want to shot in portrait mode. The orientation could be set (together with the aspect ratio) using a switch – instead of rotating the body. Moreover, a simple tilting screen/viewfinder would be enough for all situations, no need for swivelling screen.
Don’t confuse this with classical square sensor systems. Unlike e.g. MF cameras, in our case the square multi aspect and orientation sensor should cover not just the image circle for 1:1 (square) format but also for 4:3 portrait, 4:3 landscape, 16:9 portrait and 16:9 landscape modes respectively, and won’t use all pixels simultaneously, see the illustration below (omitted the 4:3 modes for simplicity).
(Considering the major importance I will post this in every upcoming threads from now on. Hope both our admin and you, guys will forgive me for this kind of ‘harassment’ being a small price paid for making this killer feature as standard for future M43 bodies.)
This will be never a killer feature. Start a kickstarter project instead of spamming.
Quite interesting that all people do cry for a button or swich which is misplaced by a few millimeters, that is, ‘bad ergonomy’. And seems to be nobody troubled about the ergonomical nightmare of highly ‘misplaced’ grip, shutter, buttons, dials etc. when the body is rotated. Not speaking about shooting by tripod.
Not many people cry. The few cry everywhere I had no problem with the highly ‘misplaced’ grip,etc. There is an invention called tripod head and it can be rotated by 90 deg.
It’s especially easy and useful when you shot mixed portrait/landscape form tripod, e.g. painting reproduction.
“painting reproduction”
I estimate that about 0.1% of the users are interested in it and they probably use an FF camera.
Looking forward to see AF performance, need this when shooting events for casual use since my eyes are not so good. For filming that’s fine since everything will be well prepared and accurately calculated.
No SD card file delete and format functions?
No remaining card space/duration?
Or these are within the “interface improvement”?
i like this “)
http://ict3.com
this is good
http://ict3.com/canteral-telephone