Black Magic Tech Dem

When I first came up with the concept for my Minor project, I hadn't thought a great deal about the equipment I would use to develop me skills. I had hoped to use the Black Magic as I was a fan of that camera, but was unsure if it would be available to us. 

I came in Uni to ask Lee what the deal with using the Black Magic was, I was very aware that there was only 2 Black Magic cameras, so availability may have been tough. However, no one had booked to use the Black Magic, Lee did mention that a tech demo on the camera would be necessary if I wanted to use it for my Minor. Luckily for me, Lee wasn't very busy and could give me a Tech Demo there and then. I was very surprised the Black Magic wasn't in higher demand, for an experemental module, I would have thought people would have favoured the Black Magic as we have not used it before so it is a true opportunity for experimentation. Anyway we went into the studio and Lee introduced me to the camera.

Here are some of the Notes I took while in with Lee: 

Camera is Ready to film once 'Ready' appears in the top left. 

172.8 Degrees is a good starting point. 

Percentage bar only reads in 100/75/50/25/10, so be aware. 

Settings

ISO set to 400-800 to start. 

3400 for a room. 

5600 for outside.

Formats:

DMXHD - 8 BIT

2.5K RAW - 12 BIT

PROO RES 422 DEFAULT 

Get a total of 3 hours on 240gb. 

Video Latitude 8.

Set to Film for best quality. 

25 fps is standard set up. 

Display

Dynamic Range: Video

For Human Skin white balance set to: 

80% (for white skin)

75% (for black skin) 

90% (to be safe) 

When formatting card, HFS+ is for mac. exFAT is compatible with both Mac and PC. 

exFAT for AVID.