Cinema & broadcast / CAMERA REFERENCE
Pocket Cinema Camera
Blackmagic Design
Announced:
This is the April 2013 announcement record. Announced recording formats should not be read as a guarantee of the firmware available on the first shipping units.
The first Pocket Cinema Camera put a Super 16-sized sensor and an interchangeable lens mount into a small body. It was a 1080 HD camera: the Pocket name later covered much larger 4K and 6K models.
An official photograph has not yet been added to this record.
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer launch specifications; later shipping changes are identified separately. Source: Blackmagic Design original announcement ↗.
Sensor and recording
- Sensor
- Super 16-sized; 1080 HD
- Recording announced
- ProRes 422 HQ; lossless compressed CinemaDNG RAW
- Dynamic range claim
- 13 stops, according to Blackmagic
Operation and workflow
- Mount
- Active Micro Four Thirds
- Media
- SD cards
- Body
- Less than one inch thick
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
An independent review has not yet been added to this record.
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
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