Cinema & broadcast / CAMERA REFERENCE
PYXIS 12K
Blackmagic Design
Announced:
PYXIS 12K brought the URSA Cine sensor design to the smaller box-camera format. Resolution, aspect ratio and frame rate remain linked choices: the full 3:2 sensor is recorded at a lower maximum rate than the cropped widescreen format.
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer launch specifications; later shipping changes are identified separately. Source: Blackmagic Design original announcement ↗.
Sensor and recording
- Sensor
- Full-frame RGBW; 12288 x 8040
- Open-gate rate
- 3:2 at up to 40 fps
- Widescreen rate
- 12288 x 5112 2.4:1 at up to 60 fps
Operation and workflow
- Mount variants
- L-Mount, PL or locking EF
- Media
- Dual CFexpress recorders
- Networking
- 10G Ethernet; Blackmagic Cloud sync
- Dynamic range claim
- 16 stops, according to Blackmagic
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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