Since Blackmagic Design officially announced the new PYXIS 12K camera on Friday, it has been getting a lot of attention. We met with Craig Heffernan from Blackmagic Design right on the first day of NAB to ask him some important questions about the camera, many of which were inspired by your comments. We talked about RGBW sensor uncropped 4k recording, readout speeds, lack of internal ND filters, power draw, media, and more. Let’s dive into the Blackmagic PYXIS 12K details. As Craig pointed out, the new Blackmagic PYXIS 12K has virtually the same camera body as the PYXIS 6K introduced last year. It features the same ergonomics, body, connectivity, side touchscreen display, three lens mount options (L, EF, PL), etc. Only this time, the camera sports the 12K full-frame RGBW sensor from the Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K. Blackmagic Design PYXIS 12K. Image credit: CineD RGBW versus Bayer sensors One of the unique things about the new PYXIS 12K sensor is the RGBW technology, which allows for uncropped internal Blackmagic RAW video recording in various resolutions from full 12K down to 4K using the full width (and/or full height) of the sensor. Compared to the Bayer sensor (which usually has to crop into the sensor when recording lower-resolution raw video), Blackmagic Design’s RGBW sensor offers a different kind of processing to provide full sensor readout. Craig explained that in the PIXYS 12K, this is not done through line skipping, but there is a different kind of processing happening. Without getting too...
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