Blackmagic's new Arduino Shield 3G-SDI

samuelcabral

First announced at NAB back in April, Australian company Blackmagic Design released their 3G-SDI Arduino Shield yesterday. While initially targeted at the broadcast market, its price point ($95!) and the DIY ethos of Arduino make it likely that indie filmmakers will find ways to adapt the tool to their needs

http://nofilmschool.com/2016/07/black-magic-demonstrates-forward-thinking-new-arduino-shield

Very exciting news!
I once had a Blackmagic Pocket and it was the best looking image that i've ever worked.
Unfortunately i've sold it because it was awful to shoot with it on the streets (doc work). Everything was so buried into the menus. Now i have a Pana G7 but would love to have a Bmmcc with a controller to change ISO, Aperture, shutter etc... on the fly.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1247782-REG/blackmagic_design_cinstudxurdo_3g_3g_sdi_arduino_shield.html

Vitaliy_Kiselev

I slightly do not understand excitement.

It can be of some use of very custom applications in studio.

I do not understand that kind of use it can have for normal people. As Bluetooth and Wi-Fi can do all remote control 100 times better.

samuelcabral

In my complete ignorance, i think that this could be used to built some kind of handle controler to change aperture, iso, etc... IF this would be possible, i could consider BM cameras for run and gun shooting...

cantsin

@samuelcabral Since the Bmmcc doesn't have SDI ports, this device will be useless for what you have in mind.

samuelcabral

@cantsin I really don't know if my idea is viable. But the bmmcc has a sdi port.

cantsin

@samuelcabral - no, it doesn't have SDI, but PWM and S.Bus: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/nl/products/blackmagicmicrocinemacamera/techspecs

samuelcabral

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/nl/products/blackmagicmicrostudiocamera4k/techspecs

I was thinking on the Studio 4k version.

cantsin

Okay - but the camera you mean is not called BMMCC. (And it bears the name "studio camera" for a good reason.)

samuelcabral

But the Studio cam with the Black Magic Video Assist can work just fine out of a studio. Again.. i was just thinking on a good way to use BM cameras without having to deal with it's slow camera operarion.

This guy is working on something similar...

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