As we covered when first announced at NAB last year, the Blackmagic URSA Cine is truly one of the company’s most audacious cameras yet. With a 12K full-frame 36 x 24mm sensor and an advertised 16 stops of dynamic range, the URSA Cine 12K—along with the recently announced Base Model version—is already revolutionizing the high-end cinematography world with its advanced features, quality recording, and competitive pricing.But the real “black magic” at work here might simply be the URSA Cine’s RGBW sensor and the proprietary technology powering it. Let’s look at some helpful camera reviews and test footage features to explore just what’s happening under the hood of the URSA Cine 12K and why cinematographers and filmmakers might want to seriously consider this technology for their shorts and features.Blackmagic’s Proprietary RGBW CFAAs you can see in this video review from Team 2 Films, the most impressive aspect of the URSA Cine 12K isn’t the camera’s dynamic range or 12K 3:2 open gate raw capture recording. But rather, it’s the sensor itself. The URSA Cine 12K doesn’t use a Bayer Sensor as you’d find in previous Blackmagic cameras (as well as ARRI and Sony cameras). Instead, it uses Blackmagic’s proprietary RGBW CFA (color filter array), a more complex sensor technology that Blackmagic and other brands have been experimenting with for years. The crux for this switch from Bayer sensors to this new RGBW technology has to do with the improvements Blackmagic has made in terms of image processing technologies and speeds. The...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 13 February