The new URSA Broadcast G2 can take advantage of the new Focus and Zoom demands, my bet is they couldn’t launch it before the new Studio’s, but it seems to be the aimed market. However I hope manufacturers produce an active m43 adapter for B4 lens! It would be so cool!
I tried this month for the first time with both, mini studio and studio camera g2 in a flamenco show festival. In the last 10 days, I had good impressions but as you said in the video, these lenses are not enough for all scenes. I worked with a few sdi cables with 50 meters lenght, and a central control in the top of theatre. At those distances, Panasonic 45-175 lens have not enough quality and poor low 3.5 light from the start of zoom. It's real that Black magic did a good job with Iso and may be that lenses are not showing the real quality of the camera because the other pancake lenses, located near scene, looks very different than this. Also, colors of 45-175 looks more intense because of these light difference. One of the days, I connected a manual Olympus lens and it was to another level. But It's not compatible with zoom and focus demand and have not stabilizer. The best thing can happen it's a new line of quality lens from Olympus and Panasonic and of course, welcome any adaptation box for usb-c conecting B4 lens or any system.
This is just an absolutely fantastic review video! Dang, only FOUR M43 lenses out there that work with this camera for zoom control?? What does BM expect you to do? Use converters like you do?
Why they didn't go full B4 with lens support is insane to me. There aren't any m4/3 lenses that are good to control with external accessories. I tried them all and they have either breathing issues when focusing or stuttery when zooming.
Main issue now is all the cameras are split between EF mount which is a mount that is no longer supported by cannon, or mft. These damands as far as I know would only work on the canon cine servos, but HD b4 lenses are on eba4 for like 900 bucks, and besides the ursa broadcast 2 its all adapters.
Have you tried the Olympics 40 mm to 150 mm pro lens f28 on the black magic design I believe it had a zoom motor in it now what about the 60 mm to 600 mm pro sports lens I believe that's also Olympics as well if you tried both of those on the black magic design studio camera pro 4K I would love to see that and see how it works with the zoom controller and focus
Can you recommend a prosumer cam under 2k that supports 2k 60fps or better that would be good for streaming motorsports? Only interested in the 2k for being able to zoom in for recordings. Thanks
I have been using a JVC cam with SDI and HDMI outputs and the SDI single is going to one of my Laptops using a SDI to HDMI converter the other HDMI single is going to the ATEM mini pro and it'ts connected to another PC for OBS to Stream to FB Can I use the BM 4K pro in the same manner? IF so is it something that has to be set to send both singles or can it only do one at a time
The decision to make the lens work with the zoom demand rests with the lens manufacturer, not Blackmagic. Blackmagic makes the zoom demand to control the camera, not the lens. The lens needs to be designed and manufactured to talk to the camera. When using zoom servo demands for the B4 lenses each individual lens manufacturer has a zoom remote designed for its specific lens. The zoom demand is then plugged directly into the lens, not the camera. These devices cost a lot more than the Blackmagic zoom demand.
If BlackMagic allows all types of Lenses with Zoom controller, The BMD will break the other factory, because all Studios bught BMD cameras, facility, quality and low prices....
