Top image via\u00a0Daniel Peters<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Though the URSA Mini 4.6K<\/strong> was originally set to be released last October, Blackmagic Design delayed the camera’s launch to ensure it was functioning at full capacity after a few issues came to light. With those issues now resolved, Blackmagic is finally shipping the URSA Mini 4.6K<\/strong>. CEO Grant Petty recently released<\/a> an update video<\/a>\u00a0that ran through some of the issues the company had faced while trying to get the camera out.<\/p>\n The main issue facing the URSA Mini 4.6K\u00a0<\/strong>design team had to do with global shutter<\/a>. When this feature was active, the camera would lose stops of dynamic range. In the end, after long discussions with several filmmakers and cinematographers, Blackmagic decided to sacrifice global shutter in favor of fifteen stops of dynamic range. Here’s a snippet from their recent press release:<\/p>\n Their feedback is that the cameras should not be delayed for this feature as the main benefits of the cameras are the wide dynamic range, and that this dynamic range is only available when running without global shutter.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n In addition to addressing this issue in the above video update, Grant Petty and Blackmagic also released an impressive short film (directed by\u00a0John Brawley<\/a>)\u00a0shot completely on the URSA Mini 4.6K<\/strong>. Blackmagic Design is offering this short film (and behind-the-scenes video) as a download, plus some\u00a0RAW footage from the short film<\/strong> that you work with in DaVinci Resolve<\/a>. This will give you a solid idea of what an\u00a0URSA Mini 4.6K<\/strong> workflow would be like.<\/p>\n We’re\u00a0pretty impressed with what we’ve seen of the URSA Mini 4.6K<\/strong>\u00a0so far. To give you a better idea of the camera’s capabilities, we’ve rounded up our favorite test footage from professionals around the world.<\/p>\n
\nBobby Hewitt<\/h3>\n