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The compact design, familiar controls and broadcast camera features are ideal for ENG style shooting and vital for working quickly when you’re trying to capture breaking news. Whether you’re in the studio or out in the field, URSA Broadcast will give you incredible image quality, accurate skin tones and vibrant colors that are far superior to cameras costing ten times more.
The key is URSA Broadcast's new extended video mode that produces pictures you don’t need to color grade so you can shoot, edit and get stories on air faster than ever before.
URSA Broadcast is the first professional broadcast camera designed to work with standard media cards and file formats that are compatible with virtually all broadcast systems and editing software. URSA Broadcast records onto inexpensive standard SD cards, UHS-II cards and CFast cards, and records 1080i or 2160p video into standard .mov files, with .mxf to be added in future updates.
URSA Broadcast records using DNx145, DNx220X or ProRes so the files will work with your existing broadcast systems and workflows. You also get a B4 lens mount that works with your existing lenses, or you can swap it for optional EF, F and PL lens mounts so you can use standard photographic lenses.
URSA Broadcast features an incredible 4K image sensor and a new extended video mode with better dynamic range and color fidelity. The image sensor is designed for both HD and Ultra HD so you get amazing texture and detail, accurate skin tones, vibrant color and high dynamic range video, all without the need for post production. That means you can shoot, edit and get stories on air fast! The high resolution sensor is a huge advantage, even when working in HD, because you get sub pixel image processing and superior anti-aliasing for super sharp images.
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| Camera Features | |
|---|---|
| Effective Sensor Size | 2/3 inch sensor size when using 4K B4 mount (Actual sensor size 13.056mm x 7.344mm) |
| Lens Mount | B4 2/3 inch |
| Lens Control | Electronic control via 12-pin broadcast connector. Control also possible via EF mount pins when using optional URSA Mini Pro EF Mount. |
| Dynamic Range | 12 Stops+ |
| Shooting Resolutions | 3840x2160, 1920x1080 |
| Frame Rates | Project frame rates of 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94 and 60 fps supported. |
| Off-speed frame rates up to 60p. | |
| Built in ND Filters | Four position ND filter wheel with clear, 2-stop, 4-stop and 6-stop ND filters. |
| Focus | Focus button turns on peaking, auto focus available using compatible lenses with focus servo. |
| Iris Control | Iris wheel and touchscreen slider for manual iris adjustment on electronically controllable lenses |
| Iris button for instant auto iris settings on compatible lenses so no pixel is clipped in film mode | |
| Scene average auto exposure in video and extended video mode. | |
| Screen Dimensions | 4 inch. |
| Screen Type | LCD capacitive touchscreen. |
| Metadata Support | Automatically populated lens data from electronic B4 lenses. |
| Automatic recording of camera settings and slate data such as project, scene number, take and special notes. | |
| Controls | Touchscreen menus on 4 inch screen. Push buttons for other controls. 2 assignable shortcut keys. |
| Timecode Clock | Highly accurate timecode clock. Less than 1 frame drift every 8 hours. |
| Connections | |
| Total Video Inputs | 1 x SDI |
| Total Video Outputs | 1 x SDI, 1 x SDI Monitoring. |
| SDI Rates | 1.5G, 3G, 6G, 12G. |
| Analog Audio Inputs | 2 x XLR switchable between mic, line and AES digital audio. Phantom power support. |
| Analog Audio Outputs | 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack, supports iPhone microphone for talkback. |
| Reference Inputs | Tri-Sync/Black Burst/Timecode. |
| Remote Control | 2 x 2.5mm LANC input for Rec Start/Stop, plus Iris and Focus control using compatible lenses. |
| Computer Interface | USB Type-C for software updates. |
| Audio | |
| Microphone | Integrated stereo microphone. |
| Built in Speaker | 1 x mono speaker. |
| Standards | |
| SD Video Standards | None |
| HD Video Standards | 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60 |
| Interlaced output via SDI 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60 | |
| Ultra HD Video Standards | 2160p23.98, 2160p24, 2160p25, 2160p29.97, 2160p30, 2160p50, 2160p59.94, 2160p60 |
| SDI Compliance | SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 424 Level B, SMPTE 2081-1, SMPTE 2082-1 |
| SDI Audio Sampling | 48 kHz and 24 bit |
| Media | |
| Media | 2 x CFast for 4K RAW and ProRes recording |
| 2 x SD UHS-II card slots for HD and Ultra HD recording. | |
| Media Format | Can format cards to ExFAT for Windows and Mac or HFS+ for Mac (file systems). |
| Supported Codecs | |
| Codecs | DNxHD 220X, DNxHD 145, Apple ProRes 4444 XQ |
| QuickTime, ProRes 4444 QuickTime, ProRes 422 HQ | |
| QuickTime, ProRes 422 QuickTime, ProRes 422 LT | |
| QuickTime and ProRes 422 Proxy QuickTime, CinemaDNG | |
| RAW, CinemaDNG RAW 3:1, CinemaDNG RAW 4:1. | |
| Control | |
| External Control | Blackmagic SDI Control Protocol, iPad control via Bluetooth, 2 x 2.5mm LANC for lens and record control. |
| Color Corrector | |
| Color Corrector | DaVinci YRGB. |
| Talkback and Tally | |
| Talkback | SDI Channels 15/16 and iPhone headset. |
| Live Tally Indicator | Tally on LCD, URSA Viewfinder and URSA Studio Viewfinder. |
| Storage Features | |
| Storage Type | 2 x CFast 2.0 |
| 2 x SD UHS-II cards | |
| 2.5 inch SSD via optional URSA Mini SSD Recorder | |
| Storage Rates | Storage rates based on 30 frames per second. |
| 3840 x 2160 | Apple ProRes 444 XQ - 250 MB/s |
| Apple ProRes 444 - 165 MB/s | |
| Apple ProRes 422 HQ - 110 MB/s | |
| Apple ProRes 422 - 73.6 MB/s | |
| Apple ProRes 422 LT - 51 MB/s | |
| Apple ProRes Proxy - 22.4 MB/s | |
| 1920 x 1080 | Apple ProRes 444 XQ - 62.5 MB/s |
| Apple ProRes 444 - 41.25 MB/s | |
| Apple ProRes 422 HQ - 27.5 MB/s | |
| Apple ProRes 422 - 18.4 MB/s | |
| Apple ProRes 422 LT - 12.75 MB/s | |
| Apple ProRes Proxy - 5.6 MB/s | |
| DNxHD 220X - 27.5 MB/s | |
| DNxHD 145 -18.2 MB/s | |
| Recording Formats | DNxHD 1920x1080 and 1920x1080i with either film, video or extended video dynamic range. |
| Apple ProRes 3840x2160 and 1920x1080 with either film, video or extended video dynamic range | |
| Lossless CinemaDNG RAW, RAW 3:1 and RAW 4:1 with film dynamic range at 3840x2160. | |
| Software | |
| Software Included | URSA Mini Operating System. |
| Blackmagic Camera Setup. | |
| Operating Systems | Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, macOS 10.12 Sierra, macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. |
| Power Requirements | |
| Power Supply | 1 x External 12V power supply. |
| External Power Input | 1 x 4-pin XLR port for external power or battery use. |
| 1 x 12-pin Molex connector on rear battery plate. | |
| Power | Rear camera mount compatible with industry standard V-mount or gold mount battery plates. |
| Physical Specifications | 149.85mm x 255.90mm x 146.89mm, 2.6kg |
| Operating Temperature | 0°to 40°C (32° to 104°F) |
| Storage Temperature | -20°to 45°C (-4° to 113°F) |
| Relative Humidity | 0% to 90% non-condensing |
| What's Included | URSA Broadcast body |
| Turret dust cap | |
| B4 lens mount | |
| Power supply | |
| SD card with software and manual | |
| Warranty | 12 Month Limited Manufacturer's Warranty. |
| *Specifications Correct at time of Publication | |
