Blackmagic Design announces Blackmagic Camera for Android 1.3 update

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Blackmagic Camera for Android

Blackmagic Design announced the Blackmagic Camera for Android 1.3 update, which adds support for recording timecode with clips which allow customers to quickly synchronize video and audio in post-production and to use recordings from multiple cameras in a multi-cam edit with timecode sync. The update also adds anamorphic lens de-squeeze functionality and lens correction settings as well as support for off-speed and time-lapse recording. Customers with Pixel 6, 7, 8 and 9 phones will now be able to record at higher frame rates including 120fps and 240fps at 720p and 120fps at 1080p. Additionally, Blackmagic Camera now supports Xiaomi 13T, Samsung Flip 5/6 and Fold 5/6 phones. Blackmagic Camera is now available from Google Play, free of charge.

“Blackmagic Camera for Android has been incredibly popular since it was launched in June this year,” said Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO. “We are excited to be able to continue expanding our support of Android phone models so even more customers can experience the same great controls for shooting digital film as our professional cameras. Plus, with the addition of timecode customers can use the Cut page sync bin to create a multi-cam edit faster than ever before.”

Blackmagic Camera for Android 1.3 Features

  • Support for recording timecode with clips.
  • Support for anamorphic lens de-squeeze.
  • Support for higher frame rate recordings on Pixel devices.
  • Support for off-speed recording.
  • Support for time-lapse recording.
  • Support for adjusting the audio gain.
  • Works with Foldable devices: Samsung Flip 5/6, Samsung Fold 5/6.
  • Works with Xiaomi 13T

In other Blackmagic news, the company announced pricing for the previously announced Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65 digital film camera: US$29,995. Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65 includes a new large format 65mm format RGBW 17520 x 8040 sensor with larger photo-sites for 16 stops of dynamic range, interchangeable PL, LPL, and Hasselblad lens mounts, and industry-standard Lemo and Fischer connections. Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65 comes with 8TB of high-performance storage built in and also includes high-speed networking for media upload and syncing to Blackmagic Cloud.