Installation and Operation Manual
Blackmagic URSA Mini
and URSA Mini Pro
Includes Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder, URSA Studio Viewfinder,
URSA Mini Shoulder Kit, URSA Mini Lens Mounts, Blackmagic Camera
Fiber Converter, Studio Fiber Converter and URSA Mini SSD Recorder.
August 2020
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English
Welcome
Thank you for purchasing Blackmagic URSA Mini!
Since we released our first digital film camera a few years ago we have been privileged to have received
some of the best guidance and feedback we have ever had for a new product! We all grew up admiring
the work of the world’s leading cinematographers and DOPs and it’s been an honor to spend hours in
conversations with these legendary experts on the features we need to add to our cameras. Of course,
everyone we speak to has good ideas also!
With URSA Mini, we've packaged our incredible wide dynamic range sensors into a super small, light and
sturdy metal chassis.
URSA Mini’s beautiful user interface is designed for single operators who need quick, easy access to all
of their camera’s functions, while comprehensive ATEM switcher integration makesthe amazing image
quality of this Super 35mm digital film camera available to live production studios. You can even use
Blackmagic Fiber Converters, so you can use a single SMPTE fiber cable to connect an URSA Mini to your
live production switcher!
Best of all, URSA Mini is available with a 4K sensor, 4.6K sensor with even greater dynamic range or
the revolutionary 12K sensor! We also listened to single operators when we developed our Blackmagic
URSAViewfinder which is perfect when you need extra precision and for shooting on the shoulder.
URSA Mini Pro offers even better image quality with additional features including ergonomic controls,
interchangeable lens mounts and internal ND filters. If you are familiar with ENG cameras, we believe
you will find these ergonomic controls and the built in ND filters extremely powerful. We're also proud to
introduce our Blackmagic RAW codec, offering the flexibility of RAW processing all in a single file, providing
massive performance increases with reduced file sizes, even when handling powerful images from
Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K!
We hope you use your URSA Mini or URSA Mini Pro to produce some of the world’s most exciting films and
television programming, music videos and commercials! We are extremely excited to see what creative
work you produce and to get your feedback on new features you would like to see us add to URSA!
Grant Petty
CEO Blackmagic Design
Contents
Which camera are you using? 6
URSA Mini Pro 7
URSA Mini 8
Getting Started 8
Attaching a Lens 8
Powering your Camera 12
Storage Media 15
CFast Cards 15
SD Cards 19
USB-C flash disks 24
SSDs 26
Preparing Media for Recording 29
Preparing Media on
BlackmagicURSA Mini
29
Preparing Media on
BlackmagicURSA Mini Pro
31
Preparing Media on Mac 32
Preparing Media on Windows 33
Recording 34
Recording Clips 34
Choosing the Codec,
Resolution and Sensor Area
34
Blackmagic RAW 36
Recording to Blackmagic RAW 37
Choosing Frame Rates 39
Trigger Record 43
Record Duration Tables 44
Data Rate Tables for URSA Mini Pro 12K 47
Playback 50
Introduction to URSA Mini 52
Camera Front 52
Left Side – URSA Mini 53
Left Side – URSA Mini Pro 53
Right Side 55
Rear Panel 56
Top Panel 58
Underside 58
URSA Mini Controls 59
URSA Mini Pro Control Buttons 62
Forward Control Panel 62
Ergonomic Control Panel 66
Internal Control Panel 71
Touchscreen Controls 74
Settings 96
Dashboard 96
Record Settings 97
File Naming Convention 103
Monitor Settings 104
Audio Settings 112
Audio Settings – URSA Mini 112
Audio Settings – URSA Mini Pro 115
Setup Settings 117
Presets 131
LUTS 133
Entering Metadata 137
Using Servo Zoom Lenses 143
Camera Video Output 146
HD Monitoring Output 146
12G-SDI Output 146
URSA Mini Shoulder Mount Kit 148
Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder 152
Mounting and Connecting
toBlackmagic URSA
152
Adjusting the Eyepiece 153
Button Features 153
Menu Settings 154
Blackmagic URSA Studio Viewfinder 159
Mounting and Connecting
toBlackmagic URSA Mini
160
Adjusting the Blackmagic URSA
Studio Viewfinder
162
Button Features 165
Menu Settings 167
Mounting Batteries 172
Mounting V-mount or
GoldMount Batteries
172
Using your own Battery Plate 173
Blackmagic Fiber Converters 175
Getting Started with
Blackmagic Fiber Converters
176
About SMPTE Fiber 176
Connecting SMPTE Fiber 178
Connecting to an ATEM Switcher 181
Why Connections on the Front? 182
Plugging in Camera SDI 183
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