Contents
Getting Started 5
Attaching a Lens 5
Powering your Camera 6
Powering Your Camera with the
Included Power Cable 6
Storage Media 7
CFexpress Cards 7
USB-C flash disks 9
Preparing Media for Recording 10
Preparing Media using your Camera 11
Preparing Media using a Mac 13
Preparing Media using Windows 13
Recording 14
Recording Clips 14
Blackmagic RAW 15
Recording to Blackmagic RAW 15
Maximum Sensor Frame Rates 18
Record Duration 18
Shooting using a Vertical Aspect Ratio 20
Playback 22
Camera Features 22
Camera Front 22
Right Side 23
Left Side 24
Top Panel 25
Camera Underside 27
Camera Rear 27
Touchscreen Controls 29
Touchscreen Features 29
Settings 52
Dashboard 52
Record Settings 52
File Naming Convention 58
Monitor Settings 58
Audio Settings 65
Setup Settings 68
Presets 79
3D LUTs 81
Entering Metadata 84
Slate 84
Gyro Stabilization 89
Camera Video Output 91
Using DaVinci Resolve 91
Project Manager 92
Editing with the Cut Page 92
Adding Clips to the Timeline 96
Trimming Clips on the Timeline 98
Audio Trim View 98
Adding Titles 99
Working with Blackmagic RAW Files 100
Color Correcting your Clips with
the Color Page 103
Adding a Power Window 107
Using Plugins 109
Mixing Your Audio 109
Adding VFX and Compositing on
the Fusion Page 114
Mastering Your Edit 122
Quick Export 122
The Deliver Page 123
Working with Third Party Software 124
Working with Files from CFexpress
Cards 124
Working with Files from
USB-C flash disks 124
Using Final Cut Pro 125
Using Avid Media Composer 126
Using Adobe Premiere Pro 127
Blackmagic Camera Setup 128
Using Blackmagic Camera Setup 129
Transferring Files over a Network 135
Using a Battery Grip 138
Developer Information 140
Camera Control REST API 140
Transport Control API 141
Timeline Control API 144
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