How to Update Firmware on Blackmagic Pocket Camera
Blackmagic has but announced
Blackmagic Camera Setup 6.1
which brings a firmware update for the
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. They say that it brings improved autofocus operation, better bombardment life, USB-C external SSD fixes and a host of other issues. There’s no sign of
Blackmagic RAW
yet, though.
No other cameras receive any updates in the new half-dozen.i version of the Blackmagic Photographic camera Setup software, although the features listed for the Pocket 4K that accept been added, improved, fixed or updated should keep many users happy.
- Added support for pixel remapping in camera.
- Added 2:ane monitoring frame guide.
- Improved media formatting user interface.
- Improved audio monitoring latency performance.
- Improved auto focus performance.
- Improved signal to noise ratio functioning of photographic camera internal microphone.
- Improved power efficiency for improved battery life.
- Improved 3.5mm sound input option interface.
- Improved AV sync performance.
- Fixed an issue where time and date is non updated on camera when connected to the Blackmagic Camera Setup utility.
- Stock-still an issue where the iii.5mm audio input level is 6dB lower than expected.
- Fixed an machine focusing result with Lumix 20mm f/1.7 lens.
- Fixed an issue where some USB-C external SSDs were not detected when continued earlier camera is powered upwardly.
- Stock-still an issue where some batteries might close off earlier than expected.
- Fixed an result where low battery indicator is not displayed appropriately.
- Fixed an consequence with photographic camera not existence detected by host computer when continued to sure USB ports.
- Updated dynamic range and ISO nautical chart in user manual.
Two of the biggest issues that have been addressed are the premature battery life, where the photographic camera
shuts off without warning
when the battery indicator is around thirty-40% and an issue with the use of external SSDs if they were connected to the photographic camera before turning it on.
The latter was more of an badgerer than a major event, merely I’ve seen more than a few posts near it in various Facebook groups since the camera was released. If you plugged your SSD into the camera before turning the camera on, then it but wouldn’t notice it. This is quite abrasive if you regularly turn off your photographic camera betwixt takes to conserve battery life (as you do when the camera’s shutting down while the battery’south showing thirty-xl% left). Each time you want to turn it dorsum on you’d have to unplug the SSD, plow the photographic camera on, and then plug the SSD back in. Now, that annoyance appears to be fixed.
On the issue of early close down fifty-fifty while there’s plenty of charge showing in the battery, this is something that isn’t easily worked around. It’south taken Blackmagic a while to accost information technology, but this, too, now seems to be resolved. If you’ve got a Pocket 4K and can test this, permit us know in the comments.
A few audio bug have also been stock-still, including one that recorded your audio quieter than it was supposed to exist, the audio input selection interface has seen an update, as well, and AV sync functioning has been improved.
The new update too addresses autofocus, fixing issues caused when using the Panasonic Lumix 20mm f/1.7 lens too as improving overall autofocus performance.
In that location’due south no mention of Blackmagic RAW (BRAW) in the update notes. Hopefully, it’south something they still plan to implement 1 day, because right now lack of BRAW is the but thing stopping me from putting my own money down on i or two. It’s still a pretty amazing camera, especially for what it costs, but if I don’t have to spend a agglomeration of money upgrading my computers to handle 4K CinemaDNG, then I’ll await until I don’t need to.
To download the update software for Windows and Mac, head on over to the
Blackmagic website.
