Blackmagic Design adds in-camera media formatting to the Pocket Cinema Camera and original BMCC

By site editor Dan Chung:

Owners of Blackmagic’s Pocket Cinema Camera and original BMCC are likely to be very happy today. At long last the company have added support for in-camera formatting of media to their Pocket Cinema Camera and original Cinema Camera with the launch of their latest 1.9.7 camera utility.

The function was the remaining key feature that many users considered as essential. By allowing in-camera formatting of SD cards in the BMPCC and SSD drives in the original Cinema Camera the update brings them into line with the newer 4K Production Camera.

Here is the from the Blackmagic Design website:

About Blackmagic Camera Utility:

This software package allows you to update your Blackmagic Camera to the latest software release for new features, bug fixes and other enhancements.

What’s new in Blackmagic Camera Utility 1.9.7
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
• Adds in-camera SD card formatting support
Blackmagic Cinema Camera
• Adds in-camera SSD formatting support
Blackmagic Production Camera 4K
• Improves in-camera formatting support
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K
• No changes
Blackmagic URSA
• No changes
Blackmagic Studio Camera
• No changes