Blackmagic Design adds 150fps recording and support for new sensor to URSA

By site editor Dan Chung:

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In a surprise move Blackmagic Design have today announced the immediate release of a new firmware for their 4K URSA camera that adds 150fps recording and 150fps HD recording, ProRes 444 XQ, dual CFast 2 RAW recording and support for a new v2 sensor.

Details of the new sensor and what it offers are not given. We expect to hear more about this at the NAB show that starts in Las Vegas on Monday. The Newsshooter team will be there to find out more.

To download the update go to the Blackmagic Design website.

By Dan Chung

Co-founder of Newsshooter, Dan Chung has over 20 years of experience working behind a camera. His career started in photography but evolved into documentary, multimedia and broadcast TV. He shot the first news video on a DSLR and has been on staff at Reuters, The Guardian and CNBC. Dan heads up the editorial team at www.photogearnews.com.