Review of the URSA Mini at DVinfo.net

Dean Sensui · September 25th, 2015, 01:05 AM

Includes some sample clips. Nice stuff!

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Working with the Blackmagic URSA Mini

Noa Put · September 25th, 2015, 01:25 AM

Eventhough the person that tested it does weddings this doesn't seem like a camera to me you want to be using at weddings, main concern would be low light performance which doesn't appear to be good, then you have the moire issue which looked very obvious on the blue jacket from the groom, it was so distracting it could ruin the shot. Beside of the formfactor I don't see anything that would convince me buying it if I had to choose between this one and a c100 if I needed a camera to cover weddings.

Dean Sensui · September 25th, 2015, 02:09 AM

I'm not going to shoot weddings.

It's for a film and a possible documentary. I was looking at the sharpness, dynamic range and color quality. I'm impressed.

As for moire, it was in just one of the shots, I think. And in a film production environment there are ways to deal with that. It would be interesting to see what the 4.6k version of this camera can do.

Noa Put · September 25th, 2015, 02:39 AM

I didn't say you where going to use it at weddings, it was only because the review you linked to was made from a weddingvideographer point of view, a market BM seems to be targeting by sending one of their pre-production units to a weddingvideographer. The only thing I read in the "cons" part of his review is that this is not a camera for weddings and in it's price range there are other, much better options. About the moire, it was so obvious I find it strange that you didn't see that.

Ade Towell · September 25th, 2015, 05:17 AM

the moire was in 1080, apparently none in 4k

September 25th, 2015, 01:05 AM	#1
Dean Sensui Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 2,054	Review of the URSA Mini Includes some sample clips. Nice stuff! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Working with the Blackmagic URSA Mini __________________ Dean Sensui Exec Producer, Hawaii Goes Fishing

September 25th, 2015, 01:25 AM	#2
Noa Put Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 9,509	Re: Review of the URSA Mini Eventhough the person that tested it does weddings this doesn't seem like a camera to me you want to be using at weddings, main concern would be low light performance which doesn't appear to be good, then you have the moire issue which looked very obvious on the blue jacket from the groom, it was so distracting it could ruin the shot. Beside of the formfactor I don't see anything that would convince me buying it if I had to choose between this one and a c100 if I needed a camera to cover weddings.

September 25th, 2015, 02:09 AM	#3
Dean Sensui Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 2,054	Re: Review of the URSA Mini I'm not going to shoot weddings. It's for a film and a possible documentary. I was looking at the sharpness, dynamic range and color quality. I'm impressed. As for moire, it was in just one of the shots, I think. And in a film production environment there are ways to deal with that. It would be interesting to see what the 4.6k version of this camera can do. __________________ Dean Sensui Exec Producer, Hawaii Goes Fishing

September 25th, 2015, 02:39 AM	#4
Noa Put Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 9,509	Re: Review of the URSA Mini I didn't say you where going to use it at weddings, it was only because the review you linked to was made from a weddingvideographer point of view, a market BM seems to be targeting by sending one of their pre-production units to a weddingvideographer. The only thing I read in the "cons" part of his review is that this is not a camera for weddings and in it's price range there are other, much better options. About the moire, it was so obvious I find it strange that you didn't see that.

September 25th, 2015, 05:17 AM	#5
Ade Towell Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: nottingham, uk Posts: 54	Re: Review of the URSA Mini the moire was in 1080, apparently none in 4k