While I can only guess, this seems to have led to difficulties in their QC process. Like all of Blackmagic’s releases this camera has been in high demand and had a lot of people in line with pre-orders. I consider Global Shutter to be a feature reserved for higher end cameras and there aren't many cameras close to the Ursa's price point that have it. In all the work I put this camera through not once did it cross my mind that the rolling shutter made the image much worse. The silver lining to this is the rolling shutter on the Ursa is very solid and was never an issue even when using the camera handheld.
While I understand that Blackmagic could not make the process work with both the promised DR and the Global shutter it is a bit of a let down. My third and final physical complaint is the omission of the global shutter. When trying to work quickly with a crew in particular this was a minor but noticeable annoyance. This was particularly annoying when I was using the camera handheld eventually needing to switch batteries and in order to do so I had to take the camera off my shoulder open the monitor, power the camera off, set the camera down or have someone hold it then finally change batteries. My second minor gripe with the Ursa Mini’s body is that the power button is ONLY on the inside of the monitor. The reason this could be a small issue for some is that most tripod plates come with a single ¼”-20 screw and a single 3/8” screw, meaning that you will need to have extra ¼”-20 screws on hand to prevent your tripod plate from twisting loose. The first is that all the threaded mounting points on the camera are sized for ¼”-20 screws. I/O aside the Blackmagic had a few quirks that I will mention here for anyone considering on purchasing an Ursa Mini 4.6K. The new firmware does add A LOT of awesome features including quicker access to controls, so thumbs up to Blackmagic for getting that rolled out.
YES I am aware that Blackmagic has since Monday released a new 4.0 BETA firmware for the Ursa Mini 4.6K, but since I sent the camera back before this was out I made this video using firmware 3.3.
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