Blackmagic Design URSA MINI 4.6K EF Camcorder

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Automatically populated lens data from i/Technology with compatible PL lenses and electronic EF lenses when using optional EF lens mount. Automatic recording of camera settings and slate data such as project, scene number, take and specialnotes. Controls Turning it fully to the left will give maximum airflow. Closing off the largest pinhole should result in a semi restrictive lung vape while reducing to the single smallest slot will suit the mouth to lung vaper. Although not designed as a restrictive lung vape it was possible with the airflow wide open, the wet, saturated taste remained. UB Lite L1 0.4ohm Mesh Coil (20-30W) If you’re a nature photographer, then this is potentially the camera for you. You can create dynamic shots that perfectly follow an animal or bird, and re-frame the same shot multiple times to create a whole sequence from just one shot. I kept barely missing perfect shots of birds, but was able to re-frame them in post to save the shot entirely. A shot pushed well past 300% scale to capture birds flying over a lake.

There’s very little chance of getting a warm to hot vape since the internal 1200mAh battery is only dealing with a maximum 30W output. However, when using the high resistance MTL UB Lite coil we can expect extended life to the battery. As for the draw itself – actually very smooth and turbulent free but with the faintest hint of a whistle during prolonged inhales. Yes, the Quest chip will recognise the resistance of the new coil but won’t auto detect its optimal setting. I managed a decent 8 hours with the coil and guzzled 8ml of E juice. The puff counter registered 183 hits. The adjustable airflow was also up to scratch because not a drop of condensate gathered around the airflow slots. I found it to be one of the better features of the device for reliability.I lied, my other niggle is the fixed mouthpiece.Although it was fine for RDL, it was a bit too wide for my MTL tastes, a removable 510 would have really made the difference, but I soon got used to it though. The PCTG pod is tinted but not overly so. You’ll still be able to see all of the remaining e juice without removing it which is always a huge plus in my opinion. During charging the battery icon runs up five bars before turning solid. Shortly afterwards the screen times out.

For best results, you should shoot at base ISO of 800 or under and expose to the right to allow lots of light in. Then the 12K camera gives not only incredible resolution but a dynamic range of 14 stops, with colours that are very filmic once the Raw files are processed. The 12-bit Raw files mean you can change ISO, white balance, sharpening and colours as much as you like to colour correct and grade properly. Some highlight recovery is needed, as it is definitely best to over expose and recover detail rather than under-expose which reveals shadow noise. Going up from ISO 800 reveals some noise which can be reduced in post production. The moulded mouthpiece opening measures 5.4mm and with a height of 11.4mm is a little taller than I prefer. It kind of ruins the shapely look of this otherwise dinky little pod. How To Install A Coil and Fill the Pod I think it’s time we set out on a quest of our own. To find out if it delivers on power, flavour, cloud production and battery life. It introduced the new Quest chip, spawning five vape modes and utilising the Ultra Boost (UB) and UB PRO range of mesh coils across two separate pod tanks. There are better pod kits out there for flavour and MTL replication in all honesty but that doesn’t make it any less desirable for the newbie taking their very first vaping steps.Throughout the test period I vaped as 12.5W – between the lowest and highest recommended wattage parameters. If you’re worried about editing performance, the Ursa can record proxy files alongside RAW footage, saving you the trouble of having to create proxies during import. It’s a nice feature having 60 frames per second (fps) in 4.6K. Slowed down to 24 fps, that’s 2.5 times slow motion — a good choice for cinematic slowmo. Focus button triggers auto focus when using compatible lenses with focus servo. Touch and hold on LCD determines focus region and triggers autofocus. Iris Control This camera feels like a passion project. They did it because they wanted to see if they could. I’ll never be mad about a company pushing the boundaries and moving the industry forward. It keeps the whole industry on its toes, opening up new avenues for experimentation for the user.

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Over 10s”. After 10 seconds of continuous inhale this message appears and the device temporarily stops functioning Although not new, a key feature of the Ursa — and many dedicated video cameras — is the built-in neutral density filter control. You can select 0, 2, 4, or 6 stops of density by turning a dial, meaning you never have to fuss with a screw-on lens filters. Think sunglasses for your camera. ND filters reduce light and allow you to maintain a slower shutter speed for smooth motion and/or a wider aperture for a shallow depth of field when shooting in bright settings. I am by no means an expert colorist, or even a proficient DaVinci Resolve user, but coming from the world of still photography — where RAW files have been common for many years — working with RAW video feels familiar. In some ways, it is easier than working with other codecs, like h.264 or even ProRes, which is often recorded using a flat, logarithmic tone curve to preserve dynamic range, and looks like garbage before color correction is applied. For coil performance, I started with the 1.0-ohm coil and found it best at around 11 watts. The flavor was really good, and while I expected to go through about 10-15 mL of juice before it died, I was able to get double that with 30 mL. So it had a really good flavor and life.

Then I went on to the 0.4-ohm coil and found it best around 20 watts. Personally, I find this 20-30 watt range kind of a no man’s land, as it’s too high for using strong nic salts and too low for using standard juice. So, I usually test both. I filled a tank with 24 mg nic salts at 18 watts and it was meh. Then I switched to a more DL setup and found it best around 21 watts using 70/30 3 mg juice. Flavor was still meh at best and it only lasted about 20 mL. The rest of the camera world will certainly take a while to catch up, and it won’t be extremely practical to shoot 12K footage on a larger scale for quite some time. It’s just super cool to me, though. If you want to shoot 12K footage, you can.

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The instruction manual comes entirely in English, so no multilingual fold out roadmaps to negotiate! Lost Vape Ursa Mini Pod Kit – Key Features I set the power to 25W and with the airflow wide open. The first thing I noticed was the reduced speed of ramp up from the coil. It was no where near as feisty as its MTL counterpart. Since I was sent two to test, I had the opportunity to run twopods on the different coils over a few days.With exclusive use, I wasn’t missing my usual favourites as the Ursa Mini was keeping me more than satisfied, the quality of the vape was key and that flavour novelty didn’t wear off.I don’t recall being this impressed with a DL pod since the PM80 yet it was half the power.The only down-side was the battery life, at 30 watts it lasted me around fivehours of regular use.On my MTL setup, it was obviously longer and lasted me well over a full day.