Cinema Camera

This article is about the line of digital movie cameras developed and manufactured by Blackmagic Design. For the digital movie camera of the same name, see Blackmagic Cinema Camera.

The Cinema Camera is a line of digital movie cameras developed and manufactured by Blackmagic Design, introduced on September 4, 2012. They are a series of small form-factor cinema cameras that shoot in 6K, 4K, 2.5K, and 1080p resolution, making them more versatile when compared to standard-resolution digital movie cameras.

The Blackmagic Cinema Camera with a lens attached

Models

• Cinema Camera (2012)
• Pocket Cinema Camera (2013)
• Production Camera 4K (2014)
• Micro Cinema Camera (2016)
• Pocket Cinema Camera 4K (2018)
• Pocket Cinema Camera 6K (2018)
• Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro (2021)
• Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2 (2022)
• Cinema Camera 6K (2023)

Features

Formats

All cameras use at least the RAW, Blackmagic RAW (BRAW), CinemaDNG, Apple ProRes and/or Avid DNxHD codecs and formats in 8K, 6K, 4K, 2.5K or 1080p.^[1][2][3][4]

Software

All of the cameras require use of Blackmagic's proprietary Camera Utility software and need to be connected to a computer via USB to install the firmware. The software and firmware are obtained through Blackmagic's website.^[5][6]