Specifications

Settings

Audio Settings

To adjust audio input and audio monitoring settings on your Blackmagic Camera, press the MENU

button and select the microphone icon to the left of the display.

Microphone Input

Microphone input adjusts the recording levels of the built in microphone. Move the audio slider left

or right to increase or decrease levels. Pocket Cinema Camera has an external stereo microphone

and Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K have external mono microphones. The external

microphones record to audio channels 1 and 2 when no external audio source is connected.

Channel 1 and 2 Input Levels

External audio connectors accept audio at microphone level or line level. It's important to select Mic

or Line level audio as appropriate to avoid your external audio sounding almost inaudible or too hot

and distorted.

Set the external audio input levels by using the left and right arrows. To prevent damage, the camera

will automatically switch to line level input if the input levels are over the limit for a sustained period

of time.

Channel 1 Input Level

Move the audio slider icon left or right to increase or decrease levels for channel 1. The external

audio input overrides the built in microphone and is recorded to audio channel 1.

Channel 2 uses Channel 1 Input

Select On if you only have channel 1 input and want to record the same external audio to channels 1

and 2. You can leave this set to Off if you only want to record one channel of audio.

Channel 2 Input Level

Move the audio slider icon left or right to increase or decrease levels for channel 2. The external

audio input overrides the built in microphone and is recorded to audio channel 2.

Headphone and Speaker Volume

When headphones are connected, a headphone icon will be displayed. When no headphones are

detected, a speaker icon will be displayed. Headphones will always be active when recording or

playing back, however speakers will only work when playing back. Move the volume slider left or

right to increase or decrease audio monitoring levels.

The Audio Settings screen