Specifications
Settings
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Adjusting Settings
Your Blackmagic Cinema Camera supports electronic iris control, focus peaking and image stabilization and
is compatible with cinema style EF and some ZE mount lenses, all of which have the highest optical quality.
Iris Button and Control
You can also manually adjust the iris of your lens by using the forward and reverse buttons on the transport
control panel.
When shooting using the Video dynamic range, exposure will be set using an average similar to what you're
used to on a stills camera. However, in Film dynamic range, the IRIS button adjusts your exposure to ensure
that nothing in your scene is clipped.
Focus Button
The FOCUS button allows you to sharpen the images without affecting your recorded picture, as it creates
a peaking edge around the sharpest part of the image to confirm focus.
To turn on, press the FOCUS button located near the top-right of the touchscreen.
The FOCUS button turns on focus peaking, which highlights the edges in your scene that are in focus and
helps you get accurate focus when using manual lenses.
Focus Zoom - Double Tap
Double tap the touchscreen display to zoom into the image to help you adjust focus at the 1:1 pixel scale.
Double tap the display again to zoom out.
Image Stabilizer
Blackmagic Cinema Camera supports the image stabilizer (IS) feature found in many EF lenses. Simply set
the Stabilizer switch to ON to use it with your camera. If your lens also features a Stabilizer Mode switch, set
it to the appropriate mode for still shots or for movement.
When using battery power, the camera will only activate the image stabilizer while recording as the lens
draws additional power from the camera to operate the image stabilizer. When external power is connected
to the camera, the image stabilizer will be active any time you set the lens' stabilizer switch to ON.
The IRIS button is located near the top-left of the touchscreen
and the FOCUS button is near the top-right.
When focusing the camera, double tap the touchscreen display
to zoom into the image to help you adjust focus.