Blackmagic Design has released Blackmagic Camera Control, a free iPad app that lets users remotely control the URSA Mini Pro cameras via Bluetooth, along with Camera 4.4 Update for URSA Mini Pro cameras.
The lackmagic Camera Control app is based on the open protocol for URSA Mini Pro cameras that Blackmagic Design demonstrated at NAB earlier this year.
Camera 4.4 Update can be downloaded free of charge from the Blackmagic Design website. Once installed, customers can download the Blackmagic Camera Control iPad app from the Apple app store.
All URSA Mini Pro cameras feature built-in bluetooth connectivity, which until now has not been enabled. The built in bluetooth will allow users to to send and receive commands from up to 30 feet away. Once the camera is paired with the iPad, customers can remotely power URSA Mini Pro on or off, change all major settings, adjust and add metadata using a digital slate and trigger recording. The Blackmagic Camera Control app is for customers who need to control cameras in hard to reach places such as on cranes, drones, in underwater housings and more.
Blackmagic Design has developed an open protocol and is publishing a developer API, along with sample code, for users who wish to build their own camera control solutions. This free API and sample code will be available later this summer.
In addition to the Blackmagic Camera Control app, Blackmagic Design has also released Camera 4.4 Update which enables Bluetooth functionality and adds new preset timecode options on URSA Mini Pro cameras. The update also adds compatibility with Canon 18-80mm T4.4 for iris, focus and record trigger, along with improved EF, PL and B4 support, improved digital slate functionality and improved zebra stripe overlays on URSA Mini 4K cameras.