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when Blackmagic first announced their pocket Cinema Camera I didn't think the camera could get any smaller to my surprise Blackmagic has done it again with their Micro Cinema Camera line is tech tips coverage of NAB 2015 is brought to you by Sennheiser kingston SD cards and lynda.com the sensor on the micro Cinema Camera is a super 16 millimeter sensor with a claimed rating of 13 stops of dynamic range the sensor also has both a global and rolling shutter similarly to the newly announced Ursa mini for the lens mount Blackmagic has continued using the active Micro Four Thirds lens mount just like on the pocket Cinema Camera moving on to physical specs the camera controls are now on the front of the camera initially this decision might seem odd but if you look past it it makes a lot of sense Blackmagic has designed this camera to be used on small to medium sized drones with the controls on the front you'll be able to easily access all you need on the camera without having to reach around awkwardly not knowing if you're pushing the correct button moving on to IO on the camera on the right side it has a full size HDMI black magics new expansion port which can be used to make specialized cables that can control the settings of the camera one example they had was rigging it to work with an RC remote for wireless control of all of the settings on the left side of the camera we find an SD card slot and microphone input for when you want to attach an external mic the micro camera is capable of raw recording as well as many flavors of Apple ProRes for power Blackmagic has gone with the widely used Canon LP e6 battery which many shooters will already have plenty up from using Canon DSLRs Blackmagic also announced a second variation on the micro camera which has an ever so slightly larger sensor that is 4k capable this version of the camera is geared more towards broadcast production trading its internal SD card recording slot for a 6g SDI in and out while not a direct competitor to say an action camera this camera is a good alternative if you need a high quality image that records to a more robust codec than others in the market I can see this camera being used as a crash cam or a high-quality way to get shots that you wouldn't be able to fit a traditional camera in at a price point of 995 dollars for the standard version and 1295 for the 4k version Blackmagic has continued their trend of bringing affordable quality to the masses thank you guys for watching and please let me know in the comments down below or on the forum what you think of the Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera ketta sennheiser for sending us here this year check out bitly slash sennheiser nab for all their new releases also kingston SD cards for all your personal and professional needs check out bit thoughtless slash kingston nab and lynda.com slash nab is where you can learn to become a content creator your stuff with all their great video editing and camera tutorials thanks again for watching and for all of our NAB 2015 content please stay subscribe to Linus tech tips