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- 1920 x 1080 7" Touchscreen LCD
- HDMI & 3G-SDI Video Inputs
- Records up to 1080p/60 Video
- Dual SDXC/SDHC Memory Card Slots
- Loop-Through Video Outputs
- Waveform, Vectorscope & Histogram
- Focus Peaking, False Color & Zebra
- 11 x Display Language Options
- Dual Sony L-Series Type Battery Slots
- AC Adapter
Blackmagic Design Video Assist 7'' 3G
Blackmagic Video Assist 7 3G is a portable monitor, a professional recorder, a portable scope and a fantastic camera viewfinder solution! You can also add better quality record codecs and a larger monitor to any SDI or HDMI camera! The new design has innovations such as 4 built in scopes, enhanced focus assist features, a tally indicator and built in 3D LUTs. The Video Assist 7 3G support formats up to 1080p/60 and the new design also has L-Series batteries for longer life. Blackmagic Video Assist 7 3G really is 4 products in one!
TransformsCamera Usabilitywith VideoAssist!
Traditional cameras are designed for shoulder mounted operation, so are acompromise. Hours spent leaning into aviewfinder for long tripod mounted shoots can betough! Video Assist will transform your shooting style with anon-board riggedscreen. It'smuch more comfortable using ascreen rigged to aposition best suited for ashooting setup. Plus you get better situational awareness for the operator, assistant ordirector. With both 5" and 7"models, you choose the sizeof ariggedmonitor that suits you best. Plus you're also adding fantastic features suchas focuszoom, focus peaking, zebras, histogram, false color, scopes, frame markers, frame guides, touch screen andmore!
Customize your Touchscreen Tools andFeatures
With large and bright 5 and 7" touchscreens, Video Assist makes it incredible easy to frame shots and accurately focus. The touchscreen displays critical information while youre shooting including the timecode, transport control, audio meters and ahistogram for exposure. You can also customize the LCD to add or remove overlays such as current filename, focus peaking, zebra, false color, frame guides, 3DLUTs andmore. 3DLUTs support allows monitoring shots with the desired color and look, plus you can even "bake in" the LUT if you want to record it into the file. If you're using Blackmagic RAW, the 3DLUT is only added into the metadata so it can be disabled in postproduction.
Upgrade to BetterRecording for DigitalCameras
Blackmagic Video Assist is an ideal upgrade for cameras, as its bright display is bigger than the tiny displays found on consumer cameras, plus you're also adding professional focus assist features and better quality file formats. Video Assist is also agreat solution for professional cameras because you can use it to upgrade older broadcast cameras to modern file formats used on the latest editing software. You get support for all editing software as you can record in Apple ProRes and Avid DNx. You can even use Blackmagic RAW on supported cameras. With both HDMI and SDI inputs you can connect it to any consumer camera, broadcast camera or even DSLRcameras.
Large HDR Monitorwith EasyTouchControls
The innovative touchscreen LCD user interface provides incredible control.On screen,there are dedicated buttonsfor play,stop and record, plus amini timeline for scrolling through your recordings.You caneven image swipe to jog!The LCDincludes aheads up display of timecode, video standard, media status as well as audio meters. Scopes canbe enabled viathe touch screen as well as focus and exposure assist. There's also an extensive range of settingsall controlledfrom thelarge LCD. Plus you can load and save3DLUTs!
Built In Scopes Ensure Compliance toStandards
Video Assist features scopes for accurate exposure on cameras and compliance to broadcast standards. That means its also a great portable waveform monitoring solution! The waveform display provides a traditional luminance (brightness) level view of the video inputs or the playback signal. The vectorscope allows you to see the intensity of color at 100% SDI reference levels. You also get a RGB parade display which is ideal for color correction. Histogram shows the distribution of white to black detail in your images and highlights or shadows clipping. The built in scopes can even be overlaid on live video, or as a small picture in picture view at the top right of the scope!
Load Custom 3D LUTsto RecreateFilmLooks!
Some cameras can output logarithmic colorspace to preserve the dynamic range, which is great for later post production, however when these files are viewed on amonitor they can look flat and washed out. 3DLUTs solve this problem because they allow you to apply a"look" to the monitor so you get an idea of how the finished images will look like when editing. LUTs can be applied temporarily for monitoring only, or they can be burned into files for use in editing when capturing Blackmagic RAW. Video Assist works with industry standard 17 and 33point 3DLUT files, or you can work with the built in LUTs such as Extended Video, Film to Video andmore.
Direct Metadata Entry for FasterEditing!
The advanced digital slate and metadata features make it extremely fast to add metadata to anyshot! Simply swipeleft orrightfrom the edge of the screen to bring up the digitalslate. Youcan even select for take numbers to be automatically incremented when you start and stop recording, so you dont have to enter them manually for each shot! You can alsoset reel numbersto increment each time you format acard. Allmetadata is saved with the files and available in post production with software such as DaVinciResolve!
Professional MultiChannel SDI and AnalogAudio
Blackmagic Video Assist includes abuilt in professional audio recorder thats much better quality than the audio found in most cameras, eliminating the need to carry around extra audio equipment. When working in SDI formats, you can record 2, 4, 8 or 16channels of audio. For connecting microphones the 7" models have 2XLR analog audio inputs with phantom power and high definition audio sample rates of 192kHz at16 and 24bit per sample. The audio meters can even be changed between VU orPPM ballistics. Blackmagic Video Assist12G features the latest audio technology to ensure low noise floor and very low distortion so you can use it for digital cinema and broadcastwork.
Localizedfor11 Popular Languages
Multiple languages are fully supported so you don't need to learn another language to use it! Support is included for English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Italian, Portuguese and Turkish. At first start, Video Assist will display amenu for selecting alanguage, plus you can switch languages in the menus. When alanguage is selected, the on screen text overlays will change to the selected language, as well as overlays on the video outputs when enabled. All this means Video Assist is perfect for doing international location work with different crews because you can just go into the menu and change the language any time youneed!
Works with theWorld'sMost Popular VideoSoftware
The files from Blackmagic Video Assist are common and are compatible with all operating systems or in most video software. Media can be formatted using ExFAT orHFS+ so you can easily access the media on computers and access the files like regular disks. DaVinci Resolve is perfect for using with Video Assist as it features editing, color correction, audio post production and visual effects all in one software application. Plus you can download DaVinci Resolve free of charge for Mac, Windows and Linux! You can also use recorded files in other popular software such as Premiere Pro and Final Cut ProX. With Video Assist, your media is common so your files will remain readable in thefuture.