Blackmagic Design announces today the second generation URSA Mini Pro which features a new super 35mm 4.6K image sensor and a redesign electronics that allows high frame rate up to 300.

URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2

Blackmagic Design announced today about the new generation of its most wanted camera: the Ursa Mini Pro. The new camera is titled as the URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 (Generation II).

High-speed shooting (up to 300 FPS in Full HD)

According to Blackmagic Design, The new URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 is a dramatic advancement over the original model as it now features entirely new electronics for higher speed processing. Also included is a new Super 35mm 4.6K image sensor that captures up to 4608 x 2592 pixels with 15 stops of latitude at up to 3200 ISO. This allows customers to record full sensor 4.6K images at up to 120 frames per second, windowed 4K DCI at up 150 frames per second, and windowed 1080 HD at an amazing 300 frames per second.

The new URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 is a dramatic advancement over the original model as it now features entirely new electronics for higher speed processing

As stated by Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design: “Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 is exciting because it gives customers second generation electronics and an even higher performance image sensor so they can shoot at extremely high frame rates for crystal clear slow motion images”

BRAW

In addition, URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 can capture Blackmagic RAW images in both film and extended video modes. We wrote here in-depth articles about Blackmagic’s new codec (BRAW) compared to other codecs like CinemaDNG and ProRes RAW.

USB-C expansion port

URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 also includes a new high speed USB-C expansion port for adding accessories such as an SSD for external recording. This allows to record directly onto the same external disks that are used for editing and color correction.

Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 is exciting because it gives customers second generation electronics and an even higher performance image sensor so they can shoot at extremely high frame rates for crystal clear slow-motion images

Price: $5,995 (the same as the first generation). 

Watch the Blackmagic updates in the video below:

Final thoughts

The major improvement here is definitely the high-speed capabilities (300 FPS is indeed a significant enhancement compared to the previous 120 FPS), although it’s limited to full HD. Apart from this, the new generation is very similar to the first. Is it worth upgrading? We don’t think so. As the Blackmagic cinema cameras have been suffering from reliability issues, hopefully, the new electronics and second generation cinema cameras like the URSA Mini Pro will make them more robust and reliable for tough productions. Furthermore, we need to see some high FPS footage in order to examine image quality.

What are your thoughts about this new URSA Mini Pro? Let’s know in the comments section below.