Blackmagic Video Assist 3G Monitor/Recorder - 5in (Open Box)

About: Blackmagic Video Assist 3G Monitor/Recorder - 5in (Open Box)

Blackmagic Video Assist 5” 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 5” 3G support formats up to 1080p60 and the new design also has L-Series batteries for longer life. Blackmagic Video Assist 5” 3G really is 4 products in one!

Customize your
 Touchscreen Tools and Features

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 you’re shooting including the timecode, transport control, audio meters and a histogram for exposure. You can also customize the LCD to add or remove overlays such as current filename, focus peaking, zebra, false color, frame guides, 3D LUTs and more. 3D LUTs 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 3D LUT is only added into the metadata so it can be disabled in post production.

Recording for Digital Cameras

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 a great 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 DSLR cameras.

Post Production Friendly File Formats!

Video Assist records using standard open file formats so you don’t have to waste time transcoding media. Files are compatible with all post production software so you can work with the software of your choice, including DaVinci Resolve Studio. Recording works in industry standard 10-bit ProRes or DNx files in all formats and from all HDMI or SDI cameras, as well as 12-bit Blackmagic RAW on the 12G-SDI HDR models when connected to supported cameras. Blackmagic RAW is the fastest growing RAW format and developers can download and use the free Blackmagic RAW SDK to add support to their applications. Best of all media files work on all operating systems!

Built In Scopes Ensure Compliance to Standards

Video Assist features scopes for accurate exposure on cameras and compliance to broadcast standards. That means it’s 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!

Connections

• SDI Video Inputs: 1 x Micro BNC
• SDI Video Outputs: 1 x Micro BNC
• SDI Rates: 270Mb, 1.5G, 3G
• HDMI Video Inputs: 1
• HDMI Video Outputs: 1
• Analog Audio Inputs: None, embedded audio only.
• Analog Audio Outputs: 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack.
• Built in Speaker: Mono
• Screen Dimensions: 5 inch 1920 x 1080.
• Screen Brightness: 300nits
• SDI Audio Inputs: 16 channels embedded via SDI
• SDI Audio Outputs: 16 channels embedded via SDI
• HDMI Audio Inputs: 8 channels embedded via HDMI
• HDMI Audio Outputs: 8 channels embedded via HDMI
• Remote Control: None
• SD Interface: 1 x UHS-I SD slot.
• Storage Type: SDXC UHS-I and SDHC UHS-I SD cards.
• Supports DS, HS, SDR12, SDR25, DDR50, SDR50 and SDR104 SD cards.
• Computer Interface: 1 x USB Type‑C for initial setup, software updates and Video Assist Utility software control.

SDI Video Standards

• SD Video Standards
  • 525i59.94 NTSC, 625i50 PAL
• HD Video Standards
  • 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60
  • 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60
  • 1080PsF23.98, 1080PsF24, 1080PsF25, 1080PsF29.97, 1080PsF30
  • 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60
• SDI Compliance
  • SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 425M
• SDI Metadata Support
  • HD RP188
• Audio Sampling
  • Television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24-bit.
• Video Sampling
  • 4:2:2 YUV
• Color Precision
  • 10-bit
• Color Space
  • REC 601, REC 709
• Multiple Rate Support
  • SDI and HDMI switches between 270 Mb/s, 1.5 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s.

HDMI Video Standards

• SD Video Standards
  • 525i59.94 NTSC, 625i50 PAL
• HD Video Standards
  • 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60
  • 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60
  • 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60
• HDMI Color Precision
  • 10-bit
• Copy Protection
  • HDMI input is unable to capture from copy protected HDMI sources. Always confirm copyright ownership before capture or distribution of content.

Media

• 1 x UHS-I SD for HD recording.
• Media Type: SDXC UHS-I and SDHC UHS-I SD cards.

Supported Codecs

• ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes 422, ProRes 422 LT, ProRes 422 Proxy, DNxHD 220x, DNxHD 145, DNxHD 45, DNxHD 220x MXF, DNxHD 145 MXF, DNxHD 45 MXF.

Scopes

• Scopes: Waveform, RGB Parade, Vector, Histogram.
• Viewing Modes: Scopes with picture in picture or picture overlay and opacity control.

Power Requirements

• External 12V power supply (included)
• Compatible with Sony NP-F style batteries (batteries not included)