Blackmagic Video Assist 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 3G models support formats up to 1080p60 and the 12G HDR models up to 2160p60. The 12G HDR models have a brighter touchscreen for shooting HDR digital film and for outdoor shooting in sunlight. Plus the 12G HDR models support Blackmagic RAW recording from supported cameras! The new design also has L-Series batteries for longer life. Blackmagic Video Assist really is 4 products in one!
Blackmagic Video Assist is so versatile it can be used for hundreds of tasks! Add it onto your camera rig to get a large screen viewfinder with modern record codecs, focus assist features and 3D LUTS! Video Assist is also an ultra portable scope that lets you test equipment in broadcast and live production to ensure your video levels are correct and all your gear is working correctly. If you're doing live production then Video Assist is just like a large screen HyperDeck so it can be used as a mastering recorder, or as a clip player for inserting ads or promos into live programs. You can even use it as an ISO recorder with each camera having a dedicated monitor and recorder!
The Blackmagic Video Assist 5" 3G Portable Monitor supports video formats up to 1080p60 and has a large 5" LCD with focus peaking, zebra and false colour. Connections include 3G-SDI and HDMI. This model includes a single SD Card recorder for ProRes recording. Other features include WFM, vector, histogram and RGB parade scopes plus 3D LUTs!
Features
- 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 and supports DS, HS, SDR12, SDR25, DDR50, SDR50 and SDR104 SD cards
- Computer Interface: 1 x USB Type‑C for webcam out, initial setup, software updates and Video Assist Utility software control