Bluetooth+ for Blackmagic

Bluetooth+ for Blackmagic

Pocket 4K / 6K & Ursa Mini Pro

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category
price
$5.99
Reviews
4.5 (777)
United States United States
Description
Pocket 4K / 6K & Ursa Mini Pro
-- NEW External Controllers --
Connect Tilta Nucleus Nano & Nucleus-M to control Focus, Iris and Zoom, as well as Start & Stop Recording.
Zoom and Focus control supported on Pocket 4K only.

This is part of the new Pro feature set, which also includes Multi-Cam mode.


-- MULTI-CAM MODE --

Multi-Cam Mode is now part of the Pro feature set, and includes these fantastic features:
• Control up to 12 Blackmagic cameras at once
• Create up to 3 distinct Control Groups, to give you fine-grain control over different settings for different cameras
• You can choose to have changes made on one camera automatically update all the other cameras in its Control Group, or control everything straight from Bluetooth+
• Give your cameras Nicknames to quick, easy control 

Multi-Cam gives you control over the following features synced across an entire Group:
• Start/Stop Recording
• White Balance + Tint
• Project frame rate (off-speed frame rates not supported)
• Shutter Angle/Speed
• ISO
• Overlays
• Slate
• Trigger Auto-focus

You can still control all other settings on a camera-by-camera basis, including:
• Trigger stills capture
• Iris control 
• Focus + Zoom (on supported lenses)
• Codec + Resolution
• Playback control
• You can also set ISO specifically, rather than by camera group


And of course, everyone has access to all of these amazing features:
• Follow Focus (limited support for EF Mount cameras). See below for more info
• Zoom Control on supported lenses
• Trigger Stills capture
• Record Start/Stop
• White Balance + Tint, including 5 helpful presets and Auto White Balance
• Audio Controls
• Trigger Autofocus (for supported electronic lenses with autofocus enabled on lens)
• Off-speed frame rates
• Aperture (for supported electronic lenses)
• Shutter Angle
• ISO
• Auto-Exposure Control
• Active Card
• Power On/Off
• Monitor Overlays
• Codec & Resolution
• Enter metadata in the Digital Slate (including location data from your iPhone or iPad if you give permission)
• Control Lock - locks critical controls while recording, preventing accidental settings changes during takes


-- Follow Focus --
You can now pull focus wirelessly right from your iPhone or iPad. There are some limitations outlined below.
• Currently only fully supports Pocket 4K, but as of v1.4 we now have limited support for EF mount cameras - Pocket 6K, Ursa Mini Pro G1 & G2
• The camera does not supply the app with any information on the lenses current focus distance, so the app will not update in real time if you pull focus manually on the lens
• Due to the nature of bluetooth, focus pulls may not be 100% smooth. It works well for nice slow pulls, but fast pulls my not feel entirely natural and organic. Unfortunately this is a limitation of the available technology.
• On EF mount cameras, we can only offset focus from its current position, with no broader knowledge of where the lens is in its focus range. This means that focus marks are not possible. In addition, focus pulls on EF mount cameras can be quite jerky depending on the lens in use.


-- Playback Control --
With Bluetooth+ you can control the playback of clips right from your iOS device. There are some notable limitations at this point. Currently you can:
• Start playing a clip, either forwards or backwards
• Navigate between clips, either forwards or backwards

For now, you will not be able to:
• Pause a clip that is already playing
• Change the speed of a clip that is already playing
• Control clip looping


-- Zoom Control --
Control the zoom level on supported lenses. For the most part, this will only work on MFT lenses with electronic zoom. We are currently unaware of EF lenses that support this feature


-- Slate-Only Mode --
As the name suggests, this feature locks the app into Slate-Only mode, without the ability to change critical camera settings or start/stop recording. This means you can let an assistant keep metadata up to date without the fear of interfering with important camera settings.
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Reviews

APP KEEPS DISCONNECTING

What might be the problem? I keep getting disconnecting issues!! Any know issues? I have the app running on iphone 14 Pro Max IOS 17.3.1

Oheneba@77Sun, Mar 17, 2024
United StatesUnited States

App on Apple watch

Hi, cant seem to get the app on my watch, maybe I am doing something wrong? Any assistance would be much appreciated. Great app, looking forward to using it for my shoot in a few days.

zanyblacSun, Dec 10, 2023
United StatesUnited States

No live view

It’s a smooth working app but it does not let you look at your footage. It’s just let’s you control all the features—just no live view or ability to watch your footage within the app. Otherwise a good app.

Couch fest filmsWed, Oct 18, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Great App

I use it for rack focus mostly. Would be really nice if the zoom screen also had A, B, C presets similar to the focus screen. Is this on the roadmap?

bizoy2009Tue, Oct 3, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Can’t use phone as monitor…

Love the control I have with this. Really seamless and works great… BUT, I know you Donny want to eat into your monitor sales, but for those of us on an extreme budget, I wish I could actually use my phone as an external monitor via Bluetooth. Huge ask. Hope you guys follow through.

Madman74Mon, Sep 25, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Disappointed

I purchased this app for myself, 1st and 2nd AC for our upcoming feature. I even paid the $9.99 upgrade to connect with Tilta Nucleus for remote recording. We did a camera prep and test today and were very disappointed with the results. The app barely had 10 ft of bluetooth signal. We were hoping to use this app to trigger recording for when camera is on a jib or difficult to reach place. Very poor signal. The features are great but unfortunately only work when you are very close to camera which totally defeats its purpose.

MiamiDPFri, Apr 28, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Definite Buy

This app has helped my workflow in a ton of ways. It works flawlessly except for playback. There seems to be issues that cause the camera to freeze when triggering playback through this app. Other than that it’s a great app. A small part of my touch screen on my camera stopped working but I can use this app to change settings. It would be great if the slate on the app allowed for editing project name, director, cam operator the same way it does on the camera. As is it’s a great app and must have.

DrellJSat, Mar 18, 2023
United StatesUnited States
Download & Revenue
DOWNLOAD 57.1KMar 2024Worldwide
REVENUE$183Mar 2024Worldwide
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About
Bundle Id
com.weareempire.BMDBluetoothControl
Min Os. Version
12.0
Release Date
Wed, May 9, 2018
Update Date
Sat, Jul 30, 2022
Content Rating
4+
Has IMessage
No
Support Watch
No
Support Siri
No
File Size
21.27MB
Has Game Center
No
Family Sharing
No
Support Passbook
No
Supported Languages
English
What's New
version
2.3.3
updated
1 year ago
- Fixes an issue introduced in firmware v7.9 where the app can't stop recording
- Fixes focus direction being swapped on firmware v7.9 for Pocket 4K users
- For Ursa Mini Pro users, fixes an issue where the app can cause the camera to power back on after walking away and coming back in range of the camera
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