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Recording
Recording Clips
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera features two record buttons. The primary record button is
located on the top of the handgrip for triggering with your index finger when holding the
handgrip of the camera with your right hand.
The second record button is located on the front of your camera to allow you to begin recording
while holding the camera with one hand in situations where you want to record yourself. The
button is located in an easy to reach position, ideal if you are recording yourself for video blogs.
Press one of the ‘record’ buttons on your camera to begin recording immediately. Press ‘record’
again to stop recording.
The ‘record’ button located on the The ‘record’ button located on
top panel of your camera the front of your camera
Before you start recording, tap and hold the name of the media at the bottom of the
touchscreen to select the memory card or USB-C flash disk you want to use.
The bar over the media type you have selected turns blue to indicate the camera is set
to record to this media. To record to a different card or drive, tap and hold the name of
the media. While recording, the bar is red.
Choosing the Recording Format
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera records using Apple ProRes codecs including ProRes
422 HQ, ProRes 422, ProRes422 LT and ProRes 422 Proxy. ProRes codecs let you fit more
video on your SD card, CFast card or USB-C flash disk. ProRes 422 HQ provides the highest
quality video with the lowest compression. Alternatively, ProRes 422 Proxy gives you far more
recording time with greater compression. Your camera can also record with the Blackmagic
RAW format. You may decide to experiment to see which format best suits your workflow.
It’s important to note that Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera can use Blackmagic RAW for full
sensor and windowed sensor formats, and must use ProRes for scaled formats.
For more information on windowed and scaled formats, see the ’maximum sensor frame
rates’ section.
18Recording
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