SL2 with Blackmagic Video Assist 12sdi

[The206]

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Hey wondering if anyone can confirm that the new blackmagic video assist can record the 4k 60fps with LOG profile?

[steve.chang]

I am also interested in the BM-VA 12. I wish SL2/SL2-S can record BMRAW externally soon. Any insight will be appreciated.

[BernardC]

I'll add one more vote for BM RAW. It's a more universal format than ProRes RAW.

I've shot a few RAW projects over the years, going back to the Sony FS-700 4K firmware upgrade (which output to Cinema DNG on Odyssey 7Q recorders), and I'm not convinced that raw acquisition is useful or important for most projects.You end-up with image quality that is indistinguishable from 10-bit log, even on a big screen.

We used it because it fit our projects: on-location, no additional lighting, no chance of a re-shoot, tight shooting ratio. Many of our shots involved interiors and exteriors, with very different colour temperature and exposure in the same shot, so every little bit helped.

I shoot log for almost everything else. That could change with BM RAW; it's not much bigger than log, and it's native to Resolve.