Blackmagic’s new camera shoots cinema-quality 12K footage for just $9,995
Sometimes you need more resolution than the iPhone camera can provide. (Blackmagic/)Right now, most of us are living in a 4K video world. Most new TVs support 4K resolution, and your smartphone can probably even capture 4K footage. But 8K is on its way. At this year’s CES, the big TV manufacturers made the jump to 8K in their high-end models and Canon recently announced its EOS R5 camera which can capture 8K footage. Blackmagic’s new URSA Mini Pro 12K camera, however, has an 80-megapixel sensor inside that allows it to go beyond 8K while keeping its price under $10,000.At maximum performance, Blackmagic’s new rig can capture 12,288 x 6480 footage at 60 fps using its Super 35 sensor. That makes each frame essentially an 80-megapixel image. Compare that to the 32-megapixel frames that come from 8K footage or the comparatively paltry 8-megapixels you get out of 4K.Right now, there’s...