Blackmagic Design Announces New Blackmagic Video Assist 12G

Blackmagic Design Video Assist models add large-screen HDR monitoring to any camera and better recording codecs, scopes and professional focus assist tools.

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Blackmagic Design this week announced the Blackmagic Video Assist 12G, new models of the company’s combined monitoring and recording solutions.

These new models feature brighter HDR screens, built-in scopes, upgraded batteries, 12G-SDI and much more. Blackmagic Video Assist 12G are available this month from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide from $795.

The Blackmagic Video Assist 12G will be demonstrated in the Blackmagic Design booth [#7-B45] at IBC 2019 this week in Amsterdam.

The Blackmagic Video Assist 12G HDR “adds professional monitoring and recording to any SDI or HDMI camera in all HD, Ultra HD, 2K and 4K DCI formats,” according to the company announcement.

The design includes brighter screens for HDR work, tally indicator, four built-in scopes, enhanced focus assist features, 3D LUTs and native Blackmagic RAW recording from supported cameras. With 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 on both 5″ and 7″ models, customers get support for recording from virtually any device in all formats up to 2160p60.

The new design also features upgraded batteries and supports two standard Sony L-Series batteries. Blackmagic Video Assist 12G works best in digital cinema shoots, live production mastering, broadcast testing and measurement.

More About Blackmagic Video Assist 12G

There are two models of Blackmagic Video Assist 12G, with each model including a touchscreen user interface with deck controls as well as a large screen to view recordings.

The Blackmagic Video Assist 7-inch 12G model also includes two media slots, while both the 5-inch and 7-inch models include 12G-SDI for high frame rate Ultra HD, analog inputs for audio, USB-C external disk recording, plus a front panel speaker and side mounted headphone jack.

Customers also get two rear battery slots for mounting Sony L-Series batteries, so customers have enough power for the brighter HDR screens and higher-speed Ultra HD electronics. A 12v universal power supply is included for studio or on location use.

Video Assist features a wide range of video and audio connections such as multi-rate 12G-SDI for SD, HD, and Ultra HD SDI devices. HDMI is included for HDMI cameras and monitoring to consumer televisions and video projectors.

The 7-inch model features Mini XLR inputs which are provided for audio input from microphones and external audio mixers. Video Assist even includes a 12V DC power connection with locking power connector.

Video Assist includes support for English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Italian, Portuguese and Turkish.

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