Blackmagic Camera now also for the iPad and with multi-camera control

Blackmagic is now offering its free camera app for the iPad for the first time and now makes it possible to film with several iPhones at the same time and control this centrally. A corresponding update was released a few days ago. Version 2.0 also introduces HD recordings with a frame rate of 100fps on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. This enables smoother-looking recordings to be created.

Since its launch in September 2023, Blackmagic's camera app has quickly become a popular alternative to the iPhone camera app. Apparently, to promote its own cameras and the DaVinci Resolve post-processing software, Blackmagic is giving away its camera app. It contains functions that were previously only available in more expensive third-party apps such as Filmic Pro. Their switch to a subscription model and the dismissal of the previous employees after the sale of the app angered many Filmic fans. Blackmagic Camera offered them an alternative. Users can adjust settings such as frame rate, shutter angle, white balance and ISO directly in the app. Recordings can be saved in 10-bit Apple ProRes files up to 4K.

Central control of multiple iPhone cameras

In June, Blackmagic Camera was also released for Android devices. The Camera app also offers users of the Blackmagic Cloud easy access to make iPhone recordings available there and to get in touch with other users. It is therefore also aimed at professional users who want to work together on projects.

With version 2.0, which can be downloaded free of charge from the App Store, Blackmagic is now competing with Apple and its multi-camera control in Final Cut Camera. Apple's update was introduced in the spring. The Blackmagic app can now also be used to remotely control several iPhones as cameras and centrally control their image capture. With the new iPad version, users now also have more screen space to control the various camera perspectives.

(mki)