Blackmagic Camera App For Android | BIG UPDATE!

[@TivBoiMedia]

I just installed the APK in my Red Magic 9 Pro. I have tried using it with an external drive up to 2TB and it works perfectly. I dont think i will need my BMPCC 4K anymore as my phone can record in up to 8k and has 16GB of RAM. Video is flawless and goes straight into the SSD.

[@4jup4ter4]

Wonderful

[@WillWill-w1j]

​@@4jup4ter4cuantos GB usas cada minuto, en un video con la mejor calidad en el s24 ultra y blackmagic?

[@HaydenCarter-nu2yg]

It is wild that you think a phone camera compares to a bmpcc4k haha

[@TivBoiMedia]

@@HaydenCarter-nu2yg If you saw a movie made wholely on an iPhone you won't be able to tell.

[@HaydenCarter-nu2yg]

@TivBoiMedia I work in film and have shot films with iphones using beastrigs etc. You can 100% tell the difference haha.

[@sashidemedia]

Shooting on s24 ultra..h265 and 4k. Is it in 10bit or 8 bit ?

[@asrafnasri]

I use Poco f5 pro... 😢 but this app uses a macro lens to record a video... How to change to the main lens?

[@HokgiartoSaliem]

Which one is better video recording result: BlackMagic Camera or Filmic Pro? Does blackmagic camera support: cinelog, HDR recording, more than 8 bit recording, (if soc supported), etc?

[@initialfocus]

BM cam app is far better than filmic on iOS because it takes advantage of AppleLOG. If the phone provider has a LOG then it will support it but they do not make their own log since any general LOG is fake.

[@atf56]

Now my S21fe officially supported. But this app is no where near filmic pro, mcpro24 or proshot. The reason is lack of log profiles. Without log, flat or raw, there's no use with any such apps over the native camera app's promode.

[@MaximoJoshua]

the camera hardware has to offer a log profile, no app should be able to to add it, if the cameras API doesn't offer it. I think there was a workaround where one app was using like photos to create RAW photos, and then putting them together as frames, but in general, a Log profile would be used to encode the data from the camera sensor, if you don't have access to the sensor data or an API that gives you a log output, you don't gain any benefits from a log profile. Same thing for bit rates, the cameras hardware will either give you 10 bit or 8 bit, but no app can make it so that an 8 bit signal becomes 10 bit. BMC app is just an interface to your phone's hardware.

[@alihammad6318]

@@MaximoJoshua THe android API usually opens access to the RAW sensor data and MCPro uses that and applies their own log curve. I use it for some RAW video with my workflow in Resolve that I use with regular cDNG files and it works surprisingly well. I apply the Arri LogC curve in post.

[@MaximoJoshua]

@@alihammad6318 yeah, i think they are getting still RAW frames (which the api does support) and then turning them into a video. It's a workaround that should work for Android phones that support RAW photos. Would be kind of cool if BlackMagic used that to introduce BlackMagic Film Gen 5 or something, but it is probably not very straightforward (it would take a lot of development work). Right now on the iPhone, BlackMagic just uses the video API's directly, which is why they only support the profiles that the camera provides for video (although I bet you might be able to do the same thing because Apple also supports RAW). But that was what I was trying to get across, the BMCA is acting as an interface to the API's of the camera itself.

[@MaximoJoshua]

Do you know what phones offer that? I am curious because it seems like a pretty slow API, so not sure how they are handling high frame rates etc. Reading up on it, it seems like it takes 500ms to get the raw image, which is way too slow for video, but maybe they just buffer it? Because after you get the raw data, you have to debayer it yourself (from what i understand), I am actually curious if it would be possible to just get the RAW video out of the camera...debayer it in resolve.

[@alihammad6318]

@@MaximoJoshua I'm running an S24 and it works great. The data rates are absolutely nuts though, I record to an external SSD usually, but I can record internally. It heats up the phone doing internal as it's doing about 330MB/s for 24fps, more than double for 60fps. Raw video by definition needs to be debayered in post, it's simply writing individual RGB channel bit streams to a file. It's irrelevant if the sensor is grabbing "photos" or "videos", besides bit depth and frame rate it doesn't know the difference. My Panasonic S5iix for example shoots prores RAW, but when I convert to cDNG for use in Resolve, it's a frame sequence - single images. Doesn't change anything.

[@akcivan]

i have s22ultra, there is no LOG or raw usage with blackmagic. Even doesnt let me choose bitrate. So samsung's native camera app also does everything blackmagic does. Also, it has tons of bugs like " When you change a different lens, it goes HD resolution you had to re-set your resolution everything you change lens.

[@RecipesLive]

😮😮 I still have a 6 pro and intend to use in connection to my Atem Mini switcher. 🎉🎉 Thanks for the update. 😊😊

[@Ishai1]

Finally available for my phone, it just took a couple of hours for them to update the compatible devices (or maybe that was cached by the play store)

[@pkmworldfilms]

Hey, so I was shooting a video with my S23 Ultra and noticed the Blackmagic Android camera stabilization wasn't working. I checked the camera settings but couldn't find anything to turn it on. Do you know how to fix it?

[@Filmmaking-on-a-budget]

From the home screen in the BM app just below the record button, it has a camera icon tilted in Dutch angle. Click that and you will be able to turn on Optical or Standard stabilization. Optical works best for my S24 ULTRA.

[@-NOVA-2023]

Hey, I have a current problem I recently just changed from Filmic Pro to Black Magic. I was just wondering if you could help me myself in this issue my issue being is that I am running into vocal clipping even without on microphone attached to the phone it’s appearing to be very loud and I do not know how to control the mic level to the actual phone. Is there anything you could help me out with that I can sort? This out plz

[@edge88]

my samsung s22 ultra just got into that list, but only supports recording in rec709. is that better than the native camera app?

[@hoodaffairstv]

need some type of log😞

[@initialfocus]

Unless each specific phone company does what Apple did with AppleLOG it would all be fake LOGs. You cannot have a general LOG that would work well and the same for different types of camera models.

[@hoodaffairstv]

@@initialfocus if it was at least similar to Filmic Pro or a lite flat profile that would be ok. Even if they charged for it like Filmic did since they gave us a free app

[@hoodaffairstv]

@@initialfocus i'll take a fake Filmic Pro style LOG for my phone. Especially from them

[@initialfocus]

@hoodaffairstv but that is what I learned a while back from pro colorists. All those fake logs did was essentially desaturate, remove contrast and some other tweaks. Their LUTs just then re added those….if you really want that look then just make your own LUT by doing those steps hah.

[@MaximoJoshua]

@@initialfocus yeah, exactly, log profiles are useful because they can fit more info into the same size container (oversimplified), so this means it has to be done via the camera firmware as it reads the sensor and encodes it to a file. If you start with Rec709 or something, you will never be able to get anything higher than what you started with. Its the same thing with 8 bit and 10 bit. If the phone doesn't offer it, no app can really do anything about that (might be one exception where I believe one app used RAW photos to try to stitch together a log video). its all just math at the end of the day.

[@dialogandointerculturalmente]

It is posible to have one pointer for focus and another for choosing the aperture… FilmiC pro has that… why Blackmagic don t?

[@noamerzen]

amazing, thank you very much 😊

[@skylight99]

Hi, thanks for your video update on the BC app. Is there any way to record video in Log mode? I have a Xiaomi 12 Ultra and I could use that option for sure. Thanks!

[@AndrewLee-u1q]

For those of you who are new to the platform, BlackMagic Camera on Android is really, really limited. It’s not much different from the default camera app. The default camera might actually be better. That’s because the app is still buggy, doesn’t let you choose the bitrate, and the color bitrate is fixed at 8 bit. If you turn on HDR mode on the Galaxy’s default camera, it defaults to 10 bit. Even this is only supported on the latest high-end phones, not on mid-range devices. If you’re an iPhone user, I highly recommend BlackMagic, but if you’re an Android user, just use the default camera app.

[@Real_AR]

I installed this app on my Nothing Phone 2A, and it runs perfectly.

[@Filmmaking-on-a-budget]

The Blackmagic app recognizes My T7ssd connected to my S24ULTRA but when I hit record the app crashes. The same SSD works fine with the native app. Any suggestions about why this is happening? Thank you.

[@ravanrajjnt]

How to download app

[@MichaelJefferies-p7b]

no remote monitoring for Andriod?

[@gcmedianz]

Hey Michael, on your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro do you have the option of 60fps? Btw many thanks for all your great videos.

[@therealbrightonlyimo]

Yes it has

[@murraytinker]

Very nice thanks I have the 6 pro and use it with a remote pan tilt tripod head. Would love to find some way for remote zoom

[@tuanofakind]

Hi Michael, great video ! Are you able to use the HDMI out feature with a USB-C to HDMI dongle + HDMI cable + Capture Card (that's how I think I would do it) on your Pixel 6 Pro ? That would be amazing but from what I've heard it doesn't support video output through USB (Displayport Alt Mode). Thank you !

[@Premkumarkh]

They dont give option for 60 fps and 120 fps in S21

[@Silvia_1990]

Bro how is the stabilization on the pixel 6 pro?

[@lonniesfilmmaking333]

Thanks much mate, sounds like no raw options 😊❤

[@ilhmidm7856]

why only support on flagship phone?

[@wayneberry3453]

Not compatible with fold 6. 😢 I'll try the note 9

[@toxotis70]

no RAW or prores recording is a failure...

[@initialfocus]

ProRes is owned by Apple. Each phone manufacture would have to get licensed to have ProRes.

[@toxotis70]

@@initialfocus so, it's useless...h264 or h265 is heavily compressed.

[@MichaelJefferies-p7b]

no remote monitoring for android?

[@arun_kumar0]

is it compatable for Samsung s9 ultra tablet? i m planning on buying one...

[@anthonysblogs.7763]

Does the 24 support it

[@mousse4444]

@@anthonysblogs.7763 absolutely!!!!

[@mousse4444]

Don't see toggle for 8bit or 10bit +Is there any way to select bit rates? Thanks

[@ЄвгенійМ-г6н]

Using my Pixel 8 Pro I can choose "BT2020 HLG10" colorspace in the settings, which gives 10bit video, but works only for up to 30fps. Otherwise, Rec709 colorspace is used automatically with 8bit files.

[@amanieux]

vs motioncam app ?

[@chrisj790]

I have the s24 ultra but I don't see the anamorphic lens settings in it

[@EzraaaDave]

Does it give you LOG on s24 ultra? Im planning on getting that phone for that reason

[@initialfocus]

@EzraaaDave nope. Blackmagic doesn’t create their own LOG. They take advantage of AppleLOG on the iPhone and as far as I know no current android phones have a native log?

[@prosmey13]

My oneplus 9pro not see in playstor. Why brother?

[@AsfhaqRehman]

Because currently this app support only two models series Samsung S series or Google pixel 6-7-8

[@PS-ys9yg]

But...without any LOG capability iits a little bit off

[@Silvia_1990]

Stabilization doesn't work on Pixel 7 Pro

[@RohitNaik]

sad to see sony xperia is not on the list

[@the_krypton1te]

it's like taking on the Sony Xperia line Photo/Video modes, without doing it directly😂 and saying that Sony lines are not for "non-photography" peeps. 😊

[@지브릴마후아체]

We need an update for some Galaxy A series (starting with the A5 range, 2021 and up) With 60 fps support on it, only for 1080p

[@mystiquefilms5]

I just got the Google pixel 8a, this supports it but my Google pixel 6a does not, fix, download it on the new device and make sure bith phones have the same email, I downloaded it on the pixel 8a, then on the bottom it says download on the pixel 6a and then I clicked on it and it installed, if I did that on my pixel 6a without the 8a it would not work for me.

[@jagruti-vd3zf]

i have pixel 6a and it's working fine for me

[@mystiquefilms5]

@@jagruti-vd3zf I couldn't do it on mine 😭😭😭😭😭

[@jagruti-vd3zf]

@@mystiquefilms5 idk the issue maybe try updating your system 🤧

[@mystiquefilms5]

@@jagruti-vd3zf it works now just had to cop the pixel 8a 💀

[@smk1048]

How does the app work? I would like to buy a Pixel 8 and I'm interested in knowing how it works with the use of the app, so maybe I'll get more use out of its camera.

[@NgawangChogyel89]

I just installed in OnePlus Nord 2

[@Jose_T131]

Not compatible with my phone :(

[@JxcksonSF]

yeey, they added support to s22, but no log profiles and no 10bit 😑😑

[@TheOrisya]

not working on my poco x6

[@Roast-with-Nani]

It's available in India and s23

[@NatureExperience82]

Is not supported on Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G, but with my last year Poco F5 Pro it's is. WTF?

[@maqyotvblog]

Is this app can take photos? Or just video?

[@clueno4426]

Motion cam is much superior to it😂😂

[@kamikazehockey6749]

I have a s21fe but it says its not supported

[@anshumansharma9363]

Working now

[@shyhandiq]

Try MCPro24fps

[@DjDustiSam]

Working with my Blackview BV9300 Pro on Android 13

[@thatsaloadofcrap]

It loads on my S24 Ultra, v1.2.0025. I'll have to say it sucks compared to my iphone. I mean it really sucks! Not sure what's going on, but the footage is really jerky, not stable at all. It's either dropping frames, or there's no stabilization at all. It really is unusable. Again, not sure if it's an Android thing, a Samsung thing. Whatever it is, It's just not good. I'M SAD ! ☹

[@brunofischer]

S22 ultra is now supported.

[@Jeff_LaFont]

Is anyone else having issues with stabilization?

[@vaibhavn20124]

You have to go and choose optical for stabilization, it's off by default for all lens

[@mohammadobaidurrahman6212]

What about nothing phone 2a

[@RealWorldReview]

Try it

[@عبدالرحمنالعقيل-ن7ج]

I hope to support the Arabic and Spanish languages ​​with videos, thank you

[@evanlionellie_]

Funny thing my samsung a51 runs blackmagic cam very very smooth

[@alokkumarmishra1746]

I wonder,,it shows your device is not compatible even if i have snapdragon 888 and android 14 latest..What i have to do now ?

[@wawatkurniawan9778]

how do you connect bluetooth. microphone to blackmagic apps on android?

[@dlads79]

I can't shoot stills? Find it odd that you can't take a picture yet it's got tonnes of video options. I'd dump my stock camera app otherwise.

[@initialfocus]

Blackmagic is a pro video capturing company…not still photography.

[@dlads79]

@@initialfocus really doesn't matter, I get it it's a video focused app, just needing two for the same thing isn't really efficient... Plus tbh from what I've seen from the footage, my stock one works better anyway. Rendering this pointless