Blackmagic Forum View topic - BMD please make a focal reducer ... PortKeys also developing new handle grip. Integrated control Canon Sony Panasonic BMD ZCAM camera.

Understanding the Context

Built-in Bluetooth and WiFi module. Built-in LANC distributor, use together with BM5. 0.9-inch OLED screen supports function selection. Heard on the grapevine that BMD are becoming their own UK distributor and finishing with Holdan from 1st November.

Key Insights

Everything else made in BMD Fusion. The project contains a lot of Fusion 3D, particles and particles physics, lightning, shading and many many procedural animation. Further more the O.P is confusing about the video mode (a real shocker for this forum I know!!). 3 frames at 1080p50 like BMD mention is only 60ms, not 100+. It sounds like the OP is trying to run at 1080p25, which I guess could mean 120ms, at 720p50 or 1080p50 the delay shouldn't be a massive issue with a fast enough display chain.

Final Thoughts

But since I've seen others complaining about the latency some time ago, and no firmware updates from BMD in quite a while, I'm guessing this may not be fixable? I've considered changing to a Decimator multiviewer, am I right in thinking that the latency is much better on these? We also have a BMD studio camera, we will be using it during the live event also. The camera will be filming a stage from about 50 feet away. Would that work for live event if stage has enough lighting?