Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 12K (PL) - Manual (Page 112)

Anamorphic Desqueeze
When shooting with anamorphic lenses, the image will appear horizontally ‘squeezed’ on your
URSA Mini’s preview outputs and in recorded files. Enabling ‘anamorphic desqueeze’ will
correct the preview image on your URSA Mini as well as recording the desqueeze amount used
in the clip metadata for easy correction in post.
The desqueeze amount available will vary depending on what you’ve set your URSA Mini
resolution to, but the resulting image will always be in the cinematic widescreen 2.4:1
aspect ratio.
Anamorphic lenses designed for film typically have a 2x squeeze factor. Your URSA Mini’s
‘3K anamorphic’ resolution is designed for use with these lenses and will perform a
2x desqueeze when set to this resolution with ‘anamorphic desqueeze’ enabled.
Anamorphic lenses designed for 16:9 digital image sensors often use a 1.33x squeeze factor to
produce 2.4:1 cinematic widescreen images from the entire 16:9 sensor. Therefore, when your
URSA Mini is set to 16:9 resolutions such as ’4K 16:9’ and ‘HD 16:9,’ the desqueeze ratio will
be 1.33:1.
TIP If your image appears horizontally stretched when shooting with a standard
spherical lens, make sure you don’t have ‘anamorphic desqueeze’ enabled.
Audio Settings
The ‘audio’ tab lets you adjust the audio input and monitoring settings on your URSA Mini.
This menu is slightly different between URSA Mini and URSA Mini Pro models, so the available
settings are described separately below.
Audio Settings – URSA Mini
The audio settings for your URSA Mini are divided by audio input source between ‘camera’ and
‘XLR’ for onboard and externally sourced audio. ‘XLR’ settings are spread over two pages,
which you can cycle through by tapping the arrows at the edge of the LCD touchscreen or
swiping left or right.
Camera Audio Settings
When you select ‘camera’ audio input, your URSA Mini will have one page of audio settings
available. The ‘camera’ audio tab contains the following settings.
112 Settings