The Blackmagic PYXIS 12K is an advanced digital film camera with a very versatile design that can be rigged in many ways to suit your productions. The new model is equipped with a full-frame RGBW sensor with 12,288 x 8,040 pixels including a built-in optical low-pass filter, 16 f-stops and two CFexpress media slots. All this is contained in a customizable housing with flexible mounting options and side plates. The Blackmagic PYXIS 12K PL features a fixed PL mount that is compatible with high quality professional cinema lenses.
Designed for Maximum Customizability
Blackmagic PYXIS 12K features an extremely versatile design that lets you build the perfect camera rig for your production! With multiple mounting points and accessory side plates, it’s easy to configure Blackmagic PYXIS into the camera you need it to be! PYXIS’ compact body is made from precision CNC machined aerospace aluminum, which means it is lightweight yet very strong. You can easily mount it on a range of camera rigs such as cranes, gimbals or drones!
Unique In-Sensor Scaling
The unique RGBW sensor architecture provides equal amounts of red, green and blue pixels for incredible color super sampling. This means it is optimized to deliver incredibly rich colors at all resolutions and provide the ultimate in image quality and flexibility. The sensor has a native resolution of 12288 x 8040 however with revolutionary in-sensor scaling you can shoot at 12K, 8K or 4K at the full sensor size with a shallow depth of field and without cropping.
Multiple Resolutions and Frame Rates
Work in a variety of film formats and aspect ratios without sacrificing quality. Using the full area of the sensor gives you a unique open gate 3:2 image, which lets you reframe your shots in post production. Work in true 6:5 anamorphic without cropping, making widescreen cinematic images more detailed and at higher resolution than previously possible. Shoot up to 40 fps at 12288 x 8040 3:2 open gate, 60 fps at 12288 x 5112 2.4:1 and 112 fps at 8192 x 3408 8K.
16 Stops of High Dynamic Range
Blackmagic PYXIS 12K has a massive 16 stops of dynamic range, so you can preserve more detail in the lightest and darkest areas of an image than typical video cameras. Optimized at 800 ISO and with an ISO range of 200-3200 it’s easy to capture great images when working in low natural light or darkly lit scenes. Together with Gen 5 Color Science and the efficiency and control of Blackmagic RAW you get incredible cinematic images.
Choose from Three Lens Mounts
With a choice of L-Mount, EF or PL camera models, Blackmagic PYXIS 12K is compatible with the largest range of cinema and photographic lenses in the world. The L-Mount model works with the latest full frame lenses from Leica, Panasonic and Sigma. With the EF model you can use high quality photo and cine lenses you may already own and the PL model lets you work with professional cine lenses from Zeiss, ARRI, Cooke and more.
All Controls at your Fingertips
The camera’s logical design puts important functions such as ISO, WB and shutter at your fingertips with physical controls. The bright 1500 nit touchscreen display is used for monitoring and focus setting, as well accessing camera menus. With the advanced Blackmagic OS, you get an intuitive and user friendly camera operating system, where all camera features run independently for smoother control, as well as enabling the camera to power on virtually instantly.
Camera features:
Effective sensor size: 35.64 mm x 23.32 mm (large format)
Pixel pitch: 2.9 microns
Lens mount: PL mount with /i technology
Lens control: Aperture and focus on supported lenses
Dynamic range: 16 f-stops
Native ISO: 800
Resolutions for filming:
12,288 x 8040 (12K 3:2 open gate)
12,288 x 6912 (12K 16:9)
12,288 x 6480 (12K 17:9)
12,288 x 5112 (12K 2.4:1)
9648 x 8040 (12K 6:5)
9408 x 6264 (9K 3:2)
8688 x 4896 (9K 16:9)
9312 x 4896 (9K 17:9)
9312 x 3864 (9K 2.4:1)
7680 x 6408 (9K 6:5)
8192 x 5360 (8K 3:2 open gate)
8192 x 4608 (8K 16:9)
8192 x 4320 (8K 17:9)
8192 x 3408 (8K 2,4:1)
6432 x 5360 (8K 6:5)
4096 x 2680 (4K 3:2 open gate)
4096 x 2304 (4K 16:9)
4096 x 2160 (4K 17:9)
4096 x 1704 (4K 2.4:1)
3216 x 2680 (4K 6:5)
Frame rates
The project frame rates 23.98; 24; 25; 29.97; 30; 50; 59.94 and 60 fps are supported. The maximum sensor frame rate depends on the selected resolution.
High frame rates
12K (3:2 open gate) up to 40 fps
12K (16:9) up to 45 fps
12K (17:9) up to 50 fps
12K (2.4:1) up to 60 fps
12K (6:5) up to 40 fps
9K (3:2 Super 35) up to 50 fps
9K (16:9 Super 35) up to 65 fps
9K (17:9 Super 35) up to 65 fps
9K (2.4:1 Super 35) up to 80 fps
9K (6:5 Super 35) up to 50 fps
8K/4K (3:2 open gate) up to 72 fps
8K/4K (16:9) up to 84 fps
8K/4K (17:9) up to 90 fps
8K/4K (2.4:1) up to 112 fps
8K/4K (6:5) up to 72 fps
Focus control with compatible lenses
Aperture control: Aperture wheel and touchscreen slider for manual adjustment of the aperture of electronically controllable lenses. Aperture button for instant automatic aperture adjustments of compatible lenses
Screen dimensions: 4" 1920 x 1080.
Screen brightness: 1500 cd/m²
Screen type: LCD with capacitive touchscreen
Metadata support: Automatic transfer of lens data from electronic L-mount lenses. Automatic storage of camera settings, motion sensor data and movie panel data such as project, scene number, take and special notes. A 3D LUT can be embedded in the metadata of Blackmagic RAW files.
Controls: Touchscreen menus on 4-inch screen. Buttons for additional functions; 3 assignable shortcut buttons
Timecode generator
Highly accurate timecode generator. Time deviation in 8 hours less than one frame
Connections
Total video inputs: None
Total video outputs: 1 x 12G-SDI up to 2160p/60
1 viewfinder USB-C port with lockable connector for power, data and video
Analog audio inputs: 1 analog mini XLR audio jack, switchable between operation of phantom-powered microphones and line level up to +14 dBu, 1 x 3.5mm stereo input
Analog audio outputs: 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack
Reference inputs: tri-sync, black burst, timecode
Computer interface: USB-C for recording to external hard drives
PTP camera control and software updates
Ethernet: 1 x 10 Gbit/s RJ45 connector supports 10/100/1000/10G Base-T
