Blackmagic Camera App Adds 17K URSA Cine 65 and Remote Control for Cine Models
The Blackmagic Camera app for iOS got a pretty significant boost today as Blackmagic Design has added new support for both the upcoming URSA Cine 17K 65 cinema camera, as well as full remote controlling support for Blackmagic URSA Cine cameras.This Blackmagic Camera update 9.3 is also set to add user pixel recalibration for URSA Cine models, plus some other helpful improvements for proxy clip playback for off-speed recordings, updated 8K and 4K Constant Quality record settings, and your usual mix of general performance and stability improvements.Let’s go over everything new to Blackmagic Camera with this 9.3 update and explore how you can start remotely controlling your URSA Cine cameras from your favorite Blackmagic iOS app.Blackmagic Camera 9.3 UpdateSo, the first bit of big news here is simply the added support for the upcoming Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65. Blackmagic Design has shared some new clips of what the URSA Cine 17K 65 can capture and the footage is impressive, to say the least. The fact that you can remotely control and work with a camera as powerful as the URSA Cine 17K 65 from an iPhone is kind of nuts too, so excited for this update for sure. The other bigger news perhaps is the remote control of all Blackmagic URSA Cine cameras. This will cover the URSA Cine 12K, 17K/65, and the URSA Cine Immersive camera (which we got to check out for the first time at SXSW last week). Blackmagic Camera users will receive new support for pixel recalibration, improved proxy clip playback behavior for off-speed recordings, and some updated 8K and 4K Constant Quality record settings. All good updates worth adding to the app. Here’s the full list of what’s new in Blackmagic Camera 9.3: Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65Adds support for Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65. Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K LFAdds user pixel recalibration.Adds ability to be remotely controlled via the Blackmagic Camera App.Improved proxy clip playback behavior for off-speed recordings.Fixed exposure traffic lights in 8K and 4K modes.Updated 8K and 4K Constant Quality record settings.Updated information menu page.General performance and stability improvements. Blackmagic PYXIS MonitorAdds compatibility for URSA Cine 17K 65.General performance and stability improvements. New features in Blackmagic RAW 4.5Adds support for Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65.Adds support for updated Constant Quality record settings on URSA Cine.How to Download and InstallTo update, Blackmagic does require that you add Blackmagic Camera Setup software to your system so you can update the software and manage your Blackmagic Camera. This will also add Blackmagic RAW Player, Blackmagic RAW Speed Test, Blackmagic RAW SDK, and Blackmagic RAW plugins. For updating Blackmagic Cameras from Camera 4.0 or above it is advisable to export your presets and LUTs onto a card as they will be removed during this update. Here are some of the minimum system requirements for this update. Minimum system requirements for Mac OSmacOS 13.0 Ventura or latermacOS 14.0 Sonoma or later Minimum system requirements for WindowsWindows 10 64-bit or laterWindows 11 64-bit or later You can download and find out more about the Blackmagic Camera Setup 9.3 here.


The Blackmagic Camera app for iOS got a pretty significant boost today as Blackmagic Design has added new support for both the upcoming URSA Cine 17K 65 cinema camera, as well as full remote controlling support for Blackmagic URSA Cine cameras.
This Blackmagic Camera update 9.3 is also set to add user pixel recalibration for URSA Cine models, plus some other helpful improvements for proxy clip playback for off-speed recordings, updated 8K and 4K Constant Quality record settings, and your usual mix of general performance and stability improvements.
Let’s go over everything new to Blackmagic Camera with this 9.3 update and explore how you can start remotely controlling your URSA Cine cameras from your favorite Blackmagic iOS app.
Blackmagic Camera 9.3 Update

So, the first bit of big news here is simply the added support for the upcoming Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65. Blackmagic Design has shared some new clips of what the URSA Cine 17K 65 can capture and the footage is impressive, to say the least. The fact that you can remotely control and work with a camera as powerful as the URSA Cine 17K 65 from an iPhone is kind of nuts too, so excited for this update for sure.
The other bigger news perhaps is the remote control of all Blackmagic URSA Cine cameras. This will cover the URSA Cine 12K, 17K/65, and the URSA Cine Immersive camera (which we got to check out for the first time at SXSW last week).
Blackmagic Camera users will receive new support for pixel recalibration, improved proxy clip playback behavior for off-speed recordings, and some updated 8K and 4K Constant Quality record settings. All good updates worth adding to the app.
Here’s the full list of what’s new in Blackmagic Camera 9.3:
Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65
- Adds support for Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65.
Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K LF
- Adds user pixel recalibration.
- Adds ability to be remotely controlled via the Blackmagic Camera App.
- Improved proxy clip playback behavior for off-speed recordings.
- Fixed exposure traffic lights in 8K and 4K modes.
- Updated 8K and 4K Constant Quality record settings.
- Updated information menu page.
- General performance and stability improvements.
Blackmagic PYXIS Monitor
- Adds compatibility for URSA Cine 17K 65.
- General performance and stability improvements.
New features in Blackmagic RAW 4.5
- Adds support for Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65.
- Adds support for updated Constant Quality record settings on URSA Cine.
How to Download and Install
To update, Blackmagic does require that you add Blackmagic Camera Setup software to your system so you can update the software and manage your Blackmagic Camera.
This will also add Blackmagic RAW Player, Blackmagic RAW Speed Test, Blackmagic RAW SDK, and Blackmagic RAW plugins.
For updating Blackmagic Cameras from Camera 4.0 or above it is advisable to export your presets and LUTs onto a card as they will be removed during this update.
Here are some of the minimum system requirements for this update.
Minimum system requirements for Mac OS
- macOS 13.0 Ventura or later
- macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later
Minimum system requirements for Windows
- Windows 10 64-bit or later
- Windows 11 64-bit or later
You can download and find out more about the Blackmagic Camera Setup 9.3 here.