The microscopic world, revealed with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K

Protist Lab Films has attached a Pocket Cinema Camera 6K from Blackmagic Design to a microscope to capture images of protist organisms, one of the smallest living organisms on the planet.

Fabian Weston, former laboratory technician and sound engineer, is the director of Protist Lab Films. After having worked for 25 years as sound technician y music producer Along with some of Australia's most prominent musicians and colleagues, Weston decided to return to his passion for music. microscopy and the fascinating creatures it allows to reveal. That's when Weston decided to create Protist Lab Films equipped with only a microscope and his phone's camera. However, the quality was not sufficient.

Fortunately, during his career in the music and entertainment industry, he became familiar with the products of Blackmagic Design"I got used to using Blackmagic Design products a few years ago when I was working as an audio mixer at a jazz club in Sydney called The Basement. From the production studio upstairs, we streamed shows live to YouTube using Blackmagic cameras and mixers, and had a MADI connection to mix the audio separately," Weston explained.

When a local friend recommended the brand, Weston began consider the range of options offered and he soon realized that the Melbourne-based company's products could be a great ally for his microscope projects.

Pocket Cinema Camera 6K y DaVinci Resolve

Since the beginning of 2022, Weston has been using the model Pocket Cinema Camera 6K to film the surprising world of these tiny creatures. Thanks to the camera's compatibility with different types of high-quality microscope lenses, he was able connect your microscope directly to the unit. Once the images have been captured in format Blackmagic RAW, the recorded material is edited and graded in DaVinci Resolve. As a final touch, taking advantage of his musical talent, Weston creates a soundtrack for some of the sequences before uploading them to the Protist Lab Films channel on YouTube: "It's a smooth and complete process, and it's great working individually. Plus, Blackmagic Design's technical support is fantastic. The company has greatly simplified the entire workflow," emphasizes Weston.

The material recorded by Weston has already caused a sensation. In 2021, he won the contest Small World in Motion, organized by Nikon, by documenting protist organisms that live in the intestines of Australian termites.

“Hay muy pocas personas dispuestas a crear una banda sonora desde cero para acompañar imágenes de organismos microscópicos, y en consecuencia, lo que he logrado hasta el momento es algo único e interesante. Soy un gran admirador del enfoque y la filosofía de Blackmagic Design, y estoy seguro de que la gente como yo continuará valiéndose de sus productos para llevar a cabo proyectos maravillosos en el futuro”, concluye Weston.

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