- Blackmagic Camera for iOS 3.3 is now available on the App Store
- Update adds Apple Watch camera controls and iPhone image monitoring
- New features also include support for ATEM camera controls
Blackmagic Design, the company behind popular editing software DaVinci Resolve, has released a significant update to its Blackmagic Camera app for iOS.
The Blackmagic Camera for iOS 3.3 brings a host of new features and functionality, but the highlight for me is the ability to monitor and control the camera using your Apple Watch.
It also allows control of the ATEM camera to anyone using their Apple device as a live studio camera.
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What’s new?
The Blackmagic Camera app adds camera controls and image processing, giving iPhones and iPads the ability to recreate the cinematic style of a high-end film camera using mobile devices.
The newly updated companion app lets you control and monitor what iPhone is filming right from your Apple Watch.
Blackmagic Design claims this allows users to “monitor framing and audio levels, start and stop recording, and adjust key settings including exposure, focus, and LUTs.” You can also change lenses and control zoom.
All useful bits, which the company says are “perfect for situations where an iPhone is mounted out of reach or in a position where physically touching it would cause camera shake.”
In a press release, Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design, said: “We really want to help everyone use their iPhone in professional productions and find new ways to use iPhone. The Apple Watch companion app does this because it means you can mount an iPhone anywhere while still having full control of it from your wrist.”
On top of that, the app now also adds support for ATEM camera control, which allows the iPhone to be “used as a live studio camera.”
Connect the phone to the company’s ProDock and it also offers Blackmagic Focus and Zoom Demands.
Petty called this “the coolest feature,” adding that support for ATEM camera control “means you can use the iPhone as a studio camera while holding the tripod handles to focus and zoom.” It’s a real studio camera and it’s a lot of fun. ยป
You can download Blackmagic Camera for iOS 3.3 for free from the App Store by clicking here.
All Features Added in Version 3.3 – Patch Notes via Blackmagic Design
- Camera control and monitoring with companion app for Apple Watch.
- Support for ATEM camera control with Blackmagic Camera ProDock.
- Support for Blackmagic Focus and Zoom requests with Blackmagic Camera ProDock.
- Support HDMI output in full screen portrait mode.
- The front camera now supports portrait and landscape without rotation for iPhone 17.
- Support for ProRes RAW stabilization in iOS 26.1 and later.
- General performance and stability improvements.
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