The Formatt 86mm Soft Gold 3 Enhancing Schott-Desag B270 Crown Optical Glass Filter is another incredible innovation from Formatt. This filter has been specifically designed for today's High Definition cameras which tend to be ultrasharp and somewhat unforgiving when it comes to skin tones.

The beauty of this filter is that it will still allow you to obtain lovely, softened images but without a noticeable loss of contrast. It will also correct for the bluish tint associated with some HD photography. As applied to portraiture, it will correct for unsightly skin blemishes and provide smoother, more flattering images of your subject.

Formatt, a company with three generations of professional filter-making experience, produces every filter to the highest technical standards. The finest materials, together with state of-the-art production technology, have resulted in a standard of optical excellence unmatched anywhere else.

Soft Gold filters use the latest developments in materials technology to soften outlines and enhance flesh tones, removing blueness and facial blemishes without distortion.

Tiny particles within the skin tone enhancing matrix bounce incoming light onto the reverse face of the glass filter; total internal reflection projects the light into the camera lens, refracted by the glass, softening the image but without losing contrast. The use of refraction eliminates the color split associated with diffusion.

Each filter is manufactured from Schott-Desag B270 Crown Optical Glass

It has absolute consistency in color and density to Kodak Wratten standards.

Its precision grinding and polishing result in unbeatable optical flatness that allows use on even ultra-long focal length lenses.

Filter edges are protected with a unique frame for maximum protection and easy handling.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Can you simultaneously send an analog signal to an SDI output and an SDI signal IN to the Thunderbolt 3 output or only one function at a time?

A: One function at a time.

Q: 2. Is this only compatible with thunderbolt 3? does it also work with thunderbolt 2 or usb 3?

A: The Blackmagic Design UltraStudio HD Mini Thunderbolt 3 only. In order to do what it does, only TB 3 is fast enough.

Q: 3. I know it's not for this, but has anyone tried putting a quad 4k signal into this?

A: If you feed it a 4K UHD quad-link SDI signal (square division), it will display the 4 images as 1. However, since it's not designed for that there may be tearing in the video.

Q: 4. Can this be used on PC's with thunderbolt 3? Does the port have to be directly connected to thunderbolt 3 or can it pass through a doc? All PC/windows 10.

A: The Blackmagic Design UltraStudio HD Mini supports Thunderbolt 3 only. In order to do what it does, only TB 3 is fast enough.

Q: 5. Does this allow you to do custom layouts? For instance if I'm only using 2 inputs, can I make input 1 full screen and input 2 in the lower right corner?I'm also looking at the DECIMATOR DMON-QUAD 4-Channel 3G-SDI Multiviewer which has custom layouts, but also costs $100 more.

A: No. There is only 4x4 output.

Q: 6. The USB C port is to connect to the interface. Can I customize the labels?

A: Yes, when connecting the USB-C port of the Blackmagic Design MultiView 4 HD to a computer, you can run the Multiview Setup Utility to customize labels. The software can be found here: https://bhpho.to/3qHsEvT.

Q: 7. Can it be used as a playback/highlights for sports for example?

A: Yes, because the Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle HD can record the incoming HDMI feed and then play those recordings back, it can be used as a playback device for sports highlights.

Q: 8. It outputs HDMI but no SDI. Am I missing something in the manual? This is replacement. Wondering if no more Blackmagic.

A: Incompatibility with the SDI output on the Blackmagic Design MultiView 4 HD with SDI capable monitors can either be incompatible resolution and frame rates, SDI level, or the port is defective. Please try to use the Blackmagic MultiView application with a USB connection on computers to set up. The application can be seen on the left side of the support page after clicking on the link below: https://bhpho.to/3qHsEvT

Q: 9. I need a simple recorder/player to run canned open and close segments for a live show. Will it play .mov/.mpeg/.mp4 recorded directly onto the SD card from Adobe PP without special encoding "wraps?" Thanks in advance!

A: The Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle HD is capable of playing back supported files, such as .MOV, if the codecs are in ProRes, DNx, or H.264.

Q: 10. Can you send different video to the the different Sdi outputs or do they have to be the exact same? Like with vMix output 1 and 2.

A: They are either the same or you can use them together for alpha and fill outputs.