The Formatt 77mm Soft Gold 1 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. 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: 2. Could you use two of these connected to a Thunderbolt hub? Or does each device require it's own Thunderbolt bus?

A: Each Blackmagic Design UltraStudio HD Mini will need to be connected to its own Thunderbolt bus.

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. 1) Is it possible to simultaneously output from both the HDMI and SDI ports so as to drive to external displays with the quad signal ?2) When viewing the quad signal on an output display, can one view only one of the four quadrants enlarged, and if so, is this control capability found on the Multiview Menu or on the touchscreen of the Display Monitor3) And would a choice of one or two viewing quadrants simultaneously affect both the outgoing HDMI and SDI signals, or can it be selective ?

A: 1) Yes both HDMI and SDI are active with the Mulitiview output. 2) The ability to Solo a single input is available through the DIP switches on the side. The bottom of the MV has a chart for the DIP switch settings also found in the manual. 3) With the MV4 you can display the 2x2 or Solo modes.

Q: 5. Can this device take a 4K sequence from Premiere Pro on a Mac M1 Studio, and covert it to an SDI 1080 output?

A: The Blackmagic Ultra Studio HD Mini can accept signals of up to DCI 2K quality. It would not work with a 4K signal.

Q: 6. Does this support analog S-Video input? What is the recommended configuration to use this to capture from an S-Video source?

A: The UltraStudio HD Mini doesn't support S-Video input. To get your S-Video in you can use a Mini Converter Analog to SDI to convert your analog S-Video signal to SDI, and then feed the SDI output of that into the UltraStudio. Blackmagic Design Mini Converter Analog to SDI BH #BLASDIMC

Q: 7. Will it work in any video studio monitor?

A: Yes, so long as the studio monitor can accept the resolution and frame rate that you set the MultiView to put out.

Q: 8. Can one Mac run both this and the ATEM software control?

A: Yes, the Blackmagic Design UltraStudio HD Mini, and an Black Magic Atem switcher should be able to coexist on a single Mac. Please add the cable below it is not included with the HD Mini. Also, please make sure you have Thunderbolt 3 ports on your Mac for the Blackmagic Design UltraStudio HD Mini. Apple Thunderbolt 3 Cable (2.6') BH #APMQ4H2AMA

Q: 9. Does the record feature also turn on the camera's recording function so you can record to an external drive or internal camera?

A: The Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle HD has no external controls.

Q: 10. Is there a manual focus option with this camera?

A: Yes, you do have a manual focus option which will allow you to use the manual ring to adjust focus.