Blackmagic’s camera dock works with the new iPhone’s professional filmmaking features

The Camera ProDock includes apical and bottommost mounting points for incorporating it into nonrecreational filming rigs. | Image: Blackmagic Design

It was concisely mentioned by Apple’s Greg Joswiak during the company’s “Awe dropping” lawsuit yesterday, but contiguous Blackmagic Design officially announced its caller Camera ProDock that “adds nonrecreational camera connections to iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max.” These see further USB-C ports for connecting accessories similar outer retention drives and BNC connectors that instrumentality vantage of the 17 Pro’s caller genlock enactment for syncing with aggregate cameras and different filmmaking gear.

The Blackmagic Camera ProDock volition beryllium disposable done the company’s planetary web of resellers and Apple for $295, though Apple’s online store presently has it listed arsenic “coming soon” for $299.95.

When connected to the iPhone 17 Pro’s USB-C port, the Camera ProDock enables the smartphone to link to nonrecreational video accumulation tools similar switchers and timecode generators. Now that Apple’s flagship smartphone supports genlock it tin beryllium synchronized to different cameras successful a multi-cam situation and beryllium utilized to movie LED walls successful a virtual accumulation without flickering by matching its seizure complaint to the refresh complaint of the elephantine screens.

The Camera ProDock adds 3 further USC-ports, a locking 12V DC powerfulness input, an HDMI larboard for an outer preview display, 2 BNC connectors to interface with nonrecreational genlock and timecode generators, and a brace of 3.5mm stereo audio successful and retired ports for utilizing outer microphones oregon headphones. On the apical and bottommost of the dock you’ll besides find locking mounting points truthful it tin beryllium securely incorporated into a much elaborate iPhone filming rig. The Camera ProDock is designed to enactment seamlessly with the free Blackmagic Camera app that features much manual power and tools designed for nonrecreational videographers you won’t find successful the banal iOS camera app.