Elton John taps Blackmagic for 4K tour support


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Michelle Clancy

| 23 March 2016




Blackmagic Design has announced that Micro Studio Camera 4K and Video Assist were used for live video feeds and video introductions on Elton John’s ‘All the Hits’ world tour.



elton johnBlackmagic Design Teranex Mini, UltraStudio Express and DaVinci Resolve Studio were also used for concert production on the tour.

The British music legend initially chose to use the Micro Studio Camera 4K and Video Assist to help facilitate an electronic press kit and impromptu video messages to help promote the tour, but the products ended up helping him further.

“I used the Micro Studio Camera 4K as a POV camera to give me more live shots and angles, hence greater video coverage of each show,” said John. “The Video Assist helped me check lines to see if I was getting the correct signal and frequency into our media server. Or I’d use it at the end of a long cable run or to see if a bit of kit was operating correctly. I also used it as a recorder and was able to get ISO recordings.”

Blackmagic also recently said that the Vatican’s Pontificia Università della Santa Croce has enlisted Blackmagic Design to provide a 4K broadcast studio update.