Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65 added to the Netflix Approved Camera List

The Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65 is now Netflix-approved, joining the streamer's growing list of cameras meeting its capture and quality standards for original content production.

A short but sweet statement from Blackmagic on Instagram:

"Today we announced that Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65 digital film camera has been added to the Netflix Approved Camera List. Officially titled “Cameras and Image Capture: Requirements and Best Practices”, the list highlights the capture requirements necessary to be qualified as an approved camera by the streamer, including dynamic range, resolution, codec, workflow compatibility and more. Netflix requires 90% of a program’s final total runtime to be captured on approved cameras. The list already includes the Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 and Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K OLPF amongst its approved systems."

The Netflix list is constantly expanding and covers everything from the DJI Inspire 3 Zenmuse X9-8K Air up to the ARRI Alexa 65 with a couple of diversions into PTZ cameras along the way. Indeed, there are now 67 cameras on it in total: 5 from ARRI, 10 from Canon, 8 from Canon, 21 from RED, 1 from Panavision, 15 from Sony, 6 from Blackmagic, and 1 from DJI. The cheapest option is probably the $3999 Panasonic Lumix S1H, and the most expensive around 30x plus that in the shape of the aforementioned ARRI Alexa 35.

There's always a bit of a lag between a camera being released and it appearing on the list, but we'd be surprised if the PYXIS didn't make it on next - at least the 12K version.