Blackmagic Camera ProDock with iPhone Xs or later timecode and Final Cut Camera 2.0 iOS app

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This discussion is for jobs where the producer/client tell you that one or more cameras will be iPhone X,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 and using Blackmagic Camera ProDock.

 

Blackmagic Camera ProDock Announced September 2025. 

 more photos here

 

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Blackmagic Design has announced the Blackmagic Camera ProDock, a new dock that adds professional camera connections to the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max including genlock, external timecode, HDMI out, headphone and microphone inputs, external disk recording and more.

$295. USD

Genlock IN (on BNC)/Timecode IN (on BNC)

Final Cut Camera 2.0,  free iOS video app. 
Genlock support: Syncs iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max to an external reference
Timecode modes: Time of Day, Record Run, external timecode
Compatibility: iPhone Xs or later on iOS 18.6 or later (some features require iOS 26 or iPhone 17 Pro)

Genlock support with third-party API access for iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max 
Blackmagic Design’s Camera ProDock is already using it.

 

Will a smartslate be the quicker and simpler sync solution for always shooting on an iPhone/Android smartphone? Yes.

Will the entire tripod rig be kludgey as hell? Yes with the camera and the Blackmagic Camera ProDock strapped together. At least it is a standard connector BNC for timecode IN.

How often are any of us going to be asked to provide a Genlock for Blackmagic Camera ProDock using a iPhone 17 Pro and mixed other camera models? Probably as often as we are currently asked to provide Genlock because most productions just want timecode only and are not a studio setup or concert/live event lasting 4 hours.

Will the 3rd party API access for Genlock support on iPhone 17 Pro models bring up the idea that camera clock sync is a camera department issue and not a sound dept. issue? Probably not.

If producers are shooting on iPhones then they are not getting a camera rental house to supply camera clock sync. Period.

Will producers actually pay for a Genlock sync box? I see this being more of a having to educate the inexperienced clients that a timecode box is not a Genlock box outside of a few:

a few small more expensive portable models of:
Ambient Lockit (ACN-CL) - Timecode and Sync Generator 

Ambient Recording Lockit  NanoLockit 
Timecode Systems Ultrasync One/Atomos AtomX Ultrasync One 
Denecke SB-T TIME CODE + VIDEO SYNC GENERATOR 

As no one is running hardcabled BNC cables from a AJA GEN10 Sync Generator to cameras...