Blackmagic may finally be addressing the one weakness professionals have been quietly waiting to see resolved. A new pre-beta firmware, Version 22, for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K has surfaced through early field testing, and according to filmmaker and YouTuber Clifton Stommel, the improvements to Phase Detection Autofocus are substantial. This firmware is not publicly announced, not officially released, and not considered stable for paid client work. But its existence confirms something important. Blackmagic is iterating PDAF aggressively and closing the gap