the first full 4K super slow motion camera, recording up to 1,000fps. It can simultaneously record and play back in 4K, and one output channel can provide either full 4K output or four 1080p HD-SDI outputs, while a second channel provides down- converted HD-SDI for live viewing and the control menu. The camera’s internal memory
can record 8.5 seconds at 1,000fps, while two hot-swappable SSD cartridges can store up to 150 seconds between them. Red has developed a new 6K
Entry level: An IBC visitor tries out the new Canon C100
Dragon sensor, which will be available as an upgrade to existing Epic (for $6,000) and Scarlet cameras, and should deliver more than 15 stops dynamic range, much improved low-light performance over the existing Mysterium-X sensor, and 120fps at 5K. Also new from Red is the Epic-M Monochrome, which has a native 2000 ISO M-X sensor and increased net resolution thanks to the removal of the de-Bayer process. A new low pass filter accommodates the reduced pixel pitch. Its
$42,000 price for the sensor module includes the upgrade to the Dragon Monochrome sensor in early 2013. David Fincher is shooting his latest project solely on these cameras. There is also a new $13,000 Meizler Module for I/O, designed to reduce the cables needed for complicated setups. It also provides wireless motor control, video, audio and timecode. At the other end of the scale,
JVC’s GY-HMQ10 costs less than £4,000 and has a 1/2-inch CMOS sensor with 8.3 million active pixels, which delivers realtime 3840x2160 footage at 24p and 50p.
It uses H.264 compression, offers variable bit rate, at up to 144Mbps, and can record up to two hours of 4K to low-cost SD memory cards (using four cards at a time to capture the four HD images that combine to create the 4K version). It also has four HDMI terminals for live monitoring.
Large sensors Sony’s F5 and F55, like the F65 and FS700, use single S35-sized sensors, as does Canon with its entry-level EOS C100 (which uses the same sensor as the popular C300) and C500. The C100 records 1920x1080 HD