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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Sony Japan site: 8K camera and 120fps?

8K isn't some fad, it's a very real deal more or less just like 4K. It's just the early days. Japan in particular wants 8K broadcast to happen fairly soon.

Motion picture technology happens in stages and at the moment 4K is just coming out of it's adolescent stages for in home and perhaps still there theatrically.

I feel down the line there's going to be some blurry lines where 4K and 8K exist everywhere.

Sony's tapped into 8K for broadcast first, but I'd bet you one dill pickle they'll have one or two 8K solutions for cinema fairly shortly. One for sure existing in the Venice.

I'm actually more curious about RED camera-side at this moment as 8K happened a year ago and personally from a filmmaker's perspective I have been enjoying the hell out of it. There's lots of visible and somewhat invisible tech advancements to aim at. Sony, and likely sooner at this point, Canon will be in the 8K playing field shortly.

My biggest handshake I have to give to RED is bringing 8K to two motion picture formats, Super 35 and VistaVision. Though I have desires for a 65mm sensor of some sort, I have to say you'll find that VistaVision is sort of the sweet spot for optics in particular.
 
Samir Patel said:
Small sensor but I can see some amazing sports applications for this! :)
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Actually 3 small (18mm diag.) cmos censors of 1.25" (RGB) 3 x 7680x4320 ~ 100 MP and a framerate upto 120 fps, you need a lot of bandwidth for that.
And it's for sale, for around € 500.000 (body only).

For now it's 1080i50 where I live.
 
"I'm actually more curious about RED camera-side at this moment as 8K happened a year ago and personally from a filmmaker's perspective I have been enjoying the hell out of it."

You've been enjoying a VV sensor.
 
Misha Engel said:
Actually 3 small (18mm diag.) cmos censors of 1.25" (RGB) 3 x 7680x4320
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Meaning full RGB resolution for 8K and total light gathering surface in S35 range.
In a format more optimized for broadcast.
 
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