{"id":14976,"date":"2011-09-11T14:26:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T14:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.net\/?p=14976"},"modified":"2011-09-11T23:02:41","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T23:02:41","slug":"ibc3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/ibc3\/","title":{"rendered":"IBC 2011: JVC 4k camera, Sony F65 and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is my last written blog report from this year’s IBC. There will be a video report that I presented for CVP TV later in the week, but I just wanted to share with you some cool stuff that I saw.<\/p>\n

Top of the list today had to be the little JVC HM10K (I think that was what it was called!), a 4k camcorder in the body of the JVC HM100 which I did a review quite some time ago here!<\/a><\/p>\n

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I stupidly left the flyer for it at IBC but what I remember spec-wise is this:<\/p>\n

1\/2″ 4k CMOS sensor.<\/p>\n

Records at 144 mb\/s AVCHD. To do this it has FOUR SDXC slots onboard (!) to record the 4k image split into 4 quadrants. There are also 4 HDMI sockets to externally record 4 streams. Bundled software with it joins the 4 quadrants on ingest before going into your NLE.<\/p>\n

It records 24p, 25p, 50p and 60p.<\/p>\n

It has what I believe to be a 10x zoom lens<\/p>\n

It is a “technology preview” but unofficially they “could” be looking at releasing in February and it “could” be priced around the \u00a34.5k mark. Remarkable if it happens.<\/p>\n

I saw footage playing from the camera and it was pretty sweet.<\/p>\n

This is a TINY camera and a very cheap price for a 4k sensor camera. I guess we will see in the next few months if it comes to fruition.<\/p>\n

My initial thoughts are 1\/2″? 4 SDXC cards? Post workflow? But we will have to wait and see. I could imagine they might bring out an eSATA\/ Firewire 800\/ USB3\/ Thunderbolt style 4 SD card reader so you can determine which clips to ingest and which not to, as otherwise would you not just see a corner of a clip? Not enough to decide if it’s a good take or not. There are no proxies that I am aware of.<\/p>\n

Of course if\/ when the RED Scarlet comes out then that will be a much better high resolution solution. A larger chip (although still too small for me) 2\/3″ and 8 x fixed zoom recording on one media in RAW. Definitely better…it’s just when?<\/p>\n

Remember JVC are tech innovators. For better of worse they invented VHS and HDV…<\/p>\n

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Right on the other end of the price spectrum but the same resolution (albeit of an 8K chip) is the much anticipated by the movie industry F65.<\/p>\n

It effectively replaces the F35 – well it at least supersedes it. Still a Super 35mm sensor but with WAY more bells and whistles for a fraction of what the F35 cost when it came out. In what must be a reaction to the price of the RED Epic and the ARRI Alexa, Sony have aggressively priced this. \u20ac85k you get this!<\/p>\n