Things have now wrapped up in Vegas at CES. With an event deemed one of the largest consumer electronics shows in the world, it’s no surprise that manufacturers will be presenting their top of the line products, what they consider the ‘next big thing’. It’s again no surprise that we find 4K technology at the forefront.
In this article I’ll aim to round up all the latest 4K announcements, starting with probably the most exciting and relevant to our readers – cameras.
Cameras:
In addition to Sony’s latest 4K camera offering we covered in a recent article, we have a new 4K camera from another big player.
There was much anticipation as to when Panasonic was going to jump on the 4K train; it was heavily implied through online documentation that it would come from a micro four thirds mirror camera system, and it has. The GH 4k camera has been revealed, with little more than what seems a re-labelled GH3 to look at in a glass box. Confirmed specs are 200mbps intraframe codec recording, recording to SDXC memory cards and a mini HDMI for live view output. A list of rumored specs include:
16mp
1/8000 shutter
1mil dot OLED screen
21mm OLED viewfinder, 3,000+ dot.
Time code
200mbps mp4 All-i/100mbps IPB
4k up to 30p
4:2:2 10/8bit output
3G-SDI and XLR adaptor
CES 2013 saw debut of the Panasonic HX-A100, a waterproof wifi enabled wearable camera. This year panasonic has brought the POV cam up to date giving it a 4K boost. Like the GH 4k, the ‘prototype’ looks very similar to it’s predecessor. We also don’t have a spec sheet for this, but going by the HX-A100 I’d expect the 4K cam to shoot up to 120p at 720, reducing to at least 30p for 4K.
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CES 2014: 4K round up
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