Wednesday 5 March 2014

Specs Highlights: 6K KineMAX & 4K KineMINI RAW

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This week Chinese manufacturer Kinefinity announced the 6K KineMAX & 4K KineMINI RAW Cameras. It’s suggested the the 6K KineMAX will go on sale for around $3,000, which is very impressive considering it’s nearest competitor (the Epic Red Dragon) comes in at around $50,000!


We’re obviously very keen to get our hands on some real footage to see if these cameras really can shake up the world of 4k and 6k filmmaking. For now we leave you with some spec highlights from each…


The 6K KineMAX


  • 5760 x 3240 Super 35 CMOS Sensor

  • PL, Nikon, Canon EF, B4 Mount Options

  • 12-bit 6K up to 30fps

  • 4K High Speed Mode/3K 30fps/2K 100 fps

  • Cropped Modes: 4K 50fps/3K 60fps/2K 100fps

  • 1080p and 720p options as well

  • 800 Native ISO

  • 14 Stops of Dynamic Range at 6K

  • 16 Stops at Pixel-Binned 3K Resolution

  • Uncompressed CinemaDNG 6K to Two KineMAG

  • Compressed Cineform RAW to One KineMAG

  • Two SDI & Two HDMI Ports

  • Phantom Powered XLR/USB/Headpone Ports

  • OLPF designed to work with both 6K and crop/scaled modes

  • Price: Unknown, but Pre-Order is around $3,000

The KineMINI:


  • 4K Super 35mm CMOS Sensor (same sensor as original MINI)

  • PL, Nikon, Canon EF, B4 Mount Options

  • 12-bit 4K/ 14-bit 2K

  • 4K Uncompressed or Compressed CinemaDNG

  • 2K Cineform RAW

  • 4K RAW up to 30fps

  • 2K up to 96fps

  • 1080p up to 100fps

  • 13 Stops of Dynamic Range in 2K (Possibly less in 4K)

  • HDMI and SDI

  • 2 USB 3.0 Ports

  • Built in WiFi

  • Price: Body Only a little over $3,000, and packages range from a barebones a little under $4,000 to full package a little under $6,000




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