Julian Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 According to PhotoRumors: The new Pentax 645z medium format camera will shoot 4k video, announcement on April 14th In addition to full HD (1920x1080 @ 60i and 30p in H.264), the upcoming Pentax 645z medium format camera will also have 4k video recording capabilities (3840 x 2160). If true, wow! It has the same Sony 44x33mm sensor as the Hasselblad H5D-50c, up to iso 6400. Wonder what bitrate/format it will shoot... andy lee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Mols Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I wouldn't like to be a focus puller on a shoot with one of these... :P Julian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ebrahim Saadawi Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I don't know why... but I imagine it will be a ridiculous video camera, having like only 30p, no audio, crazy aliasing and moire, these kind of things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 True. It surely isn't a video optimised sensor. Probably more in the line of the 36 MPIX Sony chip in the A7R/D800. But still, fun times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurtinMinorKey Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I've decided that my next camera is going to be medium format. I don't care if I have to wait another 3 years. I want it. mtheory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inazuma Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Has there ever been anything filmed with medium format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikkor Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I guess IMAX is medium format because 70mm film is just something like Fullframe. Anyway, this pentax might be great but it's just 44mm, so it's not really medium format. For the price it's going to cost there will be probably some professional version of the A7s that will perform a lot better with just 1.2 crop difference to the pentax. Also the CMOS don't give such great colors compared to the CCD backs (as long as you stay below iso 400), at least that's what they are saying on MF forums. The scaling from 50MP to 4K is also a mystery to me. I just checked: Image area of 65 mm film is 48.5 mm × 22.1 mm (1.91 in × 0.87 in) (for Todd-AO), in IMAX the image is 69.6 mm × 48.5 mm (2.74 in × 1.91 in) tall. So it will be something similar to 65mm film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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