Alt Cine cinepi cameras finally announced.

[eatstoomuchjam]

The Alt Cine folks have been posting on the cinepi boards for the last little bit that they are building some cameras around cinepi with some software tweaks/additions/add-ons. 

Today, they announced them - all based around a super 16 Starvis sensor.

Looks like they can record raw up to 4Kp60 in 12-bit readout, 4Kp30 in 16-bit readout, and 1080p90 in 12-bit.

Media is cf express type b.

Interface is 4" touch screen.

 

"Eve" has a c mount and is the most affordable option, battery mount is swappable, they mentioned np-f or v-mount, though it seems like the mount is non-integrated so power will be by dc barrel only - sells for about 450-480 GBP and you need to BYO Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)

"Elite 16" has similar specs to Eve, but a nicer/more robust body (which fits the Kondor Blue V-Raptor cage) with better I/O and has integrated v-mount as well as the DC barrel.  It has a Micro 4/3 mount which may or may not be electronic depending on licensing - sells for about 950 GBP and includes Raspberry Pi 5

 

The footage looks pretty nice (with the caveat that they're still tweaking the output).  Once they're a little further along, if things are looking good, I'll probably pick up the Eve.  Could be a fun camera to use with my old Super 16 lenses.  The price of the Elite 16 is, I think, a good reflection of the time and effort they put into it, but for me, the body size and cost are a bit more than I'd be excited to pay for a super 16 setup.

 

 

 

[Clark Nikolai]

It looks like a cool project. The images seem pretty nice. 

It's nice to see Cinema DNG still being used in new products. 

[eatstoomuchjam]

They pulled the launch video because of some unspecified mistake in the processing of the camera's footage.  If I had to guess, I'd say they exported at the wrong resolution and then included it in the video, but that's just a guess.

 

 

[Clark Nikolai]

3 hours ago, eatstoomuchjam said:

They pulled the launch video because of some unspecified mistake in the processing of the camera's footage.  If I had to guess, I'd say they exported at the wrong resolution and then included it in the video, but that's just a guess.

 

I'm glad I watched it yesterday before it got pulled. It's good though that they're doing this. It shows they care about quality. I hadn't noticed anything odd in the footage but then I was watching in 480p at the time. They say now that they'll redo the video and put it up.