[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/24747873[/vimeo] Buy it now – Sony HX9v This is what happens when you don’t overhaul your imaging chips for 3 years, Canon. The new Sony HX9v compact out-resolves the 600D’s video mode for resolution, and has 1080/60p. It is also a lot closer to a DSLR in terms of dynamic range than I expected it would be. It fits in my pocket and has a stabilised 24-380mm lens. It has…
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If you are thinking of buying an Atomos Ninja for your GH2, it is probably best to wait for the hack. A few weeks ago I ended up researching how to extract 24p from Sony FS100 footage delivered via a 60i signal to an Atomos Ninja for Philip Bloom and came across some information about the GH2’s HDMI output which I wasn’t aware of previously.
At the moment cinema purists around the world are getting out of their beds on the wrong side. Two prominent filmmakers are attempting to squash the gold standard of cinema and home displays are taking all sorts of unpleasant turns with high frame rates and 3D helping to shift sets in the way that high megapixels help the unwashed masses buy cameras.
This is a response to Stu Maschwitz / who wrote this ProLost blog a very well articulated piece on James Cameron and Peter Jackson’s plans to abandon 24p.
When the D5100 was leaked shortly before the official announcement which just occurred in Canada, the specs had video down at 30p. It now seems the new Nikon has a few significant features which we weren’t aware of from the leaked information. It does have a 24p ‘cinema mode’ The codec is ‘AVC-HD H.264’ – note the dash! Maximum recording time 20 minutes. A Nikon DSLR video mic has…
The first native 24p footage has been put on the web by Polish camera review website Optyczne. The .MTS AVCHD file comes direct from the camera unaltered.
Panasonic need to copy Canon’s approach with regard regional standards and go global. Clearly this is a decision from high up and not an engineering lead one. I’ve been told by a source close to Panasonic that the final (non-prototype) PAL camera does indeed lack 25p and only has 24p. That confirms what we already suspected.
UPDATE: The rumours were right! Now expect the NEX7 for September’s Photokina. Sony’s much anticipated mirrorless HDSLR is released in a few days. What do we know? It will be available in Hong Kong and Japan from May 11th and a limited stock global release that same day. Whilst an attempt at a global release is good, unfortunately 24p is missing from the spec sheet. Stop reading now?