The Sony F3 will have a dedicated Super 35 video sensor with huge pixels – can DSLRs compete? With news from Sony that the F3 has a built anew Exmor Super 35 2k sensor unrelated to DSLRs comes an interesting dilemma for DSLR users. I’ve been doing some research into the pixel sizes (and light gathering ability) of the leading video DSLRs.
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Jim Jannard can breath a sigh of relief. According to a Japanese sales manager, Sony’s ‘affordable’ S35mm pro video camera will cost in the region of $50,000 – in league with the Arri Alexa. I should however emphasise that in no way is this the official, confirmed price yet.
The Taiwanese manufacturer of the iPhone 4’s camera, Omnivision, are producing a small sensor that features a global shutter. Sony meanwhile have patented new type of lens with liquid elements which vary in shape depending on an electrical charge being applied. This makes possible ultra tiny optical zoom lenses.
[vimeo]13344064[/vimeo] You can download the 1920×1080 video on this page, it is over 1GB so grab it quick before it hits Vimeo’s limits Shot in Bali. All present and correct apart from 24p isn’t it? Do Sony think cinema is dead? Arghhh… The good news however is that to my eye there is a complete lack of the same kind of moire and aliasing which plagues the Sony NEX 5,…
As regular readers (the best kind) will know I recently joined DigitalRev as a contributor. This time I went out and about with my Sony HX5 to get the low-down on how it’s Sweep Panorama produces amazing digital fisheye images, which are almost identical to ones done with a real fisheye lens! You can read the article here
[vimeo]11668007[/vimeo] The first ever NEX5 video on Vimeo isn’t a looker, but it does help confirm one important advantage over GH1. Even with all that shaky and awful camera work, there aren’t any issues with mud! If you’re interested in a more scientific approach than that, and dotting the I, P and B’s, this fact is also confirmed by our friend Vitaliy who has been analysing the I,P,B frames of…
Above: the thicker GF1 body is due to a longer flange back, which improves optical performance The Sony NEX5 is a bomb. The build quality of the lenses and the overall styling is incredible. Never before has higher image quality from that size of body been possible, and never has a camera looked so futuristic and contained so much forward-pointing technology. And whilst the new Sony NEX mirrorless cameras are…
The mirrorless E mount NEX 7 will follow Sony’s next release above – HD video capable Alpha cameras. In February when rumours of the NEX series first trickled in, we also had information about a NEX 7 as well as the 5 and 3 series. The numbering appears to mirror the Alpha range. Can we also expect a 9 series NEX camera? Today I received more info from the same…