Simon Young Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 5K global shutter, dual gain sensor and "the best dynamic range out of all their cameras". Shipping in October. People are already whining about the price of 3999 dollars ("ITS NOT FULL FRAME"). This is why we can't have nice things and I fear this might sell very badly of course. https://www.newsshooter.com/2023/09/16/z-cam-e2-m5g-global-shutter-cinema-camera/ majoraxis, IronFilm, ntblowz and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Looks like pretty neat :- ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Simon Young said: This is why we can't have nice things LOL, well put! Simon Young 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanveer Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Simon Young said: 5K global shutter, dual gain sensor and "the best dynamic range out of all their cameras". Shipping in October. People are already whining about the price of 3999 dollars ("ITS NOT FULL FRAME"). This is why we can't have nice things and I fear this might sell very badly of course. https://www.newsshooter.com/2023/09/16/z-cam-e2-m5g-global-shutter-cinema-camera/ I saw in the video, he says it's a Global Shutter, has 16 stops of dynamic range and 5k video, with a lot of frame rates. What more could one ask for? It's probably better than Full Frame, if the quality is anywhere close to advertised. If that's the case, Panasonic needs to pick up one of these sensors for itself too. ntblowz and majoraxis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTheDP Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 It will probably be more like 13 stops max, but will be interesting to see if I am wrong. It doesn't appear to be the GH6 sensor because it is 6k. Very interesting. kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majoraxis Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Seems like this will be a great camera! It will have to better the GH6 dynamic range wise for me to consider it. I suspect that this will not get 16, 15 or even 14 stops of dynamic range with global shutter and for low light or higher dynamic range modes, the rolling shutter will probably be bad. Prove me wrong Z-Cam and I will purchase when you have it on sale for $2,999 is 9 months. That said I wish Z-Cam all the best with this camera! I imagine one way or another, someday I will wind up own it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 1 hour ago, majoraxis said: Seems like this will be a great camera! It will have to better the GH6 dynamic range wise for me to consider it. I suspect that this will not get 16, 15 or even 14 stops of dynamic range with global shutter and for low light or higher dynamic range modes, the rolling shutter will probably be bad. Prove me wrong Z-Cam and I will purchase when you have it on sale for $2,999 is 9 months. That said I wish Z-Cam all the best with this camera! I imagine one way or another, someday I will wind up own it... Apparently it's a global shutter, so I'd imagine the rolling shutter performance to be significantly above average! Simon Young 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majoraxis Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 2 hours ago, kye said: Apparently it's a global shutter, so I'd imagine the rolling shutter performance to be significantly above average! My assumption is it will have two modes: One with Global Shutter and lower dynamic range and worse low light performance and a second with Rolling Shutter and better dynamic range and better low light. I have a Z-Cam E2-M4 and it has a second setting with worse rolling shutter and better low light. They may not offer the rolling shutter mode, but if they do hopefully the RS will be acceptation and the low light and dynamic range will be improved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 6 hours ago, majoraxis said: My assumption is it will have two modes: One with Global Shutter and lower dynamic range and worse low light performance and a second with Rolling Shutter and better dynamic range and better low light. I have a Z-Cam E2-M4 and it has a second setting with worse rolling shutter and better low light. They may not offer the rolling shutter mode, but if they do hopefully the RS will be acceptation and the low light and dynamic range will be improved. Interesting. I don't know much about Z-cam cameras. If I was in the market for a small box-style manual shooting camera then they'd be my first avenue to explore, but I'm just not that kind of shooter. I guess we'll see what it's like when the reviews/test start to come out? majoraxis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Young Posted September 18, 2023 Author Share Posted September 18, 2023 Kinsons seems to be a very sympathetic fellow, encouraging proper tests of DR and in this interview he really stresses the dual gain conversion of this sensor - which is frankly amazing. A global shutter with dual gain conversion is unheard of before. ntblowz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcio Kabke Pinheiro Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Curious to know who makes this sensor - dunno if Sony announced something like it. And someone knows who is the misterious manufacturer of the GH6 / G9II sensor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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