This is sad news and maybe premature, but in my opinion all the new full frame systems all have strategic flaws.
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8K at 120fps – forget 4K!
Japan’s national broadcast corporation NHK has developed a large CMOS 8K sensor for Super Hi Vision.
At 21.5mm x 12.1mm it is the size of Super 35mm when cropped to 16:9, and does 120fps at a resolution of 7680 x 4320.
Tokyo adventure / Fuji X100 / Tascam DR-5
Above: Tokyo shot on the GH2 with Olympus 12mm F2
I am in Japan right now for a short holiday. This place is incredible, a blend of high tech and high tradition. The Japanese also have impeccable politeness that spreads a feel good vibe over almost everything you see or do. The countryside and mountains have a zen-like calm and minimalism, the city of Tokyo has a Bladerunner-like futuristic buzz to it but actually Shanghai is more like a bustling Bladerunner dystopia. Tokyo is very ordered and utopian.
Massive 200mm Canon CMOS sensor records video in Japanese telescope
Left: Canon’s Kiso Sensor, right the 5D Mark II’s sensor, inset a telescope at the Kiso observatory in Japan.
The huge Canon CMOS revealed last year wasn’t just a marketing or R&D ploy after all, it has been put to practical use. The sensor does extraordinary low light 60fps video (no word on resolution) of the night sky at the Schmidt telescope in Tokyo.
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100%
There is quite possibly just one company in the world giving 100% of its sales to support Japan right now. They are Hot Rod Cameras whose PL mount adapters were used on the set of Red Tails.
Nikon – “Sony make our APS-C sensors, we design the high end ones”, and Nikon to join Micro 4/3rds?
Above: Nikon D7000 mainboard
Nikon’s director of lab research in Japan has just conducted a very candid interview with Focus Numerique where we learn many inside facts. Now that is a good interview candidate!
EOSHD.com stat attack – DSLR shooter hot spots revealed
I’ve been keeping tabs on where the biggest interest in DSLR video is coming from via my Google Analytics. Last time I did this in April it was not a great surprise to see LA and NY at the top. Here is the new stat attack. In 1 month period between 10th September and 10th October EOSHD.com had 171,685 visits and 300,407 page views. The unique audience is around 86,000 people a month so it’s good to see a following that size. So first off I just want to say a big thank you. The DSLR revolution is getting stronger and stronger.
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