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Cupertino tech giant Apple has launched a legal petition vs RED at the US Patent Office, which began in May this year.

Jinni Tech claims RED Compressed RAW patent filing is invalid

August 18, 2019August 14, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

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It’s common knowledge in the camera industry that RED owns an important patent for a cinema cameras featuring compressed RAW.

Now British third party accessory manufacturer Jinni Tech alleges RED “deceived the US patent office” and filed the critical patent late.

Blackmagic Pocket 6K – No ProRes in 6K!

August 13, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

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The Pocket 6K with Super 35mm sensor is a $2500 upgrade compared to the much cheaper $1200 Pocket 4K. Does it do enough to justify the price increase?

The $2000 Z-Cam E2 gets upgraded to 4K 160fps with firmware update, RAW codec coming later

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

I really do like the look of the Z-Cam E2. Reading Erik Naso’s very detailed review was an eye-opener. For a modular camera, it’s very forgiving in terms of bare bones shooting. You do need a cage and ideally an external EVF or monitor – but it runs off a small Sony NP camcorder battery and records internally at a very high spec – so you don’t need to add an expensive external recorder and heavy V-lock battery.

I’ve been rather impressed by the colour science on this camera as well. It has a certain Digital Bolex mojo to it. All the sample footage I’ve seen so far has been absolutely beautiful and cinematic.

For more details, check out the Z-Cam website.

Sigma FP announced, palm sized FULL FRAME camera with 4K 12bit Cinema DNG RAW!!

July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

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Sigma has surprised us all and announced a hybrid Cine/Stills full frame L-mount camera. Rather than the Foveon sensor Sigma traditionally uses, this one has a 24 megapixel full frame BSI CMOS sensor (likely the same as the Panasonic S1 and Nikon Z6).

Hey Nikon – Where’s the Z6 ProRes RAW Update?

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

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I’d like to give you an idea of what it’s like being a Nikon mirrorless camera owner…

Blackmagic Pocket 4K – why I am staying with the Cinema DNG firmware

July 1, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

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Something for Blackmagic to look into here on the EOSHD Forum thread for the Pocket 4K. Anecdotal evidence say the camera is suffering from macro-blocking and banding in blue skies which you don’t expect to see with a 10bit codec let alone a RAW codec. Since the BRAW codec update, various users have been claiming it’s a backward step for the film-look of lossless Cinema DNG raw.

Canon to follow Nikon and offer external RAW recording on EOS R via HDMI

March 29, 2019 by Andrew Reid (EOSHD)

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Convincing rumours are doing the rounds in the filmmaking community, thanks to a slip by Canon USA on Twitter. The official account offered a poll asking whether followers would like to learn more about Canon EOS R external RAW recording at NAB, or the C200’s existing RAW Light codec.