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Get it on EOSHD’s Rare.eBay.Finds Leica 9mm F2 Dygon for Leicina Special Leicina Super camera $247 reduced from $549 Before DSLRs, when was the last time the worlds of cinema and SLRs merged? Last week I had my eyes opened by a cinematographer friend who told me about a time during the 1970s (the golden age of cinema) when Leica got in on the game and produced a movie camera.

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Buy it now – your early GH2 from EOSHD, delivery 3-5 days Akihabara News in Tokyo reports that the GH2 has uncompressed RAW video-out via HDMI. UPDATE #1 Philip Bloom tests and confirms clean HDMI output. Uncompressed? Let’s wait and see what the image is like from his external recorder. Check here for his latest updates.

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The Sony F3 was launched to the press in the UK this week and I’ve been watching a ton of XDCAM footage direct from pre-production F3s today in my Berlin studio away from the wine and cheese parties. Am I impressed? Without wanting to be emotional let’s be objective – You’d expect for the price not to see heavy aliasing, tons of noise and blown highlights. You just don’t.

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UPDATE – will Sony keep the box form factor? They have done it before with the Sony HDC-P1. Sony have announced a $7k AVCHD camera with 24p and 35mm sensor. Aimed squarely at the AF100 and Red Scarlet, the boxy looking prototype gives little a way right now but I’m gathering more info as the story unfolds.

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