CMOSIS, the sensor supplier for the new Leica M, could also be the sensor manufacturer for the just announced Blackmagic 4k camera according to EOSHD:
"Their Super 35mm 4K sensor is the “CMOSIS CMV 12000″ and the specification is a close to the Blackmagic Production Camera. Also the pin layout as shown above looks identical despite the low resolution shot of the sensor in Blackmagic’s promotional material."
The Panasonic GF6 Micro Four Thirds camera is now officially announced. The US price is $599 for a lens kit. Sample video shot with the GF6:
More images and detailed specifications (Google translation) of the upcoming Panasonic GF6 Micro Four Thirds camera:
Sony filed a patent application in Japan (2013-61476) for a full frame 35mm f/1.8 mirrorless lens designed for curved sensors. The patent contains also calculations for 35mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2.2 and 30mm f/2.0 lenses, all designed for a curved sensor. Sony, Nikon, Konica Minolta and others have also filed various patents for curved sensors in the past. The purpose of a curved sensor is to improve the sharpness in the corners of the image and reduce aberration.
Update: B&H is now taking pre-orders for the new Blackmagic Pocket cinema camera.
The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is now officially announced. You can get more details on the new camera from John Brawley's blog where he writes:
"What BMD have done with this camera is to take a super 16 size version of the exact same awesome sensor that’s in the current BMCC and shrink the form factor down to that of an iPhone with a lens mount. Then they added what many have clamoured for. An internal battery that can be easily switched out.
The camera has an ACTIVE m4/3 lens mount. That means you can use any of the Panasonic / Lumix or Olympus m4/3 lenses that are already out there, and using dumb adaptors you can mount almost any other lens to the camera, including SUPER 16 cinema lenses, which will cover the sensor perfectly, and are ideal if you want that vintage look."
At the 2013 NAB show Blackmagic is expected to announce a new compact Micro Four Thirds cinema camera with a price tag of $995:
“Ultra portable Super 16 digital cinema camera with super wide 13 stops dynamic range, Super 16 sized 1080 HD sensor, built-in SD card recorder, high resolution LCD, ProRes and lossless CinemaDNG RAW recording, active Micro Four Thirds Lens compatibility, and micro HDMi monitoring with overlays.”
If you missed the leaked pictured of the Panasonic GF6 last week, you can now see the official press images of the latest Micro Four Thirds from Panasonic. The official announcement is tomorrow. The detailed specs are also available courtesy of digicame-info:
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