Varicam 35: First Look from Varicam on Vimeo.
Short break from MFT rumors to show you one video sample taken with the new Panasonic’s 4K VariCam 35. It’s not a FT camera but it shows you the quality of the 4K footage. It may be that one day we can have that 14-stops quality on a GH5…or not? 🙂
Thanks Irfin and David (via Newsshooter).
P.S.: New Panasonic’s 4K VariCam 35 specs:
4096 x 2160 Super 35mm CMOS sensor
14+ Stops
Internal 4K – 120fps
UHD in AVC-ULTRA 4K-RAW
Two XLR inputs.
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Nothing to do… Panasonic is a leader on video. Sony new 4k emount (with sony typical thieves price) go to KO with this panasonic gem.
This camera is rumored to be $30,000+ … more expensive than F55. Sony new 4k emount is $8,000. Looks like Pana is is prive thief.
The new Sony FS7 blows this away for price. The FS7 is a game changer at $7995.00 with almost identical specs as this Panasonic at over 50K$
“With a expected price at least in Japan of $60,000 US for the Varicam 35”
OK Pana does Internal 4K at 120P & Sony only does it at 60P, but most of the other specs are very similar.
Panasonic is delivering on Price in the consumer video market though,
Well i don’t think they are in the same class. Sony also has and will have much much more expensive cams
You are comparing an F1 car to a go-cart. They are in no way in competition with eachother. No man or woman alive is debating between them.
The Sony FS7 is for indy films, documentaries, corporate videos, TV. A camera one can buy.
The Panasonic is for million dollar budget productions. A camera 99.9% would rent.
And if we are talking about mony the URSA, BMPC4k or a used FS700 is the cheapest.
no GH5 still FT sensor,this is super 35mm CMOS panny in-house develop on PL mount
i think no super 35mm on RF or SLR body
I agree with most of the other posters. The image is nice but not groundbreaking–at least not in this video. I’d need to see something else to convince me it’s worth 20 and 30,000 dollars more than the other cams.
You judge and are unsatisfied by the image quality of this camera from a very compressed (5Mb/sec) vimeo clip? LOL
At least download the original file and them you can make an impression.
It’s pretty clear that right now any number of cameras (at least 10 probably) are at the image quality limit of what can be delivered on the web.
What are you talking about? This video is spectacular. Far better than any recent “introduction reel” I’ve seen. The cinematography is top notch.
Technical question: is it worth recording at 4K and then downscaling the video to 1080? Are there any advantages to do it instead of recording at 1080?
After you shoot once 4K, you will never want to go back to film native Full HD ever! 🙂
Is 4K that good? The answer is: better than you expect LOL.
I read on EOSHD, 4K is not only sharper than 1080p when down scaling, but it also has much better color definition, which is much more important to me.
look at this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntArpkCSR1M
Thank you very much!
Yup, totally.
oh hey, I got mentioned by name 🙂
btw, some more info about this camera:
http://provideocoalition.com/news/story/varicam-goes-on-show-at-ibc-2014
There will also be high speed 2/3″ version.
Personally I think these are interesting, but I’d say the much cheaper Sony FS7 seems to have stolen the show for now.
Agree!
Dumb to go head to head with Sony, Red, Arri in S35. For chrissakes why won’t Panny make a M4/3 4K cam with a dedicated video sensor. The GH4 is fine but inherently compromised with its form factor and still cam sensor. I’ve had enough with relying on DSLR’s to shoot video. All that great glass out there waiting for a pure video camera to do them justice. There’s a whole market waiting for Panny that does not want or need the big and pricey S35 cams. Black Magic filled this gap and its a shame because Panny had the ball sitting on the tee and only had to step up and swing. If the GH4 looks this good now, imagine it with a dedicated 4K sensor. Nuts.
See next week’s Amateur Photographer (dated 20-Sep-2014) – article on use of 4k video for still photographs – cover photo is from 4k video