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I have a non-Alpha rumor I want to share for those of you interested in pro video stuff. A source told me a new HDC camera will be announced soon:
The HDC4300 is a camera unit equipped with a 2/3-inch, 9.8 megapixel, 3-chip CMOS image sensor for super motion video camera systems.
In addition to standard HD and HD high frame rate imaging, it also supports 4K multi-format imaging.
And some more info via another source:
Replaces HDC-2500, shoots 4k up to 60fps & 1080p at 240fps. B4 mount 2/3in HD glass, future of 4k Sports OB
For A or E-mount followers: So fare I have yet no reliable info about a new 4K camera like a Sony A7sII or A-mount 4K cam coming at NAB.
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17 Responses
Wow!!….3 RGB sensor 4k camera? Damn…this thing must have one HELL of an RGB prisym in it. To keep those three channels optically lined up perfectly?
Wow…this is an industry first.
Any news on Sony A7000?
Hey Sony, where is my 16-50mm 2.8 and 50-150mm 2.8 zoom lenses for my E-mount? I need them so bad to do work. It will be great if you can make it the aperture wider like that of Sigma 18-35mm 1.8 zoom for A-mount. Thank you so much Sony!
If you need these lenses so badly, you would have been better off buying an A-mount camera. Now you will need the LA-EA2 or 4 to be able to work with the Sony 16-50 f2.8 and 70-200 f2.8.
no a-mount is terrible for video. It can only shoot at f/3.5 and sometimes I need to go lower than that or even higher when I’m outdoor.
let wait smartphone slap on these camcorder on offering 1080p 240fps soon 😀
what is 3-chip sensor?
A separate chip for Red, Green, and Blue colors.
thanks,it will be good if show diagram ,
i hear 3-chip,3MOS or 3-layer?
and want more detail
Maybe 3 CCD?
Google is your friend.
Typically the light is split by a prism into R G B onto 3 separate sensors (used to be very common with CCD cameras)
any specs yet for the a9?
3 x CMOS through a beam splitter. 2/3″ broadcast style (not a single sensor camera).
Sony have given up on CCD unfortunately.
More expensive to produce.
In certain broadcast circles this camera is big news.
Not a secret though.
Sony have been shopping it around for a while now.
This is a broadcast camera for multi camera setups for concerts / sports / news etc. and is: controlled from a remote camera control unit, does not record anything just gives a signal. NOT a camcorder, just a camera. Totally pointless as nothing except for the 4K part has anything to do with any subjects on SAR.
It’s a sensor B4 mount setup, has nothing to do with E-mount, produces images with a 2/3′ sensor and can’t record anything. If you like to cover broadcast, you better cover XDCam camera’s at least they are camcorders. I guess you got to know what you are talking about to know what you are talking about.
This is big news. The fact that Sony has been able to design an RGB prisym beam splitter can can line up and resolve 4k is huge.
This now leads the way for future 2/3 inch ENG camcorders to finally move to 4k. Your local TV news crews will be able to replace their 1080 mosels with new 4k ones soon.
This is a big first step.
“I have a non-Alpha rumor I want to share for those of you interested in pro video stuff”
That’s nice. I would like to see more rumors about high end/broadcast and cinema cameras in the future…