Panasonic Announces the new GH5 camera

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Pansonic’s next generation GH5 camera is set to ship by middle of 2017, and it’s interesting they
announced it this early. The announcement was made yesterday at PhotoKina in Cologne.
One of the design features touted in the press release and presentation includes
“internal” 10 bit 4:2:2 recording in 4k
and up to 60fps according to whats being said.  It will be interesting
to see how heat and battery life will be dealt with.  Also Im guessing
the timing to ...

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The Future of Serial Digital Interfaces (SDI)

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SDI is the acronym for Serial Digital Interface.  It was first standardized by The Society of Motion  Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) in 1989.

It’s a way to connect video devices to each other via coaxial cables and what’s called BNC (Bayonet Neill–Concelman) connectors to move digital signals from one point to another.  The SDI standard provides for video signals as well as multiple channels of embedded audio on a single core wire using bit serial transmission.

Since its standardization in ...

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Setting Expectations for 4K Video cameras

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4k and larger is now-a-days becoming a standard for shooting things like features and documentaries, PSAs and commercials and the like.

For our forte’ live streaming, switchers like the NewTek Tricaster and almost all others that we use so much are not a 4k device so its all HD for that now.  What we hope to find out with a test drive in October of the Panasonic AG-DVX20, its newest 4K camera, is to find out is how the Image Stabilizer ...

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What is 4K Video

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4K Video recording presents some new challenges and opportunities for cinematography and video in general, but what is 4K Video? 4K Video is also known as Ultra High Definition Television of UHDTV for short. It has been accepted as a standard by the broadcast industry and has broad application in video and cinema work but it is still a ways off from large scale consumer acceptance. UHDTV is defined by display devices or content having a horizontal resolution of 4,000 ...

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