Abelcine have put up a quick test of the FS100, testing sensitivity and dynamic range. Despite having the same sensor as the F3, it falls short of that benchmark by a fair margin. Cost reductions in signal processing would have to be the reason here. The FS100 rates 500 ISO and 10 stops, and the   Read More …

Abelcine have posted some Picture Profiles for the Sony PMW-F3. I haven’t had a chance to try them out on my F3 yet, but no doubt they will work nicely.

Another Super35 Digital Cinema market entry. Not much info yet, but P+S Technik will likely be targeting something above the Alexa.

Another new entry into the Solid State Recorder market. The specs seem pretty impressive, from 4:2:2 to 4:4:4 compressed or uncompressed up to 1080/60P, with a wide choice of codecs. It can also function as a portable edit system if you install your own Windows compatible software.

There have been numerous compact solid state ProRes recorders released and announced over the past month. Feature wise, the best so far appears to the the