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Panasonic has finally developed its 8K organic global shutter OPF CMOS sensor

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This has been a saga and a half. Way back in February 2018, Panasonic announced an organic 8K global shutter CMOS sensor. Later that year, they announced the first camera containing this sensor. Although, they didn’t really announce them. Neither the sensor nor the camera actually existed. It wasn’t until September 2019 that we were finally told what was going on when they made a development announcement for the sensor.

A prototype camera was spotted at a show in Japan in November 2021, but there was still no information on availability or prices. Now, though, it seems that Panasonic has finally, officially, fully developed the sensor, according to a new announcement this month. Do they finally have an 8K camera on the way?

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Atomos announces development of a new 8K video sensor targeted towards cinema cameras

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Well, this is an interesting one. Atomos, largely famous for its monitor/recorder systems is getting into camera sensors. Atomos has announced that it has completed the development of a new “world class 8K video sensor” designed for cinema cameras to shoot 8K content. Atomos hasn’t released much information about the sensor, but they say they are in talks with several camera manufacturers.

It’s an interesting move, for sure, but it’s one that’s been in the works for a long time. Atomos acquired the intellectual property rights and the technical team from broadcast equipment firm, Grass Valley five years ago. The goal of that acquisition seems to have been specifically to “develop a leading-edge 8K video sensor”. The press release reads as follows:

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Camera containing Panasonic’s 8K global shutter organic CMOS sensor spotted at exhibition in Japan

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This 8K organic CMOS sensor from Panasonic seems to be turning into the Duke Nukem of sensors. Basically, vapourware. Every so often, a box with “8K” written on the side of it seems to be trotted out to some show or other, with a promise that it’ll be getting released soon and then it never seems to actually happen.

The sensor was first announced in February 2018, boasting an 8K 60fps global shutter. In October 2018 they said it was coming in Autumn 2019 – where we just heard about its development. It didn’t get announced as being available. Well, now it’s been spotted again at the 4K/8K Video Technology Exhibition in Japan.

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This incredible 8K timelapse shows off the breathtaking diversity of New Zealand’s landscape

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It took over 50,000 photographs to create the stunning 8K timelapse video above, according to its creator, landscape photographer Michael Shainblum. In it, we see the amazingly diverse and magical landscape that New Zealand has to offer in incredible detail.

Creating timelapse can be difficult enough, especially these days when there are so many out there that you really need to go the extra mile to impress, but Michael’s done exactly that with this one.

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Canon quietly reveals its 8K cinema camera to absolutely zero fanfare whatsoever

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Well, this isn’t like Canon at all. After the big splash and months of build-up over the EOS R5’s launch and its 8K video capabilities, you’d expect they’d make a big deal about the launch of their new 8K EOS Cinema camera, but aside from a few sample clips, apparently not. Bear in mind, this is a camera that’s been more than five years in the making.

Canon Marketing Japan has released a new video with a lot of information about their new 8K cinema camera to their YouTube channel a couple of days before Christmas and told… well, pretty much nobody. And it’s not just a little teaser, either. This video is almost 12-minutes long featuring interviews with a number of Japanese camera operators and filmmakers.

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Canon releases footage samples from upcoming 8K cinema camera

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Long before people were complaining about the ridiculously high resolution, storage and editing demands of the RED 8K Helium sensor, Canon had already announced that it was working on an 8K camera, a prototype of which was shown off at the Canon Expo 2015 in Paris.

Since then, it’s been radio silence. 8K doesn’t have quite the same impact that it had back in 2015 and Canon has now also released the EOS R5 which, for better or worse, shoots 8K RAW video. But now Canon is teasing the impending announcement of their 8K cine camera, by releasing a bunch of sample footage shot with it.

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Canon to release two 8K cameras in 2021 – but these ones are actual Cinema EOS cameras

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If you’ve got a hankering for some Canon 8K but you’re a little disappointed with the EOS R5 then have no fear. Now that 8K is at least out there in the Canon world, it’s seemingly going to become more common.

According to a report on Canon Rumors, Canon is set to introduce two new Cinema EOS 8K cameras in 2021. One will be a new flagship along the lines of the C700, while they say that the other will be a little more modular like the C300 and C500 lines.

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Sharp tries to steal Canon’s thunder – Adds its 8K camera to their website

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It’s been a minute since we’ve heard anything new about Sharp’s interchangeable lens 8K Micro Four Thirds camera, but it looks like they’re trying to take some of the attention away from the upcoming Canon EOS R5 announcement by adding it to the 8K page on their official website

They haven’t added a dedicated page for the new camera yet, or announced any new information or specs, simply listing it as “under development”, but the timing of the addition is quite interesting.

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10-year-old 2K cine camera goes up against 8K smartphone camera in this side-by-side comparison

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The 2K Arri Alexa was a revolution in digital filmmaking. It was the first camera that saw a lot of big Hollywood filmmakers really start paying attention to digital and consider ditching the laborious, messy and expensive film process. But with 4K now standard and 8K on the way, does it still hold up?

In this video, Gene Nagata, AKA Potato Jet, puts it side-by-side with the new 8K Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra to see how well these tiny sensor 8K smartphones do and just how well the old Arri Alexa competes today.

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Canon EOS R5 leak shows 5-axis IBIS, Zebras and can turn 8K into “higher-quality 4K”

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A video accidentally posted to YouTube by SunStudiosAustralia, who seemingly have managed to get their hands on the new Canon EOS R5, has revealed a few more details about the upcoming camera. The video was spotted by the folks at Canon Watch before being quickly taken down – although not before screenshots were made.

The screenshots show that the EOS R5 will feature zebra stripes, an almost essential tool for filmmakers that’s becoming more popular with photographers, too. It will also feature “View Assist”, allowing you to shoot flat LOG footage but preview graded footage. And apparently it can “process 8K video into higher-quality 4K video (up to 120fps)” – which would be a neat trick.

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