Hasta La Gadget!

Sony recently teased its high-end CineAlta brand and ‘TheNewF,’ implying a high-end PMW-F3-like camcorder could be coming at an October 30th event. It’s now taken some of the suspense out of the announcement on Facebook, saying the upcoming camera will have 4k resolution, broadcast-level 50Mbps data rate, 4:2:2 color space and high frame-rates. That means it’ll likely be a professional product on par with the last F-model, but we’ll have to wait and see if it’ll retain features like the PL lens mount and $16k price tag. We’ll be there on the 30th for the full scoop, so stay tuned.

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Sony teases ‘4K, HFR’ F-series pro camcorder for October 30th event originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Two different audiences and two very different screenings. After unfamiliar 48fps Hobbit footage was pretty universally panned back at Cinema-Con, Peter Jackson decided to play it safe and show Comic-Con fans the traditional low frame-rate teaser. Their response? They loved it. Which would, you’d think, give the head hobbit a clear message: his film works better without the wacky frame rate, but that’s just not how he sees it. Writing on his Facebook page, he said “I’ve always been happy to bet on myself” and the 48fps version of Hobbit is “something really special” when you watch the entire movie. In other words, he’s sticking to his orc sword, and in the meantime we’re left to wonder what would have happened if the Comic-Con crowd — who are perhaps more his kind of people than Cinema-Con goers — had been shown the tricked out footage.

Filed under: Displays, Misc. Gadgets

Comic-Con fans go crazy over Hobbit teaser, but not the 48fps version originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Jul 2012 06:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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