Soundimagesplus: “Will the L-mount Rule?”
Soundimagesplus shared his interesting thoughts about the L-mount. I am only sharing the final conclusion here:
It’s impossible to know whether Panasonic can penetrate the Canon / Nikon professional market. They will certainly have to prove themselves to working photographers, whose concerns are about reliability and the overall robustness of the system. I’m certainly thinking that we may well be talking about 5 years down the line. However if Panasonic can get a working 8K hybrid camera out for the Tokyo Olympics, then that may speed things up. Lets not forget that 8K provides for 36MP stills, via video ‘grabs’, which may mean that when that emerges we will all be shooting on video and sorting out the stills later.
The said S1R does seem to be what I hoped. A ‘Full Frame’ G9. So will the L Mount rule? Well for me the answer is yes it will and I suspect that if Panasonic get it right, it will for lot’s of other people too.
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New Leica interview by Lensvid
Lensvid posted this video interview with Stephan Daniel from Leica:
Stephan Daniel confirmed that they started talking with Panasonic about 2.5 years ago before Sigma joined the partnership (called the L-mount alliance – a name which we are hoping will change in the future), from our
talk with Mr. Kazuto Yamaki, the CEO of Sigma it seems that Panasonic was in contact with both Leica and Sigma separately before the actual alliance was formed and each company didn’t know about the other until a later stage.
Would you like to get an L-mount Panasonic cinema camera?
Till Havis sent me this:
This has been posted on DVXUser and is a very interesting
concept film/video camera based on the Panasonic S1 Full Frame sensor.This is obviously aimed at filmmakers and video professionals but
it is interesting because the design (and size) seem to mirror
where the market is heading (live streaming, connected technology,
internal Raw recording, Image stabilisation, and Dual pixel AF etc…)If produced this camera could be a serious threat to the Canon C200, FS7, and BlackMagic
4K Pocket Camera if released.I for one hope this camera becomes a reality, the fact that it is a handheld filmmakers camera
slightly bigger than the BlackMagic 4K pocket Camera that can also be fully rigged out for other uses
is very exciting.Panasonic S1 FF Sensor
Interchangeable L Mount
Internal 4K 10bit 4:2:2 Recording without crop (24-25fps minimum)
Internal 4K Raw without crop (24-25fps minimum)
Dual IS
Dual Pixel AF
2 x XLR’s
5” Daylight viewable Fully articulating touchscreen LCD
Built in Electronic ND’s 6-10 stops
1 x SD and 1 x Cfast 2.0 Recording Slots
1 X SDI Input/ Output
1 x HDMI Input/ Output
1 x Timecode/Sync Multicam
1 X USBC
1 x Headphone Jack
2 x Batteries (one in the handgrip and a second under the body of camera)
1 x Locking Lemo Power Connector (rear of camera)Wireless Control via smart device
Live Streaming
Larger than the current Canon XC15 smaller than the C200
Similar (redesigned) handgrip as XC15 with additional function buttons
6-7 User assignable function buttons
One push AF and Auto Control for run and gun situations
What do you think about this?
