Hitachi was showing the Z-HD5500 broadcast camera that they launched last year. It is an HD, not UHD resolution camera that allows the operator to use three HDR OETF curves: HLG600, HLG 1200 or PQ. It is a 10-bit capture camera, which is fine for broadcast. The Z-HD5500 uses 1 2/3” format 2K sensor with a global shutter and realtime lens aberration lens correction. The output can be upconverted to 4K in the camera and output over a 12G SDI (coax or fiber). It is available now in the $25K to $28K range.
Hitachi’s Z HD550 supports HD and three HDR EOTFs
Canon was highlighting their EOS C-700. It can do multiple resolutions up to 4K with 15 stops of dynamic range and wide color gamut. Canon’s XF-AVC codec can be used to record 4K/60 or one can use the ProRes codec. There is also a dockable recorder developed with Codex for 4K/60 at 12-bit or 4K/120 at 10-bit.
Sony has released a new electronic viewfinder for the F5/F55, the DVF-EL200. It is a full HD OLED viewfinder, which is twice as bright as the DVF-EL100 predecessor, with dust and splash resistance and “cinema industry standard” durability. It will ship in September at comparable price to current viewfinders.
TVLogic introduced the VFM-055A is a 5.5-inch OLED (organic LED) on-camera viewfinder monitor with native 1920×1080 resolution. It offers cinematic image quality with deep blacks, wide-gamut color reproduction, a very wide viewing angle, and support for multiple video formats via 3G-SDI and HDMI 1.4 inputs. Useful functions include cinema camera log-to-linear LUT conversion, HDMI-SDI cross-converted output, waveform and vector scope, markers, focus assist, audio level meters and more. – CC
