Freefly Systems just announced that the first three batches of their new Freefly Wave High-Speed camera are now sold-out. If you want to purchase one for yourself, they have opened up reservations for batch 4. Freefly Wave High-Speed Camera – Features The Freefly Wave High-Speed camera was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if you missed it, you can read our entire article about the camera here. In a nutshell, below are the main specs of this compact and lightweight cinema camera: It features a Super35 sensor with a locking Sony E-mount.The native ISO is 250, and the native dynamic range is 10-11 stops, according to Freefly.The camera is made out of a 6061-grade aluminum. It measures only 15 x 9.7 x 4.7cm for a weight of 716g.The Freefly Wave has a global shutter, so there won’t be any rolling shutter issues at any framerates.Talking about framerates, it can shoot in 4K at up to 420 frames per second and in 2K at up to 1440 fps. There’s no record-time limit. Image credit: Freefly Systems The camera records to a built-in M.2 NVMe SSD, which is user-interchangeable. Two versions are available: 1TB and 2TB. There’s a USB Type-C port to offload your footage.Footage are recorded in a proprietary compressed Bayer RAW format with a compression ratio of 5:1 to 6:1. These files can’t be opened directly by other editing tools. You need a PC tool called WaveViewer to export them to other formats. Export formats include Cineform, H.264, and...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 27 October, 2020