Panasonic’s EVA-1 gets a big update with its latest firmware adding HEVC H.265 in 4K (60p) along with an 8% price drop. Since its first iteration, we’ve been fans of the Panasonic EVA1 for its ultimate indie filmmaking capabilities. And past firmware updates have certainly proven that Panasonic is dedicated to keeping its product fresh and powerful in the face of growing cinematic competition. However, this latest firmware update (EVA1 3.0, which is free to download here) might be some of the biggest news for the EVA-1 yet. Let’s take a look at its new features including 4K 60p 10-bit recording, EVA-LIVE and a nice little price drop to boot. 4K60p 10-bit recording in HEVC The biggest news of the new firmware update is the HEVC H.265 codec which can record in 4K 60p with 4:2:0 10-bit video sampling (with available bitrates of 200Mbps in 4K/60p and 150Mbps in 4K/30p). With this new HEVC codec allows of the same high-quality image recording with twice the amount of compressed data recording at the existing H.264 codec. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 31 January, 2019