The Z CAM E2-F6 with 6K/60fps and the F8 with 8K/30fps were unveiled by the Chinese manufacturer based in Shenzen during last NAB. Pre-order is available now and shipment scheduled for October 2019 already. Also in pre-order now and detailed in this article: the new Z CAM E2-S6 with 6K/75fps! From what we know so far, they are very aggressive contestants in the megapixel war, including impressive claims of dynamic range, RAW and other aspects alike. Z CAM E2-F6 (Image credit: Z CAM) Z CAM E2-F6 – Full Frame 6K Cinema Camera The full-frame CMOS sensor camera priced at just under $5,000 comes in two hardware variants, one for each of the widely used EF and PL lens mounts. It is thereby advancing from and getting rid of the MFT sensor of its predecessor the E2 4K camera and also moving away from the WDR sensor with a dynamic range choice option. The F6 is claimed to reach 15 stops of dynamic range and controllable via Gigabit Ethernet connection as well as capable of live streaming through the same cable connection. The sensor supports dual-native ISO with 400 ISO and 2500 ISO bases. The camera films up to 60fps in 6K and reaches 120fps in 4K, recording onto CFast 2.0 cards with up to 300Mbps (in H.264 and H.265 equally). Both frame rates are only possible in cinemascope with an aspect ratio of 2:4:1 and 10-bit color depth. Fascinating enough, the 10-bit recording is only 4:2:0 color subsampling (in H.265 and H.264...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 14 August, 2019