Panasonic announced it will display the new AK-SHB800 8K organic sensor camcorder at the IBC show which opens tomorrow. Press text:
Introduces 8K Organic Sensor innovation
Panasonic will also be demonstrating its latest 8K Organic Sensor technology at IBC 2019. Designed for wide camera angle shots with high resolution, the sensor is set to revolutionise commercial sports and live event coverage.
With first commercial use anticipated at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the organic sensor technology has a number of competitive advantages. It comes with a wide dynamic range delivering more colours and higher quality images than ever before. Its Electronic Neutral Density Filter (ENDF) can reduce or introduce light more smoothly than its traditional Optical Neutral Density (OND) counterparts and its innovative Global Shutter delivers advantages over current Rolling Shutters by removing the skew when shooting fast moving images and eliminating flashband from still camera lighting at live events and press conferences.
Key features
- Features an 8K full-size CMOS image sensor
- Up to four separate HD videos can be cropped from a high-resolution, wide-angle 8K image, and each cropped image can be panned, tilted and zoomed individually
- Automatic wide-angle distortion correction function removes, in real time, distortion of images cropped from the periphery
- A recommended remote controller can be used for the pan, tilt and zoom control of cropped images (compatible with AK-HRP1000 / AK-HRP1005 ROP)
- Up to eight 8K Multi-Purpose Camera units can be linked for cropping a maximum of 32 different HD videos
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43rumors note: This is a groundbreaking new sensor tech but it will take years before we see it on a “normal” Micro Four Thirds camera.
