Why no midrange camera that meets MY specs?

[Trevor Ward]

Except that I don’t care that much about the “big” sensor. I know it’s the way you have to do it from a marketing side. But CMOS sensors have limitations. I’d rather have a CCD sensor, even if it’s smaller. Even the RED has a CMOS sensor and it’s annoying.

Oh, and I don’t want to attach anything to the camera. That’s the point of a video camera. I might as well buy a DSLR if I’m going to start attaching things to my camera and make it awkward to move into and out of my bag, and hop into taxi’s with, or get in and out of rickshaws.

-trevor ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
orlando, fl

[Matthew Sonnenfeld]

Thank you Jan for setting us straight. But now I must ask out of curiosity… Any idea what we can expect this year by way of P2 cameras? Also, any way that maybe the SDI on the AF100 could ever see an upgrade to 10bit? The reason I ask is because I love P2 and I’ve invested a lot in it. Too much to abandon it. The HPG20 seems like a great option but how worth it is recording AVC-Intra if the signal is 8bit?

I’ve also read a lot of exciting things about Zeiss joining MFT and announcing HD video lenses for the format. That’s not necessarily a question for Jan, but more a fun fact as a bunch of us were discussing the availability of options on the MFT format. This seems like it will be a great one and the perfect pair with the AF100.

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[Noah Kadner]

[Jan Crittenden Livingston] “Sorry to disappoint, but this will not be shown at NAB. Perhaps to address what the OP wanted, take the AF100 and attach a Ki-Pro or Nano and that would definitely be under $10,000.
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Oh well- maybe next year then. Strike while the iron is hot! 🙂

Noah

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