Red to release 4K camera for $17K

The firm showcased a camera here that supports resolution of 4K or even 2540 P or 4K+ resolution. We saw the camera in action and we saw it showcasing 2K resolution, twice as better than the best consumer 1080P.

The best thing is that the body of the camera will be priced at $17,000,00 which is incredibly inexpensive for such a resolution. This camera can actually change the industry forever as even the small studios will be able to afford one. The camera uses 12 MPixel Mysterium sensor and is completely digital. It captures active array pixels at 4520x2540 resolution while the full pixel array is 4900X2580.

You can also record 2K, 1080P, 1080i and 720P and the camera supports four audio channels. In Red Code mode when you record at 24 frames per second and 10 bit precision the camera records 27MB/s. If you dare to use the uncompress or RAW format and 4.5 K resolution you will end up with second of video eating as much as 323 MB/S at 24 FPS and 12 bit linear precision.

We don't know what kind of PC can handle such a bandwidth but we think that array of drives should be fine or fibber optic if else. . The camera compresses the images at 4:4:4 or 4:2:2 compression modes but you can still use the RAW ones.

The camera should be available next year and you can use any 35 mm PL mount lenses or Super 16 mm PL mount lenses or the optional B4 that will cost you some money and you can also buy red rail a mounting system that you will need for steady images. I recon for $50 K+ for all the equipment you will be able to make a high resolution full quality movie at any resolution with one to 60 FPS or even one to 120 FPS with S16mm lenses windowed at 2K, 1080P or 720P.

We will keep our eyes opened for this one, next year. Here is how it looks and works at 2K resolution in real time. µ