If there’s anything certain about the crazy camera events and announcements of the last few weeks, it’s that folks are thinking about what matters to them in a motion picture camera from a much broader perspective. Let’s recap:
- Panasonic announces the LX3, a pocket stills camera that shoots 720p HD movies at 24p
- Nikon releases the D90, a live-view DSLR that shoots wiggly 720p HD movies at 24p
- Canon announces the 5D MarkII, featuring 1080p video at 30fps
- Ikonoskop announces the A-cam dII, a uniquely-shaped HD camera with a super-16 CCD that shoots up to 60fps uncompressed DNG
- Panasonic shows a prototype Lumix G, a Micro Four Thirds interchangeable-lens camera designed specifically for HD shooting, to be released next year
- RED scraps their Scarlet designs because “the market has changed.”
- RED announces the Digital Still & Motion Camera (DSMC), designed to “mark the end of DSLRs” and, presumably, to offer more professional control over big-sensor video in a compact housing
- Vincent Laforet unveils Reverie, a short film shot with a pre-release 5D MarkII
- 650 people and counting add their voice to Laforet’s plea to Canon for 24p on the 5D Mark II
Interesting times to say the least. Would you want to shoot a movie with something that looks like the above? If you could have any camera capability in any feasible form factor, what would you want?