David Leitner of Filmmaker Magazine has published the future of digital cameras, as he sees it.
“A motion picture camera used to be a light-sealed box with a strip of film running through it…. Today’s cameras are exponentially more complex. They are literal bundles of separate technologies, each lurching forward at a different rate. To understand today’s cameras, you must understand the parts to understand the whole.”
He looks at:
- Pixel Count (4K is here)
- Sensors (Super 35 with incredible ISO ratings)
- Lenses (18-200mm with zoom servos)
- Media (Solid state)
- Frame Rates (120 to 240 to 480 to 960 for slow motion)
- Compression and Latitude (H.265 and RAW)
- Camera Design and Control (bonded cellular, anyone?)
- Workflow and Post (64-bit and the free DaVinci Resolve Lite)
- New Cameras in 2013 (including the For-A FT-ONE with 4K capture at 900 fps)
My take: film is dead!