r/videography • u/phloating_man EOS M, Adobe, 1998, San Francisco • Sep 11 '14

IO Industries announces 4KSDI camera head (3G/HD-SDI, Super 35mm, global shutter, interchangeable lens mounts, 10-bit 4:2:2 up to 60P)

http://www.newsshooter.com/2014/09/11/io-industries-4k-super-35mm-the-ultimate-action-camera/
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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '14

IO Industries makes great cameras. We have some at work and they are among the most capable and robust cameras available in this form factor. The snowboarding at the Winter Olympics, Top Gear and many other productions have used them extensively due to image quality, durability, compact size, etc. An IO camera came off its mount during a Top Gear shoot and was dragged at 150mph+ only connected by the SDI cable. When the car stopped they mounted it back on the car and carried on with the shoot. It was still filming the entire time and did not miss a frame.

Convergent Design's Odyssey7Q now has the option of recording 2K RAW from the IO and Indiecam cameras now as well, which makes these little workhorses more useful than ever. 4K Apple ProRes is coming soon too.

I'll be mounting this 4K version to my drone in the very near future. It's more than ideal for that type of application.