14 DAY TRIAL // 4K video is all well and good, but it needs special equipment to be recorded. Photos can be scanned in super resolutions well enough, but it takes special hardware to shoot films at 3840 x 2160 pixels without blur, color loss or other disadvantages.
That is why the latest camcorder from JVC has to use a large 4K sensor, and why it even has Nikon F-mount lenses.
It is basically a UHD resolution interchangeable-lens camcorder that can not only shoot video, but even uses a JVC 4K clip manager to convert video to Apple's ProRes422 codec if needed.
Speaking of output formats, the JVC 4K can play anything it has recorded to monitors (4K at 60 fps). Even time-lapse 4K recordings can be done.
The exact name of the newcomer is JY-HMQ30, as stated here.
Between the F-mount lens and the manual focus mode (only this mode can be used, even with AF glass), professionals will be able to capture content in AVC/H.264 4K video at up to 60 fps onto four separate SDHC cards.
Each of the four cards captures one of four HD-sized quadrants, since no single memory card can handle 4K video at that speed and quality.
The combined data rate is of 144 Mbps, which means that each single card can manage 28 Mbps, which is more than enough to record 1080p/60fps video.
As a boon to users, the f-stop settings will be controllable in-camera. This is a good thing for modern lenses with no aperture ring.
Sales should have already started in Japan, for the price of 1.7 million yen, which corresponds to $18,000 according to exchange rates, give or take. On that note, the price is about the same as €13,560.
No word when, if ever, the JVC 4K camcorder will start shipping in other regions.