Other Cameras to Look Out For
ARRI introduced its new Alexa prototype camera, which uses a single, high-resolution sensor for up to 4K image acquisition. The digita camera weighed 5.8 kilograms; roughly comparable to a 16mm camera. ARRI claimed Alexa's LF3 sensor has a latitude of 13 stops and basic sensitivity of 800 ASA. It's a PL-mount camera, and simplicity is the key; most buttons have a single function only.

In the category of high-speed cameras, Vision Research showed its Phantom HD Gold camera that it introduced last summer. The company showed a new camera as well. For-A displayed its new lightweight variable frame rate camera, the VFC-7000, which shoots up to 700 fps at 1280x720. Also Scitech/IDT presented its Redlake high-speed cameras, which have been used in prominent Hollywood productions\ throughout the past year.

I-MOVIX launched SprintCam Vvs HD, a new ultra-slow-motion system for live HD broadcast production. Featuring the outstanding quality, performance and usability of SprintCam technology, SprintCam Vvs HD operates at frame rates from 25 to 2,500 fps (up to 100 times slower than the live action) and provides instant replay at native high-definition resolution and image quality.

Two versions of the SprintCam Vvs HD were available: a standard camera version, or optimized for shoulder-mounted portable shooting, providing an unprecedented level of convenience and creativity in ultra-slow-motion action.

The SprintCam Vvs HD system comprises: the latest generation of high-speed HD camera; an operational control panel providing real broadcast quality color matrix and control of frame rate choice; a slow motion remote allowing the user to select a video sequence and instantly replay it with an HD-SDI output for live broadcast or storage on any SDI recorder for a later use; and the camera control unit, providing control of the slow-motion instant replay, camera control, and data interface between camera, EVS server, or SDI recorder.