The First Footage From The New Panasonic Varicam 35

Erik Naso • September 9, 2014 • 2 Comments

Varicam 35: First Look from Varicam on Vimeo.

Welcome back Varicam! This is the first footage released from the Panasonic Varicam and it looks stunning to me. I like the varied shot types from low light to studio and nature. It really covers the full spectrum of shooting scenes and they all look really great.

I’ve always liked the look of the Varicam in HD. Great production camera. Now Panasonic has updated it with a modern 4K camera and even a high frame rate HD camera. The Varicam is a high end camera at a high end price that I wont be able to purchase, but what is exciting is that Panasonic has this new sensor and engine that can be used in different lower priced camera models and hopefully soon.

Sony sure has had a big run up this year adding more cameras than all the other companies combined. In fact Sony seems to be competing with themselves at the moment. This is crazy!

The Varicam comes in two models. A 4K S35 and High Speed HD. Specs below.

VariCam 35’s Key Features:

S35MM 4096 X 2160 Advanced MOS Imager
14+ Stops of Latitude
Variable Frame Rate — 1 to 120 fps in 4K
Records simultaneous 4K/ 2K/Proxy, or UHD/HD/Proxy + Raw to Codex (option)
Apple ProRes 4:4:4:4 and ProRes HQ Built-in
AVC-Intra Codecs — Class 100 / Class 200 / Class 4:4:4
2-piece Modular Design (docks to AU-VREC1G recording module)

VariCam HS’s Key Features:

Newly-developed 1920 x 1080p 3MOS imagers
240fps Variable Frame Rate Recording – 1 fps to 240 fps
14 Stops of Latitude
Apple ProRes 4:4:4:4 and ProRes HQ Built-in
2/3-inch B4 bayonet mount
High-quality recording formats including AVC-Intra Class100 (recording at 1080/24p, 30p or 60p format with Variable Frame Rates (up to 240p), AVC-Intra Class200 (up to 30p/60i) and AVC-Intra Class4:4:4 (up to 30p)

Pretty impressive and I’m sure we will see a lot more footage in the coming weeks.

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