Cinemartin has announced their new Fran 8K video camera will be available shortly.
Sporting 8k resolution and a global shutter, they're looking to turn the video camera market on its head with high quality at a low price!
They're adding some great features too:
- Global Shutter
- up to 15.5 stops of dynamic range
- Dual ISO (coming as upgrade in 2019) for HDR video
- Fran sensor is bigger than VistaVision
- 4:3 sensor
- Custom resolution from 720×480 up to 7920×6024
- Different mount options (EF, PL (2019)) on some models
- Intro pricing starts at 7920€
I downloaded the samples and had a bit of difficulty playing them in quicktime on my 4 year old iMac. Importing to Final Cut Pro X was much better.
Make sure to watch the introduction video.
Cinemartin has been producing some very interesting and high quality products in the last few years.
Press Release:
Fran 8K camera now comes in three models, ready to order, pricing starts at 7920€:8K global shutter Fran pricing revealed, starts at 8K with 3 models now available to order:Fran camera, comes in three model, now available to order, pricing starts at 8K
Fran 8K camera is now available in three models, Fran LT, Fran (STD) and Fran Plus, all models recording at 8K.
Cinemartin, the team who developed the first Prores & H.265 Encoder for Windows back in 2012, the first 7inch true full HD monitor at 2 digit price (99€), a NVIDIA Realtime HEVC Plugin encoder as well as Plugins for Major NLE editor and Post Effect applications, now, again, is push enough to flip the market, wth the inmediate release of the most acclaimed 8K Global Shutter camera, Fran 8K, now available in 3 models, starting at a price of 7.920 €.
A Large Format, Global Shutter, 8K, RAW camera, recording onto removable m.2 NVME SSD drives
No matter if you drive a Ferrari, travel in a taxi Mercedes Benz, enjoy a motorbike, or go walking, now you can afford a true 8K workflow, in all steps, from the camera, to TV. Check on the specs of Fran 8K cameras, to see which model fits in your needs.
| FRAN LT | FRAN (STD) | FRAN PLUS | ||
| Maximum resolution | 8K 24 MP | 8K 32 MP | 8K 47.7 MP | |
| 7920 * 3024 | 7920 * 4096 | 7920 * 6024 | ||
| Framerates | 8K 24p 6K 30p 4K 48p 2K 96p |
8K 30p 6K 48p 4K 96p 2K 120p |
8K 30p 6K 48p 4K 96p 2K 120p |
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| Global Shutter | YES | YES | YES | |
| Large Format | YES | YES | YES | |
| Removable Lens Mount | NO | YES | YES | |
| EF Mount | YES | YES | YES | |
| PL Mount | NO | 2019 | 2019 | |
| Uncompressed RAW | NO | YES | YES | |
| Compressed RAW | YES | YES | YES | |
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Output frame formats
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DNG, PNG | DIB, DNG, PNG | DIB, DNG, PNG | |
| Post Soft Output | Prores |
Prores, Cineform
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Prores, Cineform
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| HDMI out | YES | YES | YES | |
| Thunderbolt 3 port | NO | YES | YES | |
| Stabilization | NO | YES | YES | |
| Programmable | NO | NO | YES | |
| Modulable | NO | YES | YES | |
| Chasis | Aluminum | Alu & Fiber | Fiber Carbon | |
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| RETAIL PRICE | 11.995€ | 17.790€ | 25.670€ | |
| INTRO PRICE | 7.920€ | 14.995€ | 19.995€ | |
| RESERVE | 10% | 10% | 10% | |
| AVAILABILITY | 3 – 4 M. | 1 – 2 M. | 2 – 3 M. |
All models share same chassis, and power consumption.
Fran does not heavily use compression. Any computer from this decade, with a decent GPU, works in order to process and display the 8K generated frames. All models comes with a debayer software, that gives sequence frames ready to import on major NLE.
Introductory video (watch on youtube here or click image below) (download in prores here):
Download sample footage from:
| 8K 50 MP 4:3 – Birds (download in prores) 8K 24 MP 2.6:1 Ferrari Girlfriends 1(download in prores) 8K 24 MP 2.6:1 Ferrari Girlfriends 2(download in prores) 8K 24 MP 2.6:1 Night shoot 1(download in prores) 8K 24 MP 2.6:1 Introduction(download in prores) |
Cinemartin will start shipping as well the new line of Ultra High Brightness 2500 NIT 7″ HDMI + SDI monitors by the end of November
More information www.fran8k.com
Katherine Hyper Ultra Bright Monitors
planetMitch note: planet5D received some compensation for this post.