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Panasonic just announced a brand new Varicam LT - lightweight and more compact version of the Varicam 35. The new camera incorporates the same Super 35 4K sensor from the bigger Varicam 35, as well as the massive 14+ stops dynamic range and the unique dual-native ISO features on its bigger brethren. Estimated cost for the body only is around $18K.

Announced earlier today at ISE 2016, RovoCam is AJA’s first compact block camera for industrial, corporate, security, ProAV and broadcast applications and quite the departure from the company's first camera - the AJA Cion - which targeted filmmakers and video producers with a Super 35 sensor and UHD ProRes recording on board. RovoCam’s HDBaseT interface supports control of 4K/UltraHD video, power, audio and RS-232 over a single Cat 5e/6 cable.

It's coming. Get ready. Sony F55 is about to get a massive upgrade enabling it to shoot 4K RAW at 120 FPS with optional future accessory. The details of all this are slim at this stage, but we have a feeling that we'll all know everything about the upgrade sooner, rather than later.

Blackmagic Design just released firmware 1.2 for their 5-inch Video Assist monitor/recorder adding some very useful new features such as Avid DNxHD codec support, HDMI start/stop recording trigger, timecode support for the venerable Canon 5D Mark III, extended Zebras and a lot more.

It is time to upgrade your old pro camcorder to a Sony PMW-F55 or the stellar PXW-X500 and get a discount on them when you trade in your old 2/3 pro camcorder. The Sony PMW-F55 and the new PXW-X500 represent the pinnacle of Sony engineering and a proven workhorses in the field of professional broadcast production.