In 2015 we will see three professional primes: a XF 16mm f/1.4 R, XF 35mm f/2 R and XF 90mm f/2 R.

Then in 2016 - super telephoto zoom XF 100-400mm,as well as XF 120mm f/2.8 1:1 Macro lens. The latter will be the second macro lens in the Fujifilm X line-up.

We’ll also see the arrival of a 1.4x teleconverter, which will be compatible with the XF 50-140mm f/2.8 R, XF 120mm f/2.8 R Macro, XF 100-400mm.

Article on it: http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/04/youtube-launches-multi-angle-video-experiment/

I can't wait until they give this feature to everyone so I can try it on future music videos. Hopefully you'll be able to have the same audio track for all videos.

So the X-Trans sensor design has been very, very successful in terms of image quality. We get great sharpness and no artifacts or aliasing...

Fuji: Moiré.

DE: Moiré, yeah. But it also puts a lot of demands on processing, and our impression has been that the X-Trans works very well for still shots, but not so good for video. I'm assuming that's because there's so much processing to figure out the pixel pattern. Is that something that can improve as processors get faster? You know, if you have more processing power, is it then possible to get a better video image?

Fuji: In the future, our LSI will become faster and capable of more calculations, and maybe our movie image quality will also be able to improve. But it depends on not only this, but also on CMOS sensor reading speed.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2015/02/06/Fujifilm-interview-pk-apd-oled

Following the American TV market the Japanese company Toshiba has decided to leave the entire international, while maintaining a small part of the business in their home country.

As it became known to the Japanese news agency Kyodo their industry sources, Toshiba is in talks to sell its factories producing TV sets in Indonesia and Egypt. Determine the future of these assets is scheduled for March 31, 2015 – the day at Toshiba, as well as many other Japanese companies, the fiscal year ends.

Panasonic has ended LCD TV production at a China plant as of January 30 and is seeking to sell another in Mexico with a monthly capacity of 500,000 units, the paper said. Panasonic is looking to shift its focus to high-added value TV products to maintain its markets in Japan, Europe and Southeast Asia, the paper added.

Firms is likely to rely more on licensing their brand names to shore up profits for their TV business.

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20150203PD205.html

Just like HDMI and DisplayPort, SuperMHL is not specified for transmitting full 4:4:4 color information at 8k resolution.

You can even list two cameras with one aimed mostly on video (can be camcorder also!).

You can list up to two lenses (any system each).

All the best in coming year.

Year will be complex and not so easy, but I am sure that such smart guys that we have here will be good.

1. GH4 4K Panasonic video camera, official topic
2. GH4 4K Panasonic video camera, User reviews and opinions
3. Sony A7s, FHD camera, with 12Mp sensor, big DR
4. GH4 - Best Video Settings
5. Driftwood Cluster X Series 4:Moon T8 Spizz T7
6. Panasonic LX100 camera topic
7. Panasonic FZ1000 1", 4K video, superzoom, official topic
8. Samsung NX1, $1500 4K flagman
9. Panasonic accelerates m43 cameras production, GH4 is big on preorders
10. GH4 Issues topic

Most active discussions in 2014 year (excludes ones in the list above):

1. Sony a6000 topic
2. WorkHorse
3. Triumph of meanness
4. Black Magic URSA - first modular camera, from $5995
5. Ask developers of the Panasonic Lumix GH4, plus, answers about the m43 format
6. DaVinci Resolve 11
7. GoPro Hero4 cameras official topic
8. Sony FDR-AX100, 4K camcorder for the masses
9. 420, 422, 444, rescaling and colors flame
10. Neway CK700-HOX, 1280x800 IPS monitor with vectorscope and waveform

Most active users in 2014 year:

1. MikeLinn
2. maxr
3. kurth
4. ahbleza
5. apefos
6. howardst
7. brianl
8. matt_gh2
9. jclmedia
10. mrbill

http://spectronet.de/portals/visqua/story_docs/intern_spectronet/vortraege/141211_20_collab_vortraege/141211_19_mattfeldt_matrix_vision.pdf

It is not for consumer photo cameras yet, but for machine vision.

High-quality wipe effect with a lot of adjustable parameters such as angle, transition easing (linear, easy in & out), feathered edge, blur and glow effect.

Many of the parameters support keyframes and we also included the powerful time remapping function. All transitions are GPU accelerated for real-time playback!

Our Mac Version is coming in the first quarter of 2015.

Get your free version here (Windows only): http://shopen.accevolution.de/wid-59-Transition-Designer-Free.html

Have a great time, best regards, Wolfram

Via http://www.43rumors.com/olympus-displays-first-rounded-lens-cameras-and-sony-qx-clones/

Q1. GH4 camera is large success among filmmakers. Yet it still does not have ProRes or RAW recording that everybody asks. Rumors constantly surface that we will see this implemented in new firmware. Can we hope?

A1
It is hard to add new recording formats by the firmware update.
There are two reasons why this cannot be done with GH4. The capability of GH4 codec engine does not guarantee the process of those recording formats. The other reason is that there is no SD card which can record huge data in raw compression with high bit rate.
However, we would like to study this request for a future model.

Q2. Many people who really like films made using GH4 just can’t allow this camera due to price of the body, especially outside US. Can we hope to see update to G6 camera with 4K and another updated features made for more mass market?

A2
Unfortunately, specifications of G6 does not allow to incorporate 4K and other related functions.
However, compact cameras such as FZ1000 and LX100 have 4K recording.

Q3. All cameras outside GH series have blocked HDMI output during recording. So people who want cheap second and third cameras frequently buy camera from another manufacturer. May be it is possible to change?

A3
We have received the same requests from the other markets and would like to study this function.

Q4. Very small GM1 camera was being prized by many users. Do you think that Panasonic can make even lighter and smaller camera? May be one without screen and flash ‐ oriented to be operated wirelessly and used on quadracopters?

A4
Thank you very much for your comments on a new product development.
We are continuously seeking new opportunities for market needs, considering size and weight of a camera.

Q5. Do you think that in next year or two it will be still possible to reduce model line even more and continue move to premium segment considering big economic troubles around the world?

A5
We will not focus on the premium segment only but will propose an optimum product line-up, considering the growth of a market and each segment, user preference, technology trend and other factors.

Specs:
-S35MM 4096 X 2160 Advanced MOS Imager
-14+ Stops of Latitude
-Variable Frame Rate — 1 to 120 fps in 4K(VRAW)
-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)
-Dual-Native ISOs

Retails at, $55,000

Brochure: ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/provideo/varicam_35/varicam-35_brochure.pdf
Manual: ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/provideo/varicam_35/varicam-35_oi.pdf

Video Series on the camera:
Part 1, Overview:

Casio EX-MR1

http://www.casio-intl.com/asia-mea/en/dc/ex_mr1/

http://www.bifest.it/en/

Company plans to start selling multirotor helicopters with high definition cameras late next year

http://online.wsj.com/articles/gopro-developing-line-of-consumer-drones-141702088

South Korea's tech giants Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. both saw their shares in the global flat TV market slide in the third quarter from three months earlier, dented by Chinese rivals' lower-price strategy, data showed Wednesday.

The share of market leader Samsung Electronics stood at 25.5 percent in the July-September period, down 6.3 percentage points from the previous quarter, according to the latest report by market tracker DisplaySearch.

The corresponding figure for LG Electronics, the world's No. 2, came in at 16.5 percent, down 2.0 percentage points over the cited period.

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2014/11/19/66/0501000000AEN20141119008200320F.html

If you look carefully - thing seems pretty strange.

How 4K strange mode with 6144x2160 correlates with sensor resolution? May be each pixel actually consist from multiple ones?

Speed is too big for any consumer oriented sensor.

it is stacked sensor that has rectangular 9.78um x 4.89um pixels with global shutter.

Sony Corp aims to lift its movie entertainment revenues by more than a third in the next three years, its chief executive said on Tuesday as the loss-making consumer electronics firm tries to counter flagging smartphones sales.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/18/us-sony-outlook-idUSKCN0J203Y20141118

Unsolicited advice, already circulating among Sony watchers, ranges from shutting down the mobile division to dumping PlayStation before game consoles fall completely out of fashion.

Chopping off business units that aren't making money is a logical step. But this is precisely the sort of decisive action that big Japanese corporations -- which like being big -- hesitate to take. However, Sony is the rare Japanese company with a record of bold decisions. It got out of the PC business this year. It spun off its TV unit last summer. The popular sentiment among investors now is that Sony should do the same with its smartphone business.

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1324656

To be shot either with my own BMPCC, or something better if you have it. If interested, please PM me, with an email address, links, etc.

Direct-type LED TVs featuring Flip Chip LED technology are becoming more prevalent in the market and many China- and Korea-based TV vendors are expected to start using the technology in units released in 2015 in order to reduce LED costs.

The sources added that currently 42-inch direct-type LED TVs used 24 LEDs, which could be reduced to 12-16 LEDs in 2015 by using the technology.

Yep, direct type TVs are now cheapest, and instead of using dense RGB backlight we are going opposite way.

Video coming soon.