Cool...NAB getting interesting at last. Have you heard anything about JVC yet?

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicursa

Introducing Blackmagic URSA, the world’s first high end digital film camera designed to revolutionize workflow on set. Built to handle the ergonomics of large film crews as well as single person use, URSA has everything built in, including a massive 10 inch fold out on set monitor, large user upgradeable Super 35 global shutter 4K image sensor, 12G-SDI and internal dual RAW and ProRes recorders. Because the sensor and lens mount assembly can be changed, you can choose EF or PL lens mounts, or even a broadcast video sensor with B4 mount. This means you can upgrade to the latest sensor technology in the future and keep your investment in the camera body!

I was just about to post this ^^. One thing that could be interesting (in a future GH release) would be the possibility of Panasonic using their cinema camera sensor in a GH5 type camera. The sensor could function as a multi-aspect ratio 4/3 sensor in crop mode with m43 glass but also be expanded to the full image area for adapted APS-C and FF glass. Wouldn't that give us the best of both worlds?? If JVC can do it, it can obviously be done by Panasonic.

Today we're announcing HitFilm Plugins, a brand new product which makes HitFilm effects available for the first time inside After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro X and Vegas Pro. HitFilm Plugins will be available later this month for Mac and PC for $499. Come find us at NAB Show 2014 to see them in action.

Using the same technology developed for our editor-compositor hybrid software HitFilm 2 Ultimate, the HitFilm Plugins bring our advanced toolkit to an even wider group of creative filmmakers. HitFilm technology now slots effortlessly into any workflow and any project, from low-budget indie short films to the biggest studio productions.

http://community.hitfilm.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-340-announcing-hitfilm-plugins

Had a delightful evening with a rep from a major software company in Vegas ... and he's stoked about what all is going to be coming out here at NAB from so many companies this year. Should be a great trade show.

This seams like a decent article on some of the camera support equipment that will be shown at NAB. http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/nab--camera-support/269412

Grass Valley

NAB Show 2014, SL206 and N2513, April 2, 2014 — The new Grass Valley, A Belden Brand, will make its debut at the 2014 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show as an integrated presence, unified under a single banner, following the recent completion of Belden Inc.'s acquisition of Grass Valley. The new entity, the result of the historic merging of operations between industry powerhouses Grass Valley and Miranda, will host customers, partners, resellers and media at two different locations in the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 7-10: South Hall SL206 for Live and News Production, and North Hall N2513 for Playout.

Grass Valley personnel will demonstrate enhanced end-to-end workflows, featuring a host of well-integrated solutions that address the contemporary challenges of acquisition through production and playout. Both Grass Valley locations, identified with a combination of familiar brand icons—Grass Valley's "GV" script and Miranda's trademark, purple ellipse—will host a series of presentations and demonstrations that clearly illustrate the simplicity and flexibility of cloud-enabled solutions, the efficiency of software-based digital media workflows, and the fast-lane future of 4K on the IP superhighway.

Marco Lopez, Grass Valley's president, said, "Just one week after the completion of the acquisition, we're excited to share our celebration with the market. Most importantly, we look forward to demonstrating to our current and future customers the positive impact that our complementary portfolios, integrated engineering resources and shared domain knowledge can have on their businesses. Everything we do during this integration will be specifically designed to improve our ability to meet our customers' needs both today and tomorrow. NAB attendees will see that teamwork already in action."

South Hall Lower, SL206, will feature the unveiling of the industry's most comprehensive 4K production workflow: 4K K-Frame production switcher support, frame accurate 4K routing with the NVISION 8500 series, 4K K2 Dyno Replay Systems with an optional pan/zoom HD extraction output, 4K Kaleido multiviewers, 4K editing with EDIUS and a technology demonstration of the industry's first 4K camera to utilize broadcast standard B4 lenses based on award-winning Grass Valley LDX technology. This camera makes 4K sports production practical by offering the same excellent depth of field, field of view and sensitivity that the industry's best storytellers have become accustomed to in mainline HD productions.

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As far as I understand this recorder will be about $300, not cheap.

I'm actually going to be there Wednesday afternoon through Friday sometime ... surprise surprise!

I will be at NAB but only on the last two days April 9 (Wednesday) and April 10 (Thursday). I intend to get to the camera makers and perhaps a lens maker (such as Sigma) and will share here, time permitting.