Gadgetory

hey what is up guys I'm Kip EHD here and I'm here at CES 2014 and here everyone seems to have a 4k TV Samsung's got one LG's got one Panasonic's got one even companies that I didn't know make TVs have a 4k TV here but what about shooting 4k what about actually recording it and getting the whole system from the camera to the TV doesn't really matter if you go above 4k I've seen an 8k TV here already but nothing shoots 8k so let's take a look at our four casings here at CES alright now I'm gonna start in a weird place I'm gonna start with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 because if you remember my review of that this phone has a camera that shoots 4k video but here's the thing about that the resolution is great and everything and it is definitely 4k but the Galaxy Note 3 still has a pretty small sensor compared to those dedicated cameras it's just a phone and the 4k video it shoots is also at a slightly lower bit rate than the 4k from dedicated cameras and all this basically means a little bit lower density of information now it still takes up plenty of space more than 1080p footage as you can see by the live counter in the upper right hand corner of the frame but it kind of falls apart with any real shaky movement but hey that's a start and it looks great on 4k displays much better than 1080p video and this phone starts at around 600 bucks off contract now a big part of CES as we know is starting off this ridiculous new technology that may seem crazy at first but that hopefully comes down in price over the coming months and years so now that we've seen all these 4k TVs at last year's CES and we're even seeing 4k monitors now we're gonna start to see more 4k cameras this time around but their prices and convenience for the regular person are still a bit much but this is CES so we can take that with a grain of salt take the Canon booth for example they didn't have anything new to show in the 4k stuff but they have their existing 4k solutions on display at a Canon c500 and the canon 1dc the c500 is a great example of what i'm talking about when i say it's not convenient to shoot 4k right now the thing is a beast with a beast of a lens to match do not look up the price tag at this lens unless you're sitting down but anyway the c500 will shoot 4k but not to internal store you need a second and external recorder that can record 60 frames per second through a single cable or 120 frames per second over a pair of HD SDI cables but just look at how much gear you need here on this camera to shoot 4k it is incredible quality and its massive dynamic range and very high bitrate but this setup you're looking at right here hopefully you're sitting down is over forty thousand dollars the canon 1dc though is a DSLR that shoots 4k video with a full-frame sensor and it's probably the most reasonable really high quality 4k option for a lot of people to consider shooting with it takes SD cards it shoots 4k at 24 frames per second but still just the body of this camera without this awesome glass will cost you twelve thousand dollars but i also visited the Sony booth today as you guys told me to do on Twitter and there were some slightly more interesting options of course they have their current fs700 no surprise it's a great camera but it can only shoot 4k when you add a massive recorder to the back it doesn't shoot 4k internally so that makes it a huge and also slightly more expensive over $9,000 4k shooting setup but they also had a slightly smaller 4k camera that we've seen on Amazon actually for a bit and it's a bit easier to hold on the fs700 a little bit more compact more ergonomic and a few people are already shooting with it and it records 4k at 60 frames per second to internal storage so you don't need any extra cables or fancy recorders or anything but it's still a bit steep at five thousand dollars but at CES sony has introduced this this is the first 4k sony handycam so the handycam line as we know is already famous for putting the best video quality in the palm of the hand and being extremely easy to shoot with so this is actually interesting that's the combo we're looking for now it has a one inch sensor so the same size as my pocket camera the rx100 in fact I think they said it was the same sensor so it's a bit small and that may sacrifice dynamic range or a little bit of low-light performance but it's putting 4k video shooting in a compact and easy to use format that's a balance that's been really hard to strike and it keeps the price a bit lower than the other options we've looked at and it's going to start supposedly at $2,000 now it's no Galaxy Note 3 price but it's way better than Galaxy Note 3 quality and Sonia is really proud of this and I think it's a great first step towards a ton of people starting to shoot 4k video to catch up with all these crazy fancy 4k TVs we have