Someone beat us to it... 4K camera for under $4,000

^ Yes, I know, but absolutely everything we know about the sensor points to it being the CMV12000: from the fact that it looks like the CMV12000, to the specs, and to comments by John Brawley that DR is non-stellar and you shouldn't expect it to be just a BMC with a bigger sensor

I would love it if there was a better option than the CMV12000 readily available for camera developers: I'm actually trying to design a camera around the CMV12000, that's why I rented the evaluation system and can comment first-hand about its DR issues. DR is not a dealbreaker, but it's definitely far away from what the original BMC can offer, and now that you can shoot RAW on the Canons and get over 11 stops of DR, and even 13 or 14 in HDR mode... well, it's not looking good for my camera, I have to say :)
 
Samuel H said:
^ Yes, I know, but absolutely everything we know about the sensor points to it being the CMV12000: from the fact that it looks like the CMV12000, to the specs, and to comments by John Brawley that DR is non-stellar and you shouldn't expect it to be just a BMC with a bigger sensor

I would love it if there was a better option than the CMV12000 readily available for camera developers: I'm actually trying to design a camera around the CMV12000, that's why I rented the evaluation system and can comment first-hand about its DR issues. DR is not a dealbreaker, but it's definitely far away from what the original BMC can offer, and now that you can shoot RAW on the Canons and get over 11 stops of DR, and even 13 or 14 in HDR mode... well, it's not looking good for my camera, I have to say :)
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Well, we only know a very, very small amount of tech specs about the BM4k sensor. We knows its size, resolution, and we know its pixel pitch, we also know its approximate DR, and we know it sorta looks like a CMOSIS design.

But I just can't imagine them using an Industrial sensor. The CMOSIS guys themselves (Wim Wuyts I believe) have said it wouldn't be good for television or cinema. That doesn't mean it isn't a CMOSIS sensor, they do custom sensor designs as well. It is totally possible that BM took a current design, and asked CMOSIS to modify it so that it would be better for cinema at the cost of some of the industrial features, like higher frame rates.
 
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We'll know soon enough, but let me tell you: if you ask any company to create a custom sensor for you, with, say, better DR, it will take them at least 18 months. And then you have to develop your camera around it.
I think it's the CMV12000 (which, with all its DR issues, is the best big sensor readily available for anyone who is not already a big camera manufacturer).
 
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