"We really need more than just pixels"

[Guest]

So glad that 4K is now accessible.

That said... can we now move to the important things?


Here is one article that highlights that, "Meh 4K, Yay HDR tv!":
http://variety.com/2014/digital/new...tv-but-more-to-high-dynamic-range-1201154367/

I agree with what is said.



We may end up having talks about 8k, but hopefully HDR and ergonomics, and work flows, and many many other things are getting talked about too, preferably first. 8K will be amazing, but there are certain things that make good baseline specs, such as film. 4k, 13.5stopDR, 10bit, clean1600 iso, global shutter, hfr 60fps, 100mbps or higher codec, raw option, etc etc etc, that isn't even going into ergonomics, or the plethora of integration and systems these cameras will meet in any workflow... and then somehow priced more in line with professional photography, and not blockbuster movie cameras.

So, yeah. one down, much more to follow. Cheers Celebrating one more step closer to cinematic digital motion capture.


My hope is that 4k tv will be released as HDR tv.

 

[j1clark@ucsd.edu]

As soon as the rumblings about 4K at the 'prosumer' level... my comment was 'why?' when we are still limited to 8-bit intensity encoding, and 4:2:0 sampling...

How about 12 bit sampling, user programmable LUTs, and 4:2:2 at least sampling... @ 2K (or 1920x1080...)... and naturally 'under $2K price'...

As a note... anyone noticed that Rec 709 appears to only have 5 stops of 'dynamic range'... so even the 8 or so stops that the ordinary DSLR is supposed to give out... has to be 'bent' to fit into a 'standard display' which is conforming to Rec 709.

How about looking to DCI-P3 and 12 bits of 'display' depth...