Newsshooter published an interesting article about the new Octopus Camera with swappable sensor. This will be a great feature going forward if they continue to expand their options as they go forward. Right now they have a 1.1-inch, m43, and full frame sensor available, but maybe they will get more specialized with time.
The Octopus is basically a computer system that you attach a sensor too and it supports lossless compressed 12-bit RAW 4k in CinemaDNG format out of box. The camera also has 900MBit 10-bit HEVC. Additional formats can be added in the future with their SDK through Libavcodec or 3rd party libraries.
The camera records to SSD and CFast 2.0 attached via SATA III or USB3. It is made out of Milled Aluminum and measures 110 x 110 x 110mm and weighs around 900g.
5K FULL FRAME SPECIFICATIONS
| Sensor | Sony IMX253 |
| Sensor Resolution | 4112 x 3008 |
| Global Shutter | Yes |
| Dynamic range | Approx. 12 stops |
| Sensor Options | Monochrome / Color |
| Recording Codec, Frame Rates & Resolution | 12-bit Lossy RAW / 10-bit HEVC 5K up to 48fps 4K up to 60fps 3K up to 100fps12-bit Lossless Cinema DNG 4K up to 30fps 3K up to 60fps 2K up to 120fps |
| Bitrate | Up to (900Mbit) 10-bit HEVC |
| Weight | 900g |
| Dimensions | 110 x 110 x 110mm |
| Hardware | Mainboard – Intel® NUC 7i7DNBE 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U 16GB DDR4 RAM (Upgradeable to 32GB) SATA III 6GB/s, 4x PCI-e Gen 3.0 4x USB3 Ports, 2x HDMI 2.0 Ports |
| Sensor | Sony IMX253 |
| Sensor Resolution | 4112 x 3008 |
| Global Shutter | Yes |
| Dynamic range | Approx. 12.5 stops |
| Sensor Options | Monochrome / Color |
| Recording Codec, Frame Rates & Resolution | 12-bit Lossy RAW / 10-bit HEVC 4K up to 70fps 3K up to 120fps 2K up to 240fps12-bit Lossless Cinema DNG 4K up to 30fps 3K up to 60fps 2K up to 120fps |
| Bitrate | Up to (900Mbit) 10-bit HEVC |
| Weight | 900g |
| Dimensions | 110 x 110 x 110mm |
| Hardware | Mainboard – Intel® NUC 7i7DNBE 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U 16GB DDR4 RAM (Upgradeable to 32GB) SATA III 6GB/s, 4x PCI-e Gen 3.0 4x USB3 Ports, 2x HDMI 2.0 Ports |
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