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www.postmagazine.com 26 POST MAY 2015 else out, the GY-L300 has the ability to also do live streaming in HD. Overall, this camera has a really solid feel and makes for a great choice for people who want to use or own a bunch of lenses and marry them to a feature-laden camera — one without a big footprint or big bud- get to match. ■ QUICK LOOK JVC GY-LS300 — Flagship camera for the 4KCAM product line; designed for cinema- tographers, documentarians and broadcast production departments; features JVC's 4K Super 35 CMOS sensor; Micro Four Thirds (MFT) lens mount; built-in HD streaming engine with Wi-Fi and 4G LTE connectivity that allows live HD transmission; dual XLR audio inputs that are mic/line switchable. SONY'S HDC-4300 Right out of the gate I can say I think Sony (www.sony.com/professional) got it "right" with the introduction of the HDC-4300, the first 4K System Camera with three (yes, three) 4K image sensors. Looking at the set up, there are some real advantages to the Sony way of thinking. First, the look and the feel of the cam- era will be very familiar to those guys and gals who make their living in either the live-sports or events-production space. Just as with other Sony cameras, the folks at Sony really thought out the ergonomics and the HDC-4300 "feels" like a production camera ready to go a full day without making the operator keel over from exhaustion. The camera controls and functions were all in familiar places, and lens mounting is the same, making the learning curve not so steep at all. But don't kid yourselves. We are just warming up. With the three 2/3rd 4K image sensors, the HDC-4300 is ready to go 4K and make some beautiful images. The camera can be configured for hand- held or tripod use. And in a nod to the engineers at Sony, the HDC-4300, when teamed up with other Sony products, can be conformed into a complete production system in 4K, out to the switcher along with slo-mo, without having to start over from scratch. The look, feel and beautiful imaging of 4K without having to start all over again is a pretty sweet deal. ■ QUICK LOOK Sony HDC-4300 — Provides ability to use high magnification wide zoom range lenses currently employed by HD 2/3- inch systems while maintaining adequate depth of field; uses three 2/3-inch 4K image sensors; supports the same B4- mount lenses as well as the same control surfaces as Sony's HDC-2000 series cameras; capable of 4K/HD operation, with 2x, 3x Super Slow Motion as standard, and higher speeds up to 8x available. RED'S WEAPON If you know anything about Red (www.red.com), then you know that the com- pany marches to the beat of its own drummer. With the release of Red Weapon to big crowds at the 2015 NAB Show, Red continues to innovate and turn heads. While I was in the booth, I had an all too brief turn at the wheel. It felt as though I was driving a Ferrari at about 145mph. Slick and sophisticated yet rugged, the Weapon, loaded with a 6K sensor (said to be available this summer), makes heads turn. And, if you upgrade to the 8K that would be available in late 2015, you would be future-proofing yourself. Plus, as with other Red products, there is always a lot of support and trade-in options. I like the fact that you can record ProRes internal- ly along with R3D Raw files at the same time. I also like that there will be multiple versions of the Weapon camera, with carbon fiber having slightly higher ProRes specs over the magnesium body. But that is the beauty of Red. Pretty much build the camera you want without compromise. CAMERAS Sony's HDC-4300 The JVC GY-LS300 Red's new Weapon