Yeah the spec list is going to put real pressure on the major manufacturers, or at least in a sane world it should but who really knows, maybe they just ignore it and hope it eventually goes away. There are still lots of questions I have about the camera, for instance
* clip length
* ISO range
* full control over audio? (no AGC is what I mean)
* They said something about auto-iris - hopefully the camera has a full manual mode too
But what about the shape? it looks like a wedge shaped toaster, hard and uncomfortable to hold I would think. The "handles" look like a joke and won't help with stability much at all - for handheld work this is going to need some kind of rig.
Steve Crow
Crow Digital Media
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