Comments on: Who Needs 4K? The NFL, Apparently, as CBS is Using the FT-ONE 4K Camera During the Super Bowl

By: 3D is dead–long live 4K › Toki Solutions

3D is dead–long live 4K › Toki Solutions — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:08:32 +0000

[...] are other good reasons to support some implementation of 4K. Sports for one. Just last month, CBS used six FOR-A FT-ONE 4K cameras for the Super Bowl. Last month Japan announced it will broadcast the World Cup in 2014 in [...]

By: Tim Rockwood

Tim Rockwood — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:25:42 +0000

Sports television and film productions, with their unbridled budgets, have long led the march into new a/v technologies. “Believe it if you need it or leave it if you dare.” (Box of Rain)

By: P337

P337 — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:56:18 +0000

It’s just Super 35, bigger than many ENG cams sure but stopped down shouldn’t be much of a problem with a dedicated puller. I wonder how they know when to shoot or stop, I read it only holds 10 seconds at 4K 900fps.

By: Is ‘House of Cards’ the Future of Television, or Simply a Forgettable Netflix Experiment? - NoFilmSchool

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:31:42 +0000

[...] wants to give it to them. Keeping media scarce and precious is over. Sports programming, like last night’s Super Bowl, is one of the major reasons people still keep cable subscriptions, but that sort of content is now [...]

By: Rodrigo Molinsky

Rodrigo Molinsky — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:05:40 +0000

Enhance 15 to 23. Give me a hard copy right there.

By: Derik

Derik — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:28:22 +0000

Zoom to 300%. Enhance.

By: PeterK

PeterK — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:56:11 +0000

I know it’s not true, but it almost seems like this site is being paid extra for every 4K article :-D God, and 4K has not even really begun..

By: Jay Windland

Jay Windland — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:24:43 +0000

By: ThunderBolt

ThunderBolt — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:52:36 +0000

I heard, although not substantiated, an apple a day keeps the nazi’s away. ;0

By: Jay Windland

Jay Windland — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:25:36 +0000

I wonder how they are handling the focus pulls on that big sensor.

By: Who Needs 4K? The NFL, Apparently, as CBS is Using the FT-ONE 4K Camera During the Super Bowl | Film School Home Study

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:35:45 +0000

[...] Speaking of 4K and the FOR-A FT-ONE camera, they are being used right now in sports broadcast situations for very specific applications: slow-motion and close-up replays. Sporting events can be decided by inches, or at times even millimeters, and giving the officials of the game the best views possiSee all stories on this topic » [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:12:39 +0000

The times they are a changin’.