There's been a lot of buzz regarding affordable 4K acquisition recently, and for good reason. How about affordable 6K? You may know Chinese manufacturer Kinefinity for its strangely familiar-looking family of cameras, but with features like simultaneous compressed and uncompressed RAW recording and very competitive pricing, it's a family with merits all its own. Our crew on the floor of NAB 2014 talked to Michel Juknat, a Kinefinity european distributor, discussing the ~$5K KineMINI 4K camera in depth and hitting upon the upcoming KineMAX 6K camera. Check out the video below -- plus some KineMINI footage from Michel himself.


Michel has also posted some great-looking footage using the very KiniMINI cameras Kinefinity has been sporting at its NAB booth -- shot in and around Vegas, of course! If you'd like any of the original footage used below, (or you just plain want to buy a Kinefinity camera) you can reach out to Michel at contact@kinefinity.tv.

Preorders for the KineMINI are ongoing at HD Videoshop, which states: "Production will start in the second half of April, and the first batch will be shipped in early May 2014." Below are pricing charts for KineMINI bodies and options.

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At this point, not many of us have had the opportunity to get our hands on a Kinefinity camera, but that may certainly change over the course of this year. Given the maelstrom of camera announcements made so far this week, how do you envision incorporating a camera like the KiniMINI -- or even the KineMAX -- into your arsenal? Be sure to keep following our NAB master post for the latest from Vegas, and let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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