This Panasonic 4K Smartphone Has a Real Camera Lens and It's Finally Coming to the U.S. | No Film School

Although it first appeared that the CM1 would only be available in certain European markets, in the days leading up to this year's CES tradeshow, Panasonic announced that the CM1 would become available to US customers sometime during the summer of 2015.

Just in case you need a refresher on what sets the Panasonic CM1 apart from the multitude of 4K-capable smartphones on the market today, here are some videos along with some specs.

1-inch 20 Megapixel sensor
Leica DC Elmarit 10mm f/2.8 (28mm equivalent)
2.3GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 801 CPU
4K Video and Photos
Full Manual Control during Videos/Photos
4.7-inch 1080p Display
16GB Internal Storage
Micro SD card slot
Android 4.4 OS
2600 mAh battery
Availability: Summer 2015
Price: About $1,165 (900 Euros)

Although I've railed against camera phones in the past (the hardware limitations usually make them useless for people who care about image quality), there truly is something to be excited for with the Panasonic CM1 because of its photography-centric features. By taking the approach of building an Android phone into a highly-capable and small profile point-and-shoot camera body -- instead of the other way around like other manufacturers tend to do it -- Panasonic has made something legitimately appealing to those who want a higher quality stills camera with them at all times. The CM1 is definitely not something that you would shoot a feature film with (unless you were really determined to do so), but it seemingly bridges the quality gap between smartphone cameras with tiny sensors and plastic lenses and point-and-shoot cameras with much higher quality components.

Like I mentioned before, the Panasonic CM1 is expected to land in the states this summer and should be available through T-Mobile and AT&T for a street price of just above $1100.

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What's the Hype With 'Interstellar' Revisiting Cinemas After a Decade in 70mm IMAX?

Here's Why You Need to Revisit 'Interstellar' in 70mm IMAX

Celebrate the love and hope at the center of Nolan's space epic in the format it was meant to be seen.

If we know anything about Christopher Nolan, he likes to go big. Nolan started with smaller-scale stories (as many of us do) with early noir adjacent works like Following, Memento, and Insomnia, then started going and staying big with his illusionist drama The Prestige. Since then, the scale has been various degrees of massive, with the biggest scope in his time-and-space sprawling epic, Interstellar.

While Interstellarmight not be everyone's favorite Nolan outing, there's no denying it's an impressive feat of filmmaking and his most emotional—if watching Matthew McConaughey's Cooper desperately try to reach his family through quantum space-time doesn't make you cry at least a little bit, what's going on, dude?

With Interstellar'sIMAX release, it's a great time to shed some tears in a public setting in one of the most prestigious film formats around. As we mentioned in our film gauge piece, Nolan loves shooting on film and utilizes 65mm intentionally to provoke a tone of massive scale. In that regard, Interstellar was made for 70mm IMAX. That goes without saying, dawg. That being said, other factors make Interstellar a perfect movie to revisit in theaters while you can.

Let's break down the release further below.

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