Z Cam E2 Cameras Will Soon Come in Full Frame 8K and 6K Flavors

The tiniest cinema camera just got even mightier.

Fans of the pint size cinema camera, the Z Cam, get ready because the next generation of the E series is looking pretty badass. Z Cam made its announcement on April 1st...which made it so difficult for users to figure out if it was a hoax or not that the company had to issue a statement after April Fools stating that, see, it's not April Fools anymore, so, therefore, it's not a hoax and we're not playing a prank on you.

But I digress. Where was I?

Oh yeah, the new Z Cam E2...you might've seen the MFT 4K version floating around for a little while selling for a cool $2000. However, the big news is that the Z Cam will soon come in a variety of flavors, including Super 35mm and full frame sensors, as well as 6K and 8K shooting capabilities.

And the specs are pretty remarkable.

Tech Specs

The only official (looking?) list I could find were for the Z Cam E2-S6, which is the Super 35 6K version. These babies were buried deep in a photo album on Z Cam's Facebook page. (It wasn't really buried...it was the third most recent, but whatever.)

Some highlights are 6K and 8K 10bit ProRes recording to CFast cards, a max bitrate of 230 Mbps for 4095 x 2160, and 10bit H.265 and 8bit H.264 support.

According to Andrew Reid over at EOSHD, the new Z Cam E2's are set to hit the market in October of this year. Pricing looks pretty steep for a camera brain, but it'll be interesting to see how Z Cam holds up against its obvious competition, the Kinefinity MAVO which sells for $8000.

• E2-S6: $3995 (Super 35mm sensor, 6K)
• E2-F6: $4995 (Full frame sensor, 6K)
• E2-F8: $5995 (Full frame sensor, 8K)

Z Cam will be at this year's NAB, so check back for more news on this exciting camera.