Atomos Announce 8K Sensor

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Atomos Limited (‘ASX:AMS’, ‘Atomos’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce that it has completed development of a world class 8K video sensor which allows cameras to record in 8K ultra high definition. Atomos acquired the intellectual property rights and technical team from broadcast equipment firm, Grass Valley five years ago to develop a leading-edge 8K video sensor. 8K video has four times the resolution of 4K video and allows video creators much greater flexibility when zooming in or cropping their shots during editing, as the resulting shot maintains sharpresolution. There are several 8K televisions already in the market from Samsung, Sony and LG and 8K gaming consoles are expected soon. 8K content however has been lagging because, outside of big camera makers such as Sony, owning 8K sensor technology is extremely rare.Development of Atomos’ 8K sensor is now complete.
 
The Atomos Sapphire F8 sensor has gotten even more interesting:
  • 17×9 aspect ratio
  • lower power and less heat than current processors
  • 8,192 by 4,320 pixels
  • global shutter
  • 8K 60P
  • 15 stops of dynamic range
  • 12-bit ADC across all resolution options
There is nothing that we are aware of that competes, particularly because the 8K global shutter and low power make it unique.
 
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