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Check Out this $40K Leica S 4K Cinema Camera

November 16, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Leica S 4K Camera-4

When Leica announced that is new S (Type 007) medium format camera would should 4K video, we all thought that was pretty cool to get 4K capture with 4:2:2 color on the large 30 x 45mm CMOS sensor. However, I had not seen one decked out as a cinema camera until this one on display at the Leica booth at PhotoPlus 2014.

Leica S 4K Camera

Here it is decked out with a wide angle Leica Summarit-S 35mm f/2.5 ASPH lens and a Chrosziel 456-20 matte box with dual rotating filter slots and a french flag on the end of the lens. The camera and lens combo is mounted on a Chrosziel custom cage to accommodate the large Leica S body.

Leica S 4K Camera-5

The baseplate and rods were also Chrosziel, as were the follow focus and Israeli arm on which the Atomos Ninja 2 was mounted. A Sennheiser shotgun mic is on the very top of the rig.

Leica S 4K Camera-3

It’s all mounted on top of a Manfrotto 502A head and tripod.

Leica S 4K Camera-2

All in all, this Leica S 4K cinema rig will set you back $40k or so. I’m thinking about picking up two or three for my next multicam shoot…. How about you?

Filed Under: hdslr, Leica, Video Production Tagged With: 4k, cinema camera, hdslr, Leica, Leica S, medium format, PhotoPlus 2014

 

Comments

  1. Craig says

    November 16, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    Fyi. That is an eyebrow on the top of the mattebox. A French flag is mounted on an articulating arm. That way it can be placed wherever the flare is coming from.

    • Eric Reagan says

      November 16, 2014 at 10:41 pm

      That may be true Craig, but companies pretty much use the term interchangeably now. See this listing for Chrosziel french flag on a matte box: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/737369-REG/Chrosziel_AC_456_30_Matte_Box_456_30_Academy.html

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