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KINEFINITYMAVO EDGE 8K
The Mavo Edge 8K feels like a quality, well-designed cinema camera, with most of the bells and whistles you’d expect of a fully manual, professional camera, but with no IBIS, AF, or auto mode. It’s built for professionals who know what they’re doing. It’s not really a run-and-gun, ENG-style docu-cam. When you add a cine prime lens, the battery options, an EVF and monitor, it becomes a bit of a weighty beast. Of course, what this camera is all about is image quality and resolution – which it has in bucketloads – thanks to an 8K sensor that offers dual base ISO and lots of resolution options, including open gate. If you need to shoot 8K, you have a quality option here. The Kinefinity might not be cheap, but it doesn’t cost as much as rival high-end brands. “We shot in Log, then graded the footage, whichwas easy. The images were wonderful”
image quality. So, the 4K, full-frame offering is simply incredible, with lots of detail and accurate colours that are reminiscent of an Arri palette. We shot in Log, then graded the footage, which was easy to do. The resulting images were simply wonderful – natural and smooth, with just the right amount of contrast. You can also change all these things in post, if you prefer. Skin tones are very pleasing and there is lots of dynamic range.
Having such high resolution is great for future-proofing your footage: for archival video, SFX workers or cropping in post. If that’s you, then this is ideal, especially as there are no overheating concerns, as on 8K mirrorless cameras. But this product really excels when you use it in oversampled 4K, as it still records from the full 8K sensor. There’s no line skipping or pixel binning to get the footage down to 4K, which would reduce
TOP GEAR The Mavo 8K helps in shooting highly detailed files, with a shallow depth-of-field for a cinematic look
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