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KINEFINITY MAVO EDGE 6K
STAY IN CONTROL The five-inch top screen is crystal clear, allowing you to manage all the settings
no IBIS, autoexposure or autofocus of any kind. Just old-school manual focus with peaking and a quick punch-in feature to check. Exposure is assisted by a choice of waveforms and a histogram. And you can set the shutter speed. Menus are clear and easy to work through. A long push of a custom button brings up the most-used codecs, which is helpful. Essentially, you set the crop you want – full-frame, Super 35 or Super 16 – then set the resolution to 6K, 5K, 4K or 2K. Everything is recorded from the sensor in Open Gate 3:2 ratio, so if you choose a more typical 17:9 or 2.4:1 for full anamorphic, then it’s basically a crop of the middle of the sensor. In full-frame 6K 3:2 it goes up to 48fps, or at 17:9 reaches 60fps and anamorphic 75fps – these are the headline specs. Likewise, full-frame 4K oversampled is 48fps, or 17:9 at 58fps, and anamorphic at 75fps. Go to 3K Super 35 at 17:9 and it’s 144fps, or 2K 17:9 200fps cropped in Super 16. Or set 2K anamorphic at 290fps. Confused? It’s easier than it sounds, really. Top line is for
wonderful to shoot with. And there are two full-size XLR audio inputs including full controls in-menu. Like the 8K Mavo, the camera is mostly controlled from
a serrated scroll wheel, which is on the left of the
camera body, along with six buttons to select main features. The screen displays the basic alterable settings, but for full command you need the
five-inch top screen. This contains menu buttons and a control wheel, and is now a touchscreen. However, controls are somewhat laggy. The kit also comes with a high-quality EVF, featuring a comfortable eyecup – and you can change settings that way. The scroll wheel has the same flimsy feel as the one on the 8K. It works fine, but isn’t as premium as the rest. Of course, controls are limited since there is
“The kit also comes with a high-quality EVF, featuring a comfortable eyecup – and you can change settings that way”
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