A new patent application by Panasonic suggests an advanced version of the Lumix BGH1 and BS1H. That means, a boxy-style cinema camera with a grip and a screen, dedicated to hand-held shooting. All details are below.
New patent: Box cinema camera
Panasonic is trying to upgrade the Lumix BGH1 and BS1H and allow shooters a better boxy-style cinema camera for hand-held filmmaking. The patent is titled “Imaging Device” and presents a new kind of box cinema camera with a grip and a screen. As stated: “An imaging device includes a camera main body, an imaging sensor, a grip part, and an output part. A camera’s main body includes a housing, and an imaging sensor is disposed of inside the housing. The imaging sensor converts light into an electric signal. A grip part is attachable and detachable to/from the housing. An output part outputs an imaged image based on the electric signal. In an attachment and detachment direction of the grip part, the imaging sensor is disposed of in a central portion of the housing”.
Dedicated to hand-held shooting
As described in the application: “For the above stationary imaging device, JP2018148545A (the patent of the previous boxy-style camera) does not take into consideration the realization of two types of shooting style that are fixed shooting and hand-held shooting. Assuming that the stationary imaging device can realize these two types of shooting styles, the stationary imaging device can provide a user with various shooting styles for the user. The stationary imaging device is however designed to be used for fixed shooting as a precondition and, especially, when the box camera is directly griped and hand-held shooting is thereby executed, the griping itself tends to be unstable. Furthermore, for example, the user’s fingers touch the lens, and the focus and the aperture value may thereby be varied, or the fingers may cover the lens to be shot, and the hand-held shooting is therefore difficult. Devices such as a large-scale optional item are therefore necessary in the case where hand-held shooting is tried to be executed using the stationary imaging device. Therefore, the present disclosure provides an imaging device capable of easily realizing two types of shooting styles. An imaging device in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a camera main body that includes a housing, an imaging sensor that is disposed inside the housing and that converts light into an electric signal, a grip part that is attachable and detachable to/from the housing, and an output part that outputs an imaged image based on the electric signal. In an attachment and detachment direction of the grip part, the imaging sensor is disposed of in the central portion of the housing”. Explore the slides below with the patent’s figures:
There’s no info regarding the sensor size. Nevertheless, it looks like a new and exciting LUMIX on the horizon.
Yossy is a filmmaker who specializes mainly in action sports cinematography. Yossy also lectures about the art of independent filmmaking in leading educational institutes, academic programs, and festivals, and his independent films have garnered international awards and recognition.
Yossy is the founder of Y.M.Cinema Magazine.
This proves nothing. Not to mention that, based on this, the application is a bunch of bullshit. What are the claims in the patent? Where is the novelty?
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This proves nothing. Not to mention that, based on this, the application is a bunch of bullshit. What are the claims in the patent? Where is the novelty?
Trash.
It’s an unironically good thing that there’s a negative comment on this post.
Panasonic should be held accountable for how worthless this patent is. Corporations being corporations once again.