Canon ME20F-SH

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Just announced today: Canon's First Ultra-High-Sensitivity Multi-Purpose Camera Features ISO Equivalent Of Over 4,000,000.

What? Over 4 million ISO? Oh I want one but only if the Magiclantern team can hack it to deliver 4K raw video.

The press release is here.

Some specs:

• ME20F-SH Multi-purpose Camera
• 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor (single), effective pixel count: approx. 2.26 million pixels
• Minimum subject illumination: Less than 0.0005 lux (at maximum 75 dB gain setting, equivalent to an ISO sensitivity of over four million)
• Pixel Pitch: 19 Microns
• Lens mount: Canon EF mount (Cinema Lock type)
• Optical filters: ND filter with two density levels (motorized manual / auto) IR cut filter (motorized manual)
• Frame rates: 59.94P / 59.94i / 50.00P / 50.00i / 29.97P / 25.00P / 23.98P
• Gamma: Canon Log, Wide DR, etc.
• Two 3G / HD-SDI BNC jacks (1080P / 1080i / 720P)
• One HDMI connector
• Genlock terminal: BNC jack (input only)
• Remote terminal: φ2.5mm stereo mini-mini-jack (Canon-proprietary protocol), Round 8-pin jack (for RS-422, Canon-proprietary protocol)
• Microphone terminal: φ3.5mm stereo mini-jack
• AF: One-shot AF
• Auto-exposure: Combined interlocking (iris / gain / ND / shutter)
• White balance: AWB, color-temperature setting (setting range: 2000 to 15000 degrees Kelvin), natural light, light bulb, Setting A, Setting B
• Digital teleconverter: 2x, 4x
• Power input: 4-pin XLR DC11-17V, Terminal block 2-pin jack DC11-17V
• Operating temperature: 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) to 104 degrees F (40 degrees C)
• Body dimensions: Approx. 4 inches (102mm) (w) x 4.5 inches (116mm) (h) x 4.4 inches (113mm) (d) (excluding protrusions)
• Weight: Approx. 2.4 lbs (1.1 kg) (body only)
• Availability: December 2015
• Price: $30,000

Only $30,000? What a bargain. I think we should get one for every ML developer.