Sony Debuts 4K Camcorder for Consumers

Shooting your own 4K video may be closer than you think.

Sony's new $4,500 FRD-AX1 camcorder, announced Wednesday at IFA in Berlin, puts 4K video in the palm of your hand and stores the content on XQD memory cards.

The FRD-AX1 is not necessarily a camcorder you’d buy for capturing home movies. Sony is targeting the "prosumer" market for this particular device — think wedding videographers and independent filmmakers who want to capture the best video possible for a client but may not have the funds to purchase a professional rig.

Available in mid October, Sony's FRD-AX1 can record 4K video (3840 x 2160) at 60p, but if you’d rather shoot in HD, the camcorder also records 1920 x 1080 video at 60p. A 64GB card holds roughly 1 hour of video Read more...

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