For the next 19 hours, you can pick up a JVC GY-LS300 for under $1900 USD. This is a whopping 46% off its normal list price of $3,495 USD.
The GY-LS300 is quite a unique camera. It features an S35 sized sensor but it has an MFT interchangeable lens mount. One important difference from most Micro Four Thirds cameras is that the GY-LS300 uses a Super 35 imager—approximately 35% larger than a standard MFT imager. JVC’s mount provides full coverage of the imager meaning that Super 35 lenses may be used without vignetting.
For the professional on a budget, having a camera with this design can literally save thousands of dollars in new lens purchases. The GY-LS300 has a technology called Variable Scan Mapping. It involves some cropping and scaling of the sensor depending on what size image the lens is made to cover and what resolution your working in. This way it can utilize not only 4/3 MFT lenses but older Super 16mm lenses as well. Super 16mm lenses will only work when recording HD. How does it work? With the right third-party adapter and lens, VSM intelligently remaps the pixels on the sensor chip in accordance with the native field of view of the lens so that the pixels fill the entire picture frame— thereby eliminating vignetting.
If you want to know more about the camera I dd a review on it way back in early 2015!
The camera never really took off, but it actually offered a lot of functionality in a small sized camera at launch. While there has been a ton of other cameras released in the last 4 (well it is almost 5 now) years that have probably made it a little obsolete, it’s still an interesting camera to reconsider especially at under $1900 USD.
Key features
- Micro Four Thirds System Lens Mount
- Variable Scan Mapping maintains native angle of view for a variety of lenses includ
- Super 35, MFT, and Super 16. Adapters available for PL and EF mount lenses
- 4K Ultra HD recording (150 Mb/s, 24p/30p) to SDXC (UHS-I Speed class3) card
- 4:2:2 Full HD recording at 50 Mb/s (24-60p)
- 3 position ND filter (1/4, 1/16 and 1/64)
- HD-SDI (3G) and HDMI outputs (4K output via HDMI only)
- 2-channel XLR audio inputs with phantom power
- Shotgun microphone included
- Dual SDHC/SDXC slots enable Dual, Backup and Continuous recording
- Advanced JVC streaming engine compatible with USTREAM, Zixi, and Wowza Streaming Engine
- IP Network Remote Control, Remote Viewing, Metadata editing, FTP clips
- 3.5-inch color LCD display (920K pixel) with smart focus assist function
- 0.24-inch color viewfinder (1.56M pixel) with smart focus assist function
- Wired remote control supported
- 10 user button assignable function
- Includes handle unit, SSL-JVC50 7.4V battery, AC adapter, and shotgun microphone
B&H also has the following deals on JVC GY-LS300 packages:
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