Movie camera manufacturer RED has announced that it will be introducing a new 8K sensor that it is calling Helium. At 29.9x15.77mm the new sensor is much smaller than the current 8K Dragon sensor, which measures 40.96x21.6mm, but both sensors have 8192x4320 pixels.
The attraction of the new Helium sensor is that a wider range of lenses will provide sufficient coverage for its shorter diagonal, even though it is slightly larger than the standard Super 35mm format. It should also be... more