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@laird@hachyderm.io

2026-07-30 15:20 UTC

Wow, okay -- looks like there's been a big improvement in camera sensor technology lately when I wasn't paying attention. CineD just posted a review of the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P (https://www.cined.com/dji-osmo-pocket-4p-lab-test-rolling-shutter-dynamic-range-and-exposure-latitude/) and found that it gives *17* stops of dynamic range, which is legitimately more than any camera that they've tested, including the ARRI Alexa 35, which is pretty much *the* Hollywood "real cinema" camera. Most *great* cameras give 12-14 stops of dynamic range. The tiny little Osmo gives 17, and it doesn't seem to be due to AI gimmicks. This seems to be the first non-phone camera with one of Sony's new "LOFIC" sensors. It sounds like it's able to handle overflowing photosites better, so it can handle extreme highlights without clipping, which has always been a fundamental problem of digital sensors. It'll be interesting to see what these do once they grow to bigger-than-phone-sized sensors.

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