Panasonic AU-EVA1PJ Q & A Sheet

EVA1

At Cine Gear Expo 2017 in Hollywood, Panasonic previewed the
AU-EVA1 cinema camera. Equipped with a newly designed 5.7K
Super 35 sensor and positioned between the Panasonic Lumix GH5
4K mirrorless camera and the VariCam LT 4K cinema camera, the
EVA1 generated tremendous buzz since being teased at NAB 2017.
Compact and lightweight, the AU-EVA1 is tailor-made for handheld
shooting, but also well suited for documentaries, commercials, and
music videos.

We asked Panasonic Cinema Product Manager, Mitch Gross,
some general questions on the EVA1’s target audience, shooting
applications, Dual Native ISO, the 5.7K sensor, and more.

QUESTIONS ANSWERED

EVA1

QUESTIONS ANSWERED

For whom is the EVA1 designed?

MITCH GROSS: Depending on the type of work you do, EVA1

answers a lot of different needs. It is designed to be a versatile
machine that you can plug into a lot of different situations. There
are people who have been shooting on smaller cameras such as
DSLRs or all-in-one camcorders, and they have felt limitations.
At the same time, you have other people who have been shooting
on large production cameras and they sometimes have need
for a camera that is slimmed down and more portable. What
we wanted to do was build a camera that could sit in-between
those spaces where you could essentially rise up from the small
cameras where you want more versatility and you don’t have to
fight the machine sometimes. Or you could slim down from a
bigger camera for projects where a larger system may be too
difficult to deal with or simply too expensive for the production.
On the little cameras, you can get amazing work out of these tiny
machines but because they’re so small, dealing with the controls
can become a barrier and you often must devise workarounds.
Shooters put up with the workarounds because these small
cameras are so convenient to shoot with. We’ve risen the scale of
the camera so now you have these high-end features and easier
access to controls in a camera that is a more functional size for
most shooters. For users of higher level production machines,
we’ve tried to be judicious in keeping as much professional
functionality as possible into a compact form factor.

What will be the main shooting
applications for EVA1?

MITCH GROSS: I think you’re going to see a lot of people

shooting documentary style work with the EVA1 – talking head
interviews and B-roll shots in the field. It’s very convenient for
that style of shooting. You’re also going to have people who do
news shooting, as well as live event type work such as weddings
and sports videography. In addition, there will be people who
will want to rig the camera for specific types of remote work,
meaning mounting the camera out on a crane, or jib arm. You
want it fully featured yet small and lightweight because the
bigger your camera is, the bigger crane you would have to use,
just like on a Steadicam. Gimbal devices like a [Freefly Systems]
M¯oVI or a [DJI] Ronin want a fully featured camera but in a small
and lightweight package. With EVA1, you get the dual advantage
of having great capabilities while being lightweight and small.
Same goes for underwater housings, car rigs, or anytime you
need to place a camera somewhere where you want a slimmed
down unit that won’t get in the way. You still want to have a
capable camera, especially with a Super 35 sensor, and the EVA1
provides just that.