In addition to the 8K TV, Sharp also demonstrated the M43 prototype which can take 8K images.

Sharp made this prototype M43 camera to shoot 8K images. The purpose should not be to launch this camera, but to sell related technical components. But in any case, Japan is really trying to move towards 8K, unlike Taiwan Province Province, which now requires cable TV operators to move towards HD(720p) signal quality.

Sharp, which has advertised that it will build a complete 8K ecosystem, will return to the exhibition area as the merged Hon Hai system in CES 20 19 to further display its 8K ecosystem, including the prototype design of consumer-grade M43 camera that allows ordinary consumers to create 8K images.

Different from the previous demonstration of 8K ecosystem, the source of content creation is mainly professional cameras. The prototype design of the 8K consumer camera exhibited by Sharp at CES 20 19 was made in the form of M43. Although the overall size is still larger than that of the general commercially available cameras, compared with most of the current 8K recording equipment, it is still designed with the size of a professional camera, which obviously simplifies a lot and is acceptable to ordinary consumers.

Sharp didn't specify the details of the prototype design of this 8K camera, only that it can record movies with 8K resolution and 30fps format and H.265 encoding. The storage medium adopts SD specification and is equipped with a 5-inch reversible screen. Ports include USB Type-C and HDMI, which can connect a microphone and a monitor headphones.

Due to the prototype design, the estimated implementation time of the actual commercial version has not yet been determined, but Sharp estimates that the initial price will be controlled below $5,000, and it is also expected that with the popularization of 8K resolution products, the market price will be more close to the people.