4k60, as it should be. Well worth considering for this year's invasion!
I wonder why they're tracking water conductivity. Seems odd. Maybe a multi sensor package they installed had that capability so they said why not.
Sensor is Sony IMX577-AACK. It's a diagonal 7.857mm (Type 1/2.3) 12.3 Mega-Pixel CMOS active pixel type stacked image sensor with a square pixel array.
Processor is Ambarella (misspelled on paralenz site) h2s65. Quick specs are:
H2
The H2 SoC is engineered to deliver pristine video during fast action shots as well as smooth slow-motion playback, offering 10-bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) video processing, high-ISO DSLR-quality photography, and advanced 3D electronic image stabilization, significantly reducing the negative effects of movement during filming.
Key features
- Quad-core ARM ® Cortex™ -A53 CPU up to 1 GHz
- Fast-boot ThreadX / Linux dual OS
- 4Kp90 video encoding (AVC)
- 4Kp60 10-bit video encoding (HEVC-10)
- High Dynamic Range multi-exposure capture up to 4Kp60
- Simultaneous second stream
- 3D Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) with 6-axis correction (translational, pitch, yaw, and roll) and shutter correction up to 4Kp60
- Dual processing pipe for Drone Optical Flow, 360° cameras, and other multi-sensor applications
So I bet they will eventually have an upgrade to record 4k90, and maybe an option to attach another sensor or connect two cameras for 360 since they mentioned both software updates and add-ons.
Both the sensor and SOC can handle 10 bit color depth at 4k60. That's pretty effing sweet. I wish the sensor was 4/3 or at least 1" instead of 1/2.3" but I guess you can't have it all.
It's worth noting that Gopro used the Ambarella line of SOC's for hero through hero5 black. Hero6 and up use a proprietary GP1 chip.