It's a video camera that only shoots in black and white. The reason you would want to shoot in black and white (rather than converting to B&W in post) is becau

It's a video camera that only shoots in black and white. The reason you would want to shoot in black and white (rather than converting to B&W in post) is because it gives a sharper image, because it allows every pixel to be used for luminosity data rather than trying in interpolate. Read on [1][2] in the announcement thread for more details. It's expensive because of the market it's aimed at, because it isn't hugely expensive for them. It doesn't cost much more than the colour version of that camera. Spending tens of thousands on bodies, and similar amounts on lenses is more or less the norm for very high end video. If it existed a couple of years ago, it might have been used to film The Artist. 1. http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?85214-EPIC-M-Monochrome&p=1061850&viewfull=1#post1061850 http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?85214-EPIC-M-Mon... 2. http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?85214-EPIC-M-Monochrome&p=1061865&viewfull=1#post1061865 http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?85214-EPIC-M-Mon...