Your indispensible source for everything HD (yes, that would be HD For Indies) was quick to point out a DVXuser forum post by Red Digital Cinema’s Jim Jannard.

“We are going to cheat at IBC. I said it in public. We will, unless a major castastrophy happens, show 4k footage at IBC. But it really won’t be 4K. We will cheat. It is really 5K scaled down to 4K. We have a true sensor size of 4900×2580. So actually we will have to scale it down to 4K for presentation. This is news we wanted to keep secret but I couldn’t sleep at night. Now I feel free.”

He goes on to state that when the camera ships, the largest shooting size will be 4520×2540. Hear that? That’s the sound of nobody complaining…

(After reading this announcement, I can’t stop thinking about that scene at end of Tombstone where Kilmer says “I’m your huckleberry.“)