SHARP within this year will also sell cameras for business use that would fit the 8K

Recently the NHK News On-line reported the following:

シャープ ８Ｋ対応の業務用カメラ年内にも発売へ

10月30日 4時18分

シャープは、今後の成長の柱の１つとして超高精細な映像が特徴の８Ｋの事業拡大を進めるため、映像機器メーカーと協力して８Ｋに対応した業務用のビデオカメラを開発し、年内にも販売を始めて、この分野に参入する方針を固めました。

シャープは、今後の成長の柱の１つとして、画素数が今のハイビジョンの１６倍、４Ｋの４倍と超高精細な映像が特徴の８Ｋ技術を活用した新たな産業の創出を掲げています。

関係者によりますと、シャープは、８Ｋ映像関連の技術を持つ東京の映像機器メーカー「アストロデザイン」と協力して、８Ｋに対応した業務用のビデオカメラを開発し、年内にも販売を始めて、この分野に参入する方針を固めました。

シャープは、世界初の８Ｋに対応した家庭向けの液晶テレビを、今月、中国で発売し、国内でもことし１２月１日に発売する方針を表明しています。

８Ｋの映像を映し出すテレビやモニターに加えて、業務用のビデオカメラに参入し、８Ｋ映像が撮影できる機器を市場に供給することで、放送に加えて医療やセキュリティーなど８Ｋ技術を活用した新たな産業の創出を強力に進めたい考えです。

My translation

October 30  4:18.

SHARP, as one pillar of its future growth, would advance its expansion on the business of 8K that had a feature of very high-definition pictures; and with the help of a video camera maker it would develop video cameras for business use which correspond to the 8K, and began sales within this year and decided the policy to join this field.

Sharp, as one of its future's grown-up pillars had revealed its new product that used the 8K technology. In terms of the number of pixels, it was 16 times more than the high-definition television, or four times that of the 4K very high-definition pictures.

According to some people connected to  Sharp, the company would cooperate with "Astro Design" which was a picture equipment manufacturer in Tokyo that had the technology related to 8K pictures, and would develop a video camera for business use which matched the 8K; also it would begin sales within this year and affirmed a policy to join this field.

SHARP was the first in world in liquid crystal televisions for home which corresponded to 8K, and was selling them in China this month; it was also disclosing  its policy to sell them on December first this year in the country.

On top of televisions and the monitors that showed pictures in 8K, Sharp participated in video camera for business use and supplied the equipment to the market which could take 8K picture; on top of broadcasting there was a strong idea of using 8K technology to advance new industrial creations in medical treatment and security etc.

    I look forward to enjoy watching the 8K TV broadcasting.