Sony will host a free online webinar to introduce and explain the new PTZ cinema camera on November 2, 2022 – the Sony FR7. Sony experts Jin Koide, Dan Greenway, and Alister Chapman will guide you through the camera and explain its functionality. Online registration can be done here. The Sony ILME-FR7 is a new PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) camera introduced in September 2022. With this camera, Sony aims to bring its cinema line’s large format sensor aesthetics to a compact PTZ camera segment. Sony FR7 – the cinema PTZ camera As I wrote previously in my announcement article, the Sony FR7 is a new Cinema Line full-frame camera with remote pan-tilt-zoom control, built-in ND filters, S-Log3, fast hybrid AF, and up to 4K 120fps video capture. The camera further offers external RAW video output and can be controlled via the new control panel or browser-based web interface. Its internal design is actually very similar to the Sony FX6. Especially the fact that Sony included the built-in variable eND is really impressive and useful in my opinion. Sony FR7. Image credit: CineD While definitely interesting, the camera (including the remote commander) is currently priced at $9,700. This is certainly more than other PTZ solutions, but the FR7 is actually hard to compare to anything else because of the unusual combination of a full-frame sensor and PTZ form factor. Sony, of course, wants to introduce the camera to as many working professionals as possible. That is why they’re hosting a series of events...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 31 October, 2022