Sony has just announced new free firmware updates for their full-frame cameras Sony FX9 and VENICE to come later this year. The FX9 will get new 5K crop framerates with 4K 50/60p internally, it will get Eye AF, 4K 16-bit RAW output (with the extension unit), and the camera’s display will start supporting touchscreen operation. VENICE will get more monitoring options and high frame rate modes. Sony FX9 and VENICE Firmware Updates. Source: Sony Sony has shared with us some interesting news regarding their full-frame cinema cameras FX9 and VENICE. Both cameras will get new firmware versions later in 2020 that will enhance their functionality – the FX9 version 2.0 firmware comes in October 2020 and the VENICE firmware 6.0 will be available in November 2020. Nino talked about the news with Sebastian Laske from Sony. Sony FX9 Version 2.0 Firmware Sony FX9 full-frame cinema camera was introduced in 2019 and Sony was promoting the camera as a combination of FS7’s form factor and VENICE color science. We covered the camera in many articles in the past – make sure to check our FX9 Hands-on and Footage article. When releasing the FX9, Sony also announced the camera will receive important firmware updates in the future that will unlock some features of the camera. Version 2.0 of FX9 firmware supports 4K 60p/50p recording through oversampling from a 5K cropped area of 6K full-frame sensor. The 5K cropped area will be about 122% larger than the super35 crop mode. Version 2.0 also...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 30 April, 2020