The Sony FX9 firmware update version 2.0 was been released roughly one month ahead of Sony’s initial plan. The update will equip the camera with new 5K crop frame rates to record 4K 50/60p internally and a FHD 180fps mode. The FX9 will also get Eye AF, 4K 16-bit RAW output (with the extension unit), touchscreen support for the display, User 3D LUTs, and more. Firmware update 2.0 for the Sony FX9 camera was announced in April 2020. Back then, Sony said the update will be available in October 2020. (Although originally, when the camera was released last year, Sony said that functionality would be available during summer 2020.) However surprisingly, the free firmware update 2.0 was already made available for download. Let’s summarize the improvements. Sony FX9 Firmware Version 2.0 Update Sony prepared an overview of all the new Sony FX9 functions of the firmware 2.0 which can be found on Youtube. The list of added functions is quite long. This is undoubtedly a very useful firmware update for the FX9. Let’s take a look at what’s new. New Frame Rates and Resolutions As promised, Sony added new internal frame rates and resolutions to the FX9. There is now a “full-frame” 4K 60p/50p recording with oversampling (image sensor scan size is around 5K, so it is not really a full-frame mode – there is a slight crop). FFcrop 5K Oversampling Mode for 4K. Source: Sony DCI 4K (4096x2160px, 17:9) recording is now enabled (in both full-frame and Super35) for...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 11 September, 2020