Broadcast
Sony
is to launch two 4K cameras, the PMW-F5 aimed at TV drama and
mainstream TV production and the PMW-F55 targeted at high-end drama
and commercials. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/techfacils/news/sony-shifts-towards-higher-resolution-with-4k-cameras/5048479.article
Both
will be available from February and sport a new 4K-capable codec,
XAVC. The two cameras are intended to help the industry make the
transition towards higher resolution production.
Sony
head of AV media Olivier Bovis said: “MPEG 2 is the most widely
used codec today, but if you want to cover 50-60p production, or 4K,
or high frame rates, then you need something different. This is our
response.”
Bovis
added: “The XAVC can do proxy, HD and 4K recording on a single
chipset. It will become the heart of a lot of [Sony] future products.
The majority of our clients still have a lot of legacy HD and even DV
requirements, so a lot of people will shoot 4K for archive.”
The
F5 will be able to shoot 4K at 60 frames a second compressed using
XAVC recording to new SxS Pro+ cards. It has a large format Super 35
sensor and takes PL mount lenses. The addition of a new recorder, R5,
will enable Raw 4K at 120fps from the camera.
Manufacturers
including Avid, Adobe, Grass Valley and Codex plan to implement
support for the cameras on launch. For viewing, Sony is releasing a
30-inch 4K LCD monitor, the SRM-3000. The model succeeds, but does
not replace, the PWM-F3 and is being seen as a response to Canon’s
C300 and C500 cameras by some rental houses.
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