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Sony announced the NEX-FS700 Cinema Camera

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Sony announced the NEX-FS700 Cinema Camera
Will 2012 be the year of "affordable" 4K Cameras? Well it seems that maybe true after all! JVC announced its compact 4K Camera last month, the GY-HMQ10 and now its is Sony's turn to announce their 4K Professional Camera the NEX-FS700. Well 4K not really, well at least not today. See the NEX-FS700 is technically speaking a 4K Camera and comes with Sony's 4K “Exmor” Super 35 CMOS sensor, BUT! And yep there is a but, Sony announced however that this new NEX-FS700 will be launch without the support of 4K Video but with a soon to be released firmware update that will unleash the camera true potential. Yep at $10,000 USD I will also be quite disappointed to not be able to use the true power of my camera. However, the NEX-FS700 comes several Slow-Motion features that will allow you to shoot 120fps and 240fps 1080p videos as well as a stunning 960fps mode in 480p.

So bottom line, if you are not in rush to shoot 4K video, have some spare cash and want to shoot mind blowing 240fps 1080p videos, well the NEX-FS700 is exactly what you are looking for!!

PS: Who's interested in one of my kidney for 10,000 USD or a NEX-FS700?

“This camera opens a new door to creative shooting,” said Juan Martinez, senior product manager at Sony Electronics' Professional Solutions of America group. “You can record beautiful high speed full HD movies with the freedom of creative interchangeable lens choice. The NEX-FS700U, with its super slow motion mode, is ideal for promos, TV dramas, commercials and documentaries as well as sports and a variety of event shooting.”

The camera delivers full HD quality at 120 and 240 frames per second in a 16 or 8 second burst mode respectively. The NEX-FS700U's high sensitivity and low noise shooting capability makes super slow motion shooting more convenient without the need for additional equipment. Its 480 fps and 960 fps at reduced resolution are available for faster frame rate recording.

The NEX-FS700U camcorder uses a new 4K “Exmor” Super 35 CMOS sensor (Total 11.6 million pixels). This high-speed readout chip is optimized for motion picture shooting, giving high sensitivity, low noise and minimal aliasing.

The NXCAM line's E-Mount flexibility is designed to accept virtually all SLR and DSLR 35mm lenses, with the use of simple, inexpensive adapters without optical degradation. FS series owners can use their existing lenses and add more lenses without being limited to brands or mounts.

Users can capture high-quality still images with the NEX-FS700U. The camera also includes “face detection” and auto focus to help ensure that a subject is always kept in focus.

With the NEX-FS700U, operators can take advantage of the camera's built-in ND filters, with a newly designed ND filter wheel that rotates across the sensor like a turret. The wheel includes positions for Clear, 1x4 (2 Stop), 1x16 (4 Stop), and 1x64 (6 Stop).

The camera is 60x50Hz switchable to give shooters the freedom of working in any geographic region without being restricted to only PAL or NTSC recording.

The NEX-FS700U's 3G HD-SDI and HDMI connectors can output full HD 50p and 60p, in addition to standard HD 60i, 24p, 25p or 30p frame rates with embedded time code and audio. With 3G HD-SDI, it can output native 23.98, 25, 29.97 progressive signals. Users can elect to output PsF over the 3G HD-SDI. Thanks to flexibility of the digital ports virtually any external recorder can be paired.

Users can save up to 99 camera profile settings on a memory card, and can copy the same setting to multiple cameras. Compatible media includes SD and Memory Stick cards, and Sony's HXR-FMU128 flash memory unit that attaches to the camera.

The NEX-FS700U features a robust detachable top handle, secured by a pair of screws (a cold shoe, plus two sets of 1x4 and 3x8 inch holes) to allow secure mounting for heavy accessories. The handle is attached with a rosette mount.

A key element of the handle is an “active grip” that features four buttons for commonly used functions - expanded focus, auto iris, still capture and recording start/stop. Function buttons are also enlarged to make operation easy even while wearing gloves.

The camcorder's enhanced design also includes anchor points for compatibility with third-party accessories and a more durable design than previous models.

Sony is planning a future firmware upgrade that will enable the NEX-FS700U to output 4K bitstream data over 3G HD-SDI when used with an optional Sony 4K recorder.

The NEX-FS700U (body only) and NEX-FS700UK (with 18-200mm zoom lens) are planned to be available in June at a suggested list price less than $10,000.



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