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Delivery to 1st Customer –Otto Nemenz – Marks New Era in Digital Production as Camera Starts Shipping toMeet Incredible Demand for 4K Production With the momentum behind 4K technology continuing to build, the company that started it all – Sony – is now shipping its revolutionary F65 CineAlta digital motion picture camera. At an exclusive ceremony held during the Sony Open golf tournament, Sony senior executives, including Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, CEO and President of Sony Corporation, presented the first official production unit, Serial number 10001, to Otto Nemenz, president of Hollywood-based Otto Nemenz International. Since it was announced just a few months ago, the F65 has been in high demand by the motion picture production industry,with pre-orders for approximately 400 units worldwide. The F65 has been tested by a range of DPs and production professionals, and currently, at least twomajor studios are planning to use it on projects that will begin shooting almost immediately upon delivery of the cameras. "This is an extremely exciting time for the production industry," said Nemenz. "4K is now a reality and represents the next great leap in entertainment technology. The F65 is a revolutionary camera and sets a new standard for digital production workflows." Sony pioneered 4K technology with its 4K digital cinema projector, now installed in more than 10,000 screens worldwide.At the Consumer Electronics Show this week, the company reaffirmed its commitment to 4K, announcing plans for new 4K home theater technologies. TheF65 camera raises the bar further, with an 8K image sensor that allows productions professionals to derive "true" 4K content. The F65 camera's unprecedented 8K image sensor, wi ...

Satoshi Kanemura, Sony's VP of the Beyond HD Production Solutions Division, presents an introduction to Sony's latest F65 4K camera, including a discussion of its groundbreaking image sensor technology, and SR Memory recording option. This presentation was given at the Createasphere 2011 show in Burbank, CA.

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Signal output RGB or 422?

 The HDMI 1.4 port used on the FS100 outputs uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2 or 8-bit RGB signals.  Auto negotiation (EDID) takes place when an external recorder and FS100 are initially connected via HDMI and cable. During the EDID exchange, the FS100 and external recorder negotiate the highest quality signal common to the FS100 and recorder. From then on, the FS100 will output the negotiated signal. There is no menu in the camera to force a particular mode.

 24P via HDMI

Even though the FS100 internally records native 24p, it simultaneously outputs a 60i signal with pull-down via HDMI.  As a solution, Sony developed an original method to insert timecode and pull-down markers on the HDMI signal.  Timecode allows external recorders to start/ stop and record camera generated time-code.  The pull-down marker facilitates externally recording native 24p signals by removing pull-down during transcode. 

 Early on, Sony approached all major recorder manufactures to implement time-code and pull-down removal.  Some recorders already record native 24p from the FS100's HDMI.  I will follow-up with a list of compatible recorders.

 

Note¹ The pull-down process adds (repeats) fields in order to increase the frame rate from form the 24fps to 30fps (60i).  The original 24p payload remains unchanged.

The following features are free of charge:

• Dual Link HD-SDI output
• 4:2:2 10bit 1080  23.98/ 25/ 29.97PsF*
  • *1080  59.94i and 50i are already available with V1.00.
  • SxS software key installation for CBK-RGB01 and CBK-3DL01.
  • Planning metadata functionality same as PMW-350 V1.30 except Wi-Fi.
  • Simultaneous HD-SDI and HDMI output (menu setting)
  • Ability to use the S & Q dial for menu setting (same as jog dial on the rear panel).
  • Display the signal format of the Dual Link output on the STATUS window.
  • In Thumbnail mode, vertical navigation of the cursor is now possible
  • TC output follows the internal Timecode Generator (TCG).
  • One-click adjustment of Peaking, Brightness and Contrast of the LCD/EVF.

 The following features are activated with the CBK-RGB01 optional cost-based software key:

• RGB4:4:4 10bit, 1080  23.98/ 25/ 29.97PsF output on the Dual Link HD-SDI or 3G-SDI.
• S-LOG Gamma output on the Dual Link or 3G-SDI.
• Switching HD-SDI Dual Link and 3G-SDI.
  • 3G-SDI is only available on the Link-A connector and Link-B is OFF.
  • LUTs (including x4 preset and x5 user-defined) for on-set video monitoring.
    • LUT On/Off is applied to both HD-SDI output and SxS recording at the same time.
    • LUT name information will be recorded to SxS as NRT metadata of the Clips and it can be seen by the XDCAM browser.
    • User-defined LUTs can be created by CVP file editor for free.
    • Wi-Fi function for Planning metadata (same as V1.30 for PMW-350).