Matt Ryan unveiled some details about the new Sony PL mount F55 camera:
“The New sony camera is the F5 ($22-$25,000 range)! They are skipping the 4 model number and going to 5…They are aiming for the C300/500/Scarlet market with this.
Compression Schemes:
50 Mbps XDCam @ 422
80 Mbps XAVCHD @ 422
120 Mbps iframe compressed not XD Cam
220 Mbps “SR” @ 422 (only on new “SxS Raw+” Memory cards…. these are new!)
You can only record the full 4k frame with the R5 SR Recorder, otherwise you will record windowed footage.
120 frames per second in HD (1080), codec: XAVCHD
No on board 4K. Must use R5 recorder using a NEW type of memory card to record 4K and/or RAW.
R5 Recorder Suggested Price at the moment is $19,000! Not to mention the recording media. May change before the release.
There is also an F55 4K camera coming too, and that is what Sony is calling the direct competitor to the Epic. They think the Epic is way behind the F65…Seriously…
They will also be announcing a new set of lenses much better than their previous ones and at a t2.0 (set of 6 made by a famous lens company exclusively for Sony)…
That’s all the info I have for now…”
Thanks Matt (and Oneguy for sending this)!
18 Responses
1st blood!
I’m really tempted to buy this one instead of the a99, it should do a better job recording high quality video. I hope they’ll release an a-mount adapter so I can continue to use my Sigma 70-300 APO.
r u kidding? i think you just dont understand what this is
Hmm, sure for $19,000 for this camera it is essential to keep this $200 lens working! Even the adapter would cost more than the lens probably. I suggest you to buy the A99 and invest the remaining $16,000 in some nice lenses 😉
This camera is $25K. To record in 4k you need the $19k memory.
Yeah, I will definitely buy this thing too, if I could only use my 18-70 dt with working AF on it.
+1 for this!
doesn’t make too much sense. F65 is in the price range of an Epic, how does F55 work then? I think F5 is very over-priced. It won’t trump over C300 in term of price, though the spec sounds delicious
XAVCHD sounds like a new interesting format, I hope it trickles down to the FS lines
It’s the C500 which is the comparable Canon model, not the C300.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/08/29/Canon-EOS-C500-cinema-eos-lenses “The C500’s price will be in the region of $30,000”.
So do you think the previously rumored Schneider Primes are actually intended for this camera and not A-mount? Seems like it would make more sense however they could be A-mount in which they would work fine with the other Sony E-mount camcorders with the adapter….
Sony shouldn’t brag about anything being ahead of schedule.
In Japan 4 is bad luck. there will never be a 4 anything from Japan.
There will never be a 4 anything from Japan. 4 is bad luck
“There will never be a 4 anything from Japan’ …er…. what about the Nikon D4 .. pretty sure that is from Japan (as was the Nikon F4 before that)
ok so they are saying 40k for a 4k camera when i can get a scarlet for 1/4 the price if i have 40k to spend then i can get myself an extra 10K and get myself an epic or hell take a loan for another 40 and get me an Alexa. providing i have a project that will pay for it. sony’s pricing has never made sense to me. Im sure these cameras will be just as fantastic as the F3 but with that kind of pricing (if true ) they wont be getting much sales in this VERY crowded market where us consumers are spoiled for options
My guess is that the actual sale price for the will be lower than the “list” price, maybe closer to $19k-$20k. In any case, though, I can’t see paying $19k for a 4k recorder on top of camcorder price when I can get an entire Scarlet-X package for the same cost. Perhaps the decimal point is off by one position and the recorder will be $1,900. That would be worth paying for.
16 bit color. Dual recording – proxy / 4k. All the ins/outs you need. Dedicated buttons for major functions. No douchebag company that “bans” you for criticism.
It’s a no brainer.