October 31, 2017

VENICE Camera - 2. Photos, Videos, Links

This is PART 2 of my posts about Sony's new Venice camera, the highlight of the IBC show last September.

PART 1 features interviews with Japanese and European Sony experts.

This post starts with a "photo tour" of the Venice on the Sony stand, followed by videos and links. My photos are in 4K, but compressed for faster download. These are not beauty shots :), but simple documents of the camera.

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PHOTOS OF THE VENICE

Venice front with PL mount

Glimpse of Venice 36x24 mm Full Frame sensor (similar in size to Vistavision)

Connectors on front for 24 Volts, lens control and the viewfinder

The PL mount is screwed on top of the E mount on the Venice front.

Venice viewfinder from above

The viewfinder features a magnification button for checking focus

Another view of viewfinder

Left side of camera has small display for the operator showing: fps, shutter, ND, EI and color temperature

2 Slots for SxS cards

To record RAW you need to add an external recorder on the back of the camera

Camera rear battery connector

Camera with battery mounted

Venice rear connectors, with 4 SDI outputs on left

Right-hand rear connectors

Right side of camera with full menu for AC

The Venice is rated at an EI of 500, which the engineers consider the "sweet spot" for best performance

Main page of menu display

3 current 4K imager mode settings: anamorphic, full 17x9 and 16x9 cropped to 3.8K

The Sony people told me that anamorphic was a key consideration in the camera design. This setting shown here creates a 1.33:1 image, which can be expanded to 2.66:1 -- and also cropped to 2.40:1.

The rear 24V output

The top handle is designed to slide and lock