I’ve decided to name this beast Behemoth, so named for its having more power than Directors of Photography probably know what to do with. The F65 is the first in its class that captures cinema at 4096 x 2160, and it carries a specialised 8K CMOS sensor that takes images at 20MP. Sony literally wants your eyes to weep for being so weak in comparison.
While on set, the camera can record 60 minutes of crazy-rich 16-bit Linear RAW video directly to a 1TB SRMemory card at 24FPS. Or you can switch to MPEG-4 SStP between projects if that suits your cinematographic needs. And DPs can control the whole thing via iPad or the new Sony Tablet S.
The $US65,000 price tag only echoes this thing’s power, as it is far from a toy. This is the highest of the high end. [Sony, MarketWatch]
Damien
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 1:38 PM4k has been around for years. How is this “first in its class”?
Steev
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 1:46 PMare you serious? more power than they know what to do with? its 4k resolution slightly higher than the RED ONE and Alexa. Same resolution as the RED EPIC. The only real difference is the 8K sensor, not to mention that true 4k is equivalent to 35mm film. If they still dont know how to harness that power then we really are stuffed.
Tim
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 2:58 PMRED EPIC is 5k and is at least the same price if not cheaper.