OTHER: Looks like a new FX camera is on the way

scorsesefan

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Alpha rumors is calling it a "mini Venice". Global shutter and a body like the c50. Coming In July. If the price point is right I'm in.

Exclusive: Sony FX5 “mini Venice” camera is coming in July! + one more surprise compact? | sonyalpharumors

https://youtu.be/MHImES3RWSI This is an exclusive report from SAR. While everyone else was convinced that a new FX3 II was on the way, I can now confirm through trusted sources that Sony will announce a new Sony FX5 in July! I’ll dig into why this represents a major shift for Sony’s cinema...
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I thought the next Sony cine camera was going to be an FX8 to compete with the Canon C400. There were rumors from last summer, and even what appeared to be leaked slides from a presentation last fall. Maybe the rolling shutter from its 12k FF sensor wasn't good enough to compete with the URSA Cine 12K for around the same ~$8000 body price, and they shelved it.
 
Trying to guess what model name Sony will use for their next Cinema Line camera, I imagine a table like this:

2010F3
2011
2012F5
2013
2014FS7
2015FS5
2016
2017FS7 II
2018FS5 II
2019FX9
2020FX6
2021FX3
2022FX30
2023
2024Burano
2025FX2
2026FX1FX3 IIFX4FX5FX6 IIFX7FX8FX9 II

For simplicity I am omitting bigger cameras like the F23, F35, F55, F65 and Venice, as well as the early e-mount camcorders FS100 and FS700.

I suppose the FX30 can sit in the "3" column.

While some rumors say it could be called the FX4, keep in mind a lot of buildings in Japan don't have a 4th floor because the word (Shi) sounds like their word for death. Strangely, their word for 9 (Ku) sounds like "pain" but they still made the FX9.

FX5 does seem likely. I really like what I am reading about it possibly being modular too. It reminds me of when RED got upset that the F5/F55 had modular raw recorders. It's nice to be able to strip a camera down or build it up with just the accessories you need for a situation.
 
Thanks for the great chart. I would take the fx30 out of the 3 column because it's not part of the FF family i.e. fx3, fx6, fx9. Not sure where to put it though...
 
scorsesefan said:
Alpha rumors is calling it a "mini Venice". Global shutter and a body like the c50. Coming In July. If the price point is right I'm in.

Exclusive: Sony FX5 “mini Venice” camera is coming in July! + one more surprise compact? | sonyalpharumors

https://youtu.be/MHImES3RWSI This is an exclusive report from SAR. While everyone else was convinced that a new FX3 II was on the way, I can now confirm through trusted sources that Sony will announce a new Sony FX5 in July! I’ll dig into why this represents a major shift for Sony’s cinema...
www.sonyalpharumors.com www.sonyalpharumors.com
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Sounds very interesting. I watched that video. A global shutter would surprise me. That generally costs a stop in light loss. Not even their Venice or Burano runs a global shutter. An extra stop of dynamic range is far more useful on a day-to-day basis. But hey, it's Sony. Who knows what they will do. The only numerical #4 they have used is when it's been in Roman numerals like with the A7iv. The Arabic numbering system of 1.2.3.4 etc has never been used by Sony to the best of my knowledge. Not so with Panasonic, as with heir GH4.

Chris Young
 
cyvideo said:
Sounds very interesting. I watched that video. A global shutter would surprise me. That generally costs a stop in light loss. Not even their Venice or Burano runs a global shutter. An extra stop of dynamic range is far more useful on a day-to-day basis. But hey, it's Sony. Who knows what they will do. The only numerical #4 they have used is when it's been in Roman numerals like with the A7iv. The Arabic numbering system of 1.2.3.4 etc has never been used by Sony to the best of my knowledge. Not so with Panasonic, as with heir GH4.

Chris Young
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Yeah, the global sensor would probably take a DR hit, but not so with the Komodo so I wonder how Red figured that out?
 
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