I've been keeping my eye on Sony for a few years now, and it seems they have been pretty generous with feature addons through firmware. I recall both FS100 and FS700 getting some pretty significant upgrades through firmware. I wonder if they will treat the A7s to something similar. I'm thinking of you 10 bit output. Wonder if that's even technically possible with this little cam?
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Samuel H
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Only Sony knows if it is technically possible: it depends on the capabilities of the processor.
My bet would be that it's not possible: AFAIK, the FS100 only has 8-bit hdmi output, and that probably is because it uses a standard BIONZ processor (the same one that is inside my NEX-5N) which can't do any better. The FS700 uses a different processor (I haven't been able to find its name, but it seems it's not the BIONZ). The a7s uses the newer BIONZ-X processor, which is also found in the a7, a7r, a6000, a77-II, RX100-III, etc. Given that it is actually costly, I really doubt they would put 10-bit capability in a chip that's not going to use that feature 99.9% of the time.
My bet would be that it's not possible: AFAIK, the FS100 only has 8-bit hdmi output, and that probably is because it uses a standard BIONZ processor (the same one that is inside my NEX-5N) which can't do any better. The FS700 uses a different processor (I haven't been able to find its name, but it seems it's not the BIONZ). The a7s uses the newer BIONZ-X processor, which is also found in the a7, a7r, a6000, a77-II, RX100-III, etc. Given that it is actually costly, I really doubt they would put 10-bit capability in a chip that's not going to use that feature 99.9% of the time.