Sony F35 - 35mm CCD, 10-bit, 4:4:4 and PL Mount

Well it might be a quarter of a million for it - but you need at least half a mil to make it operable. The good part is you don't need the Digiprimes and digizooms for the F35. The 23 is a beast. Quite honestly - I love it. You can get a good cinematic look with it and the digiprimes. But the F23 will still be great for low light and long shots and the F35 will be the forerunner in digital cinema.
 
Grug said:
Yep, that was it. They didn't give you a DVD with finished footage? That's a bit rough.
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The whole shoot was rough...and I got a call from my usual crew to jump over to a big feature. I took that as my cue to exit stage left.

I was there for everything in the snow, night, and barn. I wasnt there for the ultimate arm horse riding shots, or the horse races.

If I really wanted to see the footage I'm sure I could contact the company and go over there, but I saw what I needed to ;)
 
Barry_Green said:
The Genesis is the Panavised version of the F23, as I understand (23 = 2/3" chip). The F35 is a model above that (35 = 35mm sized chip).
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Genesis is a 35mm F35 chip, at least the new ones are.

The body is not big at all. With the SSR-1 attached its about 18" from mount to back, when the SSR-1 is attached on the back instead of the top. With the tape transport on its a lot heavier, but not at all bad.
 
There's a big mistery with this camera that I really need to figure out. It concerned quick pans. I started a thread in the HPX300 and made a fool of myself due to some disinformation I got from a credible source, but I know what I saw, and even though this F35 is CCD, the image skewed when quick panned. I'll have to find a way to try this again, and record some video of it.
 
Displays can produce skew, delays, tearing etc depending on implementation. Do we have any actual footage that shows the skew?

The sensor is not a typical interline of frame interline transfer CCD, so we can't be sure it has a storage/transfer area/shift register like the others. It's a new design and I haven't seen much information on the way it operates.

The F35 is one of the two cameras I'm aware of that have two key features. 1) True film gamma which gives a camera tremendous perceived dynamic range 2) Natural shadow saturation which gives real colors in shadows instead of grayish tones. Even if it has a little smear, it rocks.
 
The Genesis was designed by Panavision to be used by panavision accessories but the electronics were contracted out to Sony. Sony Signed a non-compete agreement not to produce 35mm imager cameras in the same built but introduced F23 as it was not a breach. Now that the contract is up Sony unveiled the F35 with better electronics. Panavision is (rumored) working on a new camera.
 
Kwan said:
Only five years.... Now you can have this for US$9,000 (lol)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-F35-Ci...rofessional_Video_Cameras&hash=item460bbd05e5
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Honestly, this says absolutely nothing really. It is still a high end camera and in many ways with less compromises than most of the current Sony cameras, including the F5. The only thing that can compete is a F65 and still to see F55.

The thing you need to understand is that the huge majority of these cameras were bought by rental houses, who by now have made their money back over and over. With people wanting smaller and cheaper it probably makes no sense for them to keep them since people will now want a F5 (if they want to go cheap) a F55 (if they want to go medium) or F65 if they want to go ultra high-end Sony. The F65 basically replaced the F35. Anybody wanting to go with a high end full sized camera will go with the F65. Same size and 4K. Anybody who wants to go cheaper and smaller wouldn't go with the F35. So for the rental houses it only make sense to sell them. But because they are not a prosumer tool and most people in the market for a high-end camera would go with a new camera, the price is driven down. Since rental houses already made their money, that's fine for them. But they still a VERY high end camera, still make the same image as they did before and that the Genesis does. There are still several primetime shows and features being shot on it everyday and this will be the case for a while. This is a camera that shot huge blockbusters such as Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Tron:Legacy, not to mention Lucas' Red Tails and many others. Can't really say the same for the F3, FS700, C300, C500 etc, which sell for "more" (not really since you don't get batteries, charger, power supply, recorder or LCD/viewfinder with the F35 for this price), just because of market perception.
 
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The F35 is a great camera. If I would get one, how do I record its signal if I don't buy a HDCam recorder? Is there a way to record to a SDI/HDMI recorder like the Nano?
 
RieniO said:
The F35 is a great camera. If I would get one, how do I record its signal if I don't buy a HDCam recorder? Is there a way to record to a SDI/HDMI recorder like the Nano?
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If I were you I would go for the SR-R1 SRMemory recorder as it takes solid state media and will clip on the camera just as an SRW-1 tape deck would.
 
RieniO said:
The F35 is a great camera. If I would get one, how do I record its signal if I don't buy a HDCam recorder? Is there a way to record to a SDI/HDMI recorder like the Nano?
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Yes, the camera has a breakout box (called the interface box) which mounts in place of the SR deck. It has dual-link HD-SDI output (only need dual-link for 4:4:4). There's another thread on here with several different setups, but you can attach anything from a blackmagic hyperdeck (lightweight setup, 4:2:2) to a Cinedeck (heavier, 4:4:4).
 
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