Firmware

Welcome to the latest issue of our weekly roundup of news from the TV and film industry. This week we are featuring a series of new firmware updates from ARRI for their ECS, the new ColorChecker Passport 2 colour target from X-rite plus RED's new R3D SDK for NVIDIA ...

Sigma lenses appear to be going from strength to strength. Apart from the hardware Sigma also does a good job with their after sales support highlighted by the latest issue of firmware releases details of which are listed below with a link to the update page on Sigma's website.

What a difference a year makes… at the BSC Expo in 2018 Sony were despondent as ARRI launched their 4K Alexa LF camera to counter the Sony VENICE. Along with 16 large-format Arri Signature Prime lenses it appeared to be the camera the industry was waiting for…or was it?

Sony released the much awaited Firmware Update 2.0 for the PXW-Z280 & Z190 handheld camcorders unlocking their full streaming capabilities. New features include support for Dual Link QoS streaming using two USB modems simultaneously as well as HEVC Quality of Service streaming.

This week we are featuring the much awaited Firmware Update 2.0 for the Sony PXW-Z280 and Z190 handheld camcorders, the new TITAN VR Cinema Camera from Insta360 and a huge announcement from Atomos that their Ninja V external recorder will support ProRes RAW output.