Welcome to the latest issue of our weekly roundup of news from the TV and film industry.

This week we are featuring Sony's new firmware updates - the FX9 v2.0 and the VENICE v6.0 that will expand the cameras' functionality and useability, RAW recording support for the Sony PXW-FX9 from Atomos, plus new additions to the Cooke Optics S7/i full frame lens family.

Sony FX9 v2.0

This past week Sony had some major announcements regarding upcoming firmware upgrades to their Sony FX9 and VENICE cameras. Firmware update version 2.0 for the Sony FX9 will be available in October and it will include some highly anticipated new features such as 4K DCI full-frame capture and 180fps slow motion recording in Full HD. Other notable additions include 16bit raw output with the XDCA extension unit, Eye AF, 6G-SDI, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) and custom 3D LUT support.

In addition, Atomos also announced they will support 12bit ProRes RAW recording to the Atomos Shogun 7 with firmware 2.0 for the FX9. The ProRes RAW output will be possible with the FX9 XDCA extension unit, which is a separate purchase.

Sony VENICE v6.0

In November, Sony will also release VENICE firmware v6.0 update, which will add more high frame rates in 4K and 5.7K up to 72fps, and improved on-set monitoring with Advanced Rendering Transform. Sony is also collaborating with legendary colour specialists Technicolor for a new VENICE “Look Library”. This will be a new online resource for VENICE users filled with some of Technicolor's most popular looks, now adapted to the VENICE colour science.

Cooke new Macro Prime Lenses

Cooke Optics is expanding their S7/i full frame lens family with the addition of three Macro primes. The new additions to the range include a 60mm, 90mm, and 150mm 1:1 Macro. With the incredible ability to focus extremely close to a subject while filling the frame, the new Full-Frame Macro lenses are a result of numerous requests by cinematographers using large format cinema cameras. Explore the full S7i lens range via the link below.

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