Visual Impact Blog

Ever since they were announced more than three years ago, the PMW F5 and F55 CineAlta cameras have gone from strength to strength. Sony have been adding new features and functionality throughout the years via firmware updates and earlier today Sony shared the details of their latest update. The new firmware version 7.0 will be released in January 2016 and add on BT.Rec 2020 support for F5/F55 and simultaneous MPEG2 HD 422 recording in HD while recording 4K XAVC in SxS Pro+ cards internally.

Canon Inc. announced today that it is developing a Cinema EOS System 8K camera and professional-use 8K reference display that will support the production of next-generation 8K video content, in addition to a massive 120 MP DSLR!

recently Bloomberg reported that the company is working on some pretty specialised image sensors capable of the staggering 1000 frames per second, yes that is 1000 picture per second, which are destined to find a home in the automotive and security industries.

Canon expands their line-up of high-end field broadcast lenses by introducing two new 2/3” 4k field lenses earlier today – the UHD DIGISUPER 86 (UJ86x9.3B) and UHD DIGISUPER 90 (UJ90x9B).

Litepanels just announced the Brick - a new Bi-Colour LED light and the perfect on-camera solution for on-the-go ENG camera operators, especially for those in wet conditions.