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Exciting new additions to the full-frame family Cooke has expanded its line-up of full-frame lenses, with the Panchro/i Classic FF range and two new Varotal/i FF zooms. The Varotal/i FF lenses bring cutting-edge design and materials to its historic line of zoom lenses, and are matched in colour to the Cooke S7/i range. The focal lengths are 30- 95mm and 85-215mm, respectively, and mounts can be chosen as PL or LPL at time of order. Like all modern Cooke lenses, the zooms include /i Technology to record lens data, and are optimised to capture warmth and beautiful skin tones. The lenses are designed for all shooting applications, including handheld and Steadicam, providing a good balance between the latest digital cinema cameras. The Panchro/i Classic FF range offers the famed vintage Speed Panchro look for full-frame sensors, and the focal lengths – 18mm, 21mm, 27mm, 32mm, 35mm, 40mm and 50mm – have been redesigned to fit. At full aperture, these provide excellent control of flare, distortion and spherical aberration – and, like the standard Panchro/i Classic primes, they’re colour balanced, colour matched and compatible with all Cooke lenses. All products are available for pre-order now.
VENICE LEVELS UP Sony has introduced the Venice 2 to its arsenal of high-end digital cameras. The new flagship model builds upon the strength of the original Venice with new features, including a compact design, internal recording and the option for two different sensors: the newly developed full-frame 8.6K sensor, or the original 6K Venice sensor. The 8.6K sensor boasts excellent image quality, with 16 stops of latitude, featuring a dual-base ISO of 800/3200, allowing filmmakers to capture clean, filmic images in a wide range of lighting conditions. It supports everything from full-frame, full-frame anamorphic, to Super 35 at a minimum of 4K, and inherits its colour science from the original Venice, which is widely esteemed for natural skin tones. Working with industry professionals, Sony kept the body I/O and mounting thread options (including PL mount and Sony’s native E-mount) similar to the modular design of the original Venice, but with a slightly smaller and 10% lighter form factor. However, the biggest improvement is that the external AXS-R7 recorder is no longer required to record footage. Instead, you can record internally to new high-speed 6.6Gbps AXS-A1TS66
cards that enable you to record X-OCN and 4K ProRes formats right in the camera, saving on payload. Other updates are based on feedback from current Venice users. These include the ability to apply 4K LUTs on output, 8K output over SDI (with the 8.6K sensor), an internal scratch microphone, relocated LAN connector from the operator side to the assistant side, flexible anamorphic and full-frame licence upgrades, improved 3D LUTs, Ethernet and wireless of LUT/ASC- CDL control and a 2pin 12V Lemo output. DOP Robert McLachlan, who received Emmy nominations for his work on Game of Thrones , tested the Venice 2 and offered his reaction: “I wish we’d had a large format, 8.6K sensor like the Venice 2 on GoT . It would have made it feel even more epic, thanks to the increased resolution, richness and dimensionality. The increased speed, cleaner highlights and shadows – with the potential for super-shallow depth- of-field – would’ve been a huge asset.” The Venice 2 with 8.6K image sensor will start shipping in February 2022, and Venice 2 with pre-installed 6K image sensor in March 2022. The Venice 2 6K can be used with the existing Venice Extension System, with a next-generation Extension System for Venice 2 8K planned for release by 2023.
07. DECEMBER 2021
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