Robert Sanders Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I've heard that the current F900 has been discontinued by Sony. Has anyone heard of what it's replacement may be? It would seem to me that Sony would still need a 4:2:2 HDCAM camera with internal recording in its pro lineup. Has anyone heard anything through the grapevine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 10, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted January 10, 2006 I've heard that the current F900 has been discontinued by Sony. Has anyone heard of what it's replacement may be? It would seem to me that Sony would still need a 4:2:2 HDCAM camera with internal recording in its pro lineup. Has anyone heard anything through the grapevine? There will be a lead-free (to comply with EU laws) replacement announced at NAB. It will probably only have a few improvements, like a built-in HD-SDI out and perhaps a built-in downconverter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Gross Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 They announced it already, at the BandPro Christmas Party. I think info is on BandPro's website. If not, check some recent threads over at cinematography.net or check my post about it at steadicamforum.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Sanders Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 Is there a new model number? F910 or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Sanders Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 Never mind. Found the new name. F900R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph T McDonnell III Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 >There will be a lead-free (to comply with EU laws) replacement announced at NAB. It will probably only have a few improvements, like a built-in HD-SDI out and perhaps a built-in downconverter. Another huge improvement will be menus displayed on the HD-SDI output. Right now menus are only displayed on the analog YUV output. Of course if you are not careful the HD-SDI feed could be recorded with menus up. Not a good thing. The really big update is the leadfree solder in the new unit. I also hear from my sources a HDCAM-SR camcorder will possibly be shown at NAB. Glad to see so many CML posters here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Keith Mottram Posted February 11, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted February 11, 2006 I've heard that it is also going to be smaller, lighter and similar in caseing and layout to the 750. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Capota Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 i just finished a 5 days test with the f900r. the second hdsdi output comes only with a new board. it got 93 pages of menu, some more than the 750 and the menu structure reminds me of the 750. most important features: (de)saturation, hypergamma and user gamma. it seems to be less noisy so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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