The new Sony VENICE 2 with the 8.6K sensor was in the CineD headquarters for a quick visit – so we jumped on the chance to run it through our lab test procedures. Curious how it fared? Then keep on reading! It always feels special to me when a “real” cinema camera arrives for me to run it through a lab test – there is always the hope that a new benchmark is set for our lab test results, as the last time this happened was with the ARRI ALEXA Mini LF and Classic (in case you missed it, you can read about it here). So I was super curious what Sony have up their sleeves with the new VENICE 2 cinema camera. The new Sony VENICE 2. Image credit: Sony Before we start, a big “thank you” goes to my dear CineD colleague Florian Milz who helped me with shooting this lab test! Sony VENICE 2 – Rolling Shutter Well, first big positive surprise: in full-frame 8.2K mode our standard procedure to test the rolling shutter reaches its limits because the rolling shutter is so low: we use a 300Hz strobe light which generates patterns of pairs of black and white lines. Each pair represents 3.3ms. With the Sony VENICE 2, the readout speed of the sensor is so fast that we were not able to confidently identify one full pair. Hence, for the first time, we are giving you an approximate result: the readout speed is about or...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 7 June, 2022