Sony Announcement, 26th July.

[John Richard]

Something to steal Balckmagic's Cinema Cam "end of July release" thunder?

[Buba Kastorski]

whatever it is, please no AVCHD

[Michael Bradshaw]

I was just about to order a fs700, might be wise to wait a while then?

[Mark OConnell]

Ex5 please!!!!!!!!!

[Brent Kaplan]

EX5 with slow-mo and larger chips and 4:2:2 and a detachable shoulder mount

[Alister Chapman]

Originally Posted by Gabor Heeres

And @AlisterChapman, Sony does no even numbers? What about PMW-100, PMW320, PMW-350 ?

But they don't do 2, 4, 6 or 8.

It won't be firmware to do 50Mb/s in an EX1 and I doubt you'll get 2/3" sensors in anything smaller than full shoulder mount, too bulky and power hungry.

[Galen Rath]

To Raul, this is about XDCAM, not NEX.

[Gints Klimanis]

Originally Posted by Brent Kaplan

EX5 with slow-mo and larger chips and 4:2:2 and a detachable shoulder mount

EX5 with same 1/2" or newer/better 1/3" chips that are lower noise. 1080p60 or 720p120 recorded at 100 Mbps MPEG2 LongGOP or 300-600 Mbps MPEG2 I-Frame only. SSD drive with 15 seconds of pre-buffering. Also, lens focus controls (including push-auto) that break out to an off-camera controller as well as more metering and focus aids on the LCD. Higher rez viewfinder and LCD .

[Brent Kaplan]

or ex5 with no rolling shutter issue

[Mark OConnell]

Don't forget to add a longer kit lens, at least 18x, and to make it interchangeable. Oh yeah....

[Doug Jensen]

Originally Posted by Alister Chapman

Won't be an F4, maybe an F5. Sony don't do even numbers, unlucky I believe.

Originally Posted by Alister Chapman

But they don't do 2, 4, 6 or 8.

How do you explain the PDW-F800 and PDW-680?

[Doug Jensen]

Originally Posted by Buba Kastorski

whatever it is, please no AVCHD

Well, since it's an announcement from Sony's XDCAM folks, it certainly will not be AVCHD.
It'd be great to say more right now, but like Alister, I'm under NDA as well.

[Greg Boston]

New camera with quad layer disc technology to increase XDCAM bit rate to 100 mb 4:2:2.

-gb-

[Brian Drysdale]

Originally Posted by Doug Jensen

How do you explain the PDW-F800 and PDW-680?

Maybe it's just the single digit, they've also had BVW 400 and the F65.

[Peik Henrichson]

Originally Posted by Alister Chapman

Won't be an F4, maybe an F5. Sony don't do even numbers, unlucky I believe.

About the even numbers: There was a time, not too long ago, when Sony could have camcorders like the VX2000.