Photorumors received some docs relating to a new Sony FX8 coming soon.
- The FX8 will be smaller than the.
- The rumored Sony FX8 cinema camera features a 12K sensor with a horizontal pixel count of 12,032.
- The Sony FX8 will support dual native ISO and enhanced sensitivity similar to the .
- 16 stops of dynamic range at three ISO settings: 500, 2000, and 8000.
- The Sony FX8 will support high-quality full-frame/S35 format 8K30p and 4K60p recording (17:9, 16:9), and supports 1.04x cropped 16:9 4K120p recording.
- Although the FX8’s sensor is marketed as an 81-megapixel effective sensor based on a 16:9 crop factor—in line with Cinema Line conventions—it is clearly a full-frame sensor with a total of 96 million pixels.
- Similar to the relationship between the and . Sony appears to be planning to debut its new image sensor in the CineLine first. This implies that after the FX8’s release, the may launch new Alpha cameras featuring a full 3:2 aspect ratio 96-megapixel sensor.
- Unfortunately, Sony has no plans to support Open Gate for cameras, including the FX8 and BURANO.
via Photorumors