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NAB 2013 – In-depth review of the new CineAlta Sony F55
Sony announced a few months ago its new line of 4k cameras: the F5 & the F55 along to the new AXVC codec for editing the footage in post. Apple updated a few days ago Final Cut Pro X with support for this new codecs and the workflow is finally here to create 4k movies and feed all this new Ultra HD televisions sets on the market with the use of H.265 compression.
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The H.265 video format got approved by ITU, making 4K for all a close reality.
Only months after the MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group) proposed it, ITU (International Telecommunication Union) approved the new H.265 video format.
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Sony to release XAVC, the missing link to UltraHD TV, licensees include Apple, Adobe and more
For some time, I was wondering how we are supposed to feed the new Ultra HD televisions that will be presented at the next CES, in january 2013. For those who don’t know yet, Ultra HD is the commercial name of what professionals call 4k which has a 3,840 x 2,160 resolution.
Sony might just announced the missing link: a new codec named XAVC. This codec, found in the new F5 & F55 CineAlta camcorders, is an open-standard based on Level 5.2 H.264 video compression with allow up to 12-bit color depth (4:4:4), 60 fps speed at 4k (!) and up to 180 fps in HD.
Sony will released this month an SDK to developers for supporting this new codec in their applications and fourteens companies are already on-board including Adobe, Apple, ASSIMILATE, FilmLight & Quantel… Sony hopes to bring this codec to consumers too.
Until I can get a hand-on this models, I’ll try to upgrade my Blu-ray to this new XAVC… until H.265 HEVC comes too…
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