Sony’s newest full-frame CineAlta camera, BURANO, came to market earlier this year to great fanfare and robust sales. The combination of an 8.6K sensor, similar to the one found in Sony’s flagship VENICE 2 CineAlta camera, combined with a smaller, lighter body and a compelling complement of codecs, has proven popular with a broad swathe of customers.

Recently, we teamed up with Nick Matthews, Los Angeles-based Cinematographer for Saw X, to test the Sony VENICE 2. In this video, he discusses his techniques and impressions of the camera.

In this blog, I sit down with Simon Marsh, VENICE Product Manager at Sony, and Tim Nagasawa, DIT, for a comprehensive first-look at the recently-announced Sony VENICE 2 digital cinema camera.

Sony has announced a new version of their flagship full frame VENICE camera, VENICE 2. VENICE 2 shares much in common with the existing VENICE body, while bringing a host of new features and advantages, including an 8.6K sensor version (a 6K sensor version, as on the original VENICE is also available; both are full frame), true internal RAW and ProRes recording to AXS media, 16 stops of dynamic range, and new dual native ISOs of 800 and 3200.