Sony will be returning for the 6th time as the main official industrial sponsor to EnergaCamerimage 2024, showcasing its latest technological developments for the cinematography industry, and connecting with cinematographers and professionals.
Sony will showcase at EnergaCAMERIMAGE the latest updates to its Cinema Line cameras including:
VENICE 2 Version 4.0
This 2-year-old camera has established itself as one of the first choices for DoPs around the world. The Version 4.0 firmware update, available from August 2025, will add:
- Support of the EL Zone System™, created by Ed Lachman, ASC who is receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award this year at EnergaCamerimage. Displaying exposure values by using stops instead of IRE values like standard false color tool will simplify exposure reading by operators. EL Zone System™ comes in addition to the existing tools in VENICE 2.
- Display Frame lines in different colours, based on users’ feedback, simplifying the shooting of images for different purposes or formats.
Sony is pleased to continue to upgrade and evolve the camera over the coming years, improving its shelf life for its users & owners: Version 5.0 will be made available in 2026 and Version 6.0 in 2027.
FX6 Version 6.0
The next upgrade to the FX6 will come in February 2026 and key new features will include:
- The FX6 will see a new “BIG6” simple UI that allows filmmakers to check and adjust key items, as per CineAlta cameras like VENICE or BURANO, to ensure consistency of operation from one camera to another.
- Addition of a black frame in the out monitor to highlight the On-Screen Display (OSD) information more clearly.
FX6/FX9 now supports SDI RAW Output for Blackmagic RAW recording with Blackmagic Design’s Video Assist recorder.
FX3 Version 7.0 and FX30 Version 6.0
These two cameras will also see their features evolve from September 2025, based on users’ feedback and with the intent of aligning UX and operational use for users across the whole Cinema Line range. The new firmware versions for both cameras will see:
- A new “BIG6” simple UI that allows filmmakers to check and adjust key items will be added, just like the FX6.
- The addition of anamorphic de-squeeze 1.5x following the raise of anamorphic lens usage by cinematographers: this new ratio brings new flexibility in terms of lens selection.
- The capability of HDMI RAW Output for Blackmagic RAW recording with Blackmagic Design’s Video Assist recorders.
Additionally, Version 2.0 of BURANO, whose roadmap was already announced for March 2025 release, will be showcased at this show for the first time. Version 2.0 includes amongst other features, new recording formats, new 1.8x de-squeeze, and monitoring improvements.
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A selection of films shot on Sony for EnergaCamerimage 2024:
Main Competition
The Fire Inside – Cinematographer: Rina Yang
Emilia Perez – Cinematographer: Paul Guilhaume
Vermiglio, the Mountain Bride – Cinematographer: Mikhail Krichman
Polish Film Competition
White Courage (Biala Odwaga) – Cinematographer: Marcin Koszalka
Blackbird (Kos)– Cinematographer: Piotr Sobocinski Jr.
Kulej. Dwie strony medalu– Cinematographer: Marian Prokop
TV Series Pilot Competition
Shogun – Cinematographer: Christopher Ross
Sugar – Cinematographer: Cesar Charlone
