The internal processing power just wasn’t up to the task of dealing with the increased resolutions and frame rates, and therefore, it needed to be re-engineered to do so. Also, because Sony moved away from having to use an external recorder, the onboard recording capabilities wouldn’t have been possible with the current VENICE. What you can’t do is put the VENICE 2 8K sensor in the original VENICE.Īs I already mentioned, placing the new 8.6K sensor in the original VENICE wasn’t really possible given the hardware constraints in the existing VENICE. You can also put the VENICE 2 8K sensor in the VENICE 2 6K. You can put the original 6K sensor (or the VENICE 2 6K sensor as they are identical) in the VENICE 2 8K. The original 6K sensor will allow higher frame rates. Here is what you clearly need to know though. The camera can be used with the 8.6K sensor as well as the original 6K sensor block. The camera body automatically recognizes the change and will start-up without any firmware exchanges or re-installs. Now with the new VENICE 2, the sensor block swap is possible, but there are some caveats. There was a plan for a monochrome sensor, but that never came to fruition. When I asked Sony about this they told me that originally when the VENICE was being developed the plan was that the sensor block could be swapped over, however, they managed to get higher frame rates and additional capabilities to work with the original sensor and therefore that somewhat negated the whole concept. Sony hasn’t been able to deliver on its original promise that the VENICE would have the capability to have its sensor block swapped over. That is the exact scenario Sony has found itself in. However, the reality is that technology moves so quickly, that the hardware inside a camera and its recording capabilities won’t be compatible with newly designed sensors and new features. Nobody wants to buy a top-tier camera only for it to be superseded within a few years. In theory, being able to change over a sensor block makes a lot of sense, particularly in a high-end camera where someone is paying a lot of money. Remember RED’s whole sales pitch many years ago about being able to buy one camera body where you could upgrade the sensor as the years went on? I think the reality of actually being able to do this probably isn’t feasible, nor does it make a company as much money as selling someone a whole new camera. This is a concept that has been mentioned for a long time.
So, as sensor technology advanced in the far future, you would have the opportunity to upgrade without investing in a new camera. When Sony originally launched the VENICE they made a point to mention that it had been designed to be fully modular and even the sensor block was interchangeable.
Above you can see a BTS video from “Homecoming” that was shot by Rob McLachlan ACS, CSC.
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