.At the recent IBC 2024 trade convention in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Style's major announcement was the brand new outside screen for its PYXIS movie theater video camera. However, some guests to the series were actually shocked to likewise find a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic position. This was Blackmagic silently showing that it is actually collaborating with Sony to bring BRAW recording to some Movie theater Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW needs for Blackmagic RAW. It is actually a proprietary video clip file format built through Blackmagic Concept. At a specialized degree, some folks have actually disputed whether BRAW is actually a real RAW format. This is considering that the video recording is partly demosaiced in-camera just before documenting. However, you can adjust ISO, white colored equilibrium and additional in post-production, just like along with a RAW data. The BRAW data are actually also videotaped as 12-bit record format which indicates they supply a larger vibrant selection. Additionally, BRAW reports are actually much smaller than a few other RAW layouts, so they make use of less area on your drives as well as are less complicated to play back in post-production. What has actually been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Design demonstrated a Sony Cinema Pipes FX9 cam attached to a Blackmagic Video Clip Support. In an interview along with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Director, Craig Heffernan, detailed what the business is dealing with. Heffernan mentioned, "Our team had a small technological demo where we possessed a Video clip Assist item affixed to a Sony FX9 and also offering individuals to the job our company're performing. In order that is providing Blackmagic RAW recording for the FX6 and the FX9 cams and after that uncovering that innovation for that cam system." Video clip AssistBlackmagic's Video clip Aid is actually a portable monitor and recorder service, similar to the Atomos Ninja array. The Online video Support possesses either a five-inch or seven-inch display. You may additionally decide on in between 3G styles that support video clip approximately 1080p60 as well as the 12G HDR versions that tape-record online video approximately 2160p60. To tape in BRAW you are going to need to use some of the 12G Video Recording Assists. They sustain recording in ProRes, DNxHR or even BRAW layouts to interior SDXC memory cards or an outside USB SSD challenging drive.How it worksHeffernan detailed that the Sony cams outcome the 4K RAW sign straight to the Video recording Help over SDI. He stated, "Blackmagic RAW is actually constructed to profile to the sensor, so some of the job our experts have to do is actually within our hardware encoder that rests inside the Video recording Support. So we comprehend the attribute of the Sony sensor and afterwards our company pack that in to the Blackmagic RAW deal. Any individual that's utilized Blackmagic RAW knows you acquire a sidecar of metadata which informs Address the camera leader attributes." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually at first focusing on establishing BRAW for the FX6 and FX9, that's just the beginning. Heffernan stated, "My understanding is our team are actually working to sustain FX6 as well as FX9 to begin with, our team'll at that point have a look at FX3 to make sure that our company can easily cover the full series of those expert cine styles. There's no growth presently for the Alpha network and also the mirrorless hybrid bodies. Coming from Sony's perspective that's a various branch, that's a various engineering group. Hopefully, if this is well-known, and our experts find a lot of uptake along with Sony individuals wanting access to Blackmagic RAW, that is actually a talk we could possibly have." What we thinkBRAW recording is actually currently sustained through video cameras from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma as well as Z Webcam. The BRAW style is terrific for maintaining the total powerful variety of your electronic camera and also offers you far more versatility in post-production. So it is actually a welcome development to view the modern technology sustaining Sony electronic cameras also. On top of that, Blackmagic has helped make the BRAW data style available, cross-platform and also free of cost. The codec is actually supported through the totally free SDK on Mac Operating System, Windows and also Linux systems without any surprise licenses or ongoing costs. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 and also FX9 is sure to be a well-known addition. Managers of the FX3 and also Alpha cams will definitely hope that they receive accessibility to BRAW very soon too.Pricing and also availabilityBlackmagic Design only revealed the BRAW recording with the Sony FX6 and FX9 as a technical demo at IBC 2024. However, Heffernan said that the firm wished that the technology will be launched as a free update for the Online video Support in Q4 of the year.