.At the recent IBC 2024 exhibition in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Concept's significant statement was actually the new external monitor for its own PYXIS cinema electronic camera. Nonetheless, some site visitors to the show were shocked to also find a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was actually Blackmagic silently uncovering that it is actually teaming up with Sony to take BRAW capturing to some Movie house Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW needs for Blackmagic RAW. It's a proprietary video report style created by Blackmagic Design. At a specialized degree, some individuals have actually disputed whether BRAW is a correct RAW format. This is due to the fact that the video is mostly demosaiced in-camera just before documenting. However, you may change ISO, white equilibrium and also more in post-production, equally with a RAW report. The BRAW files are actually likewise taped as 12-bit log layout which implies they deliver a wider dynamic selection. Additionally, BRAW reports are actually smaller than a few other RAW formats, so they utilize a lot less area on your rides and also are simpler to repeat in post-production. What has actually been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Layout demonstrated a Sony Cinema Line FX9 cam connected to a Blackmagic Video Recording Assist. In a meeting along with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Supervisor, Craig Heffernan, described what the provider is dealing with. Heffernan mentioned, "Our experts possessed a little specialized demonstration where we possessed a Video clip Help product attached to a Sony FX9 and offering individuals to the work our company're carrying out. In order that is actually delivering Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 and also the FX9 video cameras and after that uncovering that innovation for that cam platform." Video recording AssistBlackmagic's Video clip Help is actually a mobile display as well as recorder solution, comparable to the Atomos Ninja array. The Video recording Assist possesses either a five-inch or even seven-inch display. You may additionally pick in between 3G styles that sustain online video around 1080p60 as well as the 12G HDR models that tape video recording approximately 2160p60. To videotape in BRAW you will certainly need to use some of the 12G Online Video Assists. They support taping in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW styles to internal SDXC cards or even an outside USB SSD tough drive.How it worksHeffernan explained that the Sony electronic cameras output the 4K RAW sign straight to the Video clip Help over SDI. He said, "Blackmagic RAW is created to profile to the sensing unit, so a few of the work we need to do is actually within our components encoder that rests inside the Video Support. So our company understand the nature of the Sony sensing unit and then our experts pack that into the Blackmagic RAW deal. Any person that's utilized Blackmagic RAW knows you acquire a sidecar of metadata which informs Solve the video camera head characteristics." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually in the beginning paying attention to establishing BRAW for the FX6 and also FX9, that's merely the beginning. Heffernan claimed, "My understanding is we're working to sustain FX6 and FX9 first, our company'll after that check out at FX3 in order that our team can easily cover the complete stable of those professional cine models. There is actually no development currently for the Alpha channel and the mirrorless hybrid systems. From Sony's standpoint that is actually a various department, that's a different engineering team. Hopefully, if this is actually prominent, as well as we view a ton of uptake with Sony customers really wanting access to Blackmagic RAW, that is actually a discussion our team could possibly possess." What our team thinkBRAW recording is currently sustained by video cameras coming from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma as well as Z Cam. The BRAW layout is wonderful for maintaining the complete dynamic range of your camera and also provides you much more adaptability in post-production. So it is actually an appreciated development to observe the technology sustaining Sony video cameras as well. On top of that, Blackmagic has produced the BRAW documents layout open, cross-platform as well as cost-free. The codec is assisted through the free SDK on Macintosh Operating System, Windows and Linux systems without any surprise licenses or even continuous fees. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 and FX9 is sure to be an incredibly popular addition. Managers of the FX3 and also Alpha cams will definitely really hope that they get access to BRAW quickly too.Pricing and availabilityBlackmagic Concept simply presented the BRAW recording with the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 as a specialized trial at IBC 2024. Having said that, Heffernan pointed out that the firm really hoped that the modern technology would be launched as a free upgrade for the Video clip Aid in Q4 of this year.