.At the current IBC 2024 exhibition in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Style's big news was the brand-new external screen for its own PYXIS cinema video camera. Nonetheless, some guests to the show were actually stunned to additionally see a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic position. This was actually Blackmagic silently exposing that it is collaborating with Sony to carry BRAW tape-recording to some Movie theater Line cameras.What is BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It is actually an exclusive online video report style built through Blackmagic Style. At a technological degree, some folks have discussed whether BRAW is a correct RAW format. This is actually because the online video is actually to some extent demosaiced in-camera prior to tape-recording. Having said that, you may change ISO, white colored harmony and more in post-production, equally along with a RAW documents. The BRAW documents are additionally tape-recorded as 12-bit record layout which suggests they provide a greater compelling variety. In addition, BRAW files are much smaller than a few other RAW formats, so they use a lot less space on your drives as well as are actually much easier to repeat in post-production. What has actually been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Design illustrated a Sony Cinema Line FX9 cam attached to a Blackmagic Video Clip Help. In a job interview with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Director, Craig Heffernan, revealed what the company is actually dealing with. Heffernan mentioned, "Our experts had a small technological demo where our experts possessed a Video recording Assist product affixed to a Sony FX9 and also introducing individuals to the job our company are actually doing. To make sure that is actually offering Blackmagic RAW recording for the FX6 as well as the FX9 video cameras and afterwards uncovering that innovation for that camera platform." Video AssistBlackmagic's Video recording Aid is a mobile screen and also recorder service, similar to the Atomos Ninja variation. The Video Assist possesses either a five-inch or seven-inch display screen. You can likewise choose in between 3G styles that support online video approximately 1080p60 and also the 12G HDR designs that document video clip approximately 2160p60. To videotape in BRAW you will need to have to make use of one of the 12G Online Video Assists. They sustain videotaping in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW styles to internal SDXC memory cards or even an external USB SSD challenging drive.How it worksHeffernan described that the Sony cameras output the 4K RAW signal directly to the Video clip Support over SDI. He said, "Blackmagic RAW is constructed to profile to the sensor, so some of the job our experts need to carry out is within our hardware encoder that rests inside the Video clip Support. So our team understand the attributes of the Sony sensing unit and after that our company pack that in to the Blackmagic RAW deal. Any person that's utilized Blackmagic RAW recognizes you receive a sidecar of metadata which informs Settle the video camera head characteristics." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually in the beginning concentrating on building BRAW for the FX6 and also FX9, that is actually simply the start. Heffernan claimed, "My understanding is our team're working to sustain FX6 and also FX9 to begin with, our company'll at that point have a look at FX3 to ensure that our company can deal with the full range of those professional cine styles. There's no progression currently for the Alpha stations and also the mirrorless crossbreed systems. Coming from Sony's viewpoint that is actually a various branch, that's a various design team. Perhaps, if this is popular, and our team view a bunch of uptake along with Sony individuals yearning for accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that is actually a chat our team might possess." What our team thinkBRAW audio is actually already assisted by cameras from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and also Z Webcam. The BRAW layout is actually wonderful for maintaining the total compelling series of your electronic camera and also provides you so much more adaptability in post-production. So it's an invited development to see the technology sustaining Sony video cameras also. On top of that, Blackmagic has actually made the BRAW data format open, cross-platform and also complimentary. The codec is actually supported using the complimentary SDK on Mac Operating System, Windows as well as Linux devices without any surprise licenses or even recurring charges. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 ensures to be a popular addition. Managers of the FX3 as well as Alpha cameras will certainly wish that they get access to BRAW very soon too.Pricing as well as availabilityBlackmagic Design only showed the BRAW audio along with the Sony FX6 and also FX9 as a technical demonstration at IBC 2024. However, Heffernan stated that the company wished that the technology would be launched as a complimentary upgrade for the Video Help in Q4 of this year.