Philip Bloom had a hands on with the much anticipated Sony FS700. The $7999 camera that will give you 240fps slow motion and sports a 4K sensor. Watch the two videos and give him credit because this review is pretty nice to watch. There is a writeup on his website as well. See our article full specs on the FS700. Pre-order at B&H: via philipbloom.net

We thank our sponsor B&H who has made cinema5D’s news coverage of NAB 2012 possible. Get your gear through B&H to support this platform: www.bhphotovideo.com The Sony FS700 due to be released by mid July has created a lot of buzz and is one of the most anticipated new camera bodies right alongside the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. As reported multiple times it comes with tons of features meant to satisfy the needs of the modern HDSLR and Large Sensor filmmaker not to mention an extremely competitive pricepoint ($8000) and the introduction of affordable slow motion (240fps). Jody Eldred had a chance to play with the Sony NEX-FS700 and likes it (video above). We haven’t been able to work with it, but the specs certainly scream to our filmmaking hearts. Jody seems to be sold on the FS700, are you? Autofocus One thing we tried was the autofocus feature that is enabled when you use the LA/EA2 adapter with Sony Alpha Lenses. It is the first time autofocus is actually usable on a large sensor camera and something we’ve been anticipating for a long time. Sony uses phase detection technology via a beamsplitter within the adapter. DOP David Leitner had a chance to test this feature during and prior to NAB. Check out his extremely well made review on the matter (video below). Pre-order the Sony NEX-FS700:

The Sony NEX-FS700 is currently the most anticipated new camera body that will shoot 240fps slow motion and offer many other convenient features at a priecepoint around $8500. See our full article on the camera specs here. The video above is Peter Prevec‘s full test video. He had a chance to shoot with a pre production model and we’ve seen excerpts from this footage in Sony’s FS700 promo video that was shot by a crew of filmmakers around Den Lennie from F-Stop academy.

Sony introduces the Sony NEX-FS700 with this emotional promo video Check it out, it shows a lot of what the camera can do and the sharpness and quality of the footage is really impressive. We’ll most likely see more footage from this camera soon and we’ll keep you updated. See the full details on the camera in this article. [UPDATE] Order @ B&H for $7999 [UPDATE] Here’s a 480fps slow motion test uploaded by Andy Shipsides. Keep in mind that the camera blows up the footage that is actually recorded at 1920 x 432 pixels. Visit our new Sony NEX-FS700 subforum:

Guest post by: Nino Leitner Sony has just announced their new cinema camera, the Sony NEX-FS700, which is about to fill the gap between the FS100 and the F3 in Sony’s cinema camera line-up in Super 35mm cameras. It has a 11.6 million pixels sensor. Incredible slow motion capabilities There are two features that really make the FS700 stand out: It can record 120 or 240 frames per second in 1080p in 8 or 16 second bursts, respectively. It’s insane and unheard-of in a camera in this price range. So far, the best we could get for a comparable amount of money was the FS700′s little brother, the FS100, which is able to record up to 60 fps in 1080p (in the US version, 50 in the EU version – though that is about to get irrelevant with a firmware update that will make it a world camera).

Now that Canon and Nikon had their fame it’s Sonys turn and maybe the successor to the not quite so successful NEX-FS100 that we saw around this time last year, will finally turn things around for good. [UPDATE]: FULL ARTICLE AND SPECS OF THE FS700 HERE EOSHD wrote: (rumor) At NAB 2012 next month, Sony will shake the digital cinema market to its core. Sony’s answer to the C300 is a 4K Super 35mm update to the FS100. It will be available in June for a provisional $8000. EOSHD‘s source further claims that the camera would have up to 960 fps and that the 4K would probably be recorded to an external device via 3G HD-SDI. It would also sport 3 internal ND’s (clearly visible now on the leaked images). Visit our new Sony NEX-FS700 subforum: More leaked pictures after the jump:

After 3 and a half years we’re seeing an update to the camera that spawned this website. The camera’s announcement day is rumored to be Friday March 2nd 2012. Here are first leaked pictures of the Canon 5D mark III: These were posted in the canonrumors forum:

The VG-20 is said to be announced tomorrow (!). Here’s a leaked image by photorumors. At first it looks almost identical to an image of the older Sony VG-10, its predecessor. At second glance you can see some differences: The way the microphone is lit, the bump and controls at the bottom and the viewfinder. Of course it could always be fake. Let’s see tomorrow. These are the VG-20 specs: 16MP Exmor sensor RAW image capture capabilities Touch screen Improved audio controls 1920×1080 24p, 60i and 60p video capabilities (AVCHD 2.0) The VG-10 had a large, APS-size CMOS Sensor. via sonyalpharumors