.At the current IBC 2024 exhibition in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Design's large statement was the brand new exterior monitor for its own PYXIS movie theater camera. However, some website visitors to the show were actually shocked to additionally see a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was actually Blackmagic quietly uncovering that it is working with Sony to take BRAW taping to some Movie house Line cameras.What is BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It's an exclusive video clip file layout built by Blackmagic Design. At a specialized level, some people have disputed whether BRAW is actually a real RAW style. This is actually because the video is actually mostly demosaiced in-camera before videotaping. Nevertheless, you can easily adjust ISO, white equilibrium and more in post-production, equally along with a RAW data. The BRAW documents are likewise taped as 12-bit record style which means they provide a wider compelling assortment. On top of that, BRAW data are much smaller than some other RAW formats, so they make use of less area on your drives as well as are actually less complicated to repeat in post-production. What has been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Style showed a Sony Movie house Line FX9 video camera connected to a Blackmagic Video Clip Aid. In an interview along with ProAV TELEVISION, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Director, Craig Heffernan, clarified what the provider is focusing on. Heffernan mentioned, "Our team possessed a little technical trial where our experts had a Video clip Support item attached to a Sony FX9 and presenting individuals to the work our company're carrying out. So that is providing Blackmagic RAW recording for the FX6 and also the FX9 cameras and after that opening that technology for that cam system." Video recording AssistBlackmagic's Online video Support is actually a transportable monitor and recorder remedy, similar to the Atomos Ninja range. The Online video Aid features either a five-inch or seven-inch screen. You can easily likewise opt for between 3G designs that support online video approximately 1080p60 and also the 12G HDR models that tape-record video recording around 2160p60. To record in BRAW you will need to use one of the 12G Video Clip Assists. They assist capturing in ProRes, DNxHR or even BRAW formats to internal SDXC memory cards or even an exterior USB SSD hard drive.How it worksHeffernan clarified that the Sony electronic cameras outcome the 4K RAW signal directly to the Video clip Aid over SDI. He mentioned, "Blackmagic RAW is created to profile to the sensing unit, so some of the work we must do is actually within our hardware encoder that rests inside the Video Aid. So our experts recognize the nature of the Sony sensor and afterwards we bundle that into the Blackmagic RAW plan. Any person that's made use of Blackmagic RAW understands you receive a sidecar of metadata which says to Fix the electronic camera head characteristics." What next?Although Blackmagic is at first concentrating on building BRAW for the FX6 and also FX9, that is actually just the start. Heffernan pointed out, "My understanding is our experts're functioning to sustain FX6 as well as FX9 initially, our experts'll then check out at FX3 to ensure our company may cover the full series of those professional cine designs. There is actually no growth presently for the Alpha stations as well as the mirrorless crossbreed bodies. From Sony's perspective that is actually a various department, that is actually a various engineering staff. Hopefully, if this is well-known, and our team view a considerable amount of uptake along with Sony individuals desiring accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that's a conversation our company could possibly possess." What we thinkBRAW recording is actually already supported through cameras coming from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and also Z Web Cam. The BRAW style is terrific for protecting the total powerful variety of your camera and also offers you far more versatility in post-production. So it is actually an invited growth to find the technology assisting Sony cams at the same time. In addition, Blackmagic has actually helped make the BRAW file format open, cross-platform and also free of charge. The codec is assisted using the free of cost SDK on Mac computer OS, Microsoft window as well as Linux systems without covert licenses or even recurring costs. BRAW audio on the Sony FX6 and also FX9 makes certain to be an incredibly popular addition. Proprietors of the FX3 and also Alpha video cameras are going to wish that they acquire accessibility to BRAW quickly too.Pricing and availabilityBlackmagic Design only showed the BRAW recording with the Sony FX6 and also FX9 as a technological trial at IBC 2024. Nonetheless, Heffernan said that the company really hoped that the modern technology would certainly be released as a cost-free improve for the Video Aid in Q4 of the year.