Sony F3

HD Cinema now has two Sony F3 Super35mm sensor cameras in house for rental.

With a factory built PL Mount, the F3 will utilize all the best cinema lenses available, but as it has a small flange focus depth many less expensive DSLR lenses from Nikon, Canon and others.

A firmware upgrade later in 2011 will allow a true ISO of 1600 and the ability to record 4:4:4 10bit via its dual link HD SDI output. Recording that format has been very expensive in the past, but the new Sony SR-R1 recorder will record on 1 TB SR memory cards. The recorder is expected to be priced at half the cost of the Codex or S-TWO digital recorders, or the SRW-1 HDCAM SR recorders currently available.