1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,430 so today is even more special than every 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:11,340 other ShortCircuit that I've done so far because I've looked at two stills 3 00:00:08,130 --> 00:00:14,639 cameras which I loved but today we get 4 00:00:11,340 --> 00:00:17,460 to look at the Sony Venice which is a 5 00:00:14,639 --> 00:00:22,109 cinema camera and I'm not a professional photographer but I am a cinematographer 6 00:00:19,260 --> 00:00:26,099 so this is really exciting because this camera came out in 2018 and I've yet to 7 00:00:23,939 --> 00:00:31,140 be able to try it until today we've been shooting on red for about three years 8 00:00:27,750 --> 00:00:35,100 and I've used the Aria Alexa as well but 9 00:00:31,140 --> 00:00:37,320 this camera is extra special because it 10 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:44,070 is either as good or better than those cameras and it's made by Sony so let's 11 00:00:41,129 --> 00:00:48,870 see how they did okay well as you can see this case is gigantic so that's a 12 00:00:47,129 --> 00:00:54,530 good sign this is a press unit so it's not an official like retail package 13 00:00:52,020 --> 00:01:01,079 version of this camera but that's okay opening it up so we have our camera the 14 00:00:58,739 --> 00:01:05,580 Venice here what else are they included we also have this viewfinder as far as I 15 00:01:04,979 --> 00:01:10,710 understand unlike the Alexa or the red you don't 16 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:14,189 need the viewfinder to use the camera properly though I think a lot of people 17 00:01:12,689 --> 00:01:18,689 who do use something like the Venice prefer to shoot with viewfinder you have 18 00:01:16,290 --> 00:01:22,470 some batteries so standard vemma which is great I'll send my cameras use this 19 00:01:20,490 --> 00:01:27,570 we use these for our Reds they're awesome these are pretty standard so in 20 00:01:24,869 --> 00:01:32,939 the box we have this ax SM card reader which is Sony's proprietary media that 21 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:37,619 can actually adapt to s by s which is a standard that other cameras use also 22 00:01:34,740 --> 00:01:40,590 made by Sony and that's just so that you can use the raw recorder which is built 23 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:46,680 onto this version of the camera that we have right here is that power adapter 24 00:01:45,090 --> 00:01:51,780 that allows you to use it with v mount that's cool 25 00:01:48,420 --> 00:01:54,000 a bunch of cables and another dual 26 00:01:51,780 --> 00:02:02,700 charger okay so let's get this case off the desk so here it is this is the Sony 27 00:01:57,030 --> 00:02:05,729 Venice guys this camera is 6 K not 8 K 28 00:02:02,700 --> 00:02:09,200 like our red cameras but it's also full 29 00:02:05,729 --> 00:02:10,500 frame look at that sensor that is 30 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:16,380 gorgeous so for those of you who don't recognize it this is 31 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:18,720 standard locking PL mount but the really 32 00:02:16,380 --> 00:02:23,400 cool thing about this camera is that the mount itself and the sensor block is 33 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:26,790 really flexible so Sony unfortunately didn't send it to us but they also make 34 00:02:24,780 --> 00:02:31,890 this thing called the Rialto extension which just allows you to take the sensor 35 00:02:29,340 --> 00:02:37,320 block with the lens mount and the sensor off the Venice and onto this even 36 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:41,310 smaller box which allows you all the features that are in this camera but 37 00:02:39,630 --> 00:02:46,500 then allows you to use it in that much smaller space so you can take what is 38 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:51,480 already relatively small for a cinema camera and make it even smaller and fit 39 00:02:49,050 --> 00:02:55,650 it into like cars or like really really small rooms which is really cool and not 40 00:02:54,000 --> 00:03:00,030 something that every camera these days can do the other awesome thing about 41 00:02:57,570 --> 00:03:06,120 this mount is that underneath this standard locking PL mount is an e mount 42 00:03:03,780 --> 00:03:11,580 which again for anyone who knows anything about cameras an e mount is 43 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:13,350 very very adaptable it's the same amount 44 00:03:11,580 --> 00:03:18,480 that you they use on the a7s2 and a lot of other Sony's cameras the 45 00:03:15,300 --> 00:03:20,280 fx9 the FS 7 and anyone who uses those 46 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:24,870 cameras you'll know you can adapt anything from Canon PL basically any 47 00:03:22,380 --> 00:03:29,580 lens you can think of that can cover a full-frame you can adapt to this camera 48 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:32,940 which I mean most people will stick with the standard PL mount because you're 49 00:03:30,989 --> 00:03:36,630 using higher-end lenses but it's nice to have options alright let's put a lens on 50 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:41,760 this guy peels are a little bit different or you just push it in and 51 00:03:38,610 --> 00:03:44,190 then you lock it down that feels good 52 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:48,810 I mean for the amount that this camera costs you'd hope it does because it's 53 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:54,540 more expensive than most cinema cameras out there so this body in this 54 00:03:52,530 --> 00:04:01,950 configuration with this recorder will run you about $90,000 u.s. and that is 55 00:03:58,769 --> 00:04:03,989 before you even factor in which licenses 56 00:04:01,950 --> 00:04:08,340 you want because unfortunately sony has gone with the decision to limit software 57 00:04:06,750 --> 00:04:12,060 wise what you can do with the camera depending on your needs so if you wanted 58 00:04:10,140 --> 00:04:15,780 to shoot anamorphic and you wanted a permanent license for that that's 59 00:04:13,980 --> 00:04:20,609 thousand dollars u.s. if you wanted to shoot slow motion that's also four 60 00:04:18,690 --> 00:04:27,150 thousand do it it always us and you can also rent the licenses for thirty days 61 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:29,729 at a time at five hundred dollars us so 62 00:04:27,150 --> 00:04:34,860 it gets I'm necessarily expensive but again this is for the highest end this 63 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:39,300 is for TV shows I don't know if anyone out there is a fan of Ozark but the last 64 00:04:37,350 --> 00:04:43,440 season of Ozark with shock on the Venice and that show looks awesome so going 65 00:04:42,479 --> 00:04:48,510 through the rest of this camera physically you have the assistant side 66 00:04:46,050 --> 00:04:52,380 of the camera which is just allows any assistant that's helping you out to 67 00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:56,010 change all the settings as they need to on a bigger display on this side but 68 00:04:54,510 --> 00:05:02,430 then it's nice that this camera also has an operator side of the menu so if you're just using this on your own 69 00:04:59,610 --> 00:05:05,880 for like a documentary or your one-man band and you're somehow using a Venice 70 00:05:04,020 --> 00:05:12,630 you also can change all those settings on a set for comparison this is in the 71 00:05:11,039 --> 00:05:17,100 current situation a similarly built a red camera that we use on a daily basis 72 00:05:14,580 --> 00:05:20,430 this is our weapon it is only a super 35 sensor so it's a smaller sensor than the 73 00:05:18,810 --> 00:05:26,370 Venice but like you can tell right off the bat the size difference between 74 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:32,880 these two like the Venice is quite a bit longer but it has a couple things that 75 00:05:31,380 --> 00:05:38,280 the red does not for example the Venice has built in Indies and not 76 00:05:37,050 --> 00:05:43,770 only does that bills and Indies it has built in Indies at every stop range that 77 00:05:41,220 --> 00:05:47,940 you typically use so it goes in one stop increments eight stops in the whole 78 00:05:45,539 --> 00:05:54,060 range which means you can be very precise with how much nd you're using in 79 00:05:50,789 --> 00:05:55,979 this camera and you don't have to fuddle 80 00:05:54,060 --> 00:06:00,720 with a matte box or any screwin n DS it's all built in which is really 81 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:04,229 awesome for anyone who wants to move quickly or shoots documentary especially 82 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:10,740 and that's I think the cool thing about this camera is Sony has taken an approach to make this adaptable to 83 00:06:08,940 --> 00:06:13,710 basically any production environment someone who want to use you can use it 84 00:06:12,060 --> 00:06:17,940 for documentary you can use it for a live production you can definitely use 85 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:22,469 it for cinema which is what its main use case is for but the fact that they 86 00:06:20,430 --> 00:06:26,130 thought about all those things and built in the Rialto system makes this very 87 00:06:24,390 --> 00:06:30,750 very compelling unlike our read which again I love our 88 00:06:28,530 --> 00:06:38,910 Reds but this thing does have a couple things that it doesn't has a dual native 89 00:06:34,110 --> 00:06:41,250 is so so this cameras to dual ISOs for 90 00:06:38,910 --> 00:06:47,550 middle gray are five hundred and twenty five hundred and so do lie so basically 91 00:06:43,980 --> 00:06:50,370 allows you to shoot both in regular 92 00:06:47,550 --> 00:06:54,990 lighting settings and low light settings without really compromising on your 93 00:06:52,770 --> 00:06:59,040 noise performance or the dynamic range of the camera depending on where you 94 00:06:56,430 --> 00:07:03,180 want your ISO to sit which is awesome and something that the red can't do if 95 00:07:00,990 --> 00:07:08,340 you put the red at twenty five hundred ISO you're going to get a fairly noisy 96 00:07:06,090 --> 00:07:12,000 image especially at night time where the intention with the Venice is if you use 97 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:19,430 that twenty five hundred and you get your six stops over in your highlights and your minus nine in your shadows you 98 00:07:15,930 --> 00:07:23,010 are able then to have full control of 99 00:07:19,430 --> 00:07:24,600 where you want the image to sit in your 100 00:07:23,010 --> 00:07:29,610 highlights in your shadows which is just incredibly flexible and another reason 101 00:07:27,030 --> 00:07:34,860 why this camera costs ninety thousand dollars us for like the basic package 102 00:07:32,430 --> 00:07:37,950 and if you're building it out you're probably spending quite a bit more than 103 00:07:36,180 --> 00:07:45,120 that now let's actually just weigh these two because I'm curious to see which 104 00:07:41,190 --> 00:07:47,850 what the weight difference is now to be 105 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:52,200 fair to read they do make a camera the Gemini which is also made for the 106 00:07:50,010 --> 00:07:56,460 purposes of use in low-light the way that the Venice is but at the same time 107 00:07:54,090 --> 00:08:00,960 this is a full-frame sensor that is not a full-frame sensor and it's five K this 108 00:07:58,260 --> 00:08:05,490 is 6 K but again there's a premium on all of that just to finish off the last 109 00:08:03,660 --> 00:08:11,460 couple things that I missed the i/o on this camera is ridiculous there are so 110 00:08:08,910 --> 00:08:14,790 many monitor outputs you have gen lock and timecode in which are standard B and 111 00:08:13,260 --> 00:08:17,850 C which are awesome for live production and audio guys also thank you and then 112 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:23,700 there's also unfortunately they didn't include it but there's this little - 113 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:28,410 bump like slot on the side which allows you to plug in a little XLR module that 114 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:33,419 Sony offers and then you can get audio in camera the same way that we record on 115 00:08:31,140 --> 00:08:36,930 like RC 200 let's see the difference in weight because again they don't like 116 00:08:35,460 --> 00:08:42,419 that you can see physically the differences but how much 117 00:08:39,570 --> 00:08:46,110 here is all of those extra features in a full-frame camera versus our weapon 118 00:08:44,610 --> 00:08:50,490 okay so we've taken the lenses off and the batteries just to compare roughly 119 00:08:48,270 --> 00:08:58,820 with the display and the top handle what the weight difference is between these 120 00:08:51,750 --> 00:09:01,290 hammers so the red is 2.8 kilograms 121 00:08:58,820 --> 00:09:11,250 not bad all right that's not too heavy and let's see what the Venice weighs a 122 00:09:06,050 --> 00:09:13,080 whopping five point for everybody so yes 123 00:09:11,250 --> 00:09:16,650 this has more features mechanically there's more going on and it also has a 124 00:09:14,730 --> 00:09:20,640 roll recorder on the back but then the red can do that built-in it's twice as 125 00:09:19,020 --> 00:09:24,300 heavy with just the body which again makes sense 126 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:29,250 it's a full-frame camera there's more cooling there's more mechanical features 127 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:34,320 going on and then the viewfinder itself is probably a little bit heavier than 128 00:09:30,870 --> 00:09:36,660 this monitor but that's also not that 129 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:42,110 bad like when I feel it it feels balanced like if this was on my shoulder 130 00:09:39,060 --> 00:09:45,450 I could imagine that it would feel 131 00:09:42,110 --> 00:09:47,780 pretty darn good even on a long shoot 132 00:09:45,450 --> 00:09:52,650 day why don't we shoot some footage and what better way to test the camera then 133 00:09:51,540 --> 00:09:56,350 to test the slow-motion so why don't we dump some water on our 134 00:09:55,380 --> 00:09:58,360 co-workers heads 135 00:10:20,470 --> 00:10:27,140 so that was really fun for me I hope you guys had just as much fun watching those 136 00:10:24,649 --> 00:10:29,630 clips now there's obviously a lot more to this camera that I didn't get a 137 00:10:28,550 --> 00:10:34,820 chance to talk about because this is just a first impressions but if you guys want a full review where I actually get 138 00:10:32,990 --> 00:10:38,270 to try the camera out in multiple different scenarios properly let me know 139 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:42,980 in the comments down below and maybe we can do a full review on Linus tech tips please I don't want to send this back to 140 00:10:41,570 --> 00:10:46,910 Sony and I want to keep testing it out so let me know anyways guys thanks for 141 00:10:45,140 --> 00:10:53,080 watching please subscribe to ShortCircuit all right