At NAB 2016 Sony has announced new firmware upgrades for some of its Handycams.
The popular PXW-X70 camera will get its v3.0 firmware some time at the end of June 2016. The big news here is live-shot friendly MPEG HD422 and streaming out of camera.
- MPEG HD; MPEG HD422 and 420 added
- QoS Streaming to the PWS-100RX1
- Direct streaming to USTREAM
UPDATE: The MPEG firmware will be a paid upgrade, price to be determined.
For the PXW-X200 we’ll get firmware v2.2 some time this month. It offers:
- SDXC card compatibility
- MPEG2 simultaneous recording
- HiRes/Proxy trim and transfer (with content browser mobile)
And for the PMW-300K1, the firmware goes to v1.5, also this month.
- SDXC card compatibility
- MPEG2 simultaneous rec
- Menu lock function
