Nov 15. Tokyo, Japan.

At InterBEE this morning, Sony announced an accelerated timeline for the release of VENICE.

The camera will ship in February 2018 with its 24×36 mm Full Frame sensor fully functional. When launched in September, the roadmap was a February release with only S35 implemented and Full Frame to be ready later in the year, around August.

I would imagine that Sony headquarters reacted to a frosty reception by rental houses and users by deploying a squadron of software engineers to work round the clock since then. Therefore, version 1.0 of Sony VENICE will let the camera shoot 24 fps Full Frame 6K XOCN. Further software/firmware updates will follow.

Yasuo Ueda and Yutaka Okashi at InterBEE with fully functional Sony VENICE Full Frame 24×36 camera (shown here with Leica Thalia lens)