Sony BURANO 8K Digital Cinema Camera

Versatile Full-Frame 8K Cine Camera
Designed for highly mobile, solo cine-style shooting, the Sony BURANO 8K Digital Cinema Camera offers up to 8.6K video capture in a compact, full-frame form. Unique in-camera stabilization for both E- and PL-mount lenses, Fast Hybrid Autofocus, and an easily adjustable ND filter enhance single-user capture and seamless image matching, making the CineAlta BURANO camera ideal for use as your VENICE B or C camera.

Improved IR Cut Filter
The updated IRCF (infrared cut filter) improves color reproduction in strong light, especially any reddish tinge that may be seen in black clothing under direct, unshaded sunlight. This improved filter is distinguished from the earlier model by a slight protrusion that is visible on the upper section of the optical filter component.

BURANO 2.0 Firmware Update
The much-anticipated BURANO 2.0 firmware update provides multiple enhancements and additional features created with input from existing BURANO users.

New Recording Formats
• Full-frame crop 3.8K 16:9, at rates up to 120 fps.
• A dedicated anamorphic Super 35 4.3K in 4:3 imager scan mode at rates up to 60 fps.
• Super 35 1.9K in 16:9 at rates up to 240 fps.
• Adds a 1.8x setting to the anamorphic de-squeeze functions.
• Adds 24 fps to the X-OCN 16:9 imager scan modes.

More BURANO 2.0 Features
• Standardization of SDI video output for monitoring across both X-OCN and XAVC modes.
• Additional exposure tools, including High and Low keys.
• Support for Active/High Image stabilization in full-frame crop 6K and Super 35 1.9K in 16:9.
• Increased number of Slow and Quick selection increments: 66, 72, 75, 88, 90, 96, and 110 fps.
• Expansion of the white balance memory positions from three to eight.
• Inclusion of the VF gamma display assists while using S-Log3 for monitoring.
• Support for “surround OSD camera status information” to camera output.
• Support for breathing compensation and image stabilization metadata in X-OCN.

Full-Frame 8.6K CMOS Sensor
• The BURANO camera’s 8.6K CMOS sensor not only matches the VENICE 8K’s exceptional imagery, but it also incorporates Sony’s renowned autofocus technology—a huge boon for single operators when facing fast-paced environments with challenging focus.
• The sensor also offers both full-frame and Super 35 modes, enabling you to select from a vast array of lenses to suit a variety of project types.

Ready-to-Use Looks
• Four new looks complement the existing s709 Kodak 2383 and s709(800) tones available in Cine EI mode.
• Cool: Ideal for nighttime blues or cool dawns, cool evokes chilled shadows and blue twilights.
• Warm: Flatters skin tones with a soft, gentle look with amber highlights.
• Teal and Orange: Reformulates a classic film look with a modern, colorful, contrasty look with warm skin tones and cool backgrounds.
• Vintage: Creates a faded, pale sepia bleach-bypass film effect for the look of a bygone era.

ARRI PL and Sony E Mounts
• The BURANO is equipped with the same rugged, reliable PL- and E-mount system as the VENICE series, enabling you to select your glass from a huge selection of lenses.
• The PL mount is compatible with all Super 35 and full-frame PL lenses in both spherical and anamorphic versions. It also supports Cooke/I technology for frame-by-frame metadata and ZEISS eXtended Data.
• The E-mount supports metadata when using Sony E-mount lenses.

Anamorphic De-Squeeze Function
• The built-in 1.3x, 1.5x, 1.8x, and 2.0x de-squeeze function enables you to view your anamorphic images in 1080p video on the LCD monitor and external monitors.
• The camera monitor supports SDI or HDMI output for X-OCN capture and HDMI for non-X-OCN output.

Autofocus
• Available with Sony E-mount lenses, the BURANO camera’s autofocus options include Fast Hybrid AF (phase-detection AF/contrast-detection AF) and Human Eye AF for accurately capturing fast-moving subjects even when you’re operating alone.

Image Stabilization
• A feature unique to the BURANO is its in-camera image stabilization for both Sony E- and ARRI PL-mount lenses, a first in digital cine-style capture.
• This new PL-mount lens feature provides 3-axis pitch, yaw, and roll stabilization with high, low, and off options. E-mount lenses benefit from 5-axis pitch, yaw, roll, x, and y stabilization with active, standard, and off settings.

Variable ND Filter
• A built-in, electronically variable ND filter enables solo operators to quickly and easily adjust their exposure when faced with changing light levels.
• This dial-type filter ranges from 0.6 to 2.1 ND for a total of seven stops.

Exceptional Latitude
• The BURANO’s 8.6K sensor provides a massive 16 stops of dynamic range, producing phenomenal images with very low noise in conditions ranging from almost no light to blazing sunlight.
• It also offers excellent HDR imaging (high dynamic range) with unprecedented freedom when color grading in post-production.

Dual-Base ISO
• Dual-base 800/3200 ISOs enable the BURANO to excel at low-light HDR capture.
• Its wide exposure latitude ranges from 6 stops over to 10 stops under 18% middle gray, for a total of 16 stops.

Versatile Frame Rates
• The BURANO supports multiple resolutions and frame rates, including full-frame 8.6K at 30 fps, full-frame cropped 6K at 60 fps, Super 35 5.8K, and Super 35 cropped 4K at 120 fps.

Up to 8K Recording with Multiple Codec Support
• Support for resolutions ranging from HD to 8.6K enables the BURANO to obtain the highest quality images for all your productions.
• Supported internal recording formats include the new XAVC H, which uses the highly efficient H.265 codec to record 8K files, X-OCN LT for stunning raw images with efficient storage, and both XAVC-I and XAVC-L for UHD 4K and HD.

X-OCN 16-Bit Original Camera Negative
• Ideal for even the most advanced workflows, X-OCN (extended tonal range Original Camera Negative) codecs combine 16-bit precision with moderate bit rates to produce amazing color reproduction using manageable file sizes.
• X-OCN is supported for multiple resolutions and frame rates up to 8.6K 16:9 30 fps.

Viewfinder/LCD
• The detachable VF/LCD combo functions as both a viewfinder and touchscreen controller for the BURANO.
• A handy Home button replicates the “big six” (fps, EI, Shutter, ND, Look, and WB) functions that will be familiar to VENICE users.

Media Type
• Dual media slots on the BURANO enable it to record to CFexpress Type B cards; it also incorporates an SD card slot for utility functions only.
• Sony CFexpress Type B TOUGH Series Memory Cards are now available in 960 and 1920GB versions.

Interface, Optional Grip
• The BURANO’s advanced interface includes 12G/6G/3G-SDI, 3G-SDI, and HDMI outputs, 3-pin XLR audio Inputs, timecode, genlock, and reference input/outputs, a 1000BASE-T LANC terminal, and built-in, dual-band Wi-Fi.
• The interface also includes a port for linking to the new, separately available GP-VR100 Remote Control Grip.

Lightweight, Compact Form
• Based around a chassis and body made of a magnesium alloy, the impressively robust yet lightweight and compact BURANO is made to withstand the harshest conditions.
• Its ventilation system is completely isolated from the electronics, preventing the ingress of dust, sand, and splashes of water.
• The fan runs silently and can be easily swapped out for a new unit.