Sony SNC-VB770 - Full Frame 4K Camcorder

[Zach Ashcraft]

Looks like Canon's $20K low-light box camera might have some competition. This one only costs $7,500

 

http://blog.sony.com/press/sony-introduces-industrys-highest-sensitivity-4k-network-camera-snc-vb770/

 

http://petapixel.com/2016/03/03/sony-unveils-full-frame-e-mount-4k-12mp-security-camera/

[Guest Ebrahim Saadawi]

The interesting thing I see the a7sII sensor in there can shoot 4:3 3840x2880 (hey anamorphic mode in an a7sii firmware?). Also for some reason Alexa-matching 2880x1920 resolution mode.

Your title got me excited. Immediately thought of a new VG900II with NDs/XLRs/Awesomebattery/A7sII 4K/IBIS/S-LOG.

Turns out an expensive 8000$+ scientific/surveillance camera module. 

I do see a lot of potential for it in industrial applications like surveillance of high-end facilities at night times

-air-ports

-International Harbors

-Museums

-Wild-life Sanctuaries

-Military bases, Aircrafts/Humvees/Tanks/Ships

-Governmental Facilities (FBI/CIA/Congress/IRS) 

-Fabrication Plants of sensitive nature (weaponry/chemical)

and not to mention the vast potential applications I could see this implemented in my work, medical applications, like X-ray/CT/MRI sensors, Microscopes, Atomic medicine, dental imagery, open/endoscopic surgery, Data collection, endless possibilities for a small affordable industrial camera with visible information at 104.000 ISO as the A7s, because for some reason all of our readily available ones are unusable at 200/300ISOs and we still use them and lives depend on these. 

This could also find its way into regular surveillance of streets (Traffic-lights at night etc) but much less than the high-end applications due to the cost of body and lens. I wouldn't hang one of these and an 11-24mm f/4 L in a street or shop  But aside from kidding several steel-cages with bullet-proof glass solutions exist even for these situations. 

Other scientific applications can really use this.

Overall, buyers are ENDLESS, I see a huge potential success with sales in the 6 figure numbers if not millions. It's the market share Canon wanted to take with the ME20F-SH camera but they went into too much trouble to create a extreme extreme extreme sensitivity 4 million ISO visible sensor while an extreme extreme sensitivity one like the 102000/200.000 visible ISO A7S would more than do the job and then some, and too much trouble creating a cinema-grade body (trust me it's Alexa-grade for an unknown reason!) while a little plasticy industrial camera module would do or in fact be better, at just 1/4 the cost of the Canon solution for the facilities and in a smaller print. 

To us, we have absolutely no use for this product as video shooters since the a7s exists. (While Maybe the 4 million ISO Canon would have a potential in videography/cinema since the FF 1080p sensor is not incorporated into a cheaper version - and it IS strangely gaining A LOT of attraction from broadcasters and cinema productions despite the horrendous price)

Anyway, nothing to see here. Move along. Until we get a VG900II we shouldn't see this title.