Atomos developing ProRes RAW support for the Sony Alpha 1

Atomos is in the midst of developing ProRes RAW support for Sony’s new Alpha 1. The Ninja V will eventually be able to ProRes RAW from the Alpha 1 RAW output at up to 4.3K 60p.

Sony’s Alpha 1 utilizes a 50.1-megapixel (approx, effective) full-frame stacked Exmor RSTM CMOS image sensor built with integral memory in combination with an upgraded BIONZ XRTM imaging processing engine. It also records 8K internally.

To be clear, you will only be able to record RAW at up to 4.3K 60p and not 8K. There is no indication when this is actually going to be available.

By Matthew Allard ACS

Matthew Allard is a multi-award-winning, ACS accredited freelance Director of Photography with over 30 years' of experience working in more than 50 countries around the world.

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Matthew has won 49 ACS Awards, including five prestigious Golden Tripods. In 2016 he won the Award for Best Cinematography at the 21st Asian Television Awards.

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